Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 11 December, 2018 8:10 pm |

Nando’s Ghair! Welcome to Jeddah!

Foodies, their friends and families from all across Jeddah are rejoicing after Nando’s officially opened its first Casa in Saudi Arabia’s second largest city.

Fans of Nando’s legendary Afro-Portuguese flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken dishes flocked to the international restaurant’s newest Casa in the city’s popular Red Sea Mall for the highly-anticipated grand opening.

Friendly and highly-trained staff served a fantastic selection of dishes from Nando’s extensive menu to delighted customers. Diners packed the Casa, all eager to try every option from family favourites such as Espetada Carnival and the ever-popular Chicken Cataplana.

The biggest F&B event of the year in Jeddah, Nando’s newest Casa has opened its doors to hungry customers at the perfect time as the city’s food scene opens to welcome exciting international brands.

Already a big hit with KSA’s emerging youth and culture movement as well as families, Nando’s new Casa is the ideal addition to Jeddah’s rapidly expanding range of dining options.

Always eager to please its loyal customers and to reach new patrons, Nando’s made the decision to open its newest Casa in Jeddah following growing demand on social media.

News that Nando’s planned to bring a Casa to Jeddah sparked huge interest online, with excited foodies desperate to try Nando’s world-famous flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken for themselves.

The grand opening saw customers travel to the Red Sea Mall from across the city and beyond, with many enjoying Nando’s Afro-Portuguese PERi-PERi dishes for the very first time.

“The food is delicious, and we really liked it,” said Saad Alqahtani and Moath Albahkali.

Dana Zaree and Anas Mujallad said they were delighted with the food on offer, which they both agreed was of the same great quality and taste as dishes served at Nando’s Casas they have visited in Malaysia and Dubai.

Afnan Abdullah and Shahda Ahmed said they were impressed with Nando’s extensive and fun menu, especially the salads. “The food is great, and the salads are greater!” they said.

Foodmark COO Richard Barclay, of Nando’s said: “We are thrilled and excited to open our newest Casa here in Jeddah and to serve our world-famous PERi-PERi flavours to our new family of fans.

“Jeddah is a wonderful, exciting and unique city that is rapidly growing and developing to welcome people, brands and businesses from all over the world.

“With our long and proud history of serving great food to happy customers all over the globe, Nando’s is the perfect fit for Jeddah’s bourgeoning and vibrant food scene that truly values quality, creativity, fun and fantastic flavours – everything Nando’s stands for.

“The grand opening was a huge success and we look forward to welcoming even more new friends and their families from across Jeddah to our newest Casa.”