Reviews in Manchester

Booked for a Thursday at 6pm. We were the only customers. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. We felt very special as obviously the only people they had to look after. The food was hot and tasty. Served in good time, and me and my colleague thoroughly enjoyed it. We will definitely return.

Fabulous family owned restaurant .food is fabulous and great service. Highly recommend.

I love this place. Sometimes it can be a little chaotic but the food is consistently great, the atmosphere lovely and service always friendly and helpful.

I liked the atmosphere inside, rather low lit, and eclectic, with a hotch potch of random art works scattered about. The duplex table layout leads to a well stocked bookstore. At the end of the bookstore is a windowless, over lit extention to the cafe, which I assume people are happy to sit in when the main cafe is busy. The eggs benedict I had was good, perfectly cooked eggs, capers good. Bacon could have been less carbonated, but ok. The tea however wasnt served in a standard teapot, but in a glass jar type thing, so it went cold too quickly. The quality or portion size of tea leaves wasnt adequate, given the name of the establishment. Never really fully 'brewed' as a cuppa, despite swirling, steeping etc. All this was tolerable, pleasant even,...overall. But what marred the whole experience was the unstinting hostility of our waitress/ server. My guest commented a few times as to whether we had annoyed her inadvertently, or if we had transgressed in some unknown way the ettiquette of this place. We tried a few times to smile, and 'gee' her up by being over nice, so as to get things back on track - maintain that unwritten social contract in polite English life, but it simply wasnt happening. In the end I asked for bill, tapped machine silently, didnt look at her, walked off with no interaction and thought " thank goodness for that, never again". I wouldnt rush to return, the Tea wasnt out of this world ( it should be the best) and I dont like being made to feel im some kind of a**#@le when I'm not. Not sure if I tipped, as I needed to get out pronto. Hopefully I didnt. The gentleman working there seemed pleasant enough however, but unfortunately he didnt serve us.

Visited early evening with family. Very nice food all round, our server was lovely, friendly and professional.

Lovely food, friendly staff and a pleasant evening all round. We all had different meals and all were perfect. Will visit again soon

First visit Tuesday evening and we will definitely come back. The owner Mario was a super host, very friendly and an interesting guy. The food was amazing freshly prepared and the best garlic goats cheese bread I have ever tasted. Cooked to perfection and flavoursome. Nice to see some twists on the menu and not just the standard garlic breads. Pasta was full of flavour and I liked that you could choose the type of pasta and sauce that you wanted. Again not often offered in other restaurants. Food was plentiful. Would like to give Katie a mention, waitress/bar, so friendly and attentative. Thanks guys and see you very soon.

Lovely lunch from the senior citizen menu. Good value and very tasty

We are regulars at this pub/ restaurant we came yesterday and again the food was spot on like it always is 10/10 to the chefs. The staff are always friendly in there, we was served by the lovely Grace who served us with a smile and looked after us through out our visit at the restaurant. Thank you again and will see you soon.

A very enjoyable afternoon to celebrate my son in law and husbands birthday. The food was delicious, staff were extremely friendly....nothing was too much trouble and a great atmosphere. My grandaughter is 5 and the choice of food on the kids menu was great ,we were very impressed so much so we will definitely be revisiting soon.

We had an amazing beef and lamb roast dinner yesterday. The service and food were fantastic and we would highly recommend the Fat Loaf to everyone.

Had a wonderful meal with brilliant service. So sad to hear you are closing it is a big loss to the area.

I booked a table for five people. Three adults and two children (11 and 9). This was to celebrate a 50th birthday. We booked a 6pm table on a Sunday evening. The whole party have nothing but good things to say about Sorella. The service was excellent. Polite, friendly, and never over-bearing. The waiters always made themselves available if we needed anything extra. We were never made to feel rushed. The food was wonderful. Even a huge thumbs up from the children, who had pizza and calamari. My husband had a steak, and is always dubious about the way it will be cooked, as he likes it 'blue'. Absolutely no complaints. The steak was perfectly cooked. The restaurant has a lovely vibe to it and was very clean. I would highly recommend and will certainly be returning.

Had my last meal here. So sorry you are closing. Meal as always was lovely. Service great. Good luck to all

A lovely hidden gem. Had the Sunday lunch which was great. Crispy roast potatoes and a good size portion of lamb and beef. Would recommend. Friendly and attentive staff. My only caution was no dairy free options in milk or dessert but that is v personal to me. Did not affect the great welcome and time we had.

A nice environment a superb meal and service. I am disabled staff very helpfull been before and will return

Absolutely lovely place to eat. Atmosphere is great and the staff are amazing too. Nothing is any trouble for them. As for the food, it is absolutely amazing . There was 10 of us all had different meals and so delicious and presented beautifully. Would definitely recommend.

Despite clearly advertising 50% off the total food bill for January on this website and across Manchester’s Finest, the MEN and Manchester Confidential websites they only knocked 50% off the mains and insisted that was the offer. To say the advertising was misleading is an understatement.