Around the time I went here, I was craving some Japanese food in Manchester that wasn't just sushi…read moreor ramen. This place kept popping up on my socials so I knew it was fate I had to try it. I was glad I did!! I went in around noon, quickly got sat down and given a menu, and then the problem was choosing what to have. I went for the teriyaki chicken meal set and it was quick to arrive. For a drink I just went with a Japanese green tea. The meal set was quick to come and it had a plate of teriyaki chicken, a bowl of white rice, and a bowl of miso soup. I loved all of it. I read up on the correct way to have it all, picked up my chopsticks and went to town. I was a little nervous for the miso soup as I've had one before and didn't like it but this one was amazing. The chicken was perfectly cooked and full of flavour, the rice shot, fluffy, and hot. I definitely will go back here as there was more I wanted to try. The ambiance was amazing, I was in front of the kitchen so could see the chefs preparing the food, and all the different bottles of sake were around so I could look at those and pick one if I wanted some alcohol. I can't wait to return

Went to one in York and didn't love the food hall location. Then it took forever. Finally I ordered…read morea simple chicken fried rice and it was so salty I could hardly eat it. After a few bites just picked out the chicken and left the rest. Maybe it's a cultural thing as I'm from the US but not what I was expecting.

Umezushi is one of the best sushi places in Manchester. Maybe the best - although I have not tried…read morethem all! It has won numerous awards including their chef Terry Huang winning the Chef of the Year award at the Manchester Food & Drink Awards 2016. Its located near the Manchester Arena, down a side street. Its a hidden gem. I am show many people don't even know about it. Its a very small restaurant and only has about 20 covers. The last time I went, it was a group of about 6 people and we ordered several things, which I can't remember exactly the names of what ordered. But all good! As well as the sushi/sashimi etc, we also ordered some side dishes like edamame and also a delicious Taiwanese pork rice. Was so good! Delicious! I would highly recommend going - its not cheap, but its well worth it. The first time I went to Umezushi was for a Yelp event and we got to try many different things. We also tried some plum sake which tasted SO good.

This place is closed!!! totally closed-I don't know how somebody wrote a review just five days ago…read moreabout it. Here is a photo of the doors closed.

I came here for dinner with friends as it had great reviews and I found the food to be quite good…read more It's like Japanese fusion served in tapas style, the flavour of everything was great and I loved all the things I ordered, which were the Salmon tataki, chicken Shumai and the broccoli side dish. The portions are on the smaller side for the price, which is about £30 per person for a meal of 3-4 dishes. The atmosphere is on the lively bougie side, they had a DJ for a while as well. I liked the decor and how vibes overall. The staff were friendly and polite but service was quite slow as it took ages to get the waiters attention to order. The one thing that disappointed me was the lack of sake ok the menu as they seemed to be a Japanese tapas bar, so sake seems like an obvious option. They only have whiskey, beer, wine and cocktails though. Also they only accept card, no cash and also American Express which I found out when I tried.. Overall good food, chic atmosphere and lively, but quite pricey, no sake and not so efficient service.

Been here a couple times since original review. Most recent times there to eat - and trying out…read moremuch of the menu. Most recently, went with friends and tried the Summer Set Menu. This was 4 small plates for just £15. Very good value! There are 4 different sections with 3 different items in each - since there was 4 of us, we tried every item - plus duplicates of what sounds the best. Depending what you get, you won't leave hungry. But it depends - the ribs are more filling than e.g. the dim sum selection. My fav from the Summer Set Menu were the ribs, and the mackerel donburi I think. Duck and watermelon salad was good even though I don't like watermelon! Fish collars were yummy too! So much of it was good! We also got dessert which was not included in the set menu - costs £6 each dessert. My rating has gone up to 5 stars from 4 because every time I have been, the food is almost spot on. Would recommend it to anyone. Service is friendly too.

Amazing service. Had hibachi grill. Did king prawns in teriyaki sauce. Also fried rice. So…read moretasty. Chef did an amazing job of entertaining and cooking. Highly recommend this place.

