Reviews in Manchester

March 2008.Had not visited Bluu for well over 12 months and now feel this was a sad mistake to neglect an old favourite.We can honestly say we had the best meal since we can't remember, and we did compare with lots of restaurants both in the UK, on the Continent and South Africa. A new menu so lots more excuses to go back and try other dishes. The service was excellent, attentive but unobtrusive. The only (minor) let down was a half melted sorbet - but at that stage I would have forgiven them almost anything.

Efes - lovely family friendly restaurant. Lovely food, service, prices! An early Saturday dinner for 4, including 2 birthday girls, still attracted the very reasonable Table D'Hote menu. 4 people with very differing tastes and age groups, including a diabetic, had a lovely "genteel" time! We will return.Less than 60 quid for lovely food and wine.

i absolutely enjoy the food and the place when i go for a meal with my family. I'll be visiting again very soon and hope it's just as good as last time.

I've been going to Davardi's since the late 70's when I went with my parents. Now in my 50's with grand-children of my own and still can't find ANYWHERE that comes close. The large American has always been my favourite, so much so that I rarely try anything else!

Tried to book a table using my City Scene card but they declined, saying they needed 24 hours notice (not stated in the City Scene booklet) which considering we wanted the table at 6.30pm I thought was ludicrous. We were meeting friends there anyway so ended up eating there anyway - we ordered our main courses and had drunk virtually all our wine before the meal came (had to chase it up with the waitress first). To be honest the gravy looked as though it needed some more time in the microwave, it appeared to be reheated. Was not impressed at all. When we complained about it the waitress was quite rude and seemed to take everything too personally. Will probably not be using my 50% discount.

I spent a Saturday evening at Gallimores to celebrate Mother's Datafter having the restaurant highly recommended by a friend. The starter was acceptable but nothing exciting considering it was listed as a 'fine dining restaurant' when I ordered by main meal I requested the Pan fried sirloin medium well done but was informed by the waitress that this dish was only available medium rare and suggested I order an individual steak which I did and ordered this medium well done. When the food arrived my mother and sister had ordered the Pan fried sirloin which was certainly cooked as expected more like medium well done, however my steak was completely overcooked and totally dry. I informed the waitress this was not how I ordered my steak and she returned it to the kitchen - only to return minutes later to tell me the chef had told her 'it was that steak or nothing as it was expensive' I appreciated the price of £15.95 was expensive as I was going to pay it! She suggested I ordered a sauce to go with it to make it palatable which I did. When the bill arrived we asked to speak to the manager who certainly did not want to speak to us, as I took it as quite as insult to be charged £2.80 for a sauce to enable me to eat a bone dry steak - however we could not get him to engage in a conversation - so we paid our bill apart from the sauce - this was despite having a meal ruined by changing dishes and cold vegetables - not what you expect from a 'fine dining' restaurant not to mention atrocious treatment and lack of attention from the manager

Food was undercooked and service was terrible, when we complained about the food they did nothing about it.

Went to Via again recently, the menu has changed once again. Although not as extensive as it was, they have a fantastic tapas selection and an improved specials board. The price is reasonable and the service great. I would recommend this venue.

An excellent place to come, especially combined with bowling or the cinema. The service is quick and friendly and the food is absolutely delicious. I definitely recommend the Thai fish cakes for a starter!

Great authentic Italian restaurant that has recently re-opened. The menu has been tweaked but remains pretty much the same which is a big plus. Good atmosphere and great food, the ribs are especially good as are the steak dishes. The only negative I could find was that the courses were a little rushed with hardly any break in between which made us feel like we were being a little bit rushed. The food is excellent and the prices reasonable, £80 for 2 people for a 3 course meal (both had fillet steak) plus coffee, a decent bottle of red wine and a couple of Peroni's!

Just about the most fantastic restaurant we have ever come across. It is so easy, clean, service is great and above all the welcome you get is the best. All the staff have a great respect for the customers, the food is just fantastic. This restaurant pays particular attention to detail.

just been to the Rigbye for dinner. Food was very average, and overpriced.They had obviously overbooked, so the service was appalling. We waited 45 minutes for pudding, and on complaining were told that it wasn't true! Probably ok for a quiet pint when it's not busy, but not to be recommended for anything more sophisticated than that!

Although the food is OK (ALL sandwich based) BEWARE! If you eat here you and your clothes will stink of roasting meat for days!!!!

After reading positive reviews on this site, we were extremely disappointed by our first experience of Laughing Buddah last night. The starter, hot and sour soup (£5), was far too thick with the consistency of sweet and sour sauce. It contained shrimp, rather than king prawns as described on the menu. My main course, Kung Po, was mediocre, as one might expect from any Chinese take away. My partner ordered a curry dish, which was also disappointing. Although the portion sizes were generous, this restaurant is very overpriced in light of the substandard quality of the food! The menu was confusing with far too much on offer, Gordon Ramsey would not be happy! Spend your money elsewhere, like Fuzion in Fallowfield - great and original food!

Positives - good atmosphere, tasty starters negatives - the worlds most uncomfortable chairs, warmed-up veggies

We've been three times this year and the service and food has been very good. The last time however (Fri 22 Feb) the service was slow and the food had been sat under a grill for some time before we received it, causing my gravy on bangers and mash to turn to a jam like consistancy. My girlfriends salmon had been burnt and dried by the grill. I think and hope this was a one off bad chef night as we will definitely return again in the future

I retired from my NHS job yesterday, and booked for 10 friends/colleagues to share a meal at Gio's last night. We were seated in the window facing the Midland, and it was tricky for half of us not to be able to leave the table without making everyone on our side stand up, but what a great vantage point from which to watch the world blow by in the noisy gale beating up the world outside. The food was good, and reasonably priced, but the best things about this restaurant were the attentive but not intrusive staff, efficient service and lively ambience. It was so central for all our buses and trams home. I look forward to going again with my family, and I hope it will be soon. Thank you for your good humour, and for giving us the perfect place for my send-off. Jenny Daniel

We had our Christmas meal here and the food was wonderful. parking is a bit of a pain, but that's soon forgotten as the restaurant is very small but cosy and the staff are very helpful. price was good and quality of the meal was great, i loved the menu and i would definitely go back again for another special occasion.