Rosa's Thai Manchester Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Drunken chicken noodles were good."
• "Very good options on the menu suitable for vegans and gluten free."
• "Both the soft shell crab and crispy tamarind duck are refreshing and delicious."
• "The food was amazing, especially the Pad Thai and corn cakes."
• "The food is such great quality, the flavors are amazing, especially if you like spice!"
• "Amazing meal! The food is exceptional, both there and if you get a takeaway."
• "Really tasty food but authentic Thai cuisine shouldn't be this expensive."
• "Delicious som tam, skewers, fritters and Holy basil chilli."

Cons:

• "Food was okay but not the best. Tom yum prawn soup quite bland."
• "The food was not great. Cucumbers were stale, the calamari was cold and undercooked."
• "The food weren't as flavoursome as we thought they'd be which was disappointing."
• "Some had great food whilst others didn't. Spring rolls were tasteless."
• "The only dish they seem to do a somewhat decent job with was the pad thai."
• "I've worked in the past in popular Thai restaurant in London. For so many years since I moved to Manchester I never found a place with the real Thai dishes taste."
• "The portions were very small for a takeaway."
• "The platter was damn good! I love the charcoal grilled chicken and pork, they are smoky and yum!"

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very friendly and helpful, the food was quite good."
• "Very attentive staff. Great atmosphere and good music selection."
• "Charlotte our waitress was smiley and lovely and made the whole experience such a delight!"
• "Niamh’s service was great. Not overbearing but efficient and observant."
• "The service was excellent, and the inside was clean and tidy."
• "Amazing customer service. Waiters were very patient and understanding."
• "Staff are prompt, attentive, and efficient. Food is cooked to order and very tasty."
• "Staff were lovely. Food was tasty and seemed authentically made."

Cons:

• "Asked for tap water and never got it."
• "We tried to complain to the server (no-one asked how our meal was), but he just laughed."
• "The music was fairly loud and service was slow."
• "Food was overpriced and poorly made. Thai lady chef sat at the table next to us, took her shoes off to have her dinner."
• "The waitress that served us was beyond rude… To the point where she got angry at us."
• "I wouldn’t usually complain or leave a bad review but the waitress that served us was beyond rude… To the point where she got angry at us for not knowing exactly what we wanted straight away."
• "Upon arrival we weren’t even greeted with so much as a smile or even a simple 'hello'."
• "Was a little bit disappointing. I ordered the Chicken and pineapple dish with coconut rice. It was tasteless!"

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Nice, big bright venue."
• "Lovely atmosphere."
• "Very lovely indoor decor, would definitely recommend."
• "The atmosphere was great as it was very busy."
• "The setting is quite modern but not much of Thai culture."
• "Great atmosphere and good music selection."
• "Fab environment, couldn’t recommend more!"
• "The place is suitable for family dinners, catching up with friends, dates, etc."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was cold and had a broken light in the toilet."
• "The music was fairly loud and difficult to have too much of a conversation."
• "The atmosphere was horrendous. Deliveroo drivers everywhere and staff frantically trying to service them."
• "Nice clean and tidy place! Super friendly service from all of the staff ...especially Dean! Great menu choices and food looked great and it was all really tasty!"
• "The service and atmosphere was horrendous. Deliveroo drivers everywhere and staff frantically trying to service them while forgetting about customers in the restaurant."
• "The restaurant was full and super busy but the staff did well well to manage it."
• "The service was excellent, and the inside was clean and tidy. Shame about the food, I took some friends with me from Thailand, looking for some Thai food they did not like it here it's more westerners Thai food, mediocre."
• "The food was nice but the portions were small. The service was extremely slow, it was so poor that I wouldn't have tipped but they added a 15% service charge!"