Reviews in Manchester City Centre

Efes - lovely family friendly restaurant. Lovely food, service, prices! An early Saturday dinner for 4, including 2 birthday girls, still attracted the very reasonable Table D'Hote menu. 4 people with very differing tastes and age groups, including a diabetic, had a lovely "genteel" time! We will return.Less than 60 quid for lovely food and wine.

Tried to book a table using my City Scene card but they declined, saying they needed 24 hours notice (not stated in the City Scene booklet) which considering we wanted the table at 6.30pm I thought was ludicrous. We were meeting friends there anyway so ended up eating there anyway - we ordered our main courses and had drunk virtually all our wine before the meal came (had to chase it up with the waitress first). To be honest the gravy looked as though it needed some more time in the microwave, it appeared to be reheated. Was not impressed at all. When we complained about it the waitress was quite rude and seemed to take everything too personally. Will probably not be using my 50% discount.

Went to Via again recently, the menu has changed once again. Although not as extensive as it was, they have a fantastic tapas selection and an improved specials board. The price is reasonable and the service great. I would recommend this venue.

Although the food is OK (ALL sandwich based) BEWARE! If you eat here you and your clothes will stink of roasting meat for days!!!!

I retired from my NHS job yesterday, and booked for 10 friends/colleagues to share a meal at Gio's last night. We were seated in the window facing the Midland, and it was tricky for half of us not to be able to leave the table without making everyone on our side stand up, but what a great vantage point from which to watch the world blow by in the noisy gale beating up the world outside. The food was good, and reasonably priced, but the best things about this restaurant were the attentive but not intrusive staff, efficient service and lively ambience. It was so central for all our buses and trams home. I look forward to going again with my family, and I hope it will be soon. Thank you for your good humour, and for giving us the perfect place for my send-off. Jenny Daniel

Incredible, amazing, brilliant, beautiful, friendly, tasty, words do not do this place justice! Cannot recommend it strongly enough!

Don't bother going anywhere else in town. This place never disappoints. The best!

i love barburrito, and was really pleased that this chain opened up another store in the trafford centre. this place consistently serves fresh, vibrant, healthy Mexican fast food at unbelievable value. First timers cannot go far wrong with a shredded beef burrito, black beans, lime rice and salsa verde. This does me just fine every time i visit (which is about twice a week). At five pounds for a meal and a drink you cannot go far wrong here! The only slight grumble would be the limited selection of drinks (the usual soft drinks, beer and margaritas) - but I guess this is a fast food restaurant - and i don't know many fast food gaffs selling beer. Manchester deserved more places like this.

The food was great, once we'd been seated, but the service left a LOT to be desired. There were about five long, rowdy "Happy Birthdays" sung by the waiters. Shame they didn't put as much effort into being as welcoming to other customers; as the jolly atmosphere felt false due to our initial treatment. I booked a table for 9pm. I don't mind waiting, especially on a busy night, but there was nowhere to sit in the bar and it was swamped with people just drinking. I politely asked how long the table was likely to be; and was looked at as if I'd just kicked the waiter's mother. When I tried again, he said that if I approached the manager with the same question, I'd probably be asked to leave - because the staff were working hard and didn't need the hassle. I really wasn't in the mood for a fight - but he clearly was. It was just bizarre. My main impression was that because they're busy, they're arrogant. It really put me off. I write restaurant reviews for a living, so get some closure by having a platform for my views; but not everyone has that opportunity. So, in short, I wouldn't recommend it on a Friday or Saturday - however good the food is. There are plenty of other restaurants in town with equal quality in ALL areas of service.

The best Thai restaurant we have been to. The food was very fresh and service fab. If you love Thai food you must go !!

Yang Sing is a great concept- it's upmarket style allows you to take corporate clients here, which is a rarity in most Chinese restaurants. However, there are many many restaurants in Manchester that match or surpass the food there including the little downstairs place next door that do the same great steak rolls for approximately half the price. Great for a posh night out but honestly quite disappointing for most real foodies. My advice to you if you eat Chinese regularly in Manchester is to be adventurous and try somewhere else!

Do yourselves a huge favour and go to Buffet City, has to be the best place around for miles, so much choice, polite friendly staff, clean toilets and outstanding value for money.

Not authentic Asian food

After taking a long time to find, (going up and down Deansgate), me and my friend found a very unpretentious restaurant: it was El Rincon. You walk downstairs and find yourself walking into a medium sized room with typical Spanish pictures on the wall i.e. bullfighters and even Maradona himself. I was very unimpressed by the place itself and when the waitress sat us down, I found myself looking in at the kitchen (which was directly opposite to where I was sitting) which didn't seem the cleanest. Anyway most importantly, the food was lovely. Me and my friend wanted to just order the Paella but the waitress told us it would 30 minutes to cook so we would be better off getting a tapas to pass the time. We opted for the prawns with dips and the chicken done in a paprika sauce- which was gorgeous. We shared our tapas and when the Paella finally came, we didn't even eat half of it. Probably thanks to the £1.50 bread aswell. The bill was £32. Well worth it. The best restaurant I've been to in Manchester, so far.

Lammars is the worst place in manchester to eat. I went there for my 30th Birthday, ive never seen anything like it. If you want food poisoning this is a fantastic place to go.

Went to the New Emperor on Sat night and thought it was the worst experience in China town Manchester so far. Service was extremely poor, staff were rude, two dishes had hairs in them. We sat down to dine at nine, ordered straight forward banquet option for 4 people and service was so bad we didn't finish until 1am. The rude staff even started to hoover around us. The bill was also expensive considering the poor quality of food and service. Definitely one to avoid.

Fab food. Very busy at lunchtime but worth every mouthful

The food was nice enough but unfortunately not the service. We were told it would be a 40-50 minute wait but ended up waiting almost 2 hours with a full seating area which is understandable on an early saturday evening. Six thirty to be precise.There were plenty of us and We were told upon arrival that we had to have a set menu for that reason and not able to choose anything.We were rushed like cattle and offered no dessert or coffee. We had had all our food within an hour and then when we asked for more drinks the waiter rolled his eyes. When spending four hundred pounds you expect a lot better than that. On a more positive note, the naan bread was delicious and if you prefer a less rustic and more modern restaurant then this may be to your liking. Just dont go in a large group.