One of the best Chinese buffets in Manchester town centre which I was first taken to by my mother…read more She works just round the corner and her colleagues just keep coming back here. No branching out into other China Town restaurants for them. There is a huge range of dishes here with two lots of soup and a little bit of sushi. The interior is also pretty nice. There are big round tables for say 12 people which would be really good for parties. Lunch during the week is a really good bargain; you can eat a lot. Favourites include lemon chicken and crispy duck pancakes. Also, their take away carton looks really good value for city workers nearby who can't stop properly for lunch. The only downside is their desserts: ice cream, occasionally banana and pineapple fritters or buns. There is not much but you don't go there for the desserts you go there for the mains.

I've been to a few Chinese buffets over the years & this is consistently the best I've experienced…read moreto date. They always have a wide choice of dishes including crispy duck (which is not available in many such restaurants). When dining in some buffet establishments, you can be made to feel rushed, but that is definitely not the case here. The staff are attentive when you need them to be. When I have visited, the food has always been much higher quality than might be expected from a buffet restaurant and if you're like me, you can enjoy the accompaniment of a Chinese Tsingtao beer (or two) with your meal.

They call it a "world buffet", but it's mostly Asian cuisine with a carving board in the back…read more It's still a great deal, and the best price for the variety of food that your getting. I had the unlimited soda, which is a bargain, but they didn't have regular Coke, just Diet and Coke Zero.

This buffet is aesthetically pleasing and insta worthy but the FOOD!!! There's not a lot of options…read moretrust me. But they have refills for drinks which is amazing for the price. The staff are amazing chefs. Overall im giving the buffet 4 stars.

I've been here countless times, its ok. But hygiene needs improvement as the sushi section has…read moreflies everywhere, the service is ok but they rush you if you're time limit has ran out. Overall I'm giving this restaurant 3 stars

I know... I'm giving 5 stars to an all you can eat gluttony hall... but I just can't help it! It…read moremight be down to the fact that we only end up here when we can't decide between cuisines or have fussy eaters... but I always have a great time and you can just turn up without booking and get a seat on a Saturday night without waiting an hour. The food is what you would expect, lots of sweet sticky sauces and meats, a selection of currys, sushi, BBQ, crispy duck, and some veggie options too, but for the amount of food this place is churning out each hour they don't do a bad job and the food is tasty. But what I love about this place isn't the good (for an all you can eat) quality food... it's the experience! I love getting up with friends, plate in hand and having uber choice! You start to discuss tactics, what's the best dish to start on... the don't eat any carbs ones... the let's get one of everything... the let's put these guys out of business troopers! You instantly feel relaxed and laugh at how ridiculous your food strategy is! That's why this place deserves a 5 stars review! And the staff aren't half bad either quickly clearing any used plates and offering help to the un-inniciated. All I can finish with is give it a go... look past the glutinous consumer gone mad attitudes and get your food tactics right! Let eat all their food and put them out of business ; )

Much like any other Chinese buffet but on steroids. Sushi bar, dumplings, Chinese, and BIG dessert…read morebar.

They are situated in the heart of Manchester and serve the finest Chinese and Oriental cuisine. You…read morehave over sixty dishes from their buffet to choose from and you're welcome to eat as much as you like. The most important thing to note when eating in these 'eat as much as you like' joints is not to order any fizzy drinks with your meals.That way at least you will make it to taste the desserts and get more than your money's worth. Bon appetit!

We were looking for an early dinner after spending the day walking around the city center and knew…read morewe wanted some kind of Asian because our townhouse is near to Manchester's Chinatown. This spot had decent reviews and it was open for an early dinner so we stopped in. It was absolutely delicious and definitely hit the spot for what we were hoping to get. We split everything between 4 of us so we shared the short ribs, the shredded beef in spicy sauce, egg-fried rice, and then the pork dumplings, shrimp dumplings and red bean buns. The ribs and beef were delicious - a really tasty sweet and spicy sauce. The dumplings were great and served steaming hot. All of us were pleasantly full after the meal and it was all cooked hot and fresh. The staff were all super friendly and helpful. It's comfortable and cozy and a great spot to great delicious Chinese if you're ever in the mood - and it looks like they do a lot of take out as well as have tables to sit down and dine in.

