We booked a table for 4 people for 5pm on 17th September 2023. This was to enable us to have a leisurely evening meal prior to going to a show at the Lowry Theatre. We were greeted by a very stressed looking waiter, possibly head waiter or manager. We asked for wine list and was told “ we only have one white wine”, thought this was a bit strange but ordered it. We then looked at the menu and made our choice. The waiter came back to us some time later and we ordered. The waiter returned to the table probably about 10 minutes later, 3 of my party had ordered chicken ( can’t remember exact name of dish) with sweet potato fries. He told us there was only 2 portions of this chicken left and no sweet potatoes fries, only spaghetti left. Reluctantly 2 of the party agreed to have this chicken with spaghetti, the third person had an alternate chicken dish. I ordered sea food pizza. There was another considerable wait before our starters arrived, mushrooms with a slice of garlic bread. The mushrooms were ok but the “garlic bread” was just a slice of stale bread. We asked the waiter for another bottle of white wine ( by this time it was probably about 6.20pm). The waiter said “I told you we only have one bottle of white wine”, amazed we realised that he had literally meant just ONE bottle of wine and not just no choice of white wine. He said we have some Rose’ wine so we ordered a bottle of that. The food eventually arrived. The 3 chicken dishes looked very unappetising and appeared to have been “ thrown” on the plate, they were also not very hot. My sea food pizza, well, it had 3 prawns, 3 mussels and one piece of calamari about the size of a ten pence piece and was also cold! We discussed sending the food back but it was too late to go elsewhere prior to going to the theatre so we ate some of it and by this time it was nearly 7pm and time for us to make our way to the theatre. I really don’t know what was happening in this restaurant, it was not particularly crowded and people were arriving at various, staggered times. The outside eating area was not being used. The service was very slow and the food was appalling, needless to say it was not a “ good dining experience”. We have been to this restaurant on many occasions prior to going to the theatre, however, it will definitely not be our first choice in the future.