Took our mum/mum in law for a birthday lunch treat on Sunday last. From arriving to leaving the staff were very attentive and the food was excellent and very well presented. I had Monkfish with a creamy tomato based sauce which I highly recommend. The birthday girl had a small lasagne as a main and was not overfaced (as she usually is when eating out) and my husband had Carbonara which was scrummie. Bottle of house white and desserts, all of which were perfect. Thank you San Carlos for the great food and relaxing atmosphere x
Wedding reception for 20 in private function room. Accommodated last minute guest, gave youngsters an option on the set menu, excellent attentive service throughout with delicious food. No pressure to vacate premises after four hours. Absolutely first rate. Mille grazie a tutti!
A brilliant Birthday Lunch. Great food, professional service and a faultless meal thoroughly enjoyed. Not the cheapest by any means but you get what you pay for, and here that is top quality food and service in classical surroundings in the centre of Manchester. A great way to break away from the shopping and cool down the cards.
Authentic
Been to Italy a few times and it felt very authentic. With many Italian staff members. Loved the decor and great atmosphere! The tables are too squished together but apart from that food was amazing and enjoyed my meal here!
Best food ever!
We are always delighted to visit here. On Monday the service was exemplary as always and the food was the best we’ve ever had. Can’t wait for our next visit.
Visited this restaurant on a spur of the moment decision. The staff seemed slightly fraught, it was a Saturday afternoon and the restaurant was busy. We were told that there would be a half hour wait for a table and taken to the bar to wait. We did notice other customers were eating at the bar and we would have been happy doing the same however trying to get attention from the staff was not easy. Eventually we were taken to a table and our order was taken. One of the waiters brought food, not ours and was slightly flustered when we told him so. When our food did arrive it was extremely pleasant and hot. I wasn’t happy about the standard 10% service charge which was automatically added to the bill, it wasn’t the amount it was the principal.
Love this place... Located at the heart of the city, this place offers the best Italian cuisine. I'd been here to celebrate my friends birthday, indeed the staff made it memorable for us.
The food is tasty and the portions are adequate. Also they let us bring cake from outside and offered candles. The staff joined the birthday celebrations too. Would highly recommend this one.
We were at San Carlo Manchester much earlier this week.
The service was absolutely outstanding throughout the meal.
I had the seafood gnocchi which was really tasty. Everyone else really enjoyed their meals too.
Overall a great afternoon with great people and unreal service.
Highly recommend the zucchini fritters - they are fantastic!
Had a couple of customers over from Yorkshire for a night out ,and they had never been to San Carlo ,loved the evening and whole set up ,I have been many times and always enjoyed it .last-night I complained that my steak was cooked as requested ,but just so tough ,it looked fantastic on the plate ,so disappointing,spoke to the waiter about it ,who brought over his manager ,who just said it looks very nice cooked as your request ,all tick box ,but why is it so tough ,no reply ,just took it back ,left more than half on my plate . just not interested, so disappointing ,wont stop me going back ,but if you eat out a lot like I do ,I know a good steak from a poor one
Fabulous Italian. Yes it's a chain but unlike the others. Service is efficient and the pasta is how it should be 'al dente'! Ordered the seafood platter to share and what a delight. Followed by spaghetti with clams and prawns. Delicious. Will definitely return!
Ristorante e pizzeria italiano. Ambiente accogliente. Locale molto frequentato. Non facile da raggiungere se non si e'pratici. Buona la pizza e giusto il prezzo. Personale molto simpatico e disponibile.
Decided to try this place because I am a huge fan of their other restaurant in London. Loving the hype of this restaurant and the food are good even though they are not as good as the ones in London. What I didn't like was having to wait long to be seated. I suggest that you book a table before coming. Otherwise, great service and great food.
A beautiful place with equally good food. The ravioli was very very rich in taste. Definitely recommend. Overall, a nice place to have dinner.
A great place for dinner in the area, the Italian cuisine is to a really good standard and the quantity you get is also substantial enough. We found the service to be absolutely brilliant, constantly topping up our glasses from our bottle and very speedy from taking our order to the arrival of food. It was also very busy, I would say maybe it’s too busy though and does feel a bit crowded at points with a big open plan arrangement of tables. Overall I would say I’d definitely recommend, especially with friends or a group of people. It can get pricey, but well worth it.