I brought a couple of American students who were studying abroad in the UK for a week. These…read morestudents live in NE Ohio/Western Pennsylvania and are therefore unaccustomed to eating authentic Asian food. Holy crap, was this place good, and my sheltered students agreed: Red Chilli's food is better than anything available at where we live in the States! I ordered the Gong Bao Chicken (Kung Pao, for those Yankees who often get Panda Express) and...wow. Not only was everything super fresh but there were flavors/seasonings in the dish that I had never experienced before. I would certainly come back here again if I return to the area. The negatives, however nit-picky: The entrees don't come with rice (though, that could be my American fatness talking). The side of fried rice we did order was pricey and good, not great. Also, for those who are used to a Chinese restaurant menu in America, you might find Red Chilli's menu to be a little limiting, as there's no General Tso's Chicken or something similar.

Decent food & drinks but awful service…read more After spotting a 50% off offer for the brunch at the Mal on twitter we booked in. I'd heard good things so was keen to try this out. We got there a little early but as it was very quiet they seated us straight away. Despite the fact there were a lot of very good tables we were offered one in the middle of the restaurant. There was left over foods (quite big crumbs) all over my chair so we asked for a different table. The waitress again ignored all the nice tables and took us to another pretty average one. We immediately ordered drinks then had a good look at the menu. The format for Sunday brunch/lunch is an all you can eat starter buffet followed by a main and dessert that you order off the menu. The buffet has lots of great options on it. I had things like artichoke hearts, Caesar salad, couscous, Camembert, olives and some fantastic bread. There were also a lot of meat and fish options. After we finished our starters we still hadn't received our drinks and had to ask for them. Our waitress got confused and thought we wanted more drinks until we had to point out we still wanted our original drinks.... While we chose mains still no drinks appeared. We had to ask for the specials rather than being told about them. I ordered the lamb roast dinner and Dan went for the cooked breakfast. Then a good ten minutes later our waitress came over and asked what mains we wanted again - she obviously hadn't put them through yet. At this point I wandered back to the buffet and ordered some pancakes off the station at the end. They also do waffles! Amazing, I want this for the flat. The drinks were really good when they finally arrived - the Bloody Mary was great, very spicy and delicious. When the mains came they looked great. The breakfast comes with fries, steak, sausage, mushroom, black pudding, eggs and tomato. My roast dinner was good but I'd have liked mash as the roasties were a little dry and the veg was a bit over cooked. For dessert I ordered an ice cream sundae and Dan had the creme brûlée. The sundae was not good. The ice cream was melted and there was far too much cream on top. The cream was fairly tasteless and just sloppy so not pleasant. I sent it back. The bite I had of Dan's cream brûlée was good though. Some of the other staff seemed ok (although one waiter tried to give us a bottle of water when we asked for tap water - cheeky) but certainly our waitress was really struggling, we were told she was new. They took off one drink as compensation which was fine. A point to note here - they put a service charge on the bill. My pet hate in restaurants. We had not had good service and to have to ask them to then take the charge off didn't improve my overall experience. I can see why they are having to do 50% offers as overall based on today it wasn't an experience I'd rush back for. I do think that they could do better another day though and Dan really enjoyed his meal so we may return. Lots of small things they need to improve on. Hopefully they can.

Just a quick stop at Malmaison for a cocktail before heading out for dinner. This place does a mean…read more(good) Black Forest Martini, one of my favourite off the menu. Male moody boutique feel is perfect for a romantic drink with a special someone. The food from the SMOKE restaurant is delightful too but this is only a flying visit today sadly.

