Reviews in Manchester

Another really good Italian meal yesterday evening at Gios. Great service as always. Polite, friendly and efficient. Excellent authentic Italian food I just love their lasagne. Reasonably priced especially the two course army bird menu.

A group of 5 of us had what is turning out to be our annual Christmas gathering at the GC yesterday - we had originally wanted to be in their lovely basement but the manager had reserved a table for us upstairs when a party booked it. The atmosphere was great upstairs, and the staff really made an effort to serve us promptly and check back regularly to see if we needed more drinks or anything was missing. The Negronis we ordered had to be made with Aperol rather than Campari as the manager said they had run out, but they tasted pretty darn good anyhow. The house wine is excellent and really well priced. Finally, I ordered the vegan stroganoff, which was full of delicious wholegrain rice, chunky veg and gerkins, beautifully spiced and served spilling out of a 'plant pot' wrap. Basically the best stroganoff I had ever eaten. The meat eaters all had a huge pile of brown and white meat with all the trimmings for their Turkey dinner, so they were pretty happy too. The chef definitely knows what he's doing! Thanks to the whole team - we will certainly be back next year :)

We were a large party of 17, the restaurant hosted us extremely well and the food was delicious. We all had a great time. The house red was not great but the restaurant swapped it for another bottle which was a great replacement. Would recommend for larger parties easy to deal with from a reservation perspective

Great location, brilliant staff and service; food incredible, and very generous portions!

Party of 8 at lunchtime with the team. Booked in advance and we were the only people there when we first arrived. Given this we felt the service could have been a bit quicker given it was evident we were on our lunch break although it was generally good overall. The food was hot and well presented and seemed authentic (this was our first time trying Armenian food). Felt the prices were reasonable although we were a bit disappointed that the lunch time 2 course offer is still advertised online but was crossed out in the menus.

5.0

Jen

Always a winner for a high quality healthy lunch. A real treat to find vegan options as good as this near my office!

Love Chakalaka, smallish, intimate venue, good service.

Visited with my daughter for a late lunch. This was my first visit. Food was lovely & tasty, and good value; service was very friendly. Marked down slightly for atmosphere on this occasion, as the restaurant was very noisy. However, our experience wasn't spoiled, and we would gladly revisit. I recommend that visitors try to park on the road, the car park isn't easy to negotiate.

5.0

Megs

My favourite place in Wigan!

Friendly staff and good service, nicely cooked food but small portions of accompaniments to the main courses and prices are high for a local restaurant in Prestwich.

We had a roast dinner here last Sunday. The staff were really friendly and we had one of the best Bloody Mary's we've tasted in a long time. Really good value at £7.50. We both had the roast beef and the honey glazed chipolatas. The roast is a good-sized portion with a nice selection of veggies. Unfortunately, we felt the beef was over-cooked, sliced too thick making it tough and almost tasted steamed rather than roasted. I think we were given end pieces as well which was disappointing. The chipolatas were also not great, lacking colour and tasted a bit like cheap sausage, to be honest. Finally, and this is a pet peeve and not unique to here, throughout our entire meal at peak lunchtime there was a member of staff cleaning and sorting cutlery. It's loud to the point of being obnoxious and ruins what would otherwise be lovely ambience.

Friendly,cosy atmosphere with great food and service.

Lovely meal and great service before our trip to theatre.

Great fun restaurant with good food. Service very friendly and staff great

very disappointed three women went for the pre theatre dinner one garlic bread between us and an alcoholic drink each and it was over £90 the food wasnt fantastic not good at all we wont be making a return visit

Had a meal on Friday before going to the theatre. Service excellent even though there was not a seat left in the restaurant - the lasagne was absolutely delicious- one downside the lettuce on the plate was so wet that it rendered the toast for my pate soggy - the staff extremely efficient - i dropped a spoon on the floor before i could pick it up a member of staff had already done so and replaced it !!! We will definitely be booking next time we are in Manchester.

Great food & service in a lively restaurant. Was the perfect pre-theatre meal. Efficient & friendly staff. Would recommend.

Fantastic service as always. Have been here several times and it never disappoints.. always a full restaurant. The staff are attentive, polite and efficient