Part of the successful chain of restaurants and nightclubs, Bury's Chicago Rock is a fun place,…read morewhether you're after decent food, a bop to some cheesy tunes, or just a decent cheap drink. By day, Chicago Rock provides a decent menu, similar in scope to that offered by similar chains such as Frankie and Bennies or TGI Fridays. Main courses range around the 8-12 pound mark, and the portions are sizeable - you shouldn't leave feeling hungry! As with these other chains, the serving staff are all about tips and can be a bit in your face, but that's not a bad thing - you'll get all the attention you need, and shouldn't be left hanging round between courses. Starters and desserts are also plentiful and recommended, from garlic bread and appetising meat dishes, to luxury ice cream sundaes and good portions of cakes, there's something for everyone. By night, Chicagos comes alive with the DJ and dancefloor. The bar usually has good promotional offers, such as 2 for 1 on certain drinks, or free drinks between certain times. These attract a wide range of people, from students after a fun night, to older types who might just fancy letting their hair down. The music tends to be a mix of chart music and cheesy dance stuff, with the odd bit of rock and roll, disco and rock thrown in - something for all. The place is quieter in recent months than in its heyday, but it's a decent and generally trouble-free environment. Stag and hen parties usually end up here, and it's often fun to watch the singles prowling ;-)

Great night here for bf's birthday…read more We started in the downstairs pub area and bf tried some of the ale brewed in the basement, which he said was very good. The bar staff and manager were really friendly and also nice to each other, which gave an overall very positive impression of how the Clarence is run. Upstairs in the attractive restaurant area we were seated by the window and were quickly approached for our drinks order by the server who was brilliant throughout the meal. She was very pleasant and efficient and gave me helpful advice on what to order. We started with the generous-sized black pudding and leek croquettes with a pear and porter sauce which bf loved. Next up I had the roe deer and bf had strip steak. Bf extremely happy with the steak and also commented that the chips were "American standard." I ate most of his perfectly cooked greens. My own dish was really interesting - it was cooked perfectly and also featured a little pie which I was not expecting! The menu has many good points. It's varied both in type of dish and price, so you can come for a special occasion or weekday dinner. It features local elements like the Bury black pudding. It has a good range of steaks. And it has more unusual dishes like the roe deer, venison in my experience being comparatively rare on Manchester menus. Drinks-wise, we enjoyed the light Sauvignon Blanc rose and some kind of delicious port-like dessert wine which was basically like drinking raisins without the plastic aftertaste. Unfortunately we did not get to sample the cocktail bar as it is only open Fridays and Saturdays but bf says it is v nice and if you dine you can normally get in for drinks, even though it's otherwise members only (£250 a year). Will have to return for that, and also for the great-sounding Sunday lunch! Overall well worth a little excursion to Bury and a no-brainer if you're in the area. Only word of caution is that there may not be a lot of choice for vegetarians, so check menu on website before you go.

The best Sunday Roast in North Manchester!!…read more Such a lovely pub, it's hard to believe that i've lived a few miles from here all my life and have never tried it. Downstairs is a traditional pub and a few tables. I can imagine it gets very busy at the weekend. The restaurant, upstairs, is lovely and very large. After looking at the menu, it was clear that the sunday roast was going to be the winner, so i opted for the beef Sunday roast with yorkshire pudding and all the veg! We also ordered cauliflower cheese on the side as an extra. Overall i couldn't fault the meal. It was excellent and the service was impeccable too!

TL;DR - A little bit of the Northern Quarter, up north in Whitefield…read more Well this was a pleasant surprise. It's a pretty unassuming location, on a busy main road and nearly opposite a big supermarket but as soon as you step inside the Northern Crafthouse you could be in any part of the Northern Quarter. It's got that reclaimed/vintage vibe going with lots of exposed brickwork and wood - and some rather fabulous chairs which looked like old school chairs recovered in leather. The menu isn't going to win any healthy eating awards - burgers, tacos, hot dogs and burritos make up the majority. There's also a brunch menu which is served at the start of the day. Sparky went for the BBQ beef burger, I opted for the cajun chicken burger. Each came on an enamel plate with a gingham piece of grease proof paper - again, very on-trend for the NQ! We really enjoyed our food, although my burger was a little bit on the salty side. We also polished off a bowl of fries. The crowd was fairly mixed, ranging from 20 somethings out to cure a hangover through to families with children. There was a really nice vibe to the place and it makes a really welcome addition to this part of north Manchester, showing that Prestwich isn't the only place with cool hangouts!

Very impressed with my recent visit. Highly recommend the Fried Chicken Waffles - the peppercorn…read moresauce complimented it brilliantly. Short walk from Whitefield Metrolink makes it accessible from Bury and Manchester. Can see myself coming back for a few beers and wings very soon.

I have visited this McDonald's on many separate occasions therefore this review is an average of…read moreover 50 visits easily. The stars given are based on price, atmosphere, food quality, location and service. If the pros outweighed the cons then it was given a star in that category. My main meal at McDonald's is 3 plain double cheeseburgers, large fries and a chocolate milkshake and very rarely changes. Price - The price for any of my items is less than £1.50 each which is great value therefore as one of the cheapest fast food restaurants I just can't complain about any priced item. Atmosphere - The car park, drive through and inside are always very clean at this particular McDonald's and the staff are very friendly, happy employees. However, I did not award a star as the inside seating is uncomfortable and the atmosphere is bad due to children as it is in most fast food places. I know this isn't the staffs fault but against other fooderies its just not up to par. Food Quality - The double cheeseburgers are nice and juicy with the perfect meat:cheese:bun ratio, better than the single cheeseburger. The taste is amazing with a slight sweetness to the bread. The fries are nice occasionally, being cooked well and seasoned the same but too often are they cold, unseasoned, raw or stale. Lastly, the chocolate milkshakes are delicious and overall a star was awarded as only the chips let a meal down occasionally. Location - The location of this particular McDonald's is good for truck drivers I expect but its terrible for surrounding towns. No star was awarded for this reason. Service - No star was awarded for this as far too often are my meals incorrect or I am left waiting too long for the food to cook. The main problem seems to be with the plain doubles cheeseburgers. As someone who hates tomato sauce I have too often trusted my order was right and even driven all the way home on occasion to find they haven't made them plain. Once I ordered 3 and each one had different condiments on it. Additionally, I must say they have fixed it every time but this ment waiting longerand also the managers of this branch are terrible at their job and are often rude to their own employees. In conclusion the McDonald's received 2 stars for incredible pricing and delicious food but lost 3 due to niche atmosphere, poor location and terrible attitude of management and awful service.

Lincoln's American Bar & Grill is the new kid on the block in Bolton Town Centre. It's literally…read moreonly just opened (as of August 2017), and promises a classic American style menu with gourmet burgers. How could anyone resist that? It seems rare that Bolton town centre gets any new restaurants these days, and so when a new one opens up, it's exciting! Lincoln's is downstairs in St Andrew's Court, and only upon writing this review did I actually remember that it's downstairs, in a basement space. It's decorated with great lighting and décor that I forgot about the lack of windows. The décor is modern and simple, with music inspired touches, LP sleeves and guitars on shelves, and some truly excellent music playing. I was seated by a friendly member of staff, and given the relevant menu information, as well as my drinks order being taken. The menu is true to the claim of American in style, starting with "appetizers" and including steaks, gourmet burgers, speciality pasta etc, as well as milkshakes and desserts, and daily special offers, as well as Chef's Specials. The only thing that stopped it fully pulling away from its location and immersing in American style is that they offer a full English Sunday roast dinner too! I ordered an appetizer of panko crumbed chicken fingers, and a main of the Texan burger, taking advantage of one of their special offers where two courses were a set price. As I was dining alone, I was helpfully asked whether I'd like my starter and main at the same time, to which I said yes. The food arrived in good time, and although the burger was presented on a chopping board as is the fashion these days, the food looked very good! The panko chicken was perfectly crunchy and juicy, and I really enjoyed it. The burger looked good, but for reasons unknown I think I was expecting it to be a dry "generic" burger, but it was juicy and pink in the middle as a good burger should be! Perfect! Do you know how hard it is to find a good burger done properly in Bolton?! Well it's hard let me assure you! Well done, Lincoln's! At this point I started to get quite full, realising that I perhaps shouldn't have had both starter and main course at the same time, and had the heartbreaking realisation that... I WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE A DESSERT! Even worse... upon curiously reading the dessert menu as I left, I realised the two courses for one price offer included some of the desserts... noooooo!! Next time that key lime pie WILL BE MINE!! (Also I unashamedly took some of the chicken panko fingers home in a doggy bag!) So in conclusion, the food was excellent, the service was friendly, professional and attentive, which I really appreciated, and the value was superb, and would be great value even without the special offers. I had sceptical expectations, but was left thoroughly impressed and happy, and will most definitely be back! Go and give them a try! dgrill.com

We went here our first night in Bury....the wife and I both got the spaghetti with meat sauce and…read morethe pizza dough garlic bread. Quite the tasty meal....we had dinner here again a couple nights later. Food was good, service was perfect. The only improvement idea that I would suggest is the music. The volume is "so loud" and when they sang happy birthday to some little kid the whole staff participated which was good, but the music was real funky and quite loud and it played over and over.....and over.

Poor poor POOR! It was nearly empty and yet we were asked to sit in the bar area for 10 minutes…read morebefore even being taken to our table. We ordered drinks (a Coke and a milkshake) and although mine arrived pretty promptly (it was the barman himself who brought it over), he asked if my partner was having a drink, to which we said that we'd ordered a milkshake. His milkshake took another 10 minutes to appear, and even then it was only after prompting the waitress, and after I'd finished my first drink. After I jokingly said "I thought you'd forgotten it!", the waitress said, "no, it just takes a long time to make a milkshake". It doesn't take 20 minutes to make a milkshake, no. It then took several more minutes before anyone took our order. The starter arrived relatively quickly and was tasty. The main took over 40 minutes to arrive (a pasta bolognese and a hot dog with fries). The bolognese was 98% pasta, very stingy with the actual bolognese. The fries were good though. We almost didn't get the meal, as our waitress took it to the wrong table before bringing it over to us. My Coke came with free refills but it took so long to get someone's attention that I only got one more refill. The staff didn't seem to come to the area where our table was, so we had to do a lot of "looking around" to get the attention of staff, make sure they knew we were waiting etc. No one came over to ask how the food was or if we needed anything else, we weren't offered parmesan for the pasta, no one refilled my drink without asking or anything. I was tempted to go to the bar myself at one point. After the meal, it took 10 minutes until anyone came over, and that turned out to be the manager, who didn't ask how the meal was or anything, simply "have you finished?" then took the dishes away. At this point we noticed one of the chicken starters we ordered had now been sitting under a hot-lamp on the kitchen collection point for 20 minutes. Ugh. That celery would be awful by now! The kitchen staff seemed overrun. I counted two of them, who were running around like headless chickens, and a third who came occasionally from a back area, returning there shortly after. The manager returned a few minutes later, but only to ask if we wanted to order dessert. We declined, but asked for the bill. We didn't see the manager again. We waited 20 minutes, doing our "looking around" thing to try and get anyone's attention (we counted 3 waitresses, a host, the manager, and another lady in formal black clothing who I assumed was a matire'd or head waitress). Nobody came over. Only when we caught the eye of the waitress who brought our food out did she come over, and that was simply asking if we had ordered dessert and were waiting for it. We had to tell her that we were waiting for the manager to bring our bill, but that she'd vanished. The waitress told me that she did that a lot, and was never around when she was needed. Wonderful. She brought our bill. Another waitress took our payment. Both waitresses were friendly, can't complain there. After we paid and were on our way out, we saw the manager stood by the bar talking to someone. If we hadn't got our waitress's attention, we'd still be waiting for her to bring the bill over, not that I imagine she would've remembered to! As I neared leaving, I told the waitresses, host, and maitre'd that the manager had been gone for ages and not bothered to serve us properly, and that we'd still be waiting now if not for our waitress. They laughed, in a way to suggest it was a common occurrence, and they were pleased to hear a customer bring it up. This was mid-afternoon on a weekday, and ordering from the lunch menu. There weren't a huge amount of people dining, and there were plenty of staff, so for it to take so long, and be so low in quality/customer service seems unforgivable to me. Frankie & Benny outlets vary in quality and experience, as you can imagine, but I don't think I'd go to this one again in a hurry!

I've had this food before but was through deliveroo so I've had our but never been. I decided to be…read moremore social with this trip (even though I went on my own). I went in around 6ish on a Friday and got seated straight away downstairs. The place was a bit dark but a lot of northern quarter places are like that these days. Sat down and looked at the menu and I got what I usually order. I was gonna go for something different but eh. One problem I found was that the tables were wobbly ... And it wasn't just my table as someone mentioned It in front of me they came to sort it. I hadn't mentioned it so left it ... wasn't a huge problem so didn't feel I had to. So ordered the Manc-hattan which is 2 patties, cheese, pastrami and a battered black pudding slice on an oven bottom. Wanted sweet potato fries to so paid the little extra for Those. Looking at the menu I saw that they did a beyond meat burger which I've just tried at home and love it so is great that they're catering for BC those on a plant based diets to. My Drink came with a paper straw (good for the environment but sometimes annoying for me ... but it was alright) and a bit later my food came ... it was good to have it straight from the kitchen as apposed to waiting for it to be delivered. It was a tiny bit dry but with black pudding it would be ... the patties were super juicy and handmade and excellent. The sweet potato fries were hand cut and also amazing so all in all it was and excellent meal ... great service, great food, will be back for sure

The staff were amazing, even singing happy birthday to me and some of the customers joined in…read more(Something that I normally hate, but enjoyed) The seats were a bit cramped, but it was busy so thats expected. We ordered a number of cocktails which were all made correctly (according to my sister) I loved my meal (Doubledown + Pizza Fries) the chicken was tasty..

I was looking for an American style brunch place (wanted fried chicken and waffles) and came across…read moreHome Sweet (although they didn't have C&W). I got their chicken tenders dish that came with fries, gravy, and slaw. It also came with a barbecue (I think it was barbecue) sauce. I was genuinely surprised as most brunch places I've been to never really serve any of their meals with sides (it's usually extra) so to have slaw and fries with this meal reminded me of how the food is back in America. The service was quick and after ordering, my food came soon after. I enjoyed the gravy more than the barbecue sauce. It had a bit of a sweet taste to it which works well with the chicken (I did find it a bit salty). The portion size was good for the price. I'm not too much of a fan of sweet things but I saw that they had pancakes and would try that next time I check this place out!

Soo good coffee with amazing taste. Happy with service with amazing place. highly recommended place.read more

Instant favorite breakfast spot in Leeds. Excellent variety for whatever you're in the mood for…read more From full breakfast, custom combos to acai/fruit bowls they got it all covered. The staff is amazing, we were surprised by the warm welcome when we returned! Really appreciate. Love the eggs with chorizo, lattes are delicious. Avocado toast yummy as well. We look forward to return trip, highly recommend!!

long ass line on weekend mornings but i went on a weekday which was fine. the eggs benedict not…read morebeing served on an english muffin threw me off. it was good just a little eggspensive. whoever said that the english dont season their food didn't try the smashed avocado