Fillet Steak Sandwich
The Restaurant Bar & Grill Manchester

The Restaurant Bar & Grill Manchester

14 John Dalton Street Manchester, M2 6JR, United Kingdom

Asian • Mexican • Barbecue • Tradamerican


"Restaurant Bar Grill is owned by Individual Restaurants, of which own a couple of restaurants around the city, including on in partnership with celebrity chef, Gino D 'acampo which is one of my favourite Italians in the city, this offers a different type of cuisine in a large, stunning building just off Deansgate on John Dalton Street, it is opposite Salvi 's. Walking in, it doesn 't feel like a restauraunt at all and I did struggle to find this place at first and I had to use Google Maps in my own city and only located it through it being opposite Salvi 's. The place inside is huge, you enter through a bar, upstairs you have the restauraunt and terrace area, keep going up and you have Head Office. The staff were so friendly and kind especially the host who escorted me upstairs and to my seat. The gluten free menu had some good options, I ordered a gluten free greek kebab, I was told it consisted of chicken, peppers, onions and it sounded pretty good so I ordered it, the service, however, was really slow and I must have been waiting over 20 25 minutes only to be served a gluten containing item instead, it was served with a form of bread, I had to check it was gluten free, only to be told No I asked them to remake the dish as it wasn 't gluten free to avoid cross contamination which they had no problem with, again this meant I had to wait even longer which was a pain considering the restauraunt was mostly empty, with only 3 or 4 tables of which looked like staff sitting there, probably from Head Office as they didn 't seem to be ordering food either, I totally understand waiting for food when it 's busy but considering it was virtually empty, I can 't understand why or at least I didn 't understand why until I tasted the food, I couldn 't understand why a stunning, large venue offering 50% off food could be empty, of course until the food. My kebab was awful and if it wasn 't for the staff making it free due to my long waiting time and the fact I didn 't want to spend much longer in the restauraunt, I would have sent it back. The chicken was bland, and it also had halloumi on which I wasn 't expecting, I bit into this and it tasted so bad, halloumi is one of my most hated foods anyway, accompanied by something which tasted like pico de gallo, this just put me right off my food regardless, I do think a better explanation either on the menu or from the staff at what food would be served is warranted, as I didn 't get what I was expecting at all. The portion size for the prize also is laughable, my dish normally would have cost £18.50, with no sides plus a service charge. 1* Considering how great the host and most of the staff were it 's a shame to give such a low rating, but I think it is warranted given the circumstances of the long wait times, poorly described terrible food and the fact I was given gluten by mistake and if I hadn 't of been suspicious and asked to confirm if my food was gluten free, I could have been really ill. By the time my dish was remade, I had lost all confidence in this place to be able to deliver a safe meal regardless."

The Hand Sceptre

The Hand Sceptre

London Road, TN4 0RJ, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, United Kingdom

Steak • Pizza • European • T-bone Steak


"there were 5 people in our group for lunch, 2 vegan, 2 vegan and one omni. 4 of us actually ordered from the vegan menu and 1 ordered a vegetarian dish. my main thing was that 2 of us (I myself vegan and the omni in the group ordered the flat brot from the vegan food card it did not come advertising with chips, but when we ordered our waiter, we asked ourselves what chips we prefer so that we both asked for sweet potatoes. when the fries came out, they had a cheese on them (our order clearly from the separate vegan menu). I am not sure whether this was a mistake on the waiter or the kitchen, but the waiter was apologised. I shared the fries with one of the vegetarians in the group, so I simply avoided anyone who had been on them but I wonder now whether they were actually cooked in a separate frit and therefore they were not on the vegan menu?! regarding the personal know I was also disappointed when I asked what kind of vegetable burger it on the vegan meat base to find out. so I chose the flat brot instead and then had the cheese problem! my second main question is that eating was quite average, especially when you look at the price. 3 of us had advertised the vegan chocolate cake as with fresh berries. (2 of us originally ordered the Treakel-Tart, which was sold out, fair enough). but 2 of us can not thirsty eat, so in demand for the tart without them, expect others berries instead, but the only berries on the third berries was a lonely cubed earthly berries! the tart was also quite small, as he did not come with any food, but costs £6.25! overall it is great that they try with a vegan menu, but my view is that they have to try harder!"