Reviews in Manchester

The BEST Thai Restaurant in the North West (and I've tried a few). The interior design, service and food all took me back to my holiday in Thailand, authentic in everyway! Great for a couple or a group. Stunning food, excellent choice of wine, friendly helpful staff, I can definitely recommend this restaurant.

Cosy friendly atmosphere, although so small that it took three failed attempts to get a table! Excellent seafood and pasta dishes. Average service, good wine list.

Fancy a full fry up with a bottle of Chablis on a Sunday morning? You can at Saints & Scholars. A group of us rolled up at lunchtime on a Sunday birthday hangovers intact, ordered a full english with Chablis & Beaujolais for the red wine drinkers and stayed for the afternoon. The staff were friendly and joined in with the birthday celebrations. The fry-up was the best this side of Manchester.

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The platters are the best option here...plenty of choice, plenty of content and very rarely any leftovers. The dolmades are gloriously oozing olive oil while the kofte are firm and pungent with garlic and herbs. Eating at Dimitris can be a tribal, ritualistic occasion or an intimate dinner for two with memories of holidays in Crete or Zakynthos to rekindle the culinary magic. The service remains friendly while being understandably frenetic and the ambience is everything that most Greek, Cypriot and Turkish tavernas can only aspire to. The next best thing to eating al fresco in Rethymnon!

I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur of the Indian cuisine having been known to have my favourite chicken sizzler, hot masala sauce and both pilau rice and naan bread some 10 days on the run. Having eaten so many curries from various differing restaurants in my time ranging from the reputed Shere Khan, Shimila Pinks and Royal Naz to name but a few, none of which have come close to equalling the quality of food and presentation that the Lal Qila has produced on every occasion. 10/10 will be somewhat of an injustice to this marvelous establishment.

I have been consistantly impressed with high standard of service. presentation of both the food and atmosphere, yet very reasonable prices at this restaurant. The pizza's served here have been some of the most imaginative and wonderfully presented I have had the pleasure to consume. I have known of non-pizza lovers becoming firm addicts after being co-erced into trying a pizza here! Superb and a must treat when visiting Manchester city centre.

A very small restaurant but what a fantastic night!! - The atmosphere was buzzing and the food delicious - we will be going back

We went for the early evening menu which was excellent value - unfortunately there was no-one else in the restaurant so the atmosphere was a little low. The staff were exfremely pleasant and brilliant with our 3 children, My only complaint was the portion sizes - fine for the children but nowhere near big enough for my husband and myself but what we had was extremely tasty

A fantastic meal although we found we were sat very close to the people on the next table but this can't be helped because of lack of space. Well worth a second visit - or even 3rd or 4th!!

Although we found it a bit pricey (£50 - £60 for 2) the food really is out of this world - so much so that we have been back and will definately go again. - Not a huge menu but plenty to keep everying satisfied,

A fantastic atmosphere - we go regularly and I can honestly say we've never been disappointed

A very cosy restaurant - food and ambience very nice - worth repeat visits

A truly fantastic place to eat, excellent service and not as pretentious as The Lime Tree

I'd recommend The Bandstand for families during the daytime and for a low cost intimate meal in the evening. I've never had cause to complain.

Just one word: Fantastic

Certainly exceptional beef in very nice surrounds, with a young and unpretentious staff who deliver fast and attentive service.

Café Jem&I, School Lane, Didsbury. The eponymous Jem, the owner/chef at Jem&I (this name has an explanation involving twins but if you want to know more I suggest you ask them yourself!) started his career at West Didsbury? classiest restaurant The Lime Tree before being snapped up to run the kitchen at The Lincoln in Manchester. Jem? brought exactly the same quality and excellence that he used there with him to Jem&I. I feel The Lime Tree suffered as a result of his absence though it has since recovered its form. And reports from friends about the Lincoln seem to confirm a similar dip. The food is fantastic, it? not cheap but nothing is overpriced. The ingredients are all bought fresh from the market and the fish dish changes daily depending on what they found that morning. The wines I?e sampled have all been excellent and like the food whilst pricey it? a fair price. But it? the food that should entice you there; Jem is a master of good quality, simple food. Nothing is over flavoured or messed around with, his sauces are sublime, the portions are huge and the service, poached from The Lincoln, is a feat of friendly, Scottish, comedic excellence. The Premises on School Lane in Didsbury used to be the Time for Tea café and they?e remodelled it brilliantly given the limited space and the ability to look past the stainless steel counters into the tiny, efficient, kitchen certainly enhances the atmosphere. It does have a habit of looking closed from the outside however, so be bold and open the door! (Unless it? Monday, when they close) It? still a café and they open in the mornings with a full breakfast menu and stay open all day.