Southampton - Guildhall

Average Rating: 
3.60 / 5

Staff: 
Average: 4.4 (8 votes)
Speed: 
Average: 5 (4 votes)
Decoration: 
Average: 4.8 (5 votes)
Food: 
Average: 4.8 (5 votes)
Arts Quarter
West Marland Road
SO14 7FP
02380 333 303
Halal: 
No
Nearby: 
Southampton Central train station is also a half mile walk away from this Nando's.
Parking: 
Parking in Southampton is plentiful, easily found/signposted and reasonably priced, but does differ between places. For example, your nearest to Nando's is the Civic Centre priced at 60p/30mins, £1.60/1hr and £3/2hrs (max 2-hour stay) and is a couple of minutes walk away. Other larger car parks include the Marlands (£1/1hr, £2/2hrs, £2.80/3hrs, £3.50/4hrs and £5/day), West Park (£2.50/2hrs, £3.30/3hrs, £4.50/4hrs and upwards from there) or Grosvenor Square (£1/1hr, £2.50/2hrs, £3.30/3hrs, £4.40/4hrs and upwards) - and are all within a short half mile walk away.
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Photos submitted by: Ryan
Photos submitted by: Ryan
Photos submitted by: Pompey Ranger
Photos submitted by: Pompey Ranger
Full Reviews:
Gerry Louis's picture
How Helpful?: 
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Author: 
Gerry Louis
Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
Half Full
Date of Last Visit: 
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Time of Day: 
Mid-afternoon or late evening
Rating: 
3.75 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
5 (Wow, I feel incredibly welcome! Recognised if a frequent visitor)
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: 
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?: 

The wait for the food let this branch down but out of the two Southampton branches, this was the clear winner.

Got to this branch just after half 3 and before kick off of the home game between the Saints and Chelsea. We'd just had a drink in the second Wetherspoons that had quietened down as people left, possibly to go to the stadium. We'd also spent about a half an hour in Brewdog playing Connect 4, which I won about 20 games.

Marc RYN's picture
How Helpful?: 
No votes yet
Author: 
Marc RYN
Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
Half Full
Date of Last Visit: 
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Time of Day: 
Weekday Dinner
Rating: 
3.25 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
3 (Not bad. Did everything I asked of them)
Speed of Service: 
4 (5 - 10 mins - Some conversation had begun)
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?: 

The best part of a horrible evening in Southampton for footballing reasons was definitely a visit to a new Nando's after 3 previous visits to the city without managing a single Nandventure!

This is the newer of the two Nando's in the city, although I wasn't particularly inspired by the decor. It had a nice feel to it, but nothing outstanding and some weird bird figurines lining the wall in rather mysterious fashion.

Ryan's picture
How Helpful?: 
Average: 3 (2 votes)
Author: 
Ryan
Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
A few tables occupied
Date of Last Visit: 
Friday, September 18, 2015
Time of Day: 
Mid-afternoon or late evening
Rating: 
4.25 / 5
Friendliness of Staff: 
3 (Not bad. Did everything I asked of them)
Speed of Service: 
5 (Under 5 mins - I had only just got back with my cutlery and sauce)
Quality of Food: 
4 (Above average - noticeably tastier than normal)
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?: 

Heading back from the IOW allowed me to stop in on this newest of all Nando's, in the shiny new Arts Quarter development around the new O2 Guildhall. Parking in Southampton is plentiful, easily found/signposted and reasonably priced, but does differ between places. For example, your nearest to Nando's is the Civic Centre priced at 60p/30mins, £1.60/1hr and £3/2hrs (max 2-hour stay) and is a couple of minutes walk away.

Pompey Ranger's picture
How Helpful?: 
Average: 3.5 (2 votes)
Author: 
Pompey Ranger
Number of Visits: 
This was my first visit
How Busy?: 
A few tables occupied
Date of Last Visit: 
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Time of Day: 
Weekday Dinner
Rating: 
4.25 / 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 (Above average - noticeably tastier than normal)
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?: 

This new Nandos in the new and uncompleted Guildhall arts quarter in Southampton is quite nice, however getting to it is a nightmare. In part this is because it is amoungst the first store to be finished and open and thus is in a building site with the road and a lot of the pavement outside still a hoarded off building site. You have to walk down a narrow gap in the hoardings from the north side to reach it.