Swadesh wasn't totally meh but nor was it totally a-ok so I'm erring on the side of caution. I…read morenoticed the other week that they have a £4.90 lunch box which was very exciting as lunches for £5 or less are my favourite thing. I was also excited when I walked in off grubby Portland St to find an elegant interior and smiling waiter. Bit disappointed then to find that the lunchbox is not some kind of Indian bento box featuring, I don't know, chutneys and the sound of a sitar playing or something. It's just the lunch buffet. But then again, that's not actually a bad thing in theory. In execution, none of it was particularly good and it was all strangely the same colour which was a bit off-putting. The poppadums were soft, which was just weird However, as it definitely didn't give me food poisoning I am likely to return given its proximity to my work and low price. For the money though, Kukoos is a much better choice in the area for Indian food at lunchtime. Dinner wise, I'd say Swadesh is probably pretty good.

Holy moly this place was superb…read more My boyfriend and I were in town visiting my bestfriend and his girlfriend who were in the UK on holiday when we happened upon this gem. Not too hard to do, since we stayed at a hotel just along the alley from Swadesh, but boy are we glad we decided on dinner here. The atmosphere was that of a pretty fancy restaurant where you'd think the staff and customers alike would be pretentious, but that wasn't the case at all. This place was really great, and the staff was great to boot. The prices were just perfect where we could all order various dishes and not feel as though we were going to break the bank by doing so. We started out with some poppadoms and chutneys as a started. Well pleased with that. After that, my boyfriend and I went with a vegetarian mix of goodies, including onion badjis and grilled halloumi. By the time we finished that, we knew we were in for a treat when the rest of our food came along. I stuck with ordering vegetarian dishes, which included saag paneer and an okra dish and my boyfriend ordered a chicken curry. We decided to share the lot and surprisingly, my boyfriend, who is a meat lover, really liked incorporating vegetarian in to the mix of dinner and plans to do it again when we go out. My bestfriend and his girlfriend ordered mixed vegetarian entrees and really enjoyed theirs as well. As we had been drinking a bit before we decided on dinner, we kept with water for the evening which the staff kept flowing without hesitation. All in all, it really was probably one of the better dinners I've had in a long time. I haven't had a good Indian meal in a few years, so I was really happy that we all enjoyed it so much. Should we find ourselves in Manchester again, this will be a must on the list of places to eat.

I can't find enough words what an amazing place that is. Perfect for meat eaters and vegetarians -…read morethe format of the venue is that you pay a fixed sum for food, and can eat as much as you like. Generally, this affects the food quality, but not in Fazenda - all meats and starters here were just superb. The waiters come to you with all sorts of meats and cuts, and it's up to you to decide if you want it and how much. They have veggie options too- and if I remember correct, the fee is less for vegetarians/vegans.

I have been to their location several times in Liverpool and it is one of my favorite rodizios…read moreanywhere. For those not familiar with rodizios, they bring as much meat as you would like to the table on skewers from the kitchen. Why Fazenda stands out is the meat is medium rare to rare (you can also order more well done), and I hate overcooked beef. I love their garlic steak, the fillet here and lamb. They also have a great salad bar, including sushi, a nice selection of cheeses and charcuterie, and a nice sesame seasoned quail egg. So why only four stars. First, it was very warm inside, uncomfortably warm. Not sure if it was intentional so people would not stay too long but it definitely detracted from the meal. Second, while the meat selection is good, it was very inconsistent. I was swamped when I started, probably five servers in three minutes. I tried to be careful and not over-indulge (too quickly) but then had to wait about 20 minutes for more food. I noticed this happened at a few table, again not sure if it is intentional or not. I also never was offered the fillet again. Food is good but the service and temperature need a little work for them to regain the fifth star I awarded Liverpool.

