Reviews in Manchester

The service was amazing the young lad who served us was very polite and attentive. He even wrote a thank you and smiley face on our receipt. The food was amazing very fresh and tasty this has to be one of our favourite restaurants.

We've visited many times and the food and service is always consistent. You can guarantee, great portion sizes, flavoursome food and excellent value for money.

The food as always was incredible. it was well worth every penny.

Having eaten here on previous visits to Bridgewater Concerts we were looking forward to a similar enjoyable occasion. Sadly we were disappointed. The menu of 2 courses for £22.50 seemed a little limited but more importantly whilst we felt the staff were excellent, from chef and kitchen staff to waiters etc., particularly the Spanish waiter, we were most disappointed and left most uncomfortable with attitude of the owner / manager who seemed so stressed out but showed this by constantly criticising and shouting at the staff. We would suggest that he starts to value his assets!

Lovely lunch , food really nice . Good value and choice. Staff and service excellent. Will be returning. Just disappointed with the Desert . An expensive Eton mess , more like a sundae and not strawberry but frozen raspberry

Had a fabulous meal mid week. Staff and food first class. Chicken livers to die for. Can't wait to go back.

Lovely little restaurant! Lovely staff.. my dish however arrived quite a bit later than everybody else's and ended up having to leave majority of it due to going to watch the a performance at the theatre!

We went about 5.30pm before going to watch a gig at the O2 Ritz. We ordered two courses from the pre concert menu. Food was really good, the pate was lovely. Service was very good and it was a very good atmosphere. Food service wasn’t the fastest so if you’re looking for a quick meal then perhaps it’s maybe not the right place. However, as we were very early for our gig it was perfect timing for us, it’s also nice not to feel rushed. Drinks were a little pricey, but suppose that’s pretty standard for city centre.

We were very impressed with the fat loaf. The food was extremely good and the service fantastic. We will definitely return.

Busy, vibrant and the food is value for money

Very nice food and friendly staff.

We had a beautiful meal at Mario’s on Friday evening. We ordered garlic prawns, sirloin steak and lamb shank. Everything was delicious. Even the olives were amazing. Mario was the perfect host. Will definitely return soon!

I had booked a table for 2 at 6pm on the 12th but my booking was not showing on the system. I couldn't find the confirmation email at the time as it was in my junk box so we were turned away at first, but then I looked on the website at bookings and could see there was still availability for 2 at 6pm so the squeezed us in. There must have been an issue with the booking system for that time. So giving service a 3 for that reason but everything else was fantastic.

Staff weee wonderfully attentive. Providing quick and helpful service along with having a bit of fun. The food arrived quickly and was delicious. Had the 3 course set menu and portion sizes were great and value for money. Would definitely go back again when I return to Manchester.

Food perfect, ambience spot on, service impeccable and friendly. So lucky to have this gem on our doorstep

Staff and Mario very friendly and helpful. Food is really good. Congratulations to kitchen staff . Lovely atmosphere.

For the starters alone I’d have given 5/5 unfortunately everything else dropped it to 2/5 What started of as great service booked 7pm asked to change to 6pm and very accommodating. At 6 we were seated waited for menus ordered drinks and food (5 starters 5 mains). Starters arrived promptly and were first class. Unfortunately down hill from there. When the mains arrived 2 of the portions were a fraction of the size of the others (these being pasta dishes) also missing the chilli asked for they were also barely warm. We had no return visit by a server to offer parmesan or any other accompaniment or ask if we were happy. The only reason comment was not made at the time was to not embarrass family members. It was noted that for a party of 5 the service was poor but an adjacent table of 2 seemed to receive much better service accompaniments and all. Such a shame after such a promising start. Sorry to say we won’t be returning.