Manchester Smokehouse

Food was fantastic. Only gripe was still using christmas dessert menu in January however look forward to returning.

Brilliant

Brilliant food and service

Loved the Christmas decorations, it felt very cosy and festive. Great table just right in the corner. Starter was interesting, Hush Puppies, was nice to try for the first time. A bit disappointed with main meal, smoked chicken was very dry and coleslaw wasn't to my taste. Desert was gorgeous triple chocolate pudding. Drinks menu, odd, was on the wall where I could not actually see from my seat to get a great choice of beers. Overall, lovely experience my party was pleased.

It was New Year’s Eve but not that busy so no excuses. The food was cold and we sent it back. It came back warm but we went with it as it was getting late. Desert included ice cream which obviously had been standing around waiting to be served as it had all melted.
We had to wait at mins to pay and only when we got our coats on to leave were we approached with the bill. Asked if everything was ok we said it like it was. The manageress said we should have said something at the time. Surely the fact we returned the food was sufficient. No reduction in the bill was offered and she proceeded In taking the full amount. Terrible service,terrible attitude, terrible food. Never ever again.

Excellent food, decent service and nice interior. Over all very good and will be returning!

Lovely Restaurant food excellent

Very poor from start to finish. Arrived early on a busy saturday night, and was advised we could get a drink at the bar. The bar waiting pen was packed by badly spaced out groups, which were never asked to be more considerate and we essentially stood like penguins with 3 other tightly packed groups, with waitors pushing past us while a group of 4 or 5 occcupied 80% of the bar. The bar was out of at least 4 main draft beers and the bar staff were almost frustrated in our uncertainty of what else to try.

A waitress came.to get us slighlty late twice asking if we were a different group, to which we twice replied she had already seated that group. "Ok you'll do for this table" not the best response.

Starters were brought out in decent time, all four resembling a cheap gerenic starter from tgi fridays or frankie and bennies (nachos, buffalo something, chicken wings etc.)

Two of our group ordered the full rack of ribs for main which were honestly the worst/tough/dry ribs we had ever had. Along with bacon fris which were equally as dissapointing. No one finished there main or bothered with another drink.

We decided to miss desert or extra drinks and thought it we would be better moving on, at which point all waitors decided to dissapear almost to embarrassed to take my money for the meal. After an alarming wait we were aloud to pay and made a swift exit to never return.

Would not reccommend any part of this to anyone.

Would rather eat my football boots than experience thos ribs again.

Group of 4 we all ordered cocktails. The aviation cocktail was far too strong the it was enjoyable really and at that price it was a shame to be wasted. Our service was good though the gentleman seemed nice enough and got us everything we needed. Our mains were tasty but chips tasted like theyd been sat there all day. Came away a bit unimpressed really.

Yeah, it was good. Food was good. It's was pretty quiet when we went so staff were plentiful and attentive without disturbing us, which is ideal.

There are, by the time I type the following numbers, 1800 characters left to use, which seems like a lot. I mean, I feel that, although the above is brief, and it doesn't go into any detail, it's largely representative of my visit. It was somewhat of a business meeting so, if i'm being honest, my focus was more on that than the food, the decor, the atmosphere etc etc. So, as you can no doubt now appreciate, given the context, it actually seems a little unfair to go into significant detail.

That said, my experience was a good one. A positive one. That should be your take away from this review. I mean, you know, if you're judging Smokehouse on this review alone, maybe factor in that it wont be wholly accurate. Actually, it is accurate, but maybe it's not wholly representative. Yes, that's it. Representative. If you're going, it's a good faux barbecue meat place. It's not fine dining, but if you go there expecting that, frankly, that's on you, not the restaurant. Manage your expectations, and you'll be just fine. That's good advice for life, really. I'm not claiming to be an expert on all things. Not at all. That's for other people to say. No. I'm just saying that it's not a bad way to approach things in general. Manage your own expectations. Be open minded, consider context, and make your own opinions. And let's just be nice to each other. You know. We can all still find our own way and our own happiness, but still just be nice. Hold a door for somebody. Don't push you way onto the tram. People will notice. Be the change you want to see in the world.

Am I really going to end on such a crushing cliche? That's what we're staring down the barrel of here, sadly.

Oh. The pulled pork was nice.