Banyan Bar & Kitchen - Spinningfields Manchester — Restaurant in Manchester

It would be a disservice to not leave a review and I couldn't recommend the bar more highly... One of the best things about working in the spinningfields area for me, is indisputably this bar! Everythingggg is top notch... the food is great (*try the beefburger and fries(!) Because even the 'simple' things are handled very well. The price point is very reasonable for the area, and with their bottomless brunch and 2-4-1 cocktails and kids eat free promotions running..it's a no-brainer.! Most especially when the drinks are ridiculously priced in most venues around this postcode!

However hands down the favorite thing here for me is; the customer service! As it NEVER fails to be exemplary and outstanding!

The undeniably fabulous excellent manager Kurtis has recruited a wonderful team here.

And I personally can't wait to come back just after I've left! Best Banyan in the bunch imo ! CornEx - 2nd (only because the fall out from the Printworks crowd is less preferred for me, though I admit that's a personal thing haha)

The gorgeous, super professional and sweet Harry/the loveliest loveliest loveliest Sophie who is a personal fave /Vlad whose attentiveness has to be applauded/Dimitri who professionalism is on point /Simona whose absolute sweetness is equal to her exceptional customer service(!!!) and literally every other member of staff, I have come into contact with, whose names I sadly don't know or remember has impressed me no end! Did I mention the gorgeous Andrea Ben Blessing or Caitlin⁩ or Ethan? Or should be a supermodel Georgia, or the chefs in the kitchen special shout out to James, Andrew or Peter and Jordan ?!oh there has never been more deservant of employee exceptionality than this group!!

So much so that it's CLEAR their GM Kurtis who is unmatchedddd in all things superior management,recruitment etc makes this venue all it is!!

Couldn't recommend this venue more highly 5* exceptional and fantastic experience EVERY...

Apart from the seating being ridiculously high..... hip shatteringly high , two of our party being just over 5ft tall and struggling to even get onto the seats the server then found us a booth with regular height seats but in all honesty I wish I'd been guided by the ridiculous seating and left before ordering because all I can say about the food is overpriced and barely edible.... this venue seems to hold being stylish and trendy above the quality of its food, £15 for a burger that my son who usually eats everything in sight couldn't eat because in his words was "the worst burger I've ever tasted and I've eaten dads cooking" (for those who wouldn't know what dads cooking is like let's just say the man can burn water), he couldn't put his finger on what the weird taste was but it was making him feel sick so he left it , the fries weren't much better most of them were so hard they shot off the plate at the mere touch of a fork , the alpine chicken schnitzel was bland, tasteless and dry and had the same issue with hard chips , one of our party ordered the thai red curry and said it was delicious but would have been easier to eat if she'd had a spoon and fork instead of a knife and fork.... so if you just want drinks and aren't afraid of falling off the high seats then it's a nice enough place but I couldn't recommend the food based on our experience. The server was...

Went for the bottomless supper as part of a large group. Had the chicken salad and bought some extra starters, the portions we received were really small. The duck bao bun was rock hard and had clearly been microwaved not steamed despite it being served in a steamer tray. It was sent back and replaced by another one which arrived slightly less hard but still inedible and unable to cut it up so again that was sent back. Twenty five minutes after receiving the rest of our food we received chicken skewers as a replacement. Despite it being ‘bottomless’ we only received two drinks for the entire time we were there and then we’re told it was ‘last orders’. Both the cocktails I tried tasted really bad, the grapefruit fizz you could only risk having one or suffering with chronic heartburn for a week. Most of the staff were lovely however there was a small waitress with dark hair who was really rude all evening and after we had done she angrily shouted at members of our group multiple times to ‘move to the bar’, clearly she’s never heard of asking politely. When I raised this with another staff member they laughed and shook their head as if to acknowledge that she regularly behaves like this. This was my first time at Banyan, safe to say I didn’t experience anything that would make me...