Reviews in Manchester City Centre

It was a perfect occasion to entertain my student granddaughter. The food was the best Indian I have had in decades, the staff were attentive and the ambience is friendly and accommodating.

Met up with 9 schoolmates from Cape Town in the seventies and had a fabulous afternoon at Chakalaka on Saturday 14th October 2023. The service was swift, the drinks were flowing and the food was lekker! Thank you guys, what a pleasure. I'll be back

Definitely wouldn't visit again as we had to wait half an hour past our booked time to be seated, and it was over an hour until we got our starter. They were clearly over booked but waiters weren't apologetic, I found a couple of them quite rude. Ordering our food was hard work to communicate what we wanted. Mojito just tasted like soda water. Food was absolutely delicious though!

We visited Giorgio's for the first time on sat 14th oct as we were watching a show just down the road and I was treating my husband for his birthday! We arrived a little late due to traffic but this was no problem, the man who I am assuming is the owner or general manager welcomed us and then walked off, leaving us stood for about 5 minutes wondering what's going on. We could clearly see how busy the restaurant was and how short staffed they were but it was a little frustrating as we were restricted for time! The manager came back over to the desk and just went 'you two, there' and pointed at a table and just walked off.. no showing us to our table or giving us menus. We were sat there for 15 minutes before someone noticed we hadn't been given any menu's or even our drinks order.. we had menus thrown on to our table and left alone again. Our table was originally booked for 5pm but our drinks & food order were finally taken at 5:47pm... again, I appreciate they were short staffed but we were put in a table that was hidden away and witnessed other customers come in after us and served before us and felt like we were forgotten about. Luckily the food came out piping hot and full of flavour! The portion sizes were huge and I couldn't finish all mine but this wasn't an issue. If the food wasn't as good as it was, I would have raised a complaint regarding the service and wait times but it did make up for it. We didn't have time for dessert as we'd waited a ridiculous amount of time to even be served, we had to pay and get straight to the theatre! I had to ask for the bill 3 different times and took another total of 20 minutes to be given, then another 10 minutes to wait till they brought the card machine over. All in all, not the best experience but not the worst. I couldn't help feel guilty for the rest of the night as I felt like it spoilt my husbands birthday.

Welcome and service was impeccable and made for a really enjoyable experience. The food was top notch too, rounded off y an Irish coffee, beautiful! Well done Giorgio's.

This was my second visit to Giorgio’s, firstly with my Mom and yesterday with my daughter, both were for a pre-theatre lunch. On both occasions we were warmly welcomed, the food was delicious served with excellent relaxed, friendly manner. We travel from the West Midlands to Manchester to the theatre and a visit to Georgio’s is a must!

Excellent food and service. The menu isn't as extensive as some but there is still plenty of variety. Highly recommended.

Lovely food, staff and atmosphere. Once again an excellent meal

Fantastic meal all round. Cannot wait to return, next month November 2nd already looking forward to it. Lovely friendly staff. Always return each month for pre concert menu ,then off to the Halle. Many thanks to all the staff for making my brother & I so welcome.

As a south African in the UK I was excited to try out Chakalaka. Amazing food and drinks. Felt right at home!

Thank you all for a lovely meal and looking after us for the evening

Been here many times and always enjoyed the food and service. Tonight, though was one of the worst experiences both my partner and I have had. The food was terrible. They seemed very short staffed, and no one was checking what was coming out of the kitchen. The chicken wings in BBQ sauce was the warning that worst was to come. The sauce was bland with little taste, more like a weak gravy. Then the chicken risotto, over cooked and tasted burnt but yet cold, far too much salt and garlic, no parmesan cheese or black pepper offered. The spinach and cheese ravioli was more like a soup, watery and foul tasting, far too much salt and garlic and again, no parmesan cheese or black pepper offered. We couldn't eat the main courses. Complained to the waiter who informed us that no manager was in tonight, which I suppose may explain why food wasn't being checked properly before it left the kitchen. We paid for our overpriced wine and left. Maybe it was just a bad night, but we won't be going back again.

Been here many times and always enjoyed the food and service. Tonight, though was one of the worst experiences both my partner and I have had. The food was terrible. They seemed very short staffed, and no one was checking what was coming out of the kitchen. The chicken wings in BBQ sauce was the warning that worst was to come. The sauce was bland with little taste, more like a weak gravy. Then the chicken risotto, over cooked and tasted burnt but yet cold, far too much salt and garlic, no parmesan cheese or black pepper offered. The spinach and cheese ravioli was more like a soup, watery and foul tasting, far too much salt and garlic and again, no parmesan cheese or black pepper offered. We couldn't eat the main courses. Complained to the waiter who informed us that no manager was in tonight, which I suppose may explain why food wasn't being checked properly before it left the kitchen. We paid for our overpriced wine and left. Maybe it was just a bad night, but we won't be going back again.

Had a lovely meal with my husband,couldn’t fault it, food was amazing and really friendly professional staff. Will definitely go back

We have visited here for lunch earlier in the year but chose to come back for dinner at the end of September as we were staying nearby on our visit to Manchester. The food and service were fantastic, I had the Mario’s a pasta - superb, and my husband had the spaghetti bolognaise which he loved. We would definitely return next time we are down that end of town

Great food and atmosphere at fantastic prices. Staff were lovely we will definitely be back.

Great service, good and atmosphere.

I love it here- great restaurant, well decorated with delicious food and friendly staff . It’s really chilled and definitely will return! Pay a visit and you won’t be disappointed!