Reviews in Preston

My favourite restaurant in the Preston area by far. If you like Italian food then nowhere else in the area comes close in comparison to the Italian Orchard. I used to live very nearby and visited almost every week. I still go regularly despite now living 30mins away. Probably eaten there several hundred times over the past 10 years!! Food and service are always excellent. Good choice of food on menu with a specials menu which is varied regularly. Decent selection of wine also. Staff are attentive and friendly and the atmosphere is very relaxed and pleasant. Busy at weekends - you'll probably need to book in advance - but quieter midweek - just turn up and you'll normally get a table straight away. Best of all is that the prices are very reasonable indeed - especially given the quality of the food. 10 out of 10.

Hi my name is Jean. I work in Preston and visit Totto's about once a month. The food is always excellent, very good value for money and the service is always friendly and welcoming. The restaurant is on the small side but very cosy. Because it's off the main thoroughfare it doesn't get too busy and that's how I like it for a relaxing lunchtime pizza enjoyed with a glass of wine. They do great coffee too. I tell all my friends to visit as the food is so good and they also tell all their friends.

We visited on 5th March and were very impressed by the up-market decor and courteous staff. It was pretty quiet at around 6pm but had filled up considerably by the time we left. We were offered poppadoms as we were handed the menus. They were very good and had a selection of 7/8 pickles. However, we didn't realise the price of these until we got the bill - 55p each plus £2.95 for the pickles, more expensive than we are used to, but then again more pickle choices. Hubby went for the Balti chicken tikka garlic with boiled rice and I had the fabulous Taaqur-Ki-Thali, chicken, lamb, prawn and keema curries with pilau rice and a small salad. Very tasty and highly recommended. With 2 bottles of peroni and one very expensive lime & soda (£2.20) the bill came to £35 (ish). Neither of us could finish our meals, and the waiter happily packed the remaining dishes for us to take home. We will definitely visit again soon, even though it is more expensive than the surrounding town curry houses which we have frequented over the years, and probably on a par with our favourite, Shona Spice on Cuerdale lane.

Visited Moka for the first time with 3 friends. Best restaurant in Preston. The food is out of this world, the staff very attentive, and the music & decoration created a lovely ambient atmosphere. I enjoyed Thai fishcakes for starter, Goan lamb for main course (slow cooked lamb shank with spices) - absolutely divine, & toffee and pecan cheesecake for dessert. Will definitely be returning.

I believe the Italian Orchard is the best Italian restaurant by far, anywhere in the North. There is a lunch menu for only £8.70 for two courses and you have a choice of more than a dozen starters and a dozen main courses. I hate Italian restaurants that offer only pasta and pizza, this has very good quality and very good service - if you go there you would recommend it too!!!!

I am not recommending I was disappointed in today on visiting the boat yard. The meal was cold the chips were frozen.The used to be home made. The veg was tinned peas and frozen carrots. Not a bit like their normal standard, at all.

We stumbled across the Fusion room while looking for a bit to eat once lunch time - the decor suggested that it was a Japanese or Asian restaurant. However, we were surprised to find that the lunch menu consisted of Tapas and traditional English fare - which is a strange disconnect between the look of the place and the menu. Pressing on, we tried the tapas - chilli calamari, Thai fishcakes, Spanish meatballs, tempura vegetables (10gbp for 4 tapas or 18gbp for 7) and a selection of bread. The table service service was prompt and polite. The food was fine (decent portion sizes) except that the tempura vegetables were slightly uncooked. The wine selection was also good. Overall, we were impressed with the quality and price of the food (overlooking the strange disconnection between the style of the place and the menu content) and would recommend to friends. We took a look at the evening menu and will be making a trip to try it.

Overpriced, pretentious and uninviting. My partner and I went for a meal after work on a Friday night after friends had recommended the restaurant to us. Staff were inattentive and we were left waiting 15 minutes before anyone came to take our drinks order. We both ordered the tomato and goats cheese tart as a starter and were very disappointed. £5.95 for a 2cm by 2cm square of tasteless, cold, pureed vegetables on one side of the plate and an even smaller pastry case with lukewarm goats cheese is not my idea of value for money. For mains, we ordered one each of the two vegetarian dishes on the menu. For £15.95 each, my partner received what appeared to be baked beans, mushrooms and breadcrumbs, while I had Aubergine cannelloni. Neither meal was particularly pleasant and definitely did not justify the high price tag. The menu also stated each meal would be served with seasonal veg and potatoes but we only received a small bowl between us. At this point we decided to get the bill and leave. Very, very disappointing.

This is by far the best Indian restaurant in Lancashire. The atmosphere is fantastic, the food is delicious and the service is even better. Its the best Indian food I have ever tasted. An experience not to be missed!

Called in on Saturday, and what a joy to finally find somewhere in Preston with a bit of style, we only had a lite lunch and a drink, but was very impressed with the quality of food and service. Will most certainly be calling back in to sample the food. And would highly recommend on first impressions.

