Red Restaurant — Restaurant in Manchester

We’ve just had a wonderful experience at Red Restaurant.

Red offers authentic Chinese cuisine be it your Cantonese regulars such as sweet n sour chicken etc to genuine Szechuan delights. You can have food cooked it the kitchen or cook it yourself on a tabletop BBQ or hotpot.

The service was so friendly and helpful led by the irrepressible Aisha. We were encouraged to ask lots of questions about the food and were offered guidance in styles, cooking techniques available and prices and quantities to order.

We had steamed dumplings with vinegar to start. Delicious melt in the mouth with the sourness of the vinegar contrasting well with the dumplings. There was a bit of a wait for the mains. I readily recommend the cumin lamb. I’d never seen this before and it was delicious. We also had a tasty KungPo (sp?) chicken which was we too enjoyed. Accompaniments were steamed rice and fried vermicelli with onions. Washed down with a couple of bottled beers and a glass of red.

As well as the service and food being of high order we loved the atmosphere. I think Red call it “straightforward “ and it is certainly unpretentious. It’s not your “usual” (dare I say gaudy?) Chinese restaurant with a waving lucky cat on the counter. No music and no fancy (or any?) decorations. The fellow diners were a delight too and we swapped pleasantries with several other tables. There was a table of three Chinese people seated near us and I commented on how delicious their food choices looked. They invited us to join them! We politely declined as we didn’t want to gatecrash their occasion and then a short time later one of the party approached our table and offered us a small taste of his two favourite dishes as he wanted to share this with us. Spicy, crunchy chicken and shredded potato with vinegar in case you were wondering. How wonderful and kind was that?

The staff, the food, the venue, the clientele made for a wonderful experience. Thank you to all at Red and...

I ordered here for the first time because I'd just come back from a family holiday in China where we did a lot of eating dry pot meats, especially frogs. I loved it!

We stopped via London where I ordered multiple times from Sanxia Renja Chinese restaurant and it was as perfect as in China.

I've also ordered from PinWei and Tai Wu in Manchester in the past, alongside Szechuan Kitchen.

However, my order from Red Restaurant for Dry Bull Frogs though tasty and impressively arrived very piping hot, had little to no frog legs and was full of oil, potatoes and veg.

If I wanted dry veg pot with little frog meat I'd have ordered that. As someone with Chinese heritage , we know frog legs are cheap, so I don't understand why we had probably 2 pairs of chopped up frog legs for two people (I ordered 2 portions and worked out as 1 pair of frog legs per person chopped up)!

I honestly would have let them off but for the guy on the phone arguing with me and questioning whether I know what dry pot is because of my accent.

If it were Deliveroo I'd have asked for my money back.

Please see the pics and judge for yourself as some were the initial ones we opened and the one with the clingfilm shows the portion that was meant to have the frog legs. Literally only a tiny pair you can make out. The others had a leg 🦵 chopped in two and that was all!!! Terribly disappointed!

It seems the good reviews are fr those that visit the restaurant. For me,...

Lovely place, small team of family staff and waits can be expected but mostly service is on time, very friendly and accommodating outside of peak Dinner times.

Alicia is the manager and has the main English communication skills so be mindful of any specific requests and orders with her other staff, as English inst their first language.

Prices are reasonable for the high quality, freshness , flavors and extensive menu.

Excellent authentic Chinese restaurant with Vege and Western and Chinese dishes. Limited Vege/Vegan BUT Alicia will make dishes that are vege without meat, fish or fish sauce. Just ask. Vegans I would ask also. Some vege dishes arent fully vege.

Try their BBQ/Hotpot buffets AFTER you try some à la carte'. Or dont! Either way you will eat well.

Been 7 times in two years with friends and loved ones and wanted a hearty review to give finally after 2 years.

Last night, we were a table of 8 foodies and experienced much Chinese cuisine and all commented saying it was the best.

Using China towns local and imported flavors.

Things to try:-

Honey crispy pork pieces Crispy Lamb Cumin Bean-curd/tofu dishes Prawn Toast Braised Beef rib hot pot.

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