A very slick Italian restaurant. Some very good dishes , prices vary , tend to be on the slightly high side . The service is excellent but my only gripe is that it is impersonal as in the waiters are just going through the motions . Don't get me wrong , they're good and know exactly what they're doing but need some personality. After a couple of jokes my issue was rectified and a very pleasant meal was had .
Scallops, Rib Eye Steak , Truffle Fries and a chocolate torte . Only gripe the steak should at least come with one side or some veg rather than nothing besides the sauce .
So from the couple who shared the desert on top of the pizza box , top meal with a bit of Dolce Vita .
Amazing food, exceptional service and such a lovely atmosphere. I went for a lunch with sister and my little boy which is 6 months, we've been served with lots of smiles and our boy could not be happier being carried around and checking all the fresh fishes!
Amazing Italian restaurant with true Italian feeling! Will definitely be back! Thank you so much!
Loved San Carlo
Have been coming to San Carlo for years with family and friends and always loved the food.
We attended on this occasion for a friends birthday. Food was delicious.
Only downside is due to being very busy felt a little rushed for the time on the table.
A beautiful experience and it will not be the last. Thank you to the employee Zico from Tunisia. He is a distinguished person and reflects the reputation of the restaurant. Congratulations to this employee.
Excellent service with great food, have been here multiple times, never let me down.
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Atmosphere:
A very stylish, elegant and luxurious atmosphere, with colourful plants arojnd the bar, boasting their daily fresh seafood on ice as we walked to our table.
Service:
One of the managers took our order, he was very stern looking but polite and patient, and repeated our order back to us. Food came out very quickly and all came out around the same time. They forgot our drink orders so we gave them a couple of reminders as we were already halfway through our food; however, due to an issue with another customer, they forgot our drinks again. We just asked to cancel our drinks and moved on to order our desserts. *it did take 20 minutes to get someone's attention to get our bill at the end*
Food:
Ravioli Lobster £11.95
Nice texture to the Ravioli pasta dough; the sauce on top was just the right amount; however, we could not taste the lobster filling and it was more of a powdered consistency. 3/10
Lasagne Emiliane £9.25
Piping hot, rich tasting mincr beef with a lovely creamy white sauce. The cheese was grilled to perfection. The lasagne was the best thing that we ordered, could not fault the dish at all. 10/10
Spaghetti Shelfish £18.95
Super fresh tasting clams, mussels and Prawns in this dish. The tomato sauce was perfectly seasoned with the pasta and seafood, and was also nice to dip our garlic bread in. 8/10
Panna Cotta £6.95
One of the best panna cotta we had ever eaten. Such a smooth, creamy and rich texture - melted in our mouths. The coulis and berries added some citrus which helped to balance the sweetness. Very generous on portion size. 10/10
Creme Caramel £6.95
We really wanted to like it as we eat this dish often; however, this dessert was really disappointing. The creme caramel came out falling apart on one side, the texture was eggy like scrambled egg not silky at all, and there were lots of bubbles in each mouthful. Caramel was nice and sweet. 2/10
Overall:
7/10. We thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience, with the food coming out quickly, tasting fresh and very authentic. A nice place to go for celebrations or if you fancy treating yourselves. All of the staff are Italian and each person showed a lot of enthusiasm and passion when talking about the food.
Amazing experience with divine lobster, overpriced wines all in a crazy busy loud atmosphere.
Antipasti are really good value, bread selection is enough for 2 to share. Tried one of each lobster (theramador and garlic ) well got to try it haven't you 😋
And to wrap it all up we we went for Ferrrero ice cream sharer for 2. Which comes presented in a large bowl. This is then mixed meticulous by the waiter for form a large ball of chocolate and hazelnut wonder. (Sadly the image of the waiter moulding the ice cream reminded of those horrible kids that get ice cream in buffets and just play around with it!) ...Thankfully, the end result was much nicer, presented in a glass high balls with wafer and a piece of Ferrero.
For me, I don't mind paying a bit more for nice food but would expect the wine to cost to be reasonable, they were however over priced. And you have a set time (2h) to finish your dinner. So 4* only.
The food was just absolutely delicious. We ordered many dishes and desert and loved it very much! My personal favorite from desert was the Pavlovna!!!!!
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