Reviews in Manchester City Centre

1st time at Chakalaka, very impressed with the food and service. 100% be back again!

The best curry in Manchester with the most attentive and considerate staff. Cannot wait to go back soon :-)

There is a good selection of vegetarian dishes including a bitter gourd one, which I had never had in an restaurant and loved it. All the good I tried was tasty and we enjoyed the attentive service. They saw me opening birthday cards and brought me a slice of cake with a lit candle and a beautiful hat for a photograph. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

The food in Giorgio’s is incredible! Every mouthful is genuinely euphoric never experienced a place like this! The staff are super friendly and helpful. Making a real effort to provide a great service could not recommend this place more to anyone within 500 miles of Portland street you NEED to go!

Great food and atmosphere, excellent service

Excellent food and service. The staff were very attentive and helpful.

Not the best of experiences if I’m being honest. The waiting on staff, particularly the waitress was extremely pleasant and very nice. However the food wasn’t the best ie Garlic Mushrooms, very salty and hardly any garlic flavour. Two lots of chicken in white wine sauce were half decent but both were served on 3 baby carrots, a few strands of asparagus and 6 anaemic fries, and the risotto was very bland and non descriptive. First time, and probably the last time we’ll eat there, and at £172 for 4 meals I wouldn’t call it reasonable, especially as the meals weren’t that good-pity really.

Lovely food and service . Stunning view sat by the window watching the Trams go by in St Peters Square.

My favourite place to eat in Manchester, the food is delicious and the staff friendly and efficient. It's easy to find to.

Was looking for somewhere a bit different and came across Chakalaka and we weren't disappointed. The good was delicious with generous portions and the staff were lovely. We had Lekker beef ribs and chicken sosatie. Happy Hour was a nice bonus!

Good food and good service, have been before and will go again at some point.

Great authentic South African food and drink. The biltong was fabulous. Lovely team as well

Top service, accommodated for my dad's order so well. Attentive staff and super friendly. Food was sublime, the chicken tikka jalfrezi impressed both my season veteran of curry houses father and first timer American friend. Cobra on draft which were quickly and elegantly refuelled when requested. Fantastic space that was gracious to any booking amendments I made on the night. Thank you for allowing me to make some great memories - happy to call this place my local

This was our third visit to Gio’s and it certainly wasn’t the same as our last two visits. We ordered a plain garlic bread, a tomato garlic bread & a bruschetta for our starters. The tomato garlic bread and bruschetta were fine but the plain garlic bread had no taste whatsoever and had a huge bubble in it where the bread had risen a lot which was really hard and burnt so we asked for it to be taken off the bill. We then ordered two chicken cacciatore with fries and veg, a pizza mafiosa and a pollo picante for our mains. The chicken cacciatore came in a watery sauce and the fries and veg came under the chicken so the fries were soggy and the portion of fries was tiny also. The pizza was fine but I had to send my pollo piccante back as it was totally bland and had no spice in it whatsoever! The chef remade it and the second time it was how it should have been the first time. It was £6.25 for a 330ml bottle of beer and £3.50 for a Diet Coke which was thought was overly expensive. All in all, it cost us £158 which included a 10% tip which supposedly goes to the staff (not sure how that works when paying on card?) Unfortunately it wasn’t worth paying that amount and we won’t be returning again as it seems like Gio’s are now more concerned about making a profit than serving good quality food to their paying customers.

Lovely restaurant, attentive staff. Food is amazing. Add it to your places to each in Manchester list.

A new find! Delicious food and cozy atmosphere. Drinks a bit expensive though but good prices otherwise. Will return!

Food was amazing. Full of flavor!! Really good portions. Service was outstanding and super friendly.

Great spot to come across. The food was delicious. Something for everyone. Good prices. We visited during happy hour on a Sunday.