Maidstone

Average Rating: 
3.40 / 5

Staff: 
Average: 3 (2 votes)
Speed: 
Average: 3 (2 votes)
Decoration: 
Average: 3 (2 votes)
Food: 
Average: 3 (2 votes)
29 Earl Street
ME14 1PF
01622 620540
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Author: 
Anonymous (not verified)
Number of Visits: 
10-50
How Busy?: 
Half Full
Date of Last Visit: 
Monday, December 13, 2021
Time of Day: 
Weekday Lunch
Rating: 
5 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
5 (Wow, I feel incredibly welcome! Recognised if a frequent visitor)
Speed of Service: 
5 (Under 5 mins - I had only just got back with my cutlery and sauce)
Quality of Food: 
5 (Nando's fit for a King - The very best (Please tell us why)!
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
5 (An exceptional Nando's! (Please tell us why) )
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

Double chicken medium wrap
Rice
Peri chips

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Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
Half Full
Date of Last Visit: 
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Time of Day: 
Weekday Dinner
Rating: 
2.75 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
4 (Good stuff. Very polite)
Speed of Service: 
1 (>25 mins - Asked repeatedly. I need my Nando's)
Quality of Food: 
2 (Quite disappointing - seems rushed, may have some parts burnt)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
4 (Very clean, newly furnished, impressive artwork and lighting)
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

Not up to the usual standard I’m afraid! I don’t mind waiting a bit, but when the restaurant is more geared up to serving the delivery side of the business than those sat inside it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. A bit like the fries - whether the oil needed changing, or the fries had been sat for a while, they were limp and a bit stale tasting.

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Author: 
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Number of Visits: 
5-10
How Busy?: 
A few tables occupied
Date of Last Visit: 
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Time of Day: 
Mid-afternoon or late evening
Rating: 
1.88 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
3 (Not bad. Did everything I asked of them)
Speed of Service: 
1 (>25 mins - Asked repeatedly. I need my Nando's)
Quality of Food: 
1.5 (Very disappointing - cold, flavourless, burnt)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
2 (An old Nando's, needs some investment)
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

The worst Nando’s (and that it’s put lightly) I’ve been in, the service was crap, no one bothered to come to us to tells us what to do to order or to help in anyway. I wish I could go back in time and go with my original food thought… Burger King! I think it will be a very long time before I visit or recommend Nando’s.

Go get McDonalds or Burger King or for best chicken go get a KFC.

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Author: 
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Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
A few tables occupied
Date of Last Visit: 
Monday, August 6, 2018
Time of Day: 
Weekday Lunch
Rating: 
2.88 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
3 (Not bad. Did everything I asked of them)
Speed of Service: 
3 (10 - 15 mins - Nando's average)
Quality of Food: 
1.5 (Very disappointing - cold, flavourless, burnt)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
4 (Very clean, newly furnished, impressive artwork and lighting)
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

I had so called fillet steak. A skinny piece of meat so thin as to no way cook it as rare. VERY poor value for money, and I will never go to a Nando again.

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How Helpful?: 
Average: 1 (1 vote)
Author: 
Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
Up to 10 minute wait
Date of Last Visit: 
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Time of Day: 
Mid-afternoon or late evening
Rating: 
3.25 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
4 (Good stuff. Very polite)
Speed of Service: 
2 (15 - 25 mins - Where's the food? Might have asked a staff member)
Quality of Food: 
4 (Above average - noticeably tastier than normal)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
3 (Standard Nando's, nothing bad, nothing exceptional)
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The second of three free meals this weekend and maybe the worst? I'm not saying the food was crap, but compared to the other two, waiting time, delivery and service it was the worst.

Elliott's picture
How Helpful?: 
Average: 1.5 (2 votes)
Author: 
Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
Up to 10 minute wait
Date of Last Visit: 
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Time of Day: 
Weekend Lunch
Rating: 
3 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
4 (Good stuff. Very polite)
Speed of Service: 
2 (15 - 25 mins - Where's the food? Might have asked a staff member)
Quality of Food: 
3 (Average - just as you would expect)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
3 (Standard Nando's, nothing bad, nothing exceptional)
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

Whilst in Maidstone, it seemed rude not to pop in to the local Nando's, and give it a whirl.

