A welcome on Mansfield Road
Before the doors opened, the Nottingham Post spoke to local shoppers who welcomed the arrival of Chick & Shakes after several high-street closures.
Chick & Shakes / Sherwood
Chicken shop in Nottingham — Restaurant of the Year £100,000 prize finalist
From a Mansfield Road opening to one of 12 national finalists in 18 months.
Shani’s idea for Sherwood
When Shani opened Chick & Shakes in April 2023, he brought two influences to 634 Mansfield Road. The food came from the American chicken diner. Australia inspired the look of the store. A red script sign against a turquoise frontage announced Chick from the street. Inside, red booths and tiled tables carried the colours through to the tray in front of each guest.
Shani describes the restaurant he built as an 80-seat diner. His starting point for the menu was boneless buttermilk fried chicken. Guests could build a meal around tenders, a chicken sandwich or messy fries, stay for waffles and desserts, or drop in for a milkshake or frozen drink. The same menu gave the business a home-delivery audience across Nottingham.
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Awards and recognition
From neighbourhood support to a national final
Best Uber Eats restaurant in the East Midlands and East Anglia
The vote put Chick & Shakes first across the region. For a restaurant that had opened the previous April, the result showed how quickly Shani’s Sherwood brand had found an audience.
Uber Eats Restaurant of the Year
The regional win took Chick & Shakes into the national final. The Sherwood diner was one of 12 businesses competing for the £100,000 grand prize.
4.3 out of 5 from 4,000+ Uber Eats ratings
By November 2026, the Sherwood listing showed more than four thousand customer ratings. Its popular choices included Original Tenders, the Spicy Zinger Burger and Finger Lickin Messy Fries.