Manahatta York Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food and drinks were fabulous."
• "The food was brilliant, generous portions and a variety for all of us."
• "The food which we had was well presented and very nice to eat."
• "The food was delicious."
• "The food as part of the bottomless brunch was amazing! We were checked on during our visit to ensure none of us were sitting with an empty glass."
• "The food was really good but it was a small portion for me, I've been to a lot of brunches and you normally get a little bit more but i can't complain about the food itself as it was really good."
• "The food was good."

Cons:

• "It's expensive for what it is."
• "£50 for a meal for one person absolutely not worth it."
• "The food wasn't great, it wasn't cook properly and went cold quickly."
• "The food was simply dreadful!"
• "The Halloumi and Mozzarella Fries looked and tasted like own brand supermarket frozen breaded cheese sticks."
• "Food was 1/10, you are definitely just paying for the watered down alcohol."
• "The food was hot this, spicy that, I like spice, chilli etc but this was like really overly spicy so not enjoyable food for me."

Service

Pros:

• "Young bar man (has 2 earrings and a student) was very friendly and helpful with the cocktail choices too!"
• "The person running the food was polite and delivered great service."
• "Brilliant service, Libby was so friendly and never let our glasses empty."
• "Special thanks to our waitress Stef, she was amazing; so helpful, attentive and a glass was never empty!"
• "The staff were really good topping us up, especially if you got the prosecco as there was always staff members walking around with a bottle to top your drinks up."
• "Our waitress was Ellie - knowledgeable about the cocktails etc and very friendly."
• "A young black waiter served us and was very attentive and courteous."

Cons:

• "Disappointing experience at this venue."
• "We were told “you should be gone by now” whilst he tried to clear still full glasses."
• "Took 3 days to reply to online booking system, for a booking 13 days in advance, to confirm no reservations left."
• "Only had 90 minutes but took over half hour for first drinks to come out."
• "Staff behind the bar were a little rude and two of our party waited 15 minutes for their first bottomless drink."
• "Service was absolutely shocking, every member of staff were so miserable."
• "Staff took 15 minutes to serve 1 customer and no additional staff was requested."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Modern and well maintained. Very clean in the gents with no broken appliances."
• "It was very busy and lively, made the atmosphere so much better."
• "Fantastic place with friendly staff."
• "Had a nice atmosphere, great speakers and fancy furnishings."
• "The atmosphere was fantastic, brilliant music food and non stop drinks!"
• "Nicely presented decor and lighting make this a lovely place to eat."
• "The place was spotlessly clean and really trendy decor."

Cons:

• "By the time I was leaving my legs hardly worked due to poor circulation caused by the seating cutting into the back of my legs."
• "The only real minus is the really loud music. A bit difficult to keep a conversation."
• "Waited ages for the table and then ya couldn’t even talk as music was more like a night club."
• "Beautiful old building is full of steps, no disabled access as far as I could see."
• "Not really brunch type atmosphere. Music was blasting and lights were off like it was 7pm at night."
• "The empire state thing, with chicken and waffles was tasty but not very filling."
• "The restaurant is a huge converted church. So much space."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Reasonable cocktails if you take advantage of offers such as 2for1."
• "Everything is reasonably priced, with the cocktails on offer at 2 for £10 every day except Saturday."
• "The value for money was brilliant and we will 100% be visiting again!"
• "some very nice cocktails which are buy one get one free during happy hour."
• "A really good value for money afternoon and a good atmosphere."
• "Very nice bar come restaurant in the centre of York."
• "Would definitely eat there again, especially when they have their special offers on."

Cons:

• "So, if you don't have the alcohol then it becomes really poor value for money at £30-£35 depending on your choice of meal."
• "Drinks were not pleasant to drink were mostly garnish."
• "Happy hour 2-for-1 is only on certain cocktails so check the list."
• "Would not recommend especially for the price we paid."
• "Visited this place yesterday and couldn’t believe the vastly overpriced drinks."
• "It cost well over what you would pay elsewhere."
• "Cocktails diluted with soda that much you can't taste anything else."