Reviews in Manchester City Centre

Ordered the chicken curry which had a tiny cube of chicken in and the rest was potatoes so asked the waiter if he could get me a new portion with some chicken in. He was very polite and said he would but the second portion wasn't much better and still only had a couple of tiny flakes of chicken in it. Drinks were tasty and have had nice food here before but on this occasion the food was a let down.

We visited during the 50% off food opening promotion. Unfortunately we were advised that the happy hour drinks deal could not be used in conjunction with that, but understandable that they have to make some money. On the whole, I'd say the menu prices are a bit too much unless there is some sort of deal. ~£12 cocktails and £9.50 for two tacos feels a bit steep and the bill can rack up quickly. However, with the 50% off it was great value and really delicious food. The service was mixed - our drinks order seemed to get forgotten a couple of times, but one of the team members was absolutely lovely (sadly I didn't get his name).

Visited so many times and never disappointed. Amazing place with amazing food. Staff are lovely too. We will be back!

Terrible :( me and my friends were so excited to visit after seeing the place advertised on Manchester Finest, but everything about this place was just bad. We had to wait ages to be seated, we then had to wait a further 10 minutes to receive a menu. When we had decided what we wanted to eat, it took another 15 minutes for the waitress to take our order. Took a good 25 minutes to receive our drinks. After this time, the waitress came back and told us the lamb taco was unavailable after we had already ordered it which I didn’t think was very professional. Our food arrived after 50 minutes, it was very small servings, cold and to be honest, quite bland. No cutlery on the table, so we had to ask our waitress for cutlery and napkins. Took a while for our plates to be cleared, when we asked for the bill there was an automatic service charge on which didn’t seem fair as the service was not good. We left feeling dissatisfied and still hungry so swung by Wing Stop on the way home.

Excellent service, food as always!! Every time we come it is excellent!! Love it, well done guys x

Food was brilliant. We ordered 2 taco dishes (lamb and beef) and a loaded nachos. All were super tasty, the beef was really good. The lamb tacos were crispy and had a nice dip to go with them. We didn’t order any cocktails but they did look good for those who had ordered them around us. Service was lovely can’t really complain! We went at the time of the 50% off deal. I don’t think we would be willing to pay full price otherwise. The dishes aren’t huge, ~£9.50 for 2 small tacos which is quite overpriced… I’d say the £6.50 mark would be more affordable, but again, worth the price at 50% off! Would probably return and recommend to go for the weekly deals. Great food and good service. Thanks!

Great little place. Something different, portions were big and the food was delicious. Friendly staff and attentive service. Really good value for money

Dreadful. Took 15 minutes for a waitress to even take our order and when they did, our drinks arrived after our food which took half an hour to come itself. When drinks did arrive, they were ridiculously overpriced for the size of them. Food was cold and tacos soggy as though they’d been sat in the kitchen for ages. Portion sizes are a joke. Plain nachos with salsa took half an hour to show up. If you’re considering a visit to Boogalu, my advice would be to spend your money elsewhere.

Lovely food and good service here

Booked in for a a birthday meal and the whole experience was awful! Food was complete naff, it looked nothing like the photos promoting the place on Instagram. We waited 45 minutes for our drinks to arrive for one of them to be missing. After being there for 75 minutes the second drink arrived! Definitely will not be in a hurry to return. Bring back El Capo!

Food was awful. Don’t feel like any of the ingredients were fresh, felt store bought. Half the menu was out of stock. Overpriced even with 50% Whilst cocktails were ok, but also felt that cheap alcohol was used. Highly recommend Wolf at the Door instead, that’s were we went afterwards to have amazing tacos and delicious cocktails. Not coming back here. Thank you.

My understanding is that this new opening is run by people already operating restaurants, if so then it doesn't show 10 minute wait for menu, 10 minute wait to take order, as ordering advised 2 of the 7 main items were not available, 5 minute wait for drink, 20 minute wait for food, food delivered cold If you only have 5 main items and a few nibbles how does it take 20 minutes to serve tacos and nachos How is it possible to serve tacos and nachos cold In fairness the staff did offer to prepare another meal but I couldn't take up the offer due to catching a train. I was not charged for my drink

Great food, great service. Really good mid week/ happy hour

Easy to book online. Restaurant nicely decorated with quiet music playing. Been there 4 times now and the food and service has always been excellent. Good value for money. Will be returning.

Such a lovely atmosphere. Food and service was quick and efficient, would defo come again :)

Was looking forward to visiting Boogalu, unfortunately when we arrived we had to wait around 15 minutes to even be given a food menu, I had to find a waitress to ask for this. Then when we decided what we wanted, no one came for another 15 minutes, I had to ask if we had to pay at the counter, the service to attend to customers was unfortunately so slow. This meant we were running late for our event that we were meant to be going to later on in the evening. Again, the bill took ages to come and we had to ask three waiters until it finally came. Also, we were informed that there were no fish tacos, which is what I wanted on the menu. It was also very cold every time the door opened and I was surprised to see the service charge was taken off the full price as opposed to the final price after the 50% off. Hopefully these teething issues will be fixed.

We reserved a table at Boogalu having seen the menu online and being particularly excited for fish tacos and the lamb birria tacos. When we arrived the waitress informed us that there was no seafood, no lamb and no tofu, which took out a good chunk of the menu (around half of the mains). I think that the staff should have rung us on the day of our booking to tell us this, as we could have decided to go elsewhere. Instead we arrived and were instantly disappointed and debated whether to leave, but due to the rain and having no other plan, we stayed. The restaurant was very, very cold and the atmosphere was pretty depressing as the music was all really slow and sad. We expected more of a lively soundtrack given the instagram posts and the theme of the bar/restaurant. The food we did have was pretty nice, and I did order a second portion of the pork tacos. The cocktails were good too, with a nice selection. At 50% off the food was decent value, but might have felt less so at full price. Not ridiculous though. Our waitress was really nice and did well to try and save our visit from being terrible. She was incredibly friendly and fed back our comments to her manager. She did a really good job. I hope in a few weeks the teething problems are sorted and everything is running smoothly. There is definitely potential for this to be a nice restaurant and Manchester really needs another Mexican restaurant :) I would say having a slightly bigger menu in general would be good, as then if things run out there are more options.

Food was GREAT however wasn't worth the money, service was terrible, it was like being sat in an ice cube, our orders came wrong, some items weren't available, our bill was also wrong and we were served 2 cocktails in the 2 and half hours we were there...