Been meaning to try this restaurant for a while, i was not disappointed…read more The atmosphere was relaxed and all the staff were pleasant and attentive. Food was reasonably priced and of good quality.

From the owner: Taste of Portugal means a small holiday in uk, restaurant, cafe and delicatessen, real Portuguese…read morecousine

A Portuguese restaurant in Leigh? What a find this place is! Located at the bottom end of Railway…read moreRoad, its easy to park in the surrounding streets. The restaurant is quite small, so booking is essential, and booking for a Saturday is required a few weeks ahead. A friendly welcome awaits in this family run business. I noticed that most diners were drinking Sagres or Super Bock, but I had taken a bottle of wine as BYO is also allowed for a modest corkage fee. My friend and I ordered 2 starters to share between us, the cod fishcakes and the sweet potato garlic bread. Both were really delicious, the fishcakes were exceptionally delicious and so fresh and were served with a home made tartare sauce which must be the nicest I ever tasted. The sweet potato garlic bread was quite heavy, though delicious and very garlicky, and perfect to share. For my main I had ordered a chicken and chorizo skewer. This was served on a suspended skewer above a pot of their delightful home made sauce. I also had a portion of chips and some rice on the side. The portion size was great for a hearty appetite, and the meat was so tender and tasty - and the sauce was full of flavour. I shouldn't have had a dessert as I was really too full, but I couldn't resist, I had the after eight cheesecake. In too many restaurants the desserts are a bit of an afterthought and something thats just grabbed from the freezer. Not so here, its obvious that as much effort goes into the desserts as in the other courses. Again, home made and very original, and as delicious as the rest. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal at Perola Do Mar, and I am sure that I will be visiting many more times in the future.

From the owner: When customers describe our business there are a few things that always come to mind. It's the…read moregreat food, the reasonable prices, the family atmosphere we provide that makes you feel like you're on holiday and lastly the great service. If you enjoy these things, then this is without a doubt the place for you!

I like others liked the light and comfortable dining room of Lusitano, which is on the first floor,…read moreit's both casually elegant and comfortable. Food wise, bit of a mixed bag: 1) Very good - Codfish (bacalao) patties - Cheese and spinach patties - Fish and shrimp croquettes - Stuffed peppers with minced beef and cheese - Chorizo flamed in red wine (I mean, it's just chorizo but it's hard to mess chorizo up) I would definitely have these if I went back and that would be a great meal. The first two in particular were excellent. 2) Fine - Batatas bravas (not bad at all, just not that memorable either) - Goat cheese wrapped in filo pastry (although others really liked this) - Salada di polvo (this was generally well received although not the best thing we had) - Gambas piri piri (not very spicy) - Tempera battered fried vegetables (these were a bit chewy, although I kind of liked that about them) 3) Not so great - Calamari (again, chewy) - Garlic bread Looking at the above it seems to me that the more Portuguese sounding dishes were generally the best, which is a pretty good sign. We didn't try any mains so can't comment on those, they're not that cheap though. Tapas were buy 3 get a 4th free the night we went, which was excellent value - between four our food was less than £12 a head and as you can see from the above we had a great range. Finally I didn't drink any alcohol but the Portuguese wine and port I understood was a bit rough!

Had a lovely meal at Lusitano. Sampled both the tapas and main food and it was all very good and…read moremost generous. Service was lovely too. And the sangria is great! Taste card offers a hefty 50% discount here - but without it the pricing is on the steep side. They do an early bird offer for those of you lucky folk who finish work early. If this was on Beech Road it'd be packed out every night. I really hope it does well and will certainly be going back.

Poor service, rude staff, no cleanliness. The person on till was very rude, feels like she has no…read moreidea what it is like to work in customer services, she needs training. Also, had to mention to the staff to clean the table and they ignored it, waited for like 5 minutes and had to remind them again. it wasn't even busy, they were just busy chitchatting.

Had went quickly to get a snack while walking all of Wimslow Road, Service was very quick and order…read morewas out within couple of minutes. Ordered 2 Fried Chicken with chips but the chicken looked like it was couple of days old and the chips were cold and hard as well. Have went to Pepe's in Glasgow and the food is fresh but think the food here was rubbish. Overall out of 10 would rate this 4/10 as they need to improve on there service.