This restaurant is in the waterlogged city centre - with blocked drains, flooded streets, uneven…read morepavements and generally untended. Nine of us turned up for lunch on a miserably cold, wet day. The meal here was just about better than ok, but not at all near great; scrapes two stars against price paid. If I were invited back I wouldn't be looking forward to going again. The teppanyaki 'show' is almost non existent. We've been to dozens of these shows over years in USA and on cruises. The shows are usually highly entertaining with food portions tasty and generous. This place was lifeless in comparison so if it's the show that attracts you'll waste your time and a lot of money too. Customers are also being ripped - off. This is the biggest shock I had - although the cooking left much to be desired as it's not simply cooking that's essential: building and concentrating flavour and plating up tasty food is important and mostly missing here. My wife chose what was a mean - portioned duck spring roll starter at a stonking £8 - 75p in ingredients to make (see photo). It tasted ok but not super. I got a 1 star tempura seafood £9.5 starter. It was also quite poor, not generous, lukewarm and the tempura wasn't crispy light either. I do better/tastier at home. A £1 chicken breast becomes a £20 teppanyaki with the addition of some sliced fried potatoes, about 20 pence worth of potato and tasteless thin sliced vegetables, tipped from a plastic bag onto a hot plate (beansprouts/carrots/snow-peas) then steam cooked to limp, unappetising, served with a very small bowl of fried, long grain white rice; say about fifteen pence worth. The rice wasn't cooked in front of us but at the hot plate behind our 'chef'. My pitiful small portion of cheap rice was al mush rather than al dente, with lumps of starchy boiled rice still prominent (see photo). No second portion was offered. I opted for fillet steak main £26 for 4/5 ounces of raw meat; had I opted for sirloin it was £24 for 6/7 ounces. The meats were tasty and cooked as ordered. I chose the Sapporo peppercorn sauce. It was far and away the tastiest part of the whole meal by a distance (not a big challenge) but the 'chef' slightly burned the pepper sauce. My first 330ml ale choice at 7% wasn't available (£12.05 a pint) I got a 6% tasty amber ale (£10.32 a pint). The staff are polite and courteous. The atmosphere was surprisingly muted despite the fact that the restaurant was very busy ripping off lots of folks at one time.

As I am always around afflicts and the northern quarter, I had seen this business a lot .. but I…read morewas always scared to go inside .. BUT NOT THIS DAY. I waited for it to open but also didn't want to be the first in, so I waited a bit longer, but other people quickly went inside as its a very popular place. I got seated and the inside vibes were amazing, dimly lit, music playing, most seats looking outside and the kitchen busy at the back of the restaurant. I went for the Shoyu Ramen, and vegetable gyoza with a raspberry lemonade drink and water too. It was a December afternoon so quite chilly outside so this went down a treat. It didn't take long for it to arrive and it smelled divine. First trying the broth, it was full of flavour and not too hot. It was all so good I'm drooling thinking about it. The gyoza were fried so full of vegetable flavour and a crunch of crispy skins. I am planning my next trip soon because it was that good.

I'm no ramen expert although I've had it quite a few times in Japan and in the heyday of Bone…read moreDaddies in London and for me the ramen here is lacking something, a certain depth of flavour. I could tell my friend wasn't that keen either. I went again for lunch on my birthday and was disappointed again. It has also gotten pretty expensive.

I came here originally a year ago for a second date..maybe it was this distraction that made it…read morefeel more magical. Craving sushi I suggested we return to this all you can eat sushi place for £22 each Once seated they supply you with a tablet in which you can essentially order what you want with those couple of hours. We of course ordered a boat of sashimi to be advised this was not included. The quality of the sushi itself is okay..however the service is wooden without much advice of what you can and cannot order with the deal. The venue itself is nice with calming tropical scenery and sounds with flowing water but for the price we paid I know so many more venues that offer better sushi for the same price. Overall the magic has gone..I guess its okay for average sushi?

