Reviews in Macclesfield

Enjoyed a fabulous meal at Lyme Breeze last Saturday. The staff are friendly and accommodating. All in our party would recommend Lyme Breeze and we look forward to another visit during the summer months to experience the views.

Take one beautiful listed building in a picturesque Cheshire village, add an experienced and visionary restaurateur, stir through a sprinkling or two of spice and you have the perfect recipe for a successful Indian fine dining destination. Teresa Thomason tries out Prestbury’s newly-opened The Saffron Room. Pulling up outside the charming 18th Century building one dismal Friday night, lights twinkling through leaded windows beckon us invitingly inside. What immediately hits our party of three as we enter The Saffron Room, with its warm colour-scheme of aubergine, chocolate brown and taupe, is just how uplifting, fresh and contemporary the interior is. Belying its quaint exterior, this contrast between the traditional and the new really works here. And it certainly doesn’t stop at the décor. Owner Sanaan Ahamed has taken the same approach with The Saffron Room’s menu, skillfully combining the traditional with modern influences. Dishes you’d expect to find on an Indian menu are here - Biriyanis, Tandooris, Masala, Baltis and Korma – but there are also some very interesting fusion dishes that really do tempt the palate. A genuine fan of the marriage of cultures and tastes that come with this genre of food, this addition of the fusion selection was for me a pleasant and welcome surprise. There’s nothing predictable about the drinks menu either. A collaboration with luxury brand Moet Hennesy’s mixologist has allowed The Saffron Room to offer an enticing selection of cocktails ranging from the classic to the contemporary. And the wine list too has been put together with a forward thinking approach. While there’s a great selection of reds and whites from very affordable through to high-end, we were also happy to see there’s five organic wines available for those already converted to the natural option. Time then to pick our way through the extensive array of food and wine – but with such a mouthwatering selection we really were spoilt for choice. Help was quickly on hand though as the attentive team explained the construction of various dishes and made their suggestions in accordance with our stated preferences. For this evening it was to be for my husband, 12-year-old son Joe and me duck, fish and nothing too hot or rich please. And for wine, though we tend to be red drinkers, after asking for advice we were steered towards a white, which proved to be the perfect accompaniment. While we took in the ambience, noting that the 70-cover restaurant had very quickly filled up with diners, we munched on papadams (with dips) that my husband immediately awarded with the accolade of “Best and Lightest” he’d ever tasted. With a New Year’s resolve to watch what I eat, we’d ordered just two between us. A big mistake, should we order more? A third papadam was not to be however. The starters arrived promptly. My husband had opted for The Saffron Room Barbeque Special – a medley of four different and flavoursome meats. I, being in a seafood mood, had chosen the King Prawn Garlic, while Joe chose the Bengoli Fish opting for the safer Mild option. All of us were very happy with our choices - but having been assured by the waiter that it really was ok to share, we unanimously crowned Joe’s fish dish, generous in portion size and served with an utterly delicious sweet, hot, coriander, herb and green chilli sauce, Star of the Starters. Next - after just the right amount of rest time – came the mains. The rather intriguingly described “Chef’s secret recipe” Tandoori Chicken Jaipur made a very grand entrance at my husband’s place – and wowed us all with an explosion of taste. The Signature Blue Water Duck dish, with a mystery marinade of “very special ingredients” – and not an ounce of fat to be found in the finely sliced duck - was for Joe, while I had opted for the Crème de la Cinnamon Seabass. Never able to resist seabass on any menu I’d overlooked the fact that this dish came with cream, something I’d generally prefer not to have. But I needn’t have worried, my meal was cooked beautifully and the taste was light and fresh. The Saffron Room offers all you expect to see in an Indian restaurant, so finding your favourite dish won’t be hard, but the additional ‘designer’ dishes on the menu mean that for those who like to try new tastes and extend their horizons a little, there’s plenty to tempt them here. It’s a long time since we last ate out an Indian restaurant. If our first experience of the Saffron Room’s anything to go by it won’t be long before we’re there again. Next time we’ll take along a few friends and add a few cocktail specials to the evening. Here’s to our next visit.