Absolutely amazing food!! This little gem of a place is in…read moreDidsbury village, opposite Zizi's restaurant. Initially you may mistake it for another "Kebab Shop" you will be suprsingly mistaken. The establishment is presented with an upmarket decor and clean!! The salad bar had me drooling and the staff were extremely friendly. As the name suggests, Grilled food is on the menu and Wow it is out of this world. Simple pick a meat, sauce + free side. Unbelievably good at a reasonable price. Try the Chillo guys, there version of Donner but with pure LAMB, mouthwateringly good!!! Forget Nando's its all about URBAN GRILLE, remember you heard it here first.....

Travelled to America in 2010 just to eat burgers, walked past Urban grille for 6 months from the…read moreday it opened back in 2011 and decided to pop in. Couldn't believe how good there burgers were. Highly recommend trying this place out it's definitely not your regular grill. My personal favs are the salsa burger, peppered steak burger and Lamb chops .........best lamb chops you will have.

We were looking for somewhere cheap and cheerful to eat and Alex informed me he had a chicken…read morecheque for nandos (aka free combo meal) so off we went! We went with the intention to sit in but the place was absolutely packed so after a few minutes umming and ahhing we decided to get a takeaway. The wait for a table was 30 minutes and then an additional 30 minutes for the food itself so we definitely made the right decision. We went for a quick wander round the retail park, headed back, grabbed our sauces and by the time we'd finished the food was ready! The waitress was very friendly and kindly went through our order with us and checked off each item before placing it in the bag. All was present and correct, she wished us Happy New Year and we went on our way. The food was warm throughout. I actually decided against chicken this time and chose their new fillet steak wrap with grilled vegetables. I'm so glad I did, as it was delicious. The steak was chunky and nicely pink inside and the vegetables were cooked to perfection with that nice charred taste you're looking for in anything grilled. I really enjoyed it! I also had the macho peas, rice and red pepper dip. All tasted as they should and I enjoyed them. The 4 stars are definitely for efficiency and politeness from all the staff in the store and a bonus for the juicy steak!

TLDR: Chicken was good (4-stars), sides and other things not so much…read more Here's one American's (my) take on this restaurant... I'd never had Peri-Peri before. But while walking around the Oldham area during previous trips, I had continually seen these restaurants advertising themselves as Peri-Peri. All over. So it is apparently a thing over here, and naturally I was curious. After being rejected by the Horton Arms pub nearby (kitchen closed at 7:30), I reluctantly walked back to this shopping centre to get fed, with the knowledge that this was pretty much a culinary wasteland of chain-restaurants. Upon arriving, I almost opted for McDonald's, because it would be a known-quantity with no chance of getting an unexpected disappointing food product. But I decided no, that I ought to at least try something I can't get at home, and headed towards Nando's. I did check out Pizza Hut along the way because I could see they had a salad bar, which was a healthy option, but after stepping one foot into the place I turned right around and walked out; the music was too loud and "club" to have an enjoyable experience in there. (What is it with these restaurants in this shopping centre? Do they think they're a disco?? [see my review of my previous night's experience at Frankie and Benny's]. I don't get it.) So I went to Nando's. Music was also playing here, but slightly less loud and instrumental, and therefore more tolerable. I had run out of restaurant choices too... :) After about a ten-minute wait (acceptable), I was seated, and the waitress was kind enough to explain the ordering and other self-serve processes. I ordered the 1/4 chicken medium spicy, and a squeezed apple juice. Sides were coleslaw and garlic bread. The food came relatively quickly. As I mentioned before, the chicken was good -- tasty. But be warned that, apparently, British chickens are not as large as American chickens; the thigh and leg contained far less meat than I expected. But it was good. The Apple juice was also very good. However the garlic "bread" pieces were like hockey pucks. Literally. First of all, they were not bread, but some sort of a bun cut in half, so every bite came with crust. Call me picky, but I don't like that, and I was expecting soft normal bread, not crust. They were also cold, and hard enough to cause a "clank" when striking a ceramic bowl. Fortunately a waitress came by and replaced them with a fresher pair when I showed her what I had received. The coleslaw was a bit too runny for me, but I was far more concerned that it also came to me at room-temperature! I doubt that coleslaw is intended to be served warm, so I can only assume that it hadn't been refrigerated for a while for some reason, and no one there was aware enough or cared enough about what was happening to it. I left most of it for fear that it'd make me sick. That all pretty well describes my first Peri-Peri experience.

Love Nandos and their peri peri chicken. For a chain, they do it proper. I travel to the UK often…read morefor work so this place is always on my food radar when we are overseas. Usually get the butterfly chicken (boneless) with corn and mashed taters. Also, love starting with a cold Brahma beer with their humus. Add the spicy sauce to the humus, it makes it!

Love the food here, good service and really tasty, chicken everything!read more