Reviews in Manchester

Dim sum great. Been here several times and never had a nice main course, tried all kinds ribs full of deep fried batter all and greasy. young gambling guy who works there Is very rude he spends more time on his phone than serving.

We have been 3 times in a month. I must say every visit it exceeded our expectation last visit on bank holiday Monday. 12 of us arrived at 6pm for a late birthday celebration. Did not book so told 15/20 minutes wait, got shown through after 10 minutes, poppadums arrived in seconds. Orders taken as soon as we we decided, main courses served within 15/20 minutes, we all ordered individually and everything was absolutely spot on. Been related to high end catering for over 20 years myself I was very impressed to see how well choreographed the staff was on a packed floor. And my sister got a cake with a sparkler for birthday which I thought was a really nice touch. The fact that it's always busy says a lot about it. Consistently exceptional service and quality food. Will definitely be back again soon and recommend friends and family.

Really, really good - beautiful food, lovely staff and an amazing place - I can't believe it's the same building as Passage to India. We had a lovely, lovely time. Congratulations to the lovely young staff for an excellent service.

Only the 2nd night for this restaurant and It was very busy. Table of 4, ages between 39 - 70. Staff hired locally and new to waiting on, all were very attentetive and helpful. We asked for foods to be substituted and it was no problem. The food was amazing and large portions. The restaurant was very clean and spacious so although it was busy it didn't feel over crowded. The owners, managers and all staff made an effort to make sure everything was okay. 9/10 and only because they are still waiting for furniture to be delivered and a few tweaks to be made. £140.00 for 4 large starters from the tapas menu, 4 mains, 6 beers, bottle of wine, 2 brandy coffee and 2 espresso excellent value. I hope the food stays the same and they never over fill the restaurant like some do. There was no rush to eat and move on. Well done LaTurka. X

Visited tonight after having a great meal on Saturday with family. I had the Ploughmans, which was not my idea of a Ploughmans. It consisted of 4 rounds of sliced bread, a little sliced cheddar cheese, a slice of corned beef, ham and italian ham, piccalli and a little lettuce, cucumber and pepper. When I asked for tomato the waitress said it didnt come with tomato WHAT !! Sorry I forgot to mention the slices of appple. What happened to crusty bread, pickled onions, ploughmans pickle and another different cheese. The waitress didnt take too kindly to critism although I told her the meal we had on the previous Saturday was delicious. She went away and sulked and none of the other staff took our sweet order so we paid and left with no thank you. Don't think we will be returning. Incindentally my husband had the duck which be enjoyed.

Fantastic no complaints. Cannot fault the place.

Very disappointing I had to queue 4 times on my visiting......for ask for drinks on one till 5 minutes waiting to order our meal but in other till cause I couldn't order drinks and food at the same till more 5 minutes....To order dessert another 5 minutes and in another till...I had to queue again to order another drink cause in our days you dont have table service? At the end nobody said thank you for your visit .....I really don't know if they know what they are doing over there, such a very modern pub with such a bad service.....not going back again.....

We have been to The Old White Lion on a number of occasions and have never been disappointed. The staff are very friendly and cannot do enough for you. The food is excellent and you can guarantee that it will be served hot. The prices are very reasonable and these are the reasons that we keep going back.

We wanted to like this place but after awful service, below average service and aggressive management we won't be returning. We also put a very fair review on trip advisor outlining the details of what would have made our visit more pleasant but the manager replied with an absolutely scathing, (and fabricated) response. Clearly they don't want any constructive comments and think it's ok to leave people all evening with no drinks and no food.

What a Gem , the food was fantastic.

Don't get delivery from this place. Ordered two curry goats rice and peas turned out to be curry and rice, zero meat content, very disappointed.

The very best food, the very best service, excellent value an and a host/owner who makes you feel as if you are a guest in his own home! This is a wow!

I have been to the Gardner's many times and have never been disappointed. I really enjoy their monthly get togethers which is usually on a wednesday and the food is excellent, along with the entertainment.

Wow, what a difference! They have taken over the shop next door and more than doubled the space. Looks great and still the same fab cocktails. Food is good too!!

it's a great tasting chippy one of the best I've ever had in Bolton. It's up with all the great restaurants, for example Olympus chippy.

My first visit yesterday, came with my daughter, son-in-law, grandson and husband. Staff friendly, nothing to much trouble. Food was amazing. So thank you .

We will be back soon, a great place for food and staff.

Very unhappy , took ages to arrive, ordered cod starter in batter, was made with a tiny bit of cod the rest was sweetcorn and potato and bread. Didn't even taste of fish, if we had wanted bread balls would have ordered them, we wanted fish.. Goat curry , was a potato curry , had two small lamb/goat chops in a hot sauce with potato not good value for money.Taste was ok but they need to review what ingrediants they are putting in the actual dish as it feels as though we've just wasted £35. First time tried but sorry never again.