Eastern Revive — Restaurant in Manchester

Came here last Friday with two friends and my partner and everything was fantastic. The service is 5 stars and the food just as good. Our waiter took all four of our very particular drink orders with a smile on his face (sorry for being picky, we just like what we like!) all the staff are very attentive, but they are just doing their jobs, as the four tables are quite small and can get full quickly depending on what you order, so it’s good that they stay on top of everything. We got the works - poppadoms, starters, mains and sides. The only minor criticisms I have about the food is you only get two King Prawns on the tandoori starter, which I think for the price should be three minimum. The onion bhajis are also quite basic and generic, not much flavour, still nice, but need coriander or something as they just taste like fried onions and nothing else. Also my King Prawn Karahi was delicious but it wasn’t like the Karahis I’ve had in other Indian restaurants and takeaways. The actual curry sauce was red instead of brown and it had a sweet taste, as well as spicy. It was still a lovely curry and we all enjoyed the sauce, but not sure it was a traditional Karahi. Overall, we loved everything! The atmosphere is relaxed and the decor is pleasing. We liked sitting at the top with the fairy lights. We could even see fireworks where we were sat which added to the experience. To end the meal you get hot towels and chocolate mints which you don’t get in many Indian restaurants anymore. It was a nice touch and we will definitely be back again. Our new favourite curry...

Arrived at 7 and ordered drinks and starters, they said to ask a colleague when we were ready to order mains. We were sat in a corner and rarely saw a server and couldn't get their attention as they didn't look our way as they weren't coming past us and didn't come to check. When we did ask if we could order they said they would get a colleague to come and take it. We repeated this 3 times. Eventually gave up at 8.45, asked to settle the bill so far (which we negitiated a discount on) and left, walked round the corner and were welcomed with open arms and fantastic service at the The original third eye. The starters we ate were nice and the place looks lovely but without decent service it was all fur coat and no knickers. My advice is stick with the established businesses like Third Eye who are losing custom to these new big ventures and were almost empty...

Took our curry club to Eastern Revive for the first time and sadly it wasn't what we'd hoped. The staff were really good, really friendly and knowledgable so that's a huge positive. I'd have hoped that they weren't so keen to remove our plates. It's not like the place was busy, it really wasn't. I always find that annoying as a fatty.

But the food just wasn't up to scratch for the price paid. Fully appreciate the issues with running a food business in Didsbury but literally it's not value for money when others exist in the area. Bardez, Sangam and Third Eye would all be higher on our list.

The starters weren't great (chicken pakora especially poor), the curry's were ok at best.

The venue is lovely, the staff were nice, the food is average and the prices are...