Deli Garden, what a superb experience, wonderful authentic Chinese food served by very friendly staff in a great atmosphere. The service was first class, nothing was too much trouble, a great choice of menu, the old favourites and some different dishes too, plenty of choice of drinks from a well stocked bar, wine excellent. We would certainly recommend the Deli Garden to anyone who wants an unforgettable evening. Outstanding, will be back in the very near future. 5* rating from us!!

First visited this restaurant with a party of 20+ women, not one complaint from anyone !!!!! We have been back several times this year and have not had a bad meal yet !!! All the food is beautifully presented and the staff are very accommodating if you wanted something slightly different. The staff and food are nothing but superb !!!

Was recommended to this restaurant by some close friends. Have been there on numerous occasions now.Absolutely fabulous food. Reminded me of my various trips to Thailand and Malaysia.

fantastic place food wonderful the best place in Macclesfield Peppe is the best front of house we have ever come across the Restaurant has been open for 28years and he is still very enthusiastic

As a regular diner at pizza express I was appalled at my latest experience. We were seated and then watched two further tables seated near to us, after us. These tables had drinks orders taken, but we didn't. After 25minutes I approached the manager at the other side of the restaurant, explained nobody had taken our drinks order and asked if he could - he said he would be right over. We then watched him approach a table of a large group chatting with them, and he never came to see to us. By now, the two tables who were in after us had their drinks. It then became clear that the table next to us had waited 1.5 hours for their main course - we know this as it hadn't arrived and they complained. The table to our other side had been in for two hours and only had their main course, and another table near to us had their starters delivered after their mains and we heard the staff explain this would be on the house after they also complained. It became clear that, after 35 minutes, and no drinks order being taken from us (despite us asking the manager!) and also the complaints going on around us, that we were not going to get a meal that evening. Therefore, we left and as we did the manager came over and we explained we were leaving; his only response "yeah - the service is unacceptable, sorry" then he walked away. I have never ever experienced anything so poor in any restaurant. We promptly walked to Fina (an Italian restaurant opposite) and got a lovely table, an ice bucket with our wine within 3 minutes of being in the restaurant, and excellent service throughout. They really did put Pizza Express to shame.

We visited on Sunday 17 October and were very impressed. Lovely surroundings, good service, great food at a reasonable price. What more do you want?.

had sandwiches here for lunch after stopping off from the middlewood way 2 slices of bread cut into 4 a bit of salad and a few crisps chips where extra so for about £7 a bit pricey but drinks ok not a rip off for a bottle of wine around £7 so nice for a drink but pricey to eat

every thing is measured out i.e 1 tomato 4 strips of chicken 8 croutons etc how do we know this we complained about how small everything was and the manageress told us this very pricey for drinks also bottle of beer £4

thought this place did not do food but allowed you to take in your own takeaway or have one delivered

We always go to this chippy as they are the best fish and chips. Arthur and his staff are very friendly whenever we go for a takeaway.

visit to the macclesfield pizza express and we both had the chicken polo salad well the chicken on both our plates was pitiful about 4 small pieces each when we called the manager over she explained that you get half a chicken fillet each and that how it is for every pizza express but we have had meals in buxton and Manchester and their chickens must be a lot bigger we asked about the tomato and that it was 1 cut into 4 pieces "yes that's correct was the answer "now we are not big eaters but £9 for this is the big high street rip off of the year

Very good food,had the carvery plenty to choose from.Would go again.

Superb Cantonese Cuisine,fantastic service, helpful waitresses!

The food here is very very nice, it is good hearty pub grub (we ate off the bar menu) and the chocolate torte was exceptional. It has it's down-sides though, in particular a female member of staff who did not make us feel very welcome. She took the orders of the other people in the room but not us so I had to ask for a server when I got drinks from the bar, when she came to take our order she did not read us the specials which she did for everybody else. This is a very quaint country pub in a beautiful little village a shame that our experience wasn't better due to one individual who seemed to take a dislike to us.

Chesters is a fantastic place the menu is excellent and the staff are very friendly .

We have eaten here several times since the new manager has been there. Food and service have always been very good, until of late. Food I can not knock. Very tasty and cooked to perfection. One member of staff behind the bar taking food orders and serving drinks is not acceptable when patrons are three deep trying to be served. One occasion we actually left and went else where. Must be a staffing problem as some tables were late in being cleared too.