Reviews in Manchester

Brilliant ambience, brilliant food. The place is really nice, the food is very good to outstanding. The live music night are fantastic! They seemed to have some teething problems, but we have become regulars.

This place is amazing. The staff treat you like royalty and the whole experience is worth travelling for (we got the train from St. Annes). The meats are so tasty and they have the most interesting and varied salad bar I have ever seen. We were in there for nearly 3 hours and there was no pressure for us to leave then but we could not manage another mouthful. Nice wine too.

We are here last night (4 adults and 7 year old granddaughter). The food and service were excellent. I had the spare ribs as a starter- they were the tastiest I've had and really big enough portion for a main course. .My wife had the. Fish baked in salt which was superb. Pizzas were also very good. Good choice of wine at reasonable price.A very enjoyable evening with complimentary limoncello to finish. We will definitely return

Food - Fantastic. Service - Fantastic. Lovely atmosphere - would highly recommend.

Can't wait to go this evening for Valentines day, I've been twice before and the food is delicious, great selection, service is fabulous and the salt cavefish unique. Highly recommended.

Went for early dinner last Thursday. Venue is very nice and an improvement on Mimis. Service was excellent and very attentive. Food was a disappointment being heavily over-salted, which spoiled the overall experience.

I've been yesterday there with my son. The food was very poor, quality at all. I couldn't finish anything. I think they use the cheapest quality. I'll never go back even though I got discounts.

After Andrew Whambys comments I decided not to take my grandsons aged 8 and 3 and their parents to Borello for the 8yr old birthday treat. But I thought 7 adults we would be fine!!! The older waiter you talked about was obnoxious to the point of rudeness, he did not listen he got our orders wrong. It was not a pleasant evening

Excellent food, good atmosphere (far more intimate and friendly than Vao), fantastic choice - especially fish dishes - service a bit slow but we did turn up unbooked on a Friday night. Used to love this place when it was Mimi, pleasantly surprised now it's changed hands. Will definitely be going again.

We went to eat yesterday, friday 5th, and the food was tasteful and fresh. We will come back soon. Hasta pronto. Gracias!!!!!!

Happened to call in The Gardeners Arms, Rhodes yesterday and noticed on the 'Specials' Board - Basa in a chilli sauce, baby new potatoes, mixed veg.....all for £4.99 ! Not one to pass on a bargain, I ordered it - and it was superb, a beautiful piece of fish. Couldn't praise it highly enough. 5 ***** from me :)

Love Gaucho, our party of 6 had a fab time. Food to die for and great service!

Meat feast at Zaytoon tonight! Yummy!

Not justifying them closing down and not advising Avis, but apparently there were a few major issues which lead to the owners deciding to shut down and sort out before reopening. Went to the 'Live Music' night just after they had reopened and it was a brilliant night - the place was buzzing and what's more the food was outstanding. They even adapted a dish specially for my husband who is the fussiest eater this side of the equator!

Unbelievable !!Booked a table for 8pm. Arrived and waited at the desk for five minutes before anyone actually came over. Table for two - yes we have booked I replied never asked the name or anything. Moved through to lounge and went to get a drink as no one asked anything. Stood at the bar for 10 minutes being ignored as the other were at the bar (again as another has previously said the bar was a tip !!)Time passed and then we were asked to sit down and someone will be over to get your drinks order - sat down another 5 mins passed then one eventually came over and asked us what we wanted. 10 mins later still no drinks still no table and all we had was one who kept coming in and saying table for 2 - asked us 5 times the same guy !!!!so at almost 40 minutes later we gave up and walked out still not even had a drink !!!believe me give this place a miss !!!

We are regular visitors to Francs and have always enjoyed exceptional food at a very reasonable price.The menu is very varied the difficulty is what to choose. We have taken friends from Stockport, Saddleworth and Wilmslow and they are now regular visitors. Good value for quality food and service.

I know the restaurant is new but I feel that I have to share my experience of the visit as I and others In the party were slightly disappointed. I'll start with the booking, my fiancé booked a table for 12 around two weeks in advance for Saturday the 16th of January. In the lead up to the visit she received one phone call to change the time of the booking from 6:30 to 7:00 which we agreed on, then another two phone calls to confirm the booking for 6:30 where we had to explain that it had already been changed to 7:00. On arrival at the restaurant it was not busy so we were unsure as to why we had been asked to change the booking time. Whilst we were sat down with my young neice and two 4 year old nephews an older waiter with a very strong accent (out of the two waiters there) came over to the table and told my two nephews to be quiet in a very rude manner. I would accept this if they were being excessively noisy or running around but they were just talking to each other?? I have seen very badly behaved children before but the noise level of my two nephews certainly did not warrant a telling off. The same older waiter of the two brought over three garlic breads and three bowls of olives but we had only ordered one of each. As we were a large table we assumed that these were complimentary. The food was excellent and very well presented. The service from the younger waiter who originally greeted us and took our order was also excellent. Whilst eating our meal the same older water walked past my brother in law with steak knives pointing out of his hand and accidentally stabbed my brother in law in the shoulder. This left a cut to his left shoulder but he did not make a fuss as it was my 30th. The older waiter asked if we would like desert and after only half of the table saying no he proceeded to take all of the desert menus off everyone.... The children were also not offered any ice cream which should have been included with their meal from the kids menu. At the end of the meal everybody went through the menu and worked out how much each of their meal was. We all contributed cash (apart from one card payment) and included a very generous tip. When the money was counted the bill was still short by a large amount. The total bill was around £219 Not wanting to make a fuss on my 30th everybody added the extra amount that was outstanding but this was also in addition to them leaving a generous tip. The older waiter was dealing with the bill and took the receipt away from us so we had no way to check afterwards if we had been overcharged. Even if there was a 10%service charge we still felt that the bill was higher than it should have been. The food was excellent but we left feeling disappointed with the experience and also felling slightly robbed. We tried not to let it overshadow my 30th but on the experience alone I don't think we will be returning or recommending.

We went to this restaurant over Christmas as we heard it had opened. We arrived and asked for a table for two, the waiter dressed like a member of the So Solid Crew told us to take a seat in the waiting area which we did. The restaurant wasn't full by imagination so couldn't understand why we wasn't shown straight to a table. Whilst waiting we watched the waiters run round like they were being chased by Gary Glitter but not actually doing anything productive. The bar was absolutely crammed with dirty glasses which looked horrendous We sat there for 20 minutes and no one asked us if we wanted a drink or sat us at a table. In the end we got sick of waiting, walked out and went to Desi Lounge in Failsworth were we recieved great service and food was excellent This gaff is obviously just a front for a money laundering operation AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE !!!