8 of us dined here on 14th February. one word - appalling. the food was cold and late, the staff were useless and unhelpful and the place has gone really downhill.The toilets were dirty and the decor shoddy. We were sat for 40 minutes before someone came to take a drinks order. 3 of the party ordered the same main course and all 3 looked totally different. When we complained that the main courses were cold, the staff were rude and unhelpful. For this to be owned by the same family who have the fabulous Italian Orchard, Pinocchio's and San Marco is an embarrassment. I will certainly not be returning. It was a joke.

Deli Med is my fave lunch venue. Delicious, locally sourced ingredients are used in all their dishes, the atmosphere is cosy and the service is very friendly. The smoked chicken & avocado sandwich in pumpkin seed bread is truly the most delicious sandwich I have ever eaten.

We discovered Deli Med after moving to the surrounding area last summer and won't go anywhere else when in the City. The staff are always delightful and the food is wonderful and fresh. As a true coffee lover, it's a real find and our children rave about the wonderful Spanish hot chocolate. I love the 'taste table' which has something different every day and the continental feel of the cafe makes it a good all round experience. Despite the credit crunch, going to Deli Med is still my twice weekly pleasure.

Feb 2009 - Upon arrival the bar was full of empty/dirty/used glasses from the night before. No one was in a rush to move them either, just serve around them. When we eventually discovered the function room, (as no-staff were in the least bit interested to show us where we had to go?)we were met with a filthy carpet, filthy dusty cutlery, dirty glasses, and stained tablecloths! not sure when the carpet had last seen a vacuum!!! The food was absolutely terrible, stone cold, awful, (if you like pickles, this is the place for you, I have never seen so many!!!)filthy cutlery, a splash of wine served with the meal, (when asked for more, "we have to make sure there is enough for everyone else" a waitress remarked, then when the dessert arrived (20 minutes waiting between courses) was served, over 40 people remarked how horrible, cold and unappetising this was, not very helpful, terrible, terrible terrible, Haighton Manor we feel didn't provide, excellent service or value for money, the food was a disaster!!! what should of been a great day out. This used to be a fabulous Hotel for any function, however we shall not be visiting again, if you are contemplating holding a function, please visit on a few occassions, when one is on and ask the people if they're impressed!!!

i was at the barton bangla barton brasserie last week with my family, the restaurant is great, the restaurant is clean and the service was excellent i highly recommend anyone to come to this fabulous and fantastic restaurant, it has brilliant variety of delicious food, the restaurant place looks clean and the restaurant deco is very modern.The service was exceptional i cant wait to go back! well done to everyone at barton bangla.

this place was alright. the waiters were very slow tho but the food was extremely tasty. its worth a visit with its vibrant atmosphere though so yeh get down there.

We discovered this Indian Restaurant purely by chance. The main thing we noticed was it was full and most of the people eating there were Indian/Asian. Now, believing Indian people should know where to eat good Indian food we thought we would give it a go and were not disappointed. Firstly, there is no alcohol. Although I like a drink or two with my meal, please don't let this stop you! The delicious fruit juices and wide range of soft drinks, reasonably priced should more than make up for this!! Staff Friendly and attentive staff. Great service. Price Be pleasantly surprised at the cost of the dishes and the cost of soft drinks! Our average bill for 2 people has been around £40 which has included poppadoms, chutney, 3 x starters, 2 x curries (abhari chicken masala and a King Prawn Masala), a jug of fresh juice and a couple of bottles of diet coke (bottles, not draft). Check out their website for the full menu. You will be pleasantly surprised. Appearance / Presentation of food The food always looks and tastes fantastic. Its a rare treat to get starters that look as well presented as you would expect from a top class restaurant in London from the likes of Jamie Oliver but for a fraction of the price! Quality / Taste The quality of food is always good. Don't go here expecting what you would normally get from your after pub hours, curry house. Infact, don't go here expecting the same taste you would get at an Indian restaurant that caters for us Brits! The taste is tantalising different. I particularly like the Akbari Chicken Masala which is their version of Chicken Tikka Masala!! I generally don't like Lamb dishes but my friend ordered Lahori Gosht and the meat was so tender that it melted in my mouth!! Quantity / Value for Money If you want good quality food representing excellent value for money, friendly and attentive staff and a true taste of Indian cuisine then the Bhukara has it all. Atmosphere Arguably this is not the restaurant to go to if you want one that is full of English people, laughing, drinking with annoyingly loud music playing in the background. It does not sell alchohol so this may not be the place to go to if its a celebration or you want a party atmosphere, although they do have a room upstairs for parties... If you would prefer to have a glass of wine with your meal... they do offer a takeaway service... Location Great out of the way location. Plenty of free parking. Overall Great food, friendly staff, reasonable prices. 10/10

We visited last night + as usual it was fantastic beautiful food friendly staff . If i had to say anything negative it would be there isn't much vegetarian options for main ? Still our favorite restaurant tho by far !!!!