Damien's picture
How Helpful?: 
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Author: 
Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
25+ minute wait - come on Nando's!
Date of Last Visit: 
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Time of Day: 
Weekend Lunch
Rating: 
3.88 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
5 (Wow, I feel incredibly welcome! Recognised if a frequent visitor)
Speed of Service: 
3 (10 - 15 mins - Nando's average)
Quality of Food: 
4.5 (Great - Very tender, piping hot, not at all burnt, dripping in sauce)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
3 (Standard Nando's, nothing bad, nothing exceptional)
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

We travelled less than an hour out of London for the 88th Nando’s. Parking in a spacious multi-story car park in the centre of Maidstone. It was an early Sunday afternoon and the despite the Nando’s only having been open for half an hour, they were already bustling and didn’t have space to immediately accommodate our group of seven adults and three kids. With a wait time of half an hour, we strolled up the road to an empty pub and had a drink in their beer garden.

Anonymous's picture
How Helpful?: 
Average: 1 (1 vote)
Author: 
Anonymous (not verified)
Number of Visits: 
50+
How Busy?: 
Almost Full
Date of Last Visit: 
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Time of Day: 
Weekend Lunch
Rating: 
3.13 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
4 (Good stuff. Very polite)
Speed of Service: 
4 (5 - 10 mins - Some conversation had begun)
Quality of Food: 
3.5 (Average but with lots of peri-spice)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
1 (Very dirty, nothing on walls, I wanted to leave!)
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

My name is jack brennan and i think that my nandos was no where near as cheeky as i wanted to it to be. tbh id rather bun shisha with dylan jones in his pit bike

Jane Miller's picture
How Helpful?: 
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Author: 
Number of Visits: 
10-50
How Busy?: 
Almost Full
Date of Last Visit: 
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Time of Day: 
Mid-afternoon or late evening
Rating: 
4.5 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
5 (Wow, I feel incredibly welcome! Recognised if a frequent visitor)
Speed of Service: 
3 (10 - 15 mins - Nando's average)
Quality of Food: 
5 (Nando's fit for a King - The very best (Please tell us why)!
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
5 (An exceptional Nando's! (Please tell us why) )
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

I go with various members of my family to The Maidstone Nandos at least once a week, we nearly always have the full platter with fries, rice and garlic bread. It's a well decorated, friendly place with a chilled atmosphere and staff that recognise us and have a chat and this makes us feel very welcome. The prices are good and as well as being delicious food this helps us to be able to eat out regularly.

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Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
10 - 25 minute wait
Date of Last Visit: 
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Time of Day: 
Weekend Lunch
Rating: 
4.38 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
5 (Wow, I feel incredibly welcome! Recognised if a frequent visitor)
Speed of Service: 
3 (10 - 15 mins - Nando's average)
Quality of Food: 
4.5 (Great - Very tender, piping hot, not at all burnt, dripping in sauce)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
5 (An exceptional Nando's! (Please tell us why) )
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

Finally my 100th branch! I couldn't let the occasion go unrecognised, so I thought I would travel a bit further from home. I had a play with our new directions page LINK and narrowed it down to Norwich, King's Lynn, Peterborough, Canterbury, Bluewater and Maidstone; all towns I either haven't visited in a long time or at all. Wikipedia's page on Maidstone made it look quite nice, so that was the choice. I was on my way to my 100th branch!

Ryan's picture
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Author: 
Number of Visits: 
2-5
How Busy?: 
Half Full
Date of Last Visit: 
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Time of Day: 
Weekday Dinner
Rating: 
2.75 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
3 (Not bad. Did everything I asked of them)
Speed of Service: 
2 (15 - 25 mins - Where's the food? Might have asked a staff member)
Quality of Food: 
3 (Average - just as you would expect)
Decoration & Cleanliness: 
3 (Standard Nando's, nothing bad, nothing exceptional)
Comments - Stand out in our monthly competition! What did you eat? Unique aspects? Parking/transport tips?: 

Went to this branch a few times back in October/November 2009 - generally always from 8pm onwards. I was local so was able to use the customers car park and walk into town each night time, so I didn't pay too much attention to the parking available - but with it being based around the town centre, I'd imagine there are places available.