2/5 Alicia H. 7 months ago on Google
Normally
I
wouldn't
write
a
review
on
a
beloved
South
African
branch,
as
I
also
love
eating
at
Nandos.
However,
this
past
weekend
my
friend
and
I
decided
to
eat
at
the
Nandos
at
Mall
of
Africa
and
it
was
not
up
to
standards.
I
will
start
straight
away
with
saying
that
my
chicken
was
NOT
cooked
properly,
it
was
still
pink
and
bleeding,
which
is
disappointing
since
this
has
never
happened
in
the
past
eating
at
any
Nandos.
My
friend
checked
hers
and
also
saw
some
pink
(but
wasn't
bleeding)
so
just
to
be
safe
than
sorry,
we
decided
to
send
both
our
plates
back
(also
with
this
bird
flu
going
around,
we
didn't
want
to
take
a
chance).
The
waiter
took
it
back
to
the
kitchen,
and
since
its
an
open
kitchen,
we
saw
that
the
chefs
where
inspecting
it.
After
watching
them,
the
manager
came
to
speak
to
us
with
a
plate
of
chicken,
but
it
was
only
my
friends
chicken
(not
mine,
which
was
strange,
since
mine
was
more
raw
than
hers).
The
manager
spoke
to
us,
explaining
that
they
do
not
tolerate
uncooked
chicken,
and
apologised
while
showing
us
that
"chicken
legs
can
be
pink
but
it
is
cooked
to
the
bone",
but
I
could
not
shake
off
the
feeling
that
we
were
being
"lectured"
more
than
being
spoken
to
with
kindness
(he
had
a
very
condescending
tone).
I
was
going
to
bring
up
the
fact
that
he
wasn't
showing
me
my
chicken
however,
I
was
hungry
and
just
wanted
my
food.
The
manager
did
assure
me
that
we
will
get
a
new
chicken
(both
of
us),
and
left.
Upon
receiving
the
new
chicken,
I
checked,
and
my
chicken
was
properly
cooked,
hardly
any
pink
AND
NO
BLOOD.
This
assured
me
that
I
wasn't
"imagining"
that
my
chicken
wasn't
cooked,
and
the
manager
not
showing
my
chicken
while
lecturing
us
also
made
it
clearer
that
they
wanted
to
make
it
seem
like
it
was
"all
in
our
heads"
that
the
chicken
was
undercooked.
The
service
is
a
2
star,
because
despite
the
fact
that
we
felt
like
we
were
spoken
down
to
by
the
manager,
the
waiter
we
had
was
awesome,
he
was
very
friendly,
and
upbeat.
He
was
attentive
and
made
sure
after
the
situation
we
were
comfortable.
The
atmosphere
here
is
awesome,
one
of
the
best
decorated
Nandos
I
have
been
to,
beautiful
art
there
and
more
spacious
than
other
branches.
I
did
inform
our
waiter
that
he
was
amazing
and
none
of
what
happened
was
his
fault
,
but
to
just
let
the
manager
know
that
he
should
not
speak
down
to
customers
like
that
in
the
future.
I
hope
the
manager
knows
that
it's
not
an
attack,
but
a
precaution
if
customers
send
back
undercooked
chicken.
All
in
all,
it's
an
overall
2
stars
and
not
a
1
or
zero
stars,
since
I
will
take
past
experiences
into
account.
I
hope
that
this
situation
was
a
one
time
thing,
and
my
friend
and
I
was
just
very
unlucky.