NANDO Wood-Fired Steak & Seafood

Exceptional experience! The whole team delivered memorable service, food & atmosphere. The cocktails (Crimson Club and Blush Affair) were gorgeous and so tasty. The wine recommendation paired perfectly with my dish. The food was incredible. Each dish was plated beautifully and tasted even better. The menu makes it tough to decide, but makes it exciting to try something new next visit. The mussels (especially the broth) & the oysters with homemade sauces were a hit.

This will be one of your favorite places not just in Evansville, but will give any place in New York a run for the money. Absolutely stunning building and atmosphere. Staff dressed elegantly, and all have great attitude and are very attentive. Its still a new place, but especially considering that, having been there several times now, the experiences have been nothing short of amazing. Food and drinks are both great, but I just can't say enough about the quality of service and attitude of the people that work there, even on the tough first few weeks! It is not a cheap place, yet I feel like its priced reasonable, and drinks are very well priced for main street as well. Its very easy to tell that a lot of time, effort and consideration went into this place, from design, to hiring the correct management/staff.

First off, it takes A LOT for me to give a 5 star. This new place was excellent. Our server,Abi, was amazing and friendly and informative. The atmosphere is awesome! I’m so happy to such a cool (albeit pretty expensive) date night spot! We started with drinks - the whiskey revival and blush affair plus a nice glass of wine. All good and competitively priced for nice cocktails. We were offered a complimentary app - we chose the “when pigs fly” - 3 thick sliced and different flavored bacons hanging from a rack. Very fun and pretty tasty! One of our favorites was the stone fruit salad- light fresh and delicious! For dinner, the 4 of us shared the gnocchi (pretty good), the NANDO burger (soo sooo good!!), upgraded the fries with the burger to the Parmesan truffle and they were good but next time I’d probable skip, the Brussels (pretty standard but came with a yummy sauce), the lobster mac and cheese (pretty good, small pieces of lobster), and the star - boneless filet. This was the best steak I’ve had in a long time. We tried the bourbon cream cake as a carry out - it was fresh and moist and light. Great ending to our meal. We will definitely return! (And pray we get Abi’s table!)

For our tenth anniversary, we wanted something special, so we tried Nando's. We arrived early for our reservation and were seated right away. At our table they had a cute, little note on the table because I had put on the reservation that it was our anniversary. We started with the “When Pigs Fly” appetizer, which came with three thick-cut strips of bacon in jalapeño, peppercorn, and maple-glazed flavors. They were served with maple syrup for dipping, plus shallots and pickles on the side. Every piece was still warm as we ate and it was absolutely delicious. Sweet, spicy, salty! The meat was also top quality. For our main dishes, we had the "Airline Chicken" and the "Nando burger." (In the photo, my husband had already tried to take a bite of the burger before I snapped the photo, but it was beautifully plated beforehand.) Both were super tasty, cooked perfectly, and full of flavor. You really can’t go wrong with either. I love anything with a potato side. The parmesan truffle fries and whipped potatoes are also superb. Our server, Matt, was outstanding. He made sure we had everything we needed and explained all the menu items. He timed our appetizer to dinner transition perfectly! I think we learned more than ever at any restaurant, including information about the meat selection to the world-class, wood-fire oven. All those extra touches made the experience even better. The rest of the staff were just as kind and friendly. The building still has its original historic charm, but the renovations were done beautifully and give it a cozy, updated feel. Highly recommend checking this place out if you're in the area. Also, if you park in the Locust parking garage behind the building, it's a quick walk up the sidewalk so you don't have to mess with Main Street's construction. We’ll definitely be coming back!!!

This is definitely what Evansville needed. A place with great food and high end class! Our server Candice was incredible and went above and beyond for our first time here!

The service was wonderful, friendly, and thorough. Bar service was definitely a lot slower than expected, considering it wasn't extremely busy. The atmosphere on the main level is very welcoming and intimate. We checked out the downstairs as well, and it appears there is a party room that could be used for private events. The food was mostly good, but definitely not out of the ballpark. There were some temperature issues and flavor profiles just missing all around. I know it's the soft-opening, so I hope they'll be able to iron that out. This place has a lot of potential.

SO GOOD had to go twice in one weekend! First time I went with a large group ~15 of us. We had the private room downstairs. The food was impeccable. I tried the bone marrow(my favorite), oysters, crab legs, lobster tartare, sea bass, croquettes, PEI mussels, blue cheese crusted boneless NY strip, Brussels, and the carrots. I can’t say a single bad thing about any item we tried. Everything was mouth watering and cooked to perfection. The service was incredible. The servers were very detailed and responsive. I really had a great experience each time and am looking forward to the next trip back. The owners heritage is South American and really brought that flare here to an upscale dining experience.

We loved it! Had dessert and drinks and everything was delicious. Great service and the place was beautiful. Excited to have it open in Evansville, will definitely be back!

The service was wonderful, friendly, and thorough. Bar service was definitely a lot slower than expected, considering it wasn't extremely busy. The atmosphere on the main level is very welcoming and intimate. We checked out the downstairs as well, and it appears there is a party room that could be used for private events. The food was mostly good, but definitely not out of the ballpark. There were some temperature issues and flavor profiles just missing all around. I know it's the soft-opening, so I hope they'll be able to iron that out. This place has a lot of potential.

Service was good. Atmosphere was good. I have been to many high end steaks houses in the states and abroad. The quality of their meat and the portions were just average at best. I don't think they are serving prime meat. Charging prime meat prices and higher than Ruth Chris but not nearly as good. price and meat quality will keep me away.

Wow!!!! Nando was unreal. Great steaks and cocktails. Great filet and unreal bone in ribeye. Felt like I was in a big city. Expensive for Evansville, but we desperately needed a great steak restaurant. I will be back!