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.

In terms of buffets, this has to be one of the best ones in the city ! Prices vary through the day…read moreand through the week but it is great value for money here. The decor inside is nice and tables are spaced well. You're not sat on top of each other like in certain buffets ! It is mainly Chinese food available here, with some Thai and a fair selection of sushi. Dishes are fresh and hot. Lots of meat available ! There's plenty of veggie options available too. The dishes themselves well cooked and actually flavoursome, at some buffets everything tastes a little bland, but variety here is great. They do lack a couple of personal favourites however, no hoisin duck pancakes for example ! What really sets this buffet apart from the rest is the dessert selection. I don't know about you, but the buffets I normally go to tend to have pretty disgusting desserts. The ones here are FAB. They actually taste like you expect them to taste ! From vanilla slices, to sticky toffee pudding, mango pudding to french fancies and coconut sponge. There's even a soft serve ice cream machine with toppings. Great buffet if you're after an all you can eat fix :)

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!

Not sure why I haven't reviewed this place yet. Due to the close proximity of Nawaab rarely do I…read moreventure into these neck of the woods. Not too dissimilar to the aforementioned this place has a function room or events and is of the buffet restaurant variety. The food is of decent quality, much better than those student chinese buffet style scenarios (I know that's not saying much but still..) My personal fav were the chicken pakoras... not too oily and the meat was very tender and delicious. Not much else to say apart from the fact that there's ample parking space behind joint. Definitely place to go if you're starving and don't want to fork out more than £20 for a hearty filling meal.

had a great time out with the boys, everyone enjoyed the food and service. top stuff. easily one of…read morethe best around

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.

A small basement buffet restaurant offering an eat all you like menu. Food was of reasonable…read morequality, quite acceptable. A very limited range of cheap desserts, they could do better on that. Good value, however.

Really friendly service ! the food tasted amazing, just what you expect Chinese food to taste like…read more It cost us £33 for two people (not including drinks) though the water was free. We would definitely return

nice selection of food but a bit expensive - better to go if really hungryread more

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...

Upon walking in, tops looks like your average buffet, and of course in hindsight - it is. However,…read moreI have been to a few different buffet places and although in a similar ball park, Tops smashes each and every one. Here is why: The food - although cooked in bulk - is always hot, fresh and full of flavour. They even have tepinyaki, sushi and much to my delight - steak!!! Cooked just how you like it right there in front of you. As I am not a fan of spicy foods i didnt try alot of the curries but there was a very wide selwction to choose from for those of you who are not as wimpy as I. The service - staff are very polite and helpful and VERY attentive! We had no longer finished our food and dirty plates were almost immediately taken away to be cleaned and allow for the next course. Water is available at the bar as a self service option so that you dont have to wait in a queue just for the sake of washing down your food. Price - the price for an adult is around 15-16 pounds which gives you all you can eat (within an allocated time slot which changes depending on day of the week but can be up to 3 hours if im not mistaken) Also, student discount at 15% takes the price down to £11.90 which is fantasic for those of you poor students who aim to get your money's worth.

This place truly deserves three stars to me because there were certain aspects of it that were…read morereally good and others that were not so good. My first impression when I walked into it was that it was a really beautifully designed restaurant. I'm used to buffets in the states being very rundown and basic looking, but I will say this place was actually quite beautiful and you can tell there was intentionality placed into how they decorated it. However, I have been depending on Wi-Fi during my UK trip and everywhere that I've gone, they've always had Wi-Fi, but this is the first restaurant that I've seen after almost a two week trip where they do not have Wi-Fi for customers so that to me was a bit of an issue. They also didn't have the best customer service. I won't say the workers were rude, but I just felt like they could've been a little friendlier, especially with some of the logistics of things at the restaurant...Things could've been a little bit more customer friendly. The food was pretty good definitely not amazing but I generally enjoy buffets so it didn't disappoint but for sure it wasn't the most amazing food or buffet food I've ever had so again this place truly deserves three stars to me.

Booking the monthly girly night we had originally planned to visit Bembrasil. However after…read morereading Mark B review he has said he wouldn have rated it higher if he had not attended Fazenda. Looking at the website I thought it was worth spending that extra fiver as it looked swisher. Using the websites booking system it was very simple to pick out slot for 19:30. On arrival there was a reception desk who immediately acknowledged us and a waitress who I felt had been waiting for us led us immediately to a comfy leather booth. The waiter who served us for the rest of the evening queried whether we has been before. When we all shook our heads he explained that after helping ourselves to the salad bar we would simply flip this carded disk to green when we wanted meat and red to stop. After choosing a fazenda cocktail and malbec we waited for our drinks before we set off. The booth was stunning we were walled in by bottles of wine . In front lay the well presented salad bar and the lighting in general made it feel eloquent. Browsing the salad bar made me happy it consisted of various cheeses, sushi, stuffed peppers, dolmas, asparagus, stir fry, mushroom and other rices, roast potatoes, pork stews, prawns in mango, whitebait, chorizo and many others . Basically it wasn't your average salad bar it was creative and hard not to go mad with it. Sitting down with our catch we flipped the disk to green and let the meat commence. The service was so frequent and attentive there were no gaps on waiting for meat when it was set to green. We had beef skirt, pork belly, chicken hearts (thought I would give it a go!) Rib eye steak and various other cuts of meat cooked to my standard I.e rare. However my friend was a well done person so the waiters would cut bits from different parts to ensure this. After devouring some minted lamb the waiter asked if there were anything else on the meat menu that we had not tried. Spying the chicken and bacon, black pudding and Gammon with pineapple we selected these. What I noticed is that they do have a veggie option of pumpkin and goats cheese risotto and gnocchi. They also offered tuna steak for pescaterians. To finish I chose a light sorbet consisting of raspberry, scoop of mango and a third scoop of lemon and lime. Overall I could not fault the service so we agreed to the service charge. The ambiance was great and the food. For £32.60 A head I would say it's worth it. I would suggest it's good for groups and couples.

We came in after a long day of travel looking for a decent meal. The food was great, but perhaps…read moretoo much of it. If you go, make sure to flag down the guy with the grilled pineapple. Everything was good, but that was top notch. Beware one thing, this place is loud.

Recommended by our hotel. First thing you notice is a bunch of plates on the wall signed by…read morecelebrities like David Beckham and Sharon Osborne and sir Alex Ferguson. According to people in the know, this is a hangout for all the local soccer folks. We were greeted promptly at the door by the owner, Mr. Wing and told that they were slightly backed up and could we have a seat in the small waiting area - sure no problem. Well it turned out that this was just their ploy for trying to increase the sale of alcohol as the restaurant was only half full. Three different people stopped by during our short wait asking if we'd like to order a drink. We were shown to our table, a nice table in the corner. The restaurant offers lots of privacy as there are booth-like dividers between many of the tables. All the employees were Chinese and the wait staff all wear white gloves. The service itself was crisp, formal and efficient. They have a vast menu and we sampled 3 different items. Alas, I wish the quality and taste of the food measured up to the service. For my taste the food was bland and rather uninteresting. Not at all what we had expected when we were told this was the "best Cantonese Cuisine in Manchester."

I used to go to Wings at its old location, and had always been very impressed with it. I decided to…read morego into town and try it again, as i had heard great things. The staff were very nice, seating us in a nice location, and although we were only a small party, nothing was a miss. We were brought prawn crackers, some other cracker things, and some sauces. I am not sure what the other crackers were, but they are out of this world! one of the waitresses said they were fried dumpling mix or something, cant find them anywhere else though. We ordered some very nice starters, gorgeous spring rolls, prawn toast, i would highly recommend trying these. Also we had some duck in lettuce leaves, and some prawn in lettuce leaved. Cant remember exactly what but they were both fantastic. I had salt and pepper ribs, and i have never seen ribs like them before! they were massive, very weel seasoned and melt in your mouth. For main course we have sweet and sour chicken, and prawn in ok sauce. both with rice and both were fantastic. We spent way over an hour in here, and we will definitely return, as everything was top notch.

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.