Buffet Metro Chinese Restaurant Manchester - reader comments
"Supposed to be 60 different variteties available - there wasn't and what was available was reheated/mildly warm. Starters swimming in grease, vegetables sloppy, salad bar - didn't even go there (the waiter kept stirring dishes, I think to keep the brown edging from setting in!) 1 of the '60 dishes' was a bowl offering approx. 6 or 7 tiny pickled onions! They give you a loyalty card, buy 5 meals get 1 free - I would not eat there again, free or not!! P.S. The coke machine could have done with a bit more syrup adding too!" - lisa, bury 17/2/08 (visited on a friday afternoon)
"All the food was fresh, waiters constantly checked the trays. We were under no pressure to leave even though it was Chinese New Year celebrations and they were busy. Recommended" - kev, cheshire 11/2/08 (visited on a sunday evening)
"We e-mailed a question the night before and Darren phoned me back on the day. Even though we arrived at 10pm, we were greeted by name and we were made very welcome. The food was very good with a wide choice even though it was half an hour before closing. We will visit this restaurant again it was excellent." - neil jennings, alderley edge 30/1/07 (visited on a tues evening)
"The other reviews are quite good, I wondered if they ate at the same place or they went when the chef was having a good day. The restaurant is a typical buffet arrangement, which attracts a certain kind of clientele and yes the food from these types of places is never as good as a proper restaurant, so I judged it on that basis. Unfortunately the food was terrible, all bar one dish, Beef in Blackbean Sauce, which is bog standard fayre in most Oriental restaurants and was unremarkable in any case. The problem was that anything which had been fried (most of the dishes) tasted of the cooking oil and not much else, some dishes suffered from not just that but were far too salty. To be honest I don't usually judge a place on the decor or toilets, I prefer to let the food do the talking, here's my thoughts anyway, the place itself was unremarkable and the toilets looked like a clampett DIY job. To conclude Buffet Metro was poor as a restaurant and poor compared to its competitors, I have been to Buffet City, which is not perfect but is far superior to this place." - richard, manchester 10/11/07 (visited on a fri evening)
"Great Chinese food in a relaxed environment. Staff very friendly and prices very good. Our children had a great evening and were made to feel welcome. We would go back tomorrow it was that good." - helen kenyon, manchester 6/9/07 (visited on a saturday evening)
"Everything you would expect of a good quality buffet. There were many many dishes to choose from, and all equally tasty. Been a couple times, my prefferred sitting is to sit under the sky-light. I was pleased to find that after each serving the waiters came to clear away your used plates. And at no point did i feel pressured/rushed to eat quickly and leave my table, like some other buffets do." - jonathan, manchester 6/9/07 (visited on a saturday evening)
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