I came here on Friday night with a friend for a catch up as we both had a craving for some…read moreTeppanyaki and found ourselves in China Town. I have been to Teppanyaki restaurants in the past and have always enjoyed them - having the food cooked in front of you adds an entertainment value which is great fun. The staff in here are great - the service i cannot fault at all. From the moment we arrived they were polite and gave us time to look through the menu in the small bar area before showing us to our seats. We asked the waitress if we had the set courses, would we need a sushi starter as well? She said no, and mentioned that the set menu would easily be enough food. I appreciated her honesty as i was just about to spend a further £18 on 8 pieces of Nigiri Sushi and California Rolls. My scarf kept falling off the back of my chair when people brushed past me, and the waitress kept picking it up and placing it back on my chair. This must have happened 5 times - very kind. We both opted for the 'Teriyaki Kyoto' set teppanyaki menu at £24.95 each. This consisted of Zensai, which was a small starter dish of some wontons and spring rolls. A choice of either Sirloin Steak or Chicken Fillet cooked on the teppanyaki grill and egg and vegetable fried rice and stir fried vegetables too. We both opted for steak and the waitress was right - this was plenty of food. Our chef was polite and our food was served quickly.. the rice and stir fry veg was particularly good, and the steak was cooked how i like and was juicy and tender. However, the chef went crazy with the soy sauce on my steak, and whilst this is fine for some people, this made my steak very salty. I can't help but compare this place to Sapporo Teppanyaki - where it's only £21 for a filet steak cooked with rice, veg and potatos - so i found this restaurant particularly expensive in comparison. And like i said, whilst the chef was polite, there wasn't the same entertainment as there is at Sapporo - which did leave me a little disappointed. But, all in all, the food was nice and it's a nice restaurant.

One of the best places that I have ever eaten in Manchester, Teppanyaki is a really fun Japanese…read morerestaurant. The basic set up is that you all sit round as the chef grills your meat. The menu is limited in the sense that it is meat + rice + sauce but it all tastes so good you won't care. And there are actually tons of different meat and sauce to choose from - we had beef, duck and salmon. I went with a big group and it is definitely a special occasion restaurant. I spent much more than I usually do but it was really good fun and some of the sauces made it taste incredible. By far the most entertaining part of the evening was our chef. As we watched him it became clear he didn't speak much English so he made all the animal noises relating to what he was cooking at the moment. Quacking and mooing galore. Rest assured there was nothing lost in translation: both he and his food were a big hit with me and my friends.

Usually I go to Kyatoya nearby but this was closed on a Monday so this was the back up plan…read more Stepping in it was definitely more of a takeaway place than sit in. It was so small you had to go through the kitchen to use the toilet. The choice of food and drink did surprise me.. how could they find room to stock it all? With loads of different sake, juices and wines. Selecting a glass of plum wine ..himself green tea we pawed the menu. There was a great use of pictures which helped us decide. From various sushi Nigiri, temaki, sashimi etc to noodles and ramen dishes. I found the sushi a little over priced to the average sushi joint of this nature..we decided on the 12 piece sashimi and sushi platter ..for mains I chose my usual spicy seafood broth with udon noodles, beef and kimchi. Himself had the beef yakisoba. We inhaled the sushi as soon as it hit the table. It was good healthy amounts of tuna and everything tasted fresh. The wasabi did not mix well with the soya though.. My main was a far cry from what I had at Baekdu the week previous. This was packed with veggies..tender beef and seafood. The broth was also excellent. Looking up I could see my other half wolf down his..giving it the thumbs up . Overall the service was very good and food was a stark contrast to the restaurant. I would probably use this more as a takeaway if I were local but I wouldn't go there to eat again as didn't find it relaxing enough.

We just happened to stumble across the newly opened Sakura House on Saturday night whilst exploring…read moreDidsbury. It seemed as though a lot of locals did the same too, as people kept popping in to investigate whilst we were eating, in the hope of an opportunistic free table. Despite only opening three weeks ago Sakura Houses' popularity is clear, the restaurant was packed but it's also only 6 tables, which may play a part! Either way we were lucky enough to snaffle a table for two off-the-cuff as there was a 45 minute space before a booking and our waitress was happy to make time and space for us. Due to being short of time we decided to stick to a simple meal each, so we didn't sample the sushi - which seems to be the main fare. I opted for a comforting plate of pork katsu curry and it was very tasty and freshly cooked, so fresh I almost burnt my mouth on the cutlet! My only issues were that it is currently cash only and that my meal came a good 5-10 minutes after my partners - but I honestly think these are just opening month niggles. Sakura House isn't fancy, it's an honest little restaurant with lovely staff and I think it's a welcome and refreshing addition to the area.

