Nando's Peri-Peri

While the restaurant isn’t dedicated gluten free, the staff are excellent about allergies! As soon as you tell the staff you have celiac/wheat allergy, they are running to the kitchen to ensure your order is prepared with new gloves, in a freshly cleaned area, and without any gluten ingredients. The servers automatically bring the allergen book and work directly with you to ensure you do not order anything that has hidden gluten. My husband and I both have celiac and have never had issues here :)

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Safety Feature Ratings

• Dedicated gluten-free space in the kitchen
• Staff is knowledgeable and can answer questions
• Staff will clean kitchen space or change gloves if asked
• Food comes out flagged or marked gluten-free

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Other Characteristics

• Good for dinner
• Good for lunch
• Good for takeout
• Good with other allergies
• Offers online ordering

Full disclosure - I work for Nando’s in Australia! While I was touring personally in the USA I had to try a Nando’s here for comparison and I was pleasantly surprised! If I’m honest, I only eat Nando’s at home because I work for the business and have a good understanding of the cooking process and what’s safest to order to avoid cross contamination (note that’s any chicken on the bone because it’s cooked on the flame grill, not on the flat top with the burgers, and a side of spicy rice (prepared separately). Here though they had a full allergen book and could help me work out what was safest for me to eat (including whether the marinades needed to be left off or not). The team were really great and the food was delicious! I tried some sides we don’t have in Australia!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Safety Feature Ratings

• Staff is knowledgeable and can answer questions
• Staff will clean kitchen space or change gloves if asked

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Other Characteristics

• Good for dinner
• Good for lunch
• Good for takeout
• Good selection of healthy options
• Offers online ordering

Excellent food. They have a menu with allergens that you can use when ordering. Knowledgeable staff

Celiac friendly?

Yes

No rating as we opted to skip. We entered right at opening and the very helpful person pointed out the significant opportunity for cross contamination. He felt comfortable suggesting the half chicken, cole slaw and corn. My daughter felt unsafe so we opted out.

Best Nando's Peri-Peri location other than Laurel, MD and they provide quick service. However, they need to be more through about cleaning especially where they keep out the condiments and utensils.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Great selection - can get any of their sauces, fries and chicken! Yum

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Staff was unsure of what was safe to eat and what was not. Ended up eating the wings and mashed potatoes, they seem to be safe.

Horrible. Asked what was gluten free and they said nothing in the restaurant was.

Celiac friendly?

No

The food was wonderful and the staff was very helpful I look forward to going back! The portion size was perfect!

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Staff is great.

Chicken was okay. Small portion.

Sides are okay.

Wrap was okay.

Won't return as there are many other better options in town.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. We ordered the basic chicken (which had an amazing flavor), their signature pea mash and rice. If you are looking for a fun change of a the pace flavors with a lot of options this is it. We will be back!

Multiple workers helped me with the menu options. I'll return again and again.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

great chicken. good sides. not certified but the kitchen is in pretty good order.

GF chicken and sides.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

I had the chicken bowl without the hummus and a side of fries. I was told it was all gluten free but they were unsure if the hummus had cross contamination, so I opted for no hummus just to be safe. The fries are the only thing that go in the frier, so no cross contamination there. The food was not bad for a quick, easy meal across from my hotel. I did not get sick.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Safety Feature Ratings

• Staff is knowledgeable and can answer questions
• Staff will clean kitchen space or change gloves if asked

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

I dined in and had a positive experience the people were very nice and I watched the person who took my order tell the kitchen to be careful with cross contamination. I did not get sick and felt comfortable eating there! I would always say when eating somewhere that has gluten in the kitchen at all be very clear about the severity and ask them to change gloves etc!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Manager was pretty rude and didn’t want us to eat there even though it was 45min til they closed. Dirty environment too. I did not get sick from gluten but I wouldn’t recommend.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

We always stop at Nando’s when we travel south. They have a well marked allergen booklet. We get the chicken livers, spicy olives, brussels sprouts without the sauce, shish kebabs, and half chicken. French fries are in a dedicated fryer. Enjoy!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

my husband is from Australia, and whenever we saw that a Nando‘s was coming to Houston. We both got so excited. The only question was do they have gluten-free options? Well, the answer is yes! They do! Do they have gluten-free indicators on their menu? No. They don’t…but don’t worry, I did the digging for you, and if you swipe right, you will find pictures of their allergen menu that they store behind the counter. (Not the best picture but proof that it exists!!) 😊

of course they can’t say that it is a completely gluten-free space because they do have flour, but they did say that the grill was completely separate from anything containing wheat so I do feel like most people will be very safe eating here. The sauces don’t contain gluten, but to my surprise, the sweet potatoes do. And be careful with the bowls because some of them are not gluten-free but the grilled chicken is and I will say it is absolutely delicious! . . . 📍 @nandosusa 🍗 📸: 1/2 chicken medium with fries & grilled halloumi (cheese!) • • • #glutenfree #glutenfreeintexas #findmeglutenfree @findmeglutenfree #glutenfreefood #houstonwithoutgluten #gfeats #houstonglutenfree #gfhouston

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent