MC
Cafe Bar at Abode Manchester - reader comments
|
"I also visited MC Cafe after reading the reviews below. It's a
great setting for meeting friends and family, the staff
are polite and the food is really good.
However while the food is excellent it isn't the best priced
restaurant in the city, we ordered from the special offer
lunch menu and thought we'd get a bargain at 2 courses for £9.95
until we found that the portions were quite small and a couple
of side dishes at £3 each were needed. Also, apart
from Michael Caines other restaurant in Abode, this is the only
restaurant I know in town that adds an 11% service charge to the bill,
10% is bad enough but wheres this extra 1% go? These are just considerations
for the restaurant managers, but I don't think it would stop me going
back or telling others about this very nice restaurant"
-
nick, stockport 27/8/08 (visited on a weds lunch) |
|
|
"I visited MC Cafe after reading the Restaurants Of Manchester review
and was equally impressed. The Fish & Chips were
sensational and actually good value too (£12.95
+ a stupidly arrogant 11% service charge). Compare the food at MC
Cafe to those places around here, like Malmaison, City Inn and The
B Lounge next door, and you will be left in no doubt as to who serves
the best dishes. Look at the prices they charge and probably only
Greggs and Subway, on the