Sakura 桜子屋（港式餐廳） — Restaurant in Salford

Really surprisingly great Hongkongese food! Love the great variety and equally delicious yet consistent dishes, Beef tendon, beef brisket and beef tripe with vermicelli in soup, (Curry) Beef brisket and beef tendon with rice, Grilled Aubergine with Beef ( Rice Bowl ), French Toast (Peanut butter filling, butter & syrup and condensed milk on top). Along with the fantastic drinks, iced lemon tea, hot milk tea, hot lemon tea, are all excellent to be served, resemble the close memories we've shared regarding to Hong Kong style daily cuisine, which is to be frankly speaking, rarely to be found in the UK, exceed my expectations before my arrival and go way beyond the ceilings. The staff are very friendly and nice, much appreciated their help and attitude, acknowledged us the table shall be ready in a short while later. In addition, we had a good time chatting with the women in charge of the store, as she's a very sincere and genuine person, she let us know we do not have to rush to leave the restaurant, we can stay as long as we wish, just make sure we don't have other plans to order foods and drinks as they are closing the kitchen. Exchanging interesting life stories and unforgettable experiences we had in the UK and Hong Kong, connects us in terms of the sense of identity as HongKonger and entering a whole new country: UK. The Sakura restaurant is definitely scoring 10/10, perfect taste of quality food from Hong Kong and everything else is on point....

Had the worst experience ever. Firstly we ordered 2 rice dish and a soup, my friend’s rice came after around 20ish minutes wait but then my rice waited around 40mins which is ridiculous. The big family group who ordered after us got their food and finished before my rice and soup arrived. Asked them why and they said my rice takes longer to make 😅. My rice finally came but after several bits I found a barcode sticker in my food!!! They didn’t really apologised for it but made me a new one within 5-10 minutes (took them so quick to make a new one compared to the first time) so I don’t understand why I had to wait 40 minutes the first time. The soup DOES NOT TASTE LIKE WHAT IT SUPPOSE TO BE, it tasted like soap for some reason and no vinegar either.

As my friend already finished his rice before my food arrived, he added some more dishes to eat. We ordered a rice with chicken dish and asked for no rice as only wanted the chicken. The dish was soaked in oil 🤮🤮 (you can literally see it in the photo we took). The salt and pepper chips were tasteless too (suppose to have salt and pepper at least).

It was overall the worst experience ever at a Chinese restaurant. Yes I understand you are busy but please sort out the order and timing that dishes arrives to customers. 😵‍💫 Never coming back again and will tell friends...

Came to Sakura on a sleepy afternoon. The reviews were good, so we came a little out of our way to try. We were the only customers along with one other group the entire time we were there...

...The food is delicious, however not special or worth coming to the outskirts of Central for. Definitely had better for cheaper close by. ...The menu was simple but there is something for everyone, however the lack of a good choice was saddening but doesn't affect my score. ...The service wasn't brilliant. Staff were slow. One was also having their food on a table near by. We ordered one meal each. Despite only being two of us, there was a 20 minute gap between the bowls coming, resulting in, when one of us finished the other started eating. ....Due to the friendly staff having a good time and laughing, they joined the other eating sat near us, watching videos on phones etc, we were a but put off. What would have otherwise been a calm atmopshere felt 'frantic'. Overall, an average priced, average eatery with nothing special and no charm. If you're a local, you'd be tempted to come every once in a while, but otherwise...