Reviews in Manchester City Centre

dined @ zaika on Friday night with two friends, thoroughly enjoyed the meal. The tasting/banquet menu was flavoursome & plentiful. I had the fish tikka to start, followed by Bengali prawns... Service was relaxed but efficient unlike Akbars, toilets were spotless. Will defo return & will defo recommend

Fabulous! So much food! Excellent value! Service First Class! Lovely surroundings. Thank you - we had a wonderful time at your restaurant and our friends enjoyed their meal so much they booked again whilst at the restaurant! A special thankyou to Nisar who is so eager to please his customers. Regards and good luck to all at Zaika.

i love barburrito food. but their staff is lazy, not friendly, swears to each other front of customers, not professional, no respect to each other, especially deansgate branch.

We have enjoyed our lunch in Albert's Shed last Sunday. Great menu and good price. Although the blonde lady in bright floral top was not so welcoming as expected. Overall, the service from our lovely waitress was great.

I'm afraid we seem to have had a very different experience to other recommenders on this list. Went on a Saturday night - the place half empty - and had what I can only describe as one of the most repulsive meals I have ever eaten. Anywhere. Period. The 'chicken satay' was (not joking) turkey with gravy. No sight of a peanut anywhere. Or a chicken. All the food was incredibly, almost comically salty. Vegetables tasted mildewed. Prawn toast was hard and chewy. It all tasted like it had been sitting around for several days and re-heated in the microwave. The only bearable thing we had was the crispy seaweed. Service was very friendly but not enough to salvage the experience - especially at £16 a head for starter and main. Sorry, but we won't be coming back.

Well recommended. the food was good, the service was good, you were not hurried, even though there were people waiting outside. good value for money, if you don't drink too much. best to book if in groups. or go about 6.30pm and you the meal etc.

Nine members of Cheshire Curry Club ate here on Thursday 1st July. We had poppadoms, followed by mixed starters and a variety of main courses including Bhuna, Jalfrezi, Chilli Chicken and Kharai. The food was excellent. With drinks the meal worked out at £25 per head. We thoroughly enjoyed the venue and will definitely be going back again. Thank you, Rajdoot, for a lovely evening.

Lovely meal with great friendly service. A very relaxed atmosphere in a stylish and modern restaurant. I would definitely come again and recommend this restaurant to every food lover!!

Fantastic meal in Albert's, 2 for £10 is a very good value for money offer. Service was very friendly.

great night out, steak was cooked to perfection and lemon sole was to die for. Highly recommend.

Loved our meal at Albert's in Castlefield last Saturday. Fantastic service from Kira and Christine. Food was delicious and reasonably priced. Sam.

This is an outstanding restaurants. I've been a couple of times and each time I'm not disappointed. Last time i went was yesterday (18/06/10) and the place was empty and i have no idea why!!!! Me and my friend both had the steak and chips. We had a chose of sauces, we chose pepper corn and after a VERY short wait the food arrived. IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STEAK I'VE EVER HAD ANYWHERE! Even the chips cooked perfectly, lot of places can't do really good chips but they did. We got a huge mushroom and a whole tomato, not half a whole tomato. The meal was worth more than what i paid for it. Can i give it more than 5 stars?

Booked one of three traditional Japanese rooms on a Wednesday evening providing privacy. Restaurant was empty at the time (Wednesday evening)but received good attention from owner and waitress. The food was very good. Ordered Sushi and Sashimi platters which my son and wife enjoyed thoroughly. I had the Appetizer platter which was great. Had the much recommended Japanese pancake which was good but not brilliant. Finished off with a couple of desserts which were very nice. Recommended.

A group of us went to this restaurant to celebrate a friends birthday. I was anticipating an all singing, all dancing venue at the price of £25 per person. Instead I was very disappointed with the set up. Basically you choose your sides of salads, vegetables and stews from a small buffet counter, and as you are eating, a waiter will float round with a different type of meat each time, on a skewer and carve it in front of you. This way you get to try a piece of various meats including lamb, chicken, beef, pork and prawns.... All the meats are cooked over a barbecue type grill - similar to that of a rotisserie set up. The first couple of pieces of meat tasted delicious, and the outlook was promising.... however, by the time we got the 4th piece of meat and thereafter, everything tasted extremely salty, it was like the grill chef (or rather the skewer controller) decided that there was an overspill of salt and felt that it needed to be used! I left almost half of each piece of meat offered, and my plate ended up looking like I did not touch my food! I paid for my teenage daughter (which was not discounted) and myself, and it came to over £70!! The last time I paid these prices was at a Michelin restaurant for a THREE course meal! Needless to say that the experience has left a sour taste in my mouth. The frustrating thing is that I left feeling rather unsatisfied, extremely thirsty, and a very empty pocket! Unless you like salt, I would not recommend anyone to come here... If you are willing to pay the price of over £30 which I often am, then go to a decent restaurant, that serves good quality food and get a 3 course meal!! Drinks included!

It was our second visit to Albert's Shed and we were not disappointed. The food was tasty and cooked fresh answer service from Rea was attentive but not intrusive.

Gorgeous venue, lovely bar area with low lighting. Restaurant just as lovely, tables not too close together. Food fantastic, retro with a a modern twist. One of favourite places to eat in Manchester, will definitely be back.

Great night out in Castlefield. Albert's Shed got it wright with staff, level of service and quality of food. Thank you.

fab night, can not fault anything. Service was attentive and not over intrusive, food cooked to perfection. A warm welcome from blonde short hair manager (sorry didn't get her name). Def will be back.