Reviews in Manchester

I often meet friends here for a catch-up over sharing boards and drinks and the place has never once let me down. Cosy and intimate but with a high-quality menu which is always interesting and delicious. The cocktails and variety of drinks available is equally excellent. Would strongly recommend.

Visited for the first time a few weeks ago and been coming practically every week since. The atmosphere is good, the food is out of this world and the service is excellent. It has become my new favourite restaurant. Highly recommend

A liccle gem in A.o.M! Always best to have a small but well rounded menu packed full of authentic fresh flavours rather than reams of stiff from the freezer.The scotch egg was a dream starter and the sea bass to follow had a wonderful caper infused broth. Great value, nice intimate venue, friendly staff. Will get back soon.

Really nice welcome and great food, first time visitors but we will definitely be back. Thanks for making the lovely veggie / spicy pasta, it was very much appreciated, D&L plus friends x (ps the limoncello was a great touch).

Had a lovely evening, the food and wine was great . Two years since we were last here; hope to be back soon.

Decided to have a number of starters and masala dosa with two friends. The food was amazing. In fact it was that good one friend checked if they did take out in order to share a take away the following day with his wife, he loved it that much!

We had a fantastic meal at The Boathouse Adam was a great host. We celebrated our mum's birthday and she had such a wonderful time and the team made it a wonderful experience Thanks alot Dianne and family

First time been here and got to say wasn't disappointed. Staff really friendly and attentive. Big choice of food available, my 2 sons went for tacos and I went for a burger, have to say the quality of the food was really high and tasty. Took a doggy bag home as my son couldn't eat all his tacos and would have been a waste to leave it. Would definitely recommend here and will be coming again in the very near future.

Lovely evening out with a couple of friends… what a cosy atmosphere, friendly staff and a lovely red Nero d’Avalo wine. Can recommend the calamari and arancini starters!

Lovely evening out with a couple of friends… what a cosy atmosphere, friendly staff and a lovely red Nero d’Avalo wine. Can recommend the calamari and arancini starters!

Amazing as always, never fails to amaze me service is top notch . Xx

Amazing as always, never fails to amaze me service is top notch . Xx

Pretty much the best restaurant we’ve ever been to. From the second you walk through the door at A Tavola you are treated like a family member coming home. The whole staff are so welcoming, friendly and attentive. Nothing is too much trouble and we’ve not even got to dinner. This place is our go-to spot for celebratory meals with family. The food is out of this world, everything is so fresh, incredibly tasty and really high quality. I often have a seafood dish, and they’re always absolutely knock-out. There is always a wide range of dishes to choose from. Can’t recommend enough.

We booked online to eat at Gio after a shopping day in Manchester. They couldn’t locate our booking. We suggested to them we would leave as the restaurant was obviously busy. They found us a table rather than lose business. It was more than half an hour before anyone took a drinks order and that was only because a waitress tried to serve us someone else’s food. The barman who appeared to be the person doing all the work apologised. The food was only ok and not presented well considering the cost. (£8.50 for a portion of pate, 1 small slice of dry bread and a couple of bits of salad with no dressing ) The carbonara was swimming in a pool of oil and we refused to pay (£15) for this dish. While we were there one table left as their food didn’t arrive and another table complained to the manager about food and service. When we spoke to the manager he blamed the chef and his staff and took no responsibility himself. This restaurant clearly survives because of pre theatre dining. My advice - go anywhere else but here. I have never posted a poor review before but felt compelled to in this occasion.

we sat right next to kitchen so had a good view & it wasn't pretty, looked dirty TBH and when you look around at the skirting & doors it needs a good clean food was standard but brioche bins were very dry wouldn't go again

Started with being ignored for 5minutes while owner knew we were there. Actual staff were brilliant. Food was great Owner question us on what our drinks were instead of knowing or even just asking his own staff. Just come across rude and arrogant. Even witness him talking down to his staff. Once we had eaten we had to go to the owner to pay on leaving. Instead of table service. Stood there yet again being ignored while he counted his money and giving excuses on his restaurant being so busy and unorganised. Shame as food is nice , I actually feel sorry for the staff there.

The worst experience I've ever had in any restaurant. I don't know where to begin - but the service was very slow. It took 15 minutes to be seated for a pre-booking. Food was all very late and OK. People complaining all around us. When we went to pay and give feedback at the end, the manager was unapologetic - accused me of being cheap and rude (I only gave calm honest feedback). Once we had paid he then proceed further with the abuse demanding we left, along with homophobic insults. We have reported this as a hate crime - it was that offensive. Never go here or give this establishment you time or money - you will only regret it.

Fabulous food and service as always! This was my 4th visit to the restaurant in 2 weeks it’s that good! The music is a bit elevator music? But everything else is amazing.