The Pearl Restaurant Bar & Lounge | Indian Restaurant in Manchester Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was very good, tasty and great party atmosphere."
• "I absolutely adore spicy food. The Pearl Restaurant up to now is the Number one spot, to eat in, or take away."
• "Fabulous place. Exactly what you want from an Indian restaurant, traditional Indian food that tastes authentic."
• "Provide a great selection of authentic Indian cuisine infused with spices and well balanced flavours, delicately prepared."
• "The food was really nice and tasty."
• "Highly recommend the prawn tandoori masala."
• "The food was second to none tremendous."

Cons:

• "Mains if murgh mossalam pretty poor. Chicken breast? Not sure about that. More like under cooked thigh meat because it was really tough."
• "The food we got was nothing like as expected. Very tomato based and lacking in spices/flavour."
• "Service terrible, food was appalling, ordered 4 different curries and all tasted the same and not an inch of spice when they were jalfrazi, madras etc portions were tiny and over priced."
• "Bland food with no spice."
• "The food was warm (not hot)."
• "By time I went home (5-10mins round corner) it was all pretty cold."
• "The mix tandoori grill was just rubbish, my son really enjoyed the curry and staff were polite but have to do better with the dry, underseasoned mixed grill."

Service

Pros:

• "Great service and lovely food which arrived quite quickly."
• "The staff are always lovely and friendly and can't do enough for you."
• "Great place, great food and friendly staff Emma looked after us well."
• "Staff were very helpful and polite."
• "The service is excellent and the food is absolutely superb."
• "Our waiter, Abdul, checked on us regularly, making sure we had everything we needed and there was no wait on food."
• "Staff friendly and attentive, service and food good."

Cons:

• "Service was incredibly slow. Got seated at 8:30pm order our food at 8:40pm, delivered at 9:50pm."
• "Service not good as waited too long after we finished our starters."
• "Service terrible, food was appalling."
• "The service here was awful. I had to wait half an hour until someone had bothered to come and take my order."
• "I found the service to be very poor and the person that served us to unhelpful when asking for guidance when ordering the curry dishes."
• "The service was terrible table not fully set on arrival at booked table meals missing cutlery had to keep asking for stuff."
• "Service was slow and a small Coke cost £4.25, same as a pint of lager."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere."
• "A big thank you to the Pearl for making our golden wedding anniversary party special."
• "There is a mini nightclub area to have a dance should you wish."
• "Apart from food there is a dance floor and dj on friday and saturday. The atmosphere is awesome."
• "The room had been decorated really lovely, made our evening."
• "Ambiance is wonderful being both lively and relaxed."
• "Lovely atmosphere and, the whole Decor Inside & Out looked outstanding."

Cons:

• "Dark and gloomy restaurant."
• "Sat next to a noisy hen party then served frozen prawns for a starter at that point we really did have enough."
• "A little disappointed this year, we've been coming every year for the last 6 years, this year was so overcrowded and overbooked."
• "Atmosphere wasn't exactly how we wanted it as we were the only table dining at the time but that meant we got the full attention of the staff."
• "Great atmosphere as well but not many people social distanced well either which it was when we went the time before last night."
• "I felt as though they couldn't get us out of there quick enough we were asked to leave the table less than an hour from sitting down."
• "Went to a work Christmas do there last night and, thanks to the boorish oaf of a manager, had the worst restaurant experience I've ever had."