Habesha Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Ethiopian restaurant

Address: 29-31 Sackville St, Manchester, M1 3LZ, United Kingdom

Phone: +441612287396

Rating: 4.7
based on 139 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Very decent Ethiopian food and beer. We tried spicy lamb and all vegetarian dishes. It was tasty."
  • "For my first time trying Ethiopian food, the food was great."
  • "The chicken in the thick, rich gravy I think was the group’s favourite."
  • "Food is excellent!"
  • "All the dishes were tasty."
  • "Food was authentic quality."
  • "The food is packed with flavor and moreish."

Cons:

  • "Won't visit again as the food just wasn't to my liking."
  • "The bread was sour and food quite spicy for us."
  • "They served me the spiciest food I've ever tasted in my life and I usually love spicy food but it was like they had poured an whole bottle of chilli sauce in it which made me feel unwell."
  • "Food tastes gone off, stale and not fresh."
  • "The food was very cold, specially the injera bread."
  • "Food felt like it had been fresh out a tin."
  • "I did not like the beef at all, the meat itself was of poorer quality."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was fantastic."
  • "The server is amazing and very kindly explained to us how the food is traditionally eaten when we came here the first time."
  • "Amazing food, quick service and the waiter was very friendly and always had a smile on his face."
  • "Comfortable environment and service was first class."
  • "Friendly service."
  • "The service was very nice and friendly."
  • "The service is so friendly and efficient."

Cons:

  • "We waited half an hour for food."
  • "Slow service, however it was worth the wait!"
  • "Only thing is finding the place was confusing."
  • "Just knocked it down to 4 because there was only one person waiting tables so we waited a while to be served."
  • "The service wasn't that great, I had to wait to for somebody to request to warm my injera bread."
  • "Service was ok, a bit slow when it got busier as a very large group came but the staff are very nice."
  • "Just the waiting times are sometimes a bit longer."

Ambience

Pros:

  • "Also has a cozy atmosphere."
  • "The place is in the heart of Manchester city center."
  • "The people are also very polite."
  • "Lovely atmosphere seems very authentic."
  • "The place is decorated beautifully with traditional Ethiopian baskets and wares, and the place feels so homely."
  • "The interior was charming and the restaurant had such a delightful ambiance."
  • "The ambience and African decorations was also beautiful."

Cons:

  • "Atmosphere not great though."
  • "The place is dingy."
  • "But it restaurant entrance is dirty, they should do something about it. It was a funny smell. I didn't feel comfortable."
  • "Space could be better designed."
  • "The decor is a bit basic and canteen-like but the food is interesting and tasty and the staff are super friendly so the surroundings don't really matter."
  • "Don’t be put off by the weird entrance off the kebab shop or the dodgy looking spiral staircase up to the restaurant!"
  • "Just a bit worried that it will get too many trendy people coming in soon spoiling the atmosphere and driving the prices up... the mains have recently gone up by 14%."

Value

Pros:

  • "Prices are quite cheap. Very good service. Homely food and ambience."
  • "Cheap prices for the amount as well - it might not look huge but it is a filling portion for sure."
  • "Delicious vegetarian options that hugely filling and good value for money."
  • "Very delicious, and ridiculously good value - £65 for 6 of us."
  • "Food is good and decently priced."
  • "Great value for money and would definitely come again!"
  • "The food is delicious and cheap."

Cons:

  • "The menu is very limited."
  • "Only thing that may disappoint people is limited menu and it's upstairs from the takeaway."
  • "The menu is very limited with a 10 (ish) dishes and no desserts."
  • "There are not many meal options."
  • "Due to limited menu it's not somewhere you could keep going to."
  • "I went to buy and it turns out that for a small pizza and a chicken kebab they charged me £18 I didn't realize at the time if not until later, so it seems to me that they take advantage of drunk people and For the unwary like me, I do not recommend this site."
  • "Shame the portions were small."

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