Reviews in Manchester

Without a shadow of a doubt, the best Indian in Manchester city centre, hands down! The service was friendly and efficient, from the moment you enter until the moment you leave. Its great to see a list of non typical curries on the menu aswell, in addition to the regular madras, jalfrezi, kormas etc etc. Its about time that somebody had the courage to try something different with British Indian food, as its long overdue in my eyes. Try something different for a change! The only complaints is that its a pretty small place, so whilst it would be ideal for a cozy midweek meal, at weekends it does get awfully crowded, and since its an Indian restaurant, as good as it is, that usually translates into it being a little rowdy and noisy. However, the new larger branch thats opening on Riverside should solve this problem, if you see it as one, which Im sure most people dont. A curry house will always be a curry house, no matter how good the curries! Also, Id say that the decor is still slightly behind Akbars, which looks fantastic inside and out, but again, fingers crossed that this will again be rectified when they move to a bigger premises, and have more area to play with then doing the design side of things. Excellent, and every curry lover in Manchester should try this place, as its outstanding and rightly stands at the top of the Manchester curry tree. Rusholme's average eateries need to stop being so arrogant in thinking that people will go there for the 'food', rather than the experience of seeing Rusholme, wake up, stop churning out sub standard meals, and realise that theres now a handful of far better places to eat Brit-Indian food in Manchester.

Me and my wife came to Azzurro on Thursday night and it was almost full. Luckily we booked and got a lovely table by the brick wall. Seafood specials were amazing, spoiled for choice. I had chargrilled calamari to start and seabass fillet for my main course. Calamari were really tasty and Seabass came with a crab meat & king prawn fish cake, sweet balsamic & chilli sauce and a king prawn ravioli. Food was wonderfull. We really enjoyed our evening. Will be back soon .

Yum. best restaurant in Manchester. good time and again.

Evuna is a mediocre tapas bar that would not survive outside of provincial Manchester. Wine is good, food is average at best. Service is laughable, and outright dishonest. They require a £5 deposit for each person to reserve a table. Outrageous right? But it gets better. Then they rip you off by "forgetting" that they've charged your for the table deposit. Excellent business model - if you like getting ripped off. Recommendation: avoid at all costs or give them no tip for their rip-off sins.

I had a fantastic fillet steak here last night. If you are in Manchester and want to gorge on red meat then you must go here. Only problem last night was that it's undergoing a refurb. Why dont they just close the place, do the job and then re-open?

Unbelievably rude service from the French waiter. Everything else was fine though. It's quite staggering that people get away with this when diners are paying about £40 a head. It completely spoiled my friends birthday celebration!

Every time we go to Leo's we think we are still in Italy. ( our holidays finished last month !!!). Rossario ,the owner ,will always make us feel at home and he will recommend only the best fish or fillet in the house. We 've been going for so many years now that our son (He's only five!!)knows everybody in there.We really love the restaurant and if I start to think about their mussels in tomato and garlic or their Antipasto I just want to go to leo's now.

Casa Nostra is still the best italian in Bolton.After all these years nothing is changed.We went on tuesday nite and we reserved a table for four near the window. The service was excellent and the food even better. Me and my husband we like it so much that we go two times a week and every wedding anniversary.We do recommend this restaurant to anyone especially during the week (LIVE MUSIC!!!!).

Went to Chaophraya on Saturday night after reading some excellent reviews. I was really looking forward to a great meal as was my partner. The starters were excellent, however upon arrival of our main course we were less than satisfied. Having ordered Lobster the last thing I expected was to be served Prawns in a Lobster shell. The management tried everything to sort the situation and confessed that Prawns had been served as the amount of Lobster they had left was not sufficient. That said, I was extremely disappointed that we had not been informed earlier and they had tried to pass us off with Prawns. I will not be returning to this restaurant and advise that if you do order Lobster, make sure it IS Lobster.

Having eaten here a few times, this has to be the slickest and without a doubt the trendiest Indian in Manchester. Ive also eaten at the York branch, and the two are definitely on a par, and its good to see that standards have made it across the Pennines. From the second you walk in the door, you know that youre not in a typical neon lit, old school Indian eatery. The food was pretty good too, although nothing out of this world, hence I cant give it an outstanding rating for food quality, but then that is often the case with most Indian restaurant these days. Ive sampled several of their dishes, and on the whole, the food is better than most places you'll find on the now saturated curry mile, which doesn't have to rely on repeat custom, hence doesn't have to be overly good or consistent. The highlight of this place is without a doubt the Naan breads, which come hung on a tower, which is great for saving table space and also keeps them warm for longer, aswell as looking pretty cool, which is no doubt the main reason behind the towers! There are places with better food for sure, but this is definitely the best mix of food quality and modern, cool interior, as you will find in Manchester city centre. Its easy to see why this is so popular, especially since the prices are the same if not lower than most Rusholme venues!

I went to this restaurant on its first night of opening and it has taken off since then. The food is AMAZING!! and very affordable! i cant say enough good things about Saporitos!!

The waiter was a spoiled brat. He did nothing but complain and threaten me all evening. If you want good Italian cooking, go somewhere that hires people who've grown out of nappies.

Fantastic.. good atmosphere, very reasonable prices.. a must visit.. and definitely worth the 1/2 hr. wait on a Wednesday night (Halloween)

Would recommend a visit.. good atmosphere, good wine selection and tasty pizzas.. good for people spotting (especially from the balcony upstairs) D&A

Had a very nice meal here on Sunday afternoon. Daily bread starter, whilst simple, was very nice and well presented. Warmed small 'loaf', served with olive oil and balsamic on its own little bread board. Skewered chicken and baby back ribs were OK. Nothing amazing. Too much ginger on the chicken for my taste. My partners king prawn fajitas were excellent though. Beautifully cooked prawns in a very nice sauce. Excellent waiting staff, friendly and attentive. Only one criticism - girl at the front of house was miserable and uninterested. Fortunately our only contact was for her to show us to our table.

east z east is without doubt the best indian restaurant i have been to ,10/10. the peshwari naan is to die for!!

The first three times we had the Sunday carvery at the Bulls Head Hale Barns it was very good. The next time we went we had to clear a table ourselves and ask for it to be wiped. The food was not the same quality as previously. We overheard other patrons saying how it had deteriorated since the 'takeover'. We gave it the benefit of the doubt and went along again. Again we had to clear a table and I asked for a cloth to wipe it and was given one! I had a slice of beef and a slice of lamb and both were dry and very tough. The potatoes were dry, in other words it was awful. When we first started going to the Bulls head it was a job to find a vacant table however the last twice there was no more than a handful of diners therefore plenty of available tables.! Such a pity because it is local for us and for picking up our inlaws, etc. Evelyn Blackwell Hale

I visited just this evening after reading so many positive reviews. I must say I was disappointed. We were greeted by a very unwelcoming and unfriendly member of staff who mumbled that our table wasn't ready yet and that we had to wait in the bar. We had booked a week in advance, by the way. We waited in the very crowded bar for about 15 mins before another unfriendly and miserable waitress mumbled to us that our table was ready. We walked back into the restaurant area to be greeted by another customer trying to take our table! The waitress asked us if we minded, I said yes we do mind, of course we mind! But the waitress still decided to give our table to the oter customer, for some reason (!) and plonked us near the door. After that the rest of our time spent there was OK. The food was OK, no better than say La Tasca, and the staff were truely miserable, unfriendly and unwelcoming. I don't think any of us will bother going again!!!