Reviews in Manchester

We have eaten here several times now and the food has been very nice. Unfortunately, the last 3 occasions have been spoilt by the staff having screaming toddlers in the restaurant. Working all day and going out to chat and wind down - this isn't much fun. Sorry, we have given it 2 more chances, but we have decided won’t be going back again. Such a shame.

What can I say, I've never submitted a review before but after my experience on Saturday night (and since) I felt compelled to relate my views on Viva Espana. My partner and I booked a table for 8pm, upon arriving we were greeted pleasantly, given our menus and ordered drinks. It was all downhill from there, it took close on 45 mins for our dishes to arrive, the couple on the adjacent table also ordered at the same time and also waited a similar ludicrous amount of time. When the dishes finally arrived the olives I ordered didn't arrive, frankly by that point I couldn't be bothered telling them though it didn't stop them from putting it on the bill. the food was reasonable, we paid the bill and left. Very soon after leaving I started to feel queasy and gradually became increasingly unwell culminating in spending most of the night being violently sick and having severe diarrohea symptoms and as I write this on Monday evening I'm only just starting to feel human again. I'm afraid I can only attribute this to something I ate at the restaurant most likely culprit being the mixed fried seafood dish. Needless to say with the substandard service combined with a severe bout of food poisoning I'd recommend anyone to give this place the widest possible berth.

Bellissimo! Thank you very much for the great evening  we had on my wife's birthday. Great food, nice atmosphere and attentive service. The barbecue ribs are to die for and I had one of the best veal in years. My wife loves the chicken with paprika sauce. The service was polite and friendly, that guy  Chris looked after us and made sure there's nothing missing. You were recommended by a relative and I'm glad it happened. I will see you soon for sure. 

Lovely restaurant, great food, good service,friendly staff very helpful when explaining dishes, Would definitely recommend a visit.

Had an appalling Pizza tonight at Pizza Express Bury with my daughter as the thin base tasted like cardboard (It was called something like Americano). The meat and veg were fine but the base taste was substandard. I did complain to the waiter but no action was taken. Never again.

Lovely food never been disappointed recommend 5*

We eat here regularly. Standard of food is very good - like Chinatown without having to travel to Manchester. Ambiance is good and service excellent. All in all highly recommended.

Haven't been for a while and used to enjoy it here but recent visit was very disappointing. Vegetable soup was blended to oblivion with little taste; gammon overcooked and tough; steak not cooked to order. Very poor standard. Will not be returning.

food was good staff were lovely..... the magician was not as good as the first magician we seen !!

We visited the Punjab Tandoori on 27/01/2012 on the strength of the strong reviews we found in support of this place online, and none of the party of five left disappointed!This is a fantastic, restaurant despite the basic appearance from the street (admittedly the decor throughout is quite domestic)The staff however are friendly and helpful, serving drinks and poppadoms with tray within minutes of being seated.We started with the dhosas (£6 each), which are essentially the sort of pancakes you would serve up on pancake day, but without the lemon and sugar, and much crispier and more savoury.They were cooked to perfection and full of flavour. We shared 2 of these between 4 people, opting for the paneer and keema varieties. The keema was wonderfully fresh dressed with fresh coriander, and the paneer almost melted in the mouth.This was more than ample as a starter between 2 people. The party also ordered a seekh kebab, (2 kebabs served with typical side salad) which was slightly spicier than the norm, but nothing extraordinary.The restaurant serves many traditional punjab dishes, which you may not encounter in other curry establishments, so naturally we opted to try a few of these. They also offer the mainstream curries also, with the Tikka Massalla

I visited your restaurant with the tangent party on 26/1/12 for the first time, I was very impressed with menu and thoroughly enjoyed my meal. I will definitely be visiting again.Eileen

My last experience at this restaurant was AWFUL! I have been to this restaurant many times and generally receive an adequate standard of food and service. My most recent trip i received neither and left shocked at how rude the staff were. Our issue was that we booked a table but after 30 mins waiting, still hadn't sat down, despite 3 other parties (without booking) getting their tables before us. We questioned why they said there was a table (when we rang up and booked) and why we couldn't sit at one of the empty tables - we received a plethora of rude responses. This was before having our change thrown across the bar at us at the mere suggestion of leaving. There was a total lack of respect, customer service, and common decency. We go to restaurants to pay for a good meal / atmosphere/ service; this restaurant left a lot to be desired and the staff seemed totally unaware of the concept of the service industry and the premise that the customer is always right. We ended up leaving the restaurant and eating elsewhere. will definitely not be going back in a hurry. Unbelievable that restaurants treat their customers so badly.

set in a small town with lots of individual shops this restaurant is a little treasure. We ate in however it seems lots of people also order takeaway. The staff are very friendly and the food very good quality. The mixed starter for 2 was excellent. The main courses equally as nice. I went for a garlic/pepper chicken dish and my partner the prawn with ginger, peppers, chili very satisfied indeed. good choice of menu as you can pretty much select any dish with any meat/fish.

Have been to momentum at least 10 times now and it just keeps getting better the new 2 for 1 bar snacks is what has prompted this review i had the chilli squid taco with mango salsa and it was to die for!!!! me and the girls sat there from 5-7 drinking 2 4 1 cocktails eating 2 4 1 snacks it was a total bargain of a night out, I've also had dinner there in the evening with my hubby and it was again surprisingly cheap compared to other places in the area, considering the standard of food ...the sea bass is amazing!

We went to Nicks last Sunday, 15th January 2012. I had high expectations as I had been to the restaurant on Chorley Old Road. I was not disappointed. It was a Sunday menu, roast beef, chicken, lamb, seabass. I had the chicken and my husband had beef, really generous portions, lovely meat, thoroughly enjoyable. The service was also good seeing as there was a party of 15 of us. Will be booking again soon. Lounge bar was also a good touch downstairs

This is a real hidden gem. Great authentic and reasonably priced Korean food. Decor understated slightly traditional, staff in Korean style uniform. V polite, good service, great Bibim Bab! The food is prepared fairly quickly so don't expect a 3 hour long experience, but we have eaten here 7-8 times and never been disappointed. Enjoy!

we have not been to the far pavilion for five years after reading the reviews on this sight we decided to pay a visit i have got to say the service and food was excellent we will be eating in or getting our takeaways from you in the future well done

My husband and I had a fantastic meal here on New Year’s Day – 1 January 2012. The restaurant has recently re-opened under new ownership (previously called Naseeb). We hadn’t booked, but we were offered a table straight away and made to feel very welcome by the manager and the staff.The restaurant is small but very comfortable; the décor is nice and they have a carpet so it’s not as noisy as these modern echoing “tiled” places! We had poppadoms and chutneys as a first course; the poppadoms were nice and fresh and the chutneys were delicious served on a little platter, mango, raita, onions and lime pickle. For out next course we had a mixed starter each, the kebabs were really nice, spicy and hot. Both were generous portions and served with salad.For our main courses we had a chicken kharai and a lamb Madras. Both dishes were lovely and hot and the meat was delicious. Again they were both very generous portions, served with rice and a sweet nan bread. I particularly like the Madras as it had a very good traditional style flavour – some places don’t quite get the spices right but this was perfect. We had wine with our meal, just the house white but it was a good quality and we enjoyed it.Throughout the meal the service was excellent, we didn’t have to wait between courses and the staff seemed friendly and courteous. We felt we had a lot of food, it was good value for money (under £40) and it was a nice evening out, we would definitely go back here.