Reviews in Manchester City Centre

Friendly, helpful staff, great food (generous portions), cosy/comfortable atmosphere. The kind of place you can enjoy a great meal and feel relaxed instead of rushed. For those who don't like their food too spicy much of what we had was mildly spiced, but you can choose hotter stuff if you want! It was good to be able to relax and enjoy ourselves instead of feeling rushed out of the door. We will definately going back (this was our first visit). Decor not modern, but not too seventies, it seems fitting for this taverna.

.It has now become our favourite Manchester restaurant - excellent food - great ambience & service. Best time to go mid afternoon & chill out with a couple of bottles of Les Hauts Du Mont.

Food was fantastic and the portions were generous too

We went for the Beat the Clock special menu. We ordered at 5.15pm and paid £5.15, which was amazing value. I had the Vegetable Spring Rolls to start and the Lilly Kwok's Chicken Curry. Both were really delicious. My friend had the Chicken and Sweet corn Soup and the Pork Wambamboo - he loved it too. I would definitely recommend Sweet Mandarin. It was a great place tucked away in one of the most exciting streets in Manchester.

the place was very dark and you could not see the menu clearly, there were crayons and pennies on the table from the people befor us . when the meal came it was very nice but you didnt see what you were eating ,

Called in on the spur of the moment, what a find, food well presented and plentiful, staff attentive but not intrusive, we were lucky to get a table as not long after we had sat down the place was full; our first visit but not the last!

Ate here about a week ago. The food was the best we have eaten in Manchester for a good 12 months. And I mean the best food, not just the best Punjabi food. Everything was freshly prepared (be prepared to wait a little longer than usual) and very tasty. Flavours balanced and in abundance. Even the pickle tray has 8 - 9 home made pickles with full descriptions underneath the little bowls, which is fun and useful. Massive selection of dishes, including plenty of fresh fish. Try the Cod starter. We are restaurant owners and are pretty hard to please, but we left this place with a massive smile on our faces. A bit out of the city centre - it? on the Ibis hotel on Princess Street, but there? easy parking at multi-storey across the road. They deserve to do very well.

Good food, nice surroundings, albeit a tad on the noisy side. Very enjoyable meal.

Our first visit to the Koh Samui restaurant was last night; it won't be our last. There are many good quality Thai restaurants in Manchester but the food and service here were superlative. At less than £100 for 4 people, each having many Singha beers, starters, mains and a couple of speciality coffees; I think the price was more than acceptable. The recommendation is simple - GO !

I have been coming to Velvet for quite some time and love it here. You can relax and be served with a smile. The food is lovely and very reasonable. I have now been to the new swank bar situated above the restaurant it is well worth a look.

We went for a friends birthday and although there was 20 of us all the food came out at the same time and all of it was yummy! Nothing was too much for the waiting staff. Its not often you can find a restaurant of that calibre that can cope with such large parties. The restaurant was full and the bar buzzing so we stayed all night. Thoroughly enjoyed it will definitely recommend it to everyone and will definitely be going back.

Very tasty and uncomplicated Italian food, generous portions and a good atmosphere whatever night it is- what more do you need?

I Went to panacea a few weeks ago with my work colleagues, after a meal at el Rincon, And I found it to be excellent, The cocktails were so fabulous, And I thought it was very ambient...Fantastic

Went to Piccolino last Saturday with my best friend for a sex n the city lunch, One word Fabulous!!! Food was of good standard, although the service was quite slow and that was on a Saturday afternoon, But do try the chicken Caesar salad starter Amazing!!!!!!!!

Awesome food and awesome service! Can't get enough of it - recommend a visit by every one!

I was inspired to visit by a review that described the food as "bonsai" in style - i.e. perfect miniatures. I was delighted by the menu that you can order many (or few) dishes that you like to selfishly devour or share amongst you. It may be difficult to share the "mini cheese-burger" though (two mouthfuls - tops). There seem to be no obvious starters or main courses inviting a comparison to multi-nation tapas (pan-Asian, Mancunian and American but bigger than a tapas dish). It means that you invariably have space for a dessert (and what a wonderful choice of "bonsai" desserts!). The wine list is miniscule and unadventurous; the champagne collection is pretentious, but the cocktails are extremely impressive. You can just go and drink and pose without eating. The ambience is a combination of "sex in the city" and "footballers' wives". I liked it - a lot.

The best! I was a vegetarian before I discovered the Shami kebabs. Abdul's turned me!! Forever grateful....

Absolutely first class in every respect! The selection of their own wines imported from Spain was wonderful and we were offered 5 to sample to help select a bottle. Would recommend this restaurant to anyone and will most definitely be returning!