Reviews in Manchester

We always enjoy our visits to Francs. Like the last reviewer, we have never had any problems over the service, and have always found the staff very friendly, and the fact that it is always busy proves that they can't be doing too much wrong. We took some friends just before Christmas and from their comments on how much they enjoyed it, it looks as though this will become a regular event The choice from the menu is always difficult as there are so many tempting dishes, although if they have the moules mariniere on the specials board I don't bother to look any further.

Firstly Manchester is a truly great night out now, with Deansgate and Deansgate Locks, the Northern Quarter, Oxford road and of course the gay 'village', you really can? be disappointed. Add in some super new restaurants and its the perfect night out. EASTZEAST is an excellent addition, good location, on princess street behind the BBC, it for us, rivals Rajdoot and Shimlas and we think it wins hands down. Authentic Indian with a great menu (check out the web site, v impressive) v busy on the Friday night, we WILL certainly be going again. Oh yea order a Naan at your peril, there huge!! Massive recommendation.

Third visit to Smiths and excellent food and service again. Fixed menu is excellent value with great choice - not something you see on fixed menus. Highly recommend.

I've been to the Rice Bowl a couple of times and on both occasions it has been a very enjoyable experience. The food is superb and the menu caters well for us vegetarians. The staff were also excellent and offered a level of service sorely lacking in a lot of restaurants nowadays. On my second visit I was with a party of twelve as it was my birthday. Surprisingly we were able to order from the full menu, something which a lot of restaurants won't allow you to do. At the end of the meal I was presented with ice cream dessert with candles whilst the whole restaurant sang happy birthday. Then to top it all they gave me a box of chocolates and wished me a happy birthday. It's that kind of personal touch that makes all the difference! It's clear to see how this restaurant has lasted over 50 years in the business.

Had lunch and dinner here and both excellent as was the service. Very popular at weekends so best to book. Superb oysters, fabulous duck and at lunch time salad and pud of ice cream and hot coffee excellent. However have heard quibbles about lobster and crab salad small portions.

First the only gripe of the whole evening. The background muzac! It was the sort of generic house stuff that gets played in gyms and has no place in a 5* hotel dining room. Rant over, now the good bits. Two dined, arriving at 8pm, we were greeted in the bar and shown through to our table in the restaurant, which was about a third full. This surprised me as it was a Thursday, but then we were on a promotional offer so I suppose if they need to do promotions there is a reason for it! So seated, we receive our first glass of complimentary champagne. I couldn't see what label it was as it was in a bucket behind my seat, but as a not particularly big fan of champers, I thought this was jolly good. Choice of three breads was offered, White ,Brown and Beetroot. Good, but nothing to write home about. First course was a small coffee cup filled with delicious minted pea soup with pear and lobster. Gorgeous! Second course was two perfectly cooked roast Cornish scallops studded with black pudding and cider, with some sort of mayo like sauce. Very good, black pudding was just the right amount, didn't overpower the scallops. Third course was tournedos of Aberdeen Angus with horseradish mash and shallots jus. I had mine rare, dining partner had hers medium rare. I think medium rare was the better choice, as they are very thick fillets, and the heat hadn't quite got to the middle of mine. Other than that it was very good, served on wilted spinach over the mash-all lovely. Feeling rather full now, but without prompting we were asked if we would like a break before desert, gladly accepted! So after ten minutes(ish) we get pud. Bread and butter pudding with spiced raisin syrup, almost like a brulee. Very nice, especially the raisins/syrup. Really full now! Coffee and petit fours. Bill was £90 including large bottle of mineral water, service charge of ten percent and a round up tip. So for £45 a head I have to say it was extremely good value! 18/20

The food here is outstanding......the chef at this restaurant is fantastic.....just try it......now!

La Tasca has grown substantially in popularity, but the food was pretty average. The ribs were a bit too fatty but the waitress took those off our bill. Patatas bravas at £3-odd was rather on the dear side

Great place to stay loved it it was like india in UK

Continues to serve excellent food at a very reasonable price. no complaints and i will continue to recommend this place . Definitely worth a visit only 5 mins drive from the motorway. no need to drive into rusholme with this place now firmly established in Tameside.

This is a fabulous restaurant, much improved by its recent refurb. The food was absolutely delicious, with a simple menu to choose from. Service is really excellent too. Can see why it has so many good reviews.

Italian Stallions to serve us. Super. i'd enjoy a bit of flirting from them though. That way they'd get a bigger tip. Food was lovely; i've had grilled fish and seafood pizza. Both simple and clean tasting. Desserts are pretty monstrous. And i'm a pudding person. The banoffie pie was superb. Bonza.

Plenty of choice, service with smile and efficient, beautifully presented food, served piping hot. Portions are excellent size, Chinese beer is recommended.

Wow the food was impressive.

This is the 1st time we have eaten korean food and was very pleasantly surprised. We enjoyed every course of the 5 course banquet. The only downside was we arrived at 21.30 and we were out for 22.40. We felt rushed as if the waiters wanted to go home. In fact they took the flowers and candle off the table before we had finished the main course! The food was excellent however.

Visited Barburrito today - after seeing them listed on SugarV's top 10 most wanted. Refreshing to see a place listed where you can afford to eat without taking out a second mortgage. The food was basic, simple Mexican grub - but everything that I tried (barbequed steak burrito with guacamole) tasted sensational. What? more try the hot cheese sauce with Nachos - definitely a cut above that orange glue served in cinemas!! Finally if anyone gets a chance have a look at their website - check out the fun section which rips the pi** out of diners at a popular sandwich shop!!

Excellent food, excellent service! Great place for the family, friends and couples. highly recommended

liked it very much