Some people think that maybe the reaction towards Nandos is a little snobby and that if LaPorchetta or Ping Pong were to open that there wouldn't be so much fuss (personally I don't think any of these establishments should find their way in either - although I dont mind them, they dont need to come here).
Some think that maybe there should be something more affordable for the younger crowds/those on a budget, Some think that its great and will create some jobs and that it is pointless keeping properties empty - why not let them move in some people say...

We already have a disgusting amount of chain establishments available to us around London, why one earth do we want everything to look the same!! there is one Stroud Green Bloody Road - Get off your buns and go there if you like Nandos so much. Also the fact that some argue that 'it will create a few jobs' is also an already exhausted crap excuse, Why on earth do we need so many of the same thing and don't we have enough of these businesses already? And yes it maybe Hackney and its not Chiswick, but for goodness sake cant we keep one, just one bloody street free of these kind of businesses?? Its not about being snobby, or creating 10 extra jobs, its about retaining a small bit of personality to this one small street, The landscape of our city is changing by the second; and not necessarily for the better. This is one addition and pointless space filler we could do without. Nandos I am sure you make enough Money with the 175 restaurants you boast on your web page, 5 more that have already opened and 10 more in the pipeline (Stokie included according to website). We dont need and dont want you! And as for the teens and those on a budget; develop some decent taste for gods sake.