I remember trying this place when it first opened but decided not to stay when it didn't do sushi…read more Anyway fast forward to a year or so later we needed to grab something quick enroute to a gig. I suggested here as wasabi sushi no longer resides around here :( I really fancied the belly pork but they didn't have this or tuna..etc..i felt like walking out again but it was something or nothing. I ended up getting the grilled eel which was served with an soft egg yolk and rice..it was tasty but not the cheapest for a tenner. My other half had the teriyaki salmon but again expensive for the amount he paid.. for two green teas and a main each the bill came to £25..it tasted okay enough but there are plenty of other places to try..

i came here with a friend a few weeks ago for an early dinner so it wasn't quite busy but the…read moreatmosphere was very relaxing/homesy feel! i ordered the japanese curry tofu rice dish and my friend got the karaage chicken rice dish! it was extremely warm and comforting in contrast to the cool weather! our food came fairly fast as well and it was relatively fair price for the portion size!!

my friends were craving something sweet after our late lunch & wanted to find a cake shop in…read morenorthern quarter then we landed here! the atmosphere inside was very mellow & somewhat calm/regular cafe vibe! we seated ourselves at a table & a worker promptly supplied us with more menus & told us come up to the counter when we were ready to order! we looked at the desserts on the counter as well but decided on scones! they also ordered tea along with their scones since that's the proper way to do it haha! when they ordered, the worker put it in as cream tea which was like a bundle of scone/tea which did save them a bit of money! however, after we finished ordering, we were notified that they were out of scones & asked if we wanted to wait 20-25 minutes for the new batch--which we did since we had time (we arrived around 4pm & they close at 6pm). they did ask if we wanted our teas now or later & after they brought of my friend's teas, the worker asked if i wanted another cup so i could share the teas with my friends which was kind of them to ask! once the scones were out & served, i came to the late decision of wanting one for myself as well, however, when i ordered, they said they were all sold out again (a man had bought them all)!! it was disappointing but my friends gave me a few bites of theirs & shared their tea with me;; overall, it was a nice atmosphere, not too crowded or loud--nice place to catch up with friends or to study! i wished they could have saved/planned their quantity a bit better though! it would've been nice to have tried scones for the first time properly!

FIVE STARS REINSTATED. Oh yes. After a brief lovers' tiff, Teacup and I reignited our passion with…read moreaplomb after I visited twice recently. What a difference a holiday makes! Or rather, what a difference their effort makes. The entire back area of the space has opened up to create a whole new dining experience. If you don't believe me, check out their deconstructed evening menu. http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/Coffee-Shops/Teacup-Launches-Evening-Menu Just ruddy look at it. What even is that. Brilliance, that's what it is. What looks like something beyond what you'd get at Room or Australasia in the nouveau cuisine stakes is brought to casual dining, in a casual environment at thoroughly casual prices. I've had some utterly lovely meetings and social experiences in here recently and its reclaimed its crown as Norther Quarter Big Daddy. No, wait. There are too many contenders to that crown. Let me get my Game of Thrones geek on. You know how in the second book there are seven folks claiming themselves king? If you don't, seriously, get involved. Anyway, Teacup feels like one of the more rightful contenders. Kind of like a Stannis Baratheon. Willing to experiment with new things. Determined and full of effort. Takes things seriously. Might have had a dip in popularity at some point, but heck, that does not keep a rightful king down. Teacup has totes re-stolen my heart. You know how quite a few Yelp reviews complain about certain things? Particularly Claire I's whereby the manager treated her meanly - well, fear no more. The manager she mentioned is gawn. In his place is an environment that feels so welcoming and friendly that it's like going into your best friend's front room for a brew. Their coffee is still one of the finest blends in all NQdom. It's time to wipe the slate clean. I for one cannot WAIT to taste this new evening menu. Supper and a cuppa, yes PLEASE!