Having been to a proper middle-upper echelon churrasco in Brazil, I'd say that this restaurant gets…read morethe idea, but is drastically different in execution. Rather than being an opulent, nearly-sombre space for the well-to-do, Bem Brasil is a raucous, packed, house of protein pleasure. Having experienced many an all-you-can-meat restaurant previously, this was my strategy to the evening: - drink only enough water to ensure that I can still swallow - turn down seconds of any meat that's been processed - get seconds and thirds of any beef that appears to still be bleeding - finish up with a single trip to the salad bar to top up on some roughage to ease all that protein down the pipes I think the farofa here pretty much says it all about Bem Brasil: tasty, but has chunky inedible bits that you just have to spit out.

Well worth a visit. It really is all you can eat and the quality is amazing. For £12 per head you…read morecan have the 'salad bar' which includes several meat and fish dishes cooked in the traditional Brazilian way as well as various delicious rices and pastas, and salads. The real thing to do though, is the full BBQ, for £22 per person. They give you a small disk, green on one side and red on the other. If your disk is green side up, every five minutes the waiters, who are specially trained in the cooking style and are called 'passadores', will bring you a different piece of amazing, perfectly cooked meat. The beef selection alone includes fillet steak, sirloin, rump, rib-eye and more. There is also chicken, pork and lamb, as well as barbequed pinapple. They also do superb Caipirinhas and other cocktails. The place itself is a great setting, very spacious and full of character. I certainly can't imagine anyone being disappointed.

I decided to come here before I let loose the staff for their Xmas do…read more I thought it sounded like a condensed Red Hot Buffet, to which I thought the food quality would be even better, considering there would be less food stalls to monitor. When we arrived this place was packed, which I took to be as a good sign. But the layout made me feel like it was some cafateria, I did not feel comfortable, and the waiiter seemed quite disgruntled.. Choosing a glass of wine we set off to investigate the food counters...The chinese was the nearest one, and I always like to start off with a soup to whet my appetite.. This hot and sour soup was not bad, but it is difficult to get this wrong. While I was slurping on this there was a ''chef'' on the meat section cooking steaks to order. See this should be an awesome idea ..however...even if I ate meat I still would not have touched this... He was quite a portly chap, and had the same energy as the dead cow on the grill..to which he kept aimlessly slapping with a spatuala...when it was black.he went over the guests and plonked it on their plate , which sounded like a tile falling off the roof.. Bravely after this performance I went to look at what else there was to eat. Here is when things get worse...I must have tried EVERYTHING from noodles, curries, rice, pizza...to be repulsed. Everything had been left cooking all day and our table soon filled up with full plates trying to find something in vain that was edible.. If I were the waiter I would have asked what the issue was, considering how many plates they were taking away... Eventually after trying everything available we admitted defeat and decided to ask for the bill..which came to £40... I was not paying this, and decided to pay what would cover for the drinks and left. To summerise do not come here, there are plenty of other places that are good for buffets such as TOPS and a few in China Town... I am glad this place is easy to miss in the Printworks...

Saturday evening, around 5:30, we were wandering around trying to find a restaurant that we'd all…read morelike and ended up at Peachy keens. Not our first choice as Red Hot Buffet was full. We took the lift up and was first greeted by a wind tunnel, even though it was indoors! Our friend asked how long as we could see there were quite a lot of people already, 15 minutes, so we waited. After about 25 minutes and more people later, the staff with the clip board came over and said to everyone that they could buy a drink at the bar, which obviously meant we would be waiting longer! After another 10 minutes, he let 2 other groups who'd got in after us in first, so my mate went and asked about it. He made some excuse about us having 5 people!! Then a couple of minutes later he called us and told us to follow one of the waitresses. We sat down and she just walked off. No explanation, nothing! Luckily, one of the girls had been there before so we asked her if we went to the bar ourselves or did they come and take our orders. After a few minutes another waitress came and ordered our drinks. We then went for our food. There were 5 of us but only 4 drinks came! She just plonked the drinks down and walked off before we could ask her. Few minutes later another waitress asked us if we'd ordered tap water so we told her that we were still waiting for another drink. When she came back it wasn't the drink my mate had ordered but she said that was all there was!!! No apologies!!! Food was as expected from a buffet, ok.