[x] I have read or at least glanced at the Wiki
[x] What version of vim are you using?
NVIM v0.3.0
NERDTree can't opens recursively subdirectories (the O command) if the option let g:DevIconsEnableFoldersOpenClose = 1 in vim-devicons is set.
Thanks @rod-stuchi and @kutsan
closing via #314 :tada: