Reviews in Manchester

LOTUS HOUSE, Palatine Rd, Northenden. My partner and I visited this restaurant this evening with our 5 year old twins. I was extremely impressed by the quality of service and the quality of the food. The staff were great with the children and the menu of Malaysian and South Indian/ Tamil food is well thought out. The food when it arrived was carefully and expertly prepared. I look forward to my next visit to this restaurant and I hope that their venture is a success.

Went to Ambiente last night. Will NOT be returning. Food was ok, nothing special. Plates were hot, but food was lukewarm. The worst was trying to get a drink, waited 45 minutes for a glass of wine! The rest of our party waited 35 minutes for mojitos. In a period of 3 hours we manged to get 2 drinks. Not great service, seemed like the staff really did not want to be there or be bothered. All in all not a good experience, and that a real shame!

I went with a couple of girlfriends to the Lowry on Thursday, having seen that they had a £15 3-course meal deal. The restaurant was a bit empty, so the atmosphere wasn't exactly buzzing, but the food was great and the staff were so friendly and attentive (without seeming fawning or false). We had a great time and felt like film starts (on the cheap). No idea why more people aren't taking advantage of this special deal.

This is a true kinda hidden gem in Chorlton. I saw hidden as the front of the restaurant is a turkish takeout, and a very busy popular one at that. Once through the takeout in the front, you enter a wonderful atmosphere of local, friendly,accommodating charm and that is just the service. The food is amazing, and the whole experience just fantastic. After returning from Turkey last year from a holiday, it's wonderful to have some of that lovely Turkish hospitality coupled with fabulous, fresh, tasty cuisine.

We would recommend dining at this restaurant as the food is so gorgeous

I visited this restaurant many times and i have been disappointed every time i have been now the standard of the food has gone down,i had the ribs which were always my favorite and my husband had the soup,the rib sauce tasted like grease and the rest of the meal was foul.the service was just as bad there is just no atmosphere at all. will not be visiting again.

Not! The manager shouted abuse at me when I asked for the High Chair we had reserved and been promised. He pulled my chair back and almost asked me to leave then calmed down and apologised for the lack of a chair but not his behaviour. We had already been made to stand and wait 10 mins with 2 young children until the last member of our party arrived even though our table was ready and waiting but it is his policy to forbid guests to sit down until all have arrived! Not a good experience. Food unexceptional. Rest of the staff polite and helpful.

hello I'm so sorry to tell you this as a well wisher,the price n food quality was fair a few months back.. It will be nice if u focus on the quality of dosas and vada thiis time.its an experience to take a sip of chicken rasam,sambar etc.. your service is excellent till the starters and should have much patience to wait for main course,

Went for Mothers Day last night, for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Was a bit confused when we arrived outside, just seeing the take away part but then was nicely surprised when we walked through to the restaurant at the back. Friendly and welcoming service. Food was delicious. Already thinking about my return visit!! Excellent!

Me and a large party of friends went to the Copper Pot and we sat down at half 7. After taking 30 minutes for the waiters to take the order and a further 2 hours of getting our meals, we just wanted to go home. The food WAS nice in the end, however what we ordered did not come to the table. There seemed to have been a communication block somewhere, i am thinking from the waiter to the kitchen. The organisation of a big group of people was somewhat to be desired. I was a waitress throughout my first year at uni. I served over 50 people at once, by myself, and to a high standard to which they gave me a very generous tip. Instead of having 2 bills, they added everything onto one bill, then left us with a calculator to work out what everyone needed to pay. Furthermore, once we had finally tackled the bill, a further 30 minutes, a waiter (not sure if it was the manager) Sid, would not let us leave until he counted the money. Understandably so. We waited and waited. Whilst we waited for it to be counted, i kindly asked why it took so long for the meal to be served, he ignored my question. I asked again. Once again, ignored. Then a third time, i said "excuse me, can you tell me why it took 2 hours for our meal to be served?", sadly, i got a one word answer. "Busy". After that, i had to point out that he was being extremely rude to our party. Once i had said that, he insulted us by telling us that we had not put down enough money and we were not to leave until we paid. To which i said, 4 of our party groups had checked the money, and all were saying that it was right. He did not like this and said that we should go to somewhere where we can afford next time, like McDonalds where the happy meals are £1.99. I was infuriated and so where the rest of the party. He also threatened to call the police because we were merely asking him questions about the service that night. Considering that it had taken two hours for our main to come, our party began to get slighty restless and they had to keep themselves occupied by going to the bar and getting a round of drinks in. I could see that some of the waiters were getting a little aggrivated by the behaviour of some of our party, to which i can understand fully. However, this still doesnt justify the rudeness, the insults or threatening to call the police from the waiter, Sid. ( i have a feeling that he was the manager, which makes this situation a million times worse as the managers are supposed to have an understanding, kind attitude towards the customers). Appauling night. If you are a party more than two, be prepared to be insulted about your wealth, or should i say, 'lack of', even if you do have sufficient funds (like our party). Be prepared to be waiting a large amount of time for your food, so dont forget to bring lots of money for the over priced drinks. (£5 for a vodka and orange juice) And finally, do not ask any questions at all. Because we dont really want to spend the night in a cell for asking a question nicely, do we?

Sykes is a legend - consistently good chips, great size portions, friendly staff - they even have a choice of steak and kidney puddings (hollands or traditional rag pudding). try it and enjoy.

Absolutely overpriced. Doesn't seem to know exactly what cuisine it wants to dish up. Extremely expensive and not matching up with the quality of food on offer. Very dark inside and had trouble reading the menu. The sushi starter I had seemed to have come straight out of the packet from M&S!!! The Green curry, nothing special and the mixed tandoori my husband had, straight from the curry mile. (he chose this through lack of anything remotely original from Thailand on the menu). Overpriced wine and overall paid £71 for two very mediocre courses and a basic bottle of red. Never again!!!!!!

I used to live in Didsbury and got a takeaway from here virtually every week, the food is amazing. It was great that you can watch the chefs preparing the food in front of you, which is different from what most takeaways do when they make your food behind closed doors. You can tell they use really fresh produce as all the dishes are really light, I especially loved the Singapore fried rice dish they do. The ribs they do as well as really good, again compliments to the owner for his ingredients. Don't get to eat there any more as moved away from Manchester now, highly recommended for anyone living in Northenden, Didsbury or Chorlton. Also it is much better value for money than all the Didsbury takeaways who in my opinion are all overpriced, including Globe.

I've never had a bad meal in all the years I've been eating at Automatic. The staff are great and aim to please. My daughter loves it so much she had her 18th birthday celebrations here. Everyone had a fantastic evening.

Excellent! Good Food. Take your own wine and beer. Need to book. TRY IT!

I have to say we were rather disappointed with our dining experience. Our starters of one prawn and one salmon dish were in our opinion over-priced, especially the salmon, which was a very minimal portion. However, both were very tasty. The real disappointment for us however, was the cuts of chicken in the main courses. It never occurred to us that we would not be served breast meat, which has been our experience in all other Indian restaurants we frequent. The chicken appeared to a be a mix of mainly thigh and leg cuts- very little white meat. The sauces and spices however were again tasty. The service was very friendly but perhaps the menus especially the cuts of meat being used should have been explained to us. It is not what we would regard as good value for money.

Visited La Roma for the first time on Saturday night 6th March without prior booking. Although the restaurant was very busy we were accommodated without a problem. Very, comfortable and relaxing surroundings in the bar and restaurant areas. Excellent venue, excellent Host, excellent, staff, excellent service, excellent food. What more can one say?!!

what a fantastic first time in zouk... great food & loads of veggie for the girlfriend... lamb nahari was the best i've ever had & the palak paneer was tasty but a bit too much spinach leaf... cant wait till in Manchester again...