Buffet
Metro Chinese Restaurant Manchester - reader comments
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| "Good
selection of food, quality was good and
everything hot. Attentitive staff that quickly cleared
plates between servings, overall very good for the price paid,
would definitely go again."
- colin andrew, ashton-under-lyne 19/10/08 (visited on a sun evening) |
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| "Oh
dear, what can I say?... me and my family visited this place after
viewing the website, and the website made it look fantastic, it showed
the menu on the website photos, it looked the dog's dangles. Nothing
like it is when you get there. The plaster is falling off
the ceiling, the air-conditioning pipes all on display
and the tables was like being at school again. However
if the foods good you can forgive these issues... right? Unfortunately
that wasn't the case either... there was a reasonable selection
of starters and mains, however most were very greasy
and overcooked and dry. The salad
bar was nothing to shout about either it was a very limited
selection and dry looking as well, and as for desserts? what
dessert!?! The only thing they had was Swiss roll, ice-cream and discusting
coloured jelly, coconut jelly an assortment of tinned fruit, the only
fresh fruit was dried kiwi slice and orange chunks. The only redeeming
feature is the drinks are reasonably priced for Manchester
city centre. There are a lot better buffet restaurants in Manchester
for the same sort of price, and when I complained the manager basically
said "lump it"."
- samantha, oldham 24/8/08 (visited on a sat evening) |
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| "We
decided to go to this restaurant after looking at the website, everthing
sounded great. Once we got there, what a let down. The choice
of food was very limited, nothing like the website lead you
to believe. It was like eating in a greasy cafe,
alright if you like that sort of thing"
- donna lee, oldham 24/8/08 (visited on a sat evening) |
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| "Took
the three children and myself for afternoon lunch - it was the biz!
'If Carlesberg did buffets this is how they would do it"
- michael mulholland, dublin, ireland 7/5/08 (visited on a tuesday
afternoon) |
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| "Supposed
to be 60 different variteties available - there wasn't and what
was available was reheated/mildly warm. Starters swimming
in grease, vegetables sloppy, salad bar - didn't even go
there (the waiter kept stirring dishes, I think to keep the brown
edging from setting in!) 1 of the '60 dishes' was a bowl offering
approx. 6 or 7 tiny pickled onions! They give you a loyalty card,
buy 5 meals get 1 free - I would not eat there again, free or not!!
P.S. The coke machine could have done with a bit more syrup adding
too!"
- lisa, bury 17/2/08 (visited on a friday afternoon) |
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| "All
the food was fresh, waiters constantly checked the trays.
We were under no pressure to leave even though it was Chinese New
Year celebrations and they were busy. Recommended"
- kev, cheshire 11/2/08 (visited on a sunday evening) |
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| "We
e-mailed a question the night before and Darren phoned me back on
the day. Even though we arrived at 10pm, we were greeted by name and
we were made very welcome. The food was very good with a wide
choice even though it was half an hour before closing. We
will visit this restaurant again it was excellent."
- neil jennings, alderley edge 30/1/07 (visited on a tues evening) |
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| "The
other reviews are quite good, I wondered if they ate at the same place
or they went when the chef was having a good day. The restaurant is
a typical buffet arrangement, which attracts a certain
kind of clientele and yes the food from these types of places is never
as good as a proper restaurant, so I judged it on that basis.
Unfortunately the food was terrible, all bar one
dish, Beef in Blackbean Sauce, which is bog standard fayre in most
Oriental restaurants and was unremarkable in any
case. The problem was that anything which had been fried (most of
the dishes) tasted of the cooking oil and not much else, some dishes
suffered from not just that but were far too salty. To be honest I
don't usually judge a place on the decor or toilets, I prefer to let
the food do the talking, here's my thoughts anyway, the place itself
was unremarkable and the toilets looked like a clampett DIY job. To
conclude Buffet Metro was poor as a restaurant and poor compared
to its competitors, I have been to Buffet City, which is
not perfect but is far superior to this place."
- richard, manchester 10/11/07 (visited on a fri evening) |
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| "Great
Chinese food in a relaxed environment. Staff
very friendly and prices very good. Our
children had a great evening and were made to feel welcome. We would
go back tomorrow it was that good."
- helen kenyon, manchester 6/9/07 (visited on a saturday evening) |
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| "Everything
you would expect of a good quality buffet. There
were many many dishes to choose from, and all equally
tasty. Been a couple times, my prefferred sitting
is to sit under the sky-light. I was pleased to find that after each
serving the waiters came to clear away your used plates. And at no
point did i feel pressured/rushed to eat quickly and leave my table,
like some other buffets do."
- jonathan, manchester 6/9/07 (visited on a saturday evening) |
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"Good
quality, fresh food with so much
choice I had no option but to take them up on their 'all
you can eat' offer - especially for the superb beef dumplings! Service
was attentive - I was impressed how they also kept stirring the sauces
and turning the food to prevent it from becoming the usual stodge
you find at most buffet restaurants. Superb choice of drinks
with a great wine list on offer and prices were extremely
good too. Great location for a bite to eat
when shopping or heading back to Piccadilly Station also. Only
downside was the toilets - they were very dirty and despite
being a new restaurant they've kept the inherited toilets from the
previous tenants without modernising them."
- neil, restaurants of manchester 1/9/07 (visited on a sat lunch) |
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