Reviews in Manchester City Centre

My friend and I visited La Vina by chance. We were drawn in through the front door by the live band with Sax on a Friday night. The atmosphere, food and service was excellent and we have both returned since and recommended to our friends there. My favourite restaurant at the moment, I would highly recommend it.

The atmosphere (from the decor, to the friendly staff) & the food is great, nice portions, good value for money. Also, I'm Muslim so the Halal meat is a big PLUS!!

We were in Manchester on August bank holiday Monday and used sugarvine to print out a selection of offers for city centre restaurants. After much deliberation we opted for Ning for dinner, We loved it. We took up the offer of 3 coures for £10!!! Fab food, massive portions and great staff. Deserves to succeed

Love this place , been around for ages and is still amazing , CHEESECAKE is AWESOME yum yum

Went here a few months back and was severely disappointed. I ordered pizza and my then girlfriend ordered a pasta dish, gnocci I think. My pizza was no different to what you can get in the supermarket. My girlfriend also said the gnocchi wasn't great and so we left a little disappointed. I suppose a really noisy hen party group being there didn't help, nor the annoyingly wobbly table but, all the same, the food should have been much better. Walked out feeling slightly ripped off.

What a wonderful restaurant. the music, food, drinks, desserts, staff and management are all wonderful. i really enjoy eating here. i cannot thank you all enough for everything. Keep up the excellent work! Thank you! If you want a restaurant that delivers excellent food and service, look no further than here. in my personal opinion there is no better place that the little yang sing. i thoroughly enjoy myself when i come here, be it with friends or family. i always feel as though i'm not a customer but a friend. the reason being is because all the staff are so friendly and wonderful. thank you all very much. Keep up the most excellent work!

I’d heard many good reviews about San Carlo on King Street West, and so when celebrating my promotion at work, I thought we should try out the infamous San Carlo. It was full of gorgeous people - the guests, the waiters, and the management. The food was just divine too. We tried a couple of dishes off the sea food menu and was overly impressed by the quality, and quantity of the dishes that arrived. The fish seemed to be quite a popular choice with other diners too, as we only heard positive remarks throughout the evening. A highly enjoyable night, and a very suitable place to celebrate something special.

Went to Via during Pride. Meal was excellent although a tad pricey.

A Tokyo Season is a shame to the vibrant restaurant in Manchester. My friends and I, i.e. a group of 5, visited the restaurant on a Saturday night. When asked about what drinks to order upon arrival, we simply said we needed a little time to settle down first. The waitress seemed disgusted by our request to delay our drinks order. After a while, we made our order for food and drink. (Mind you, they charge green tea by the cup, so no free refill unlike other Japanese restaurants) It took over 30 minutes for the food to arrive. To our disappointment, the portions were small and the quality of the food was not good. The deep fried pork fillet I had was all soggy. The food my friends ordered were not up to standard as well. To make matters worse, the manager and the waitress started removing our chopsticks even though there was still a few pieces of sashimi left on the table (we were sharing among us). I told the manager that I wanted to keep my pair of chopsticks while he was taking them away, and he asked me in a rather rude tone why. I had to point out that there were still food left to be eaten before he unwillingly returned my cutlery. In all, we were rushed for no reason, as, including us, there were only 2 tables occupied that evening. Unless you want a frustrated night out, I would not recommend this restaurant to you.

Went for my birthday with my girlfriend and friends who came down from London.Have always enjoyed turkish cuisine especially after my holiday to Alanya.Very disappointing meal. Staff took a long time to sort a table out.To be honest the waitress ignored us for 20 minutes even though several tables were empty. Food was below average.Plates and cutlery were dirty and my friend had to ask for his cutlery to be replaced.Wont be going back.

myself,my partner,friend and my 3 year old boy dined here on a busy Saturday afternoon. the service was quick,very polite waiters as soon as we seated my boy was entertained by the colouring crayons already on the table (to which i thought this was excellent). We all ate of the lunch express menu which was6.95 for two items. I had the vietnamese? dishes and they were fantastic ,my boys meal was OK but he isn't really used to eating fried veg.

I have dined in Gaucho Grillo n several occasions and I have to say it's always hit and miss. My partner and I went on Saturday night and after our experience, shall not be returning any time soon. Having already made the decision to book a later table (whenever we have eaten between the times of 7.45 and 9.15 it's been awful) we were annoyed to have to wait nearly an hour longer to be sat (no apology was given - I believe that the mismanagement of the reception resulted in them having forgotten us) When we eventually sat the service was 'ok'. The wine recommendation did not come naturally, however the one we eventually chose was delicious (not topped up once by our waiter however). The starter of Carpaccio was absolutely delicious, the steak we had for main were awful! Tough and flavourless, I found it hard to believe they had been marinaded for 24hrs! Needless to say that after this, we did not feel in the mood for dessert nor coffee. We asked for the bill and got charged £115 for the experience!! I have to say I am upset as when you have a good experience in Gaucho, you have a bloody good time and don't mind paying at all! Unfortunately though, we shan't be returning!

Last night I dined alone at the Manchester Branch of this Argentinean steak house. After being seated and having to wait over 10 minutes for the sommelier to arrive, stinking of cigarettes, I sat back and waited for my meal to arrive. As a lover of meat, I had a waitress trying to tell me I should have my steak cooked on the side of well done. My over salted fillet arrived with a limp salad, soggy and tasteless chips and an overpowering sauce. With the manageress was unable to offer any type of service recovery, and I left £106 lighter and with half my meal still on the table. If you truly love your meat, think again. Go somewhere else!

went there on sat 2nd aug 08 on a family party for my brother who's been to the restaurant before and after my first visit i will be going again for sure couldn't fault anything. for anybody who's not been what are you waiting for get on down there you don't know what your missing

My wife and I went to try the Beijing Taster menu. It was a brilliant dining experience as we learnt about the regional food and the pairing of the wines. Each course was delicious and the service was outstanding. I will be returning with more friends and also booking for Christmas at Sweet Mandarin. Thank you for a wonderful night out.

Whether it's business or pleasure then you are not going to be disappointed here. The food and service are excellent. There is a wide range of dishes available and occasional special to try too. Wine list, again, plentiful. Good value for money and nice atmosphere. See you again soon!

Ate here last Thursday for a business lunch. 12:30pm table. Quiet when we arrived burt soon filled up. Great service. Great food. Great value. What more can you say? See you again soon.

Very little to say about this place at least in a positive sense anyway other than the interior of the restaurant is very appealing to the eye and is clean and tidy. The food however is a disaster. The only half decent part were our side dishes. They were tasty enough but were far from inspiring. My main course was extremely poor and judging by appearances and the lack of any comment so were the dishes of my companions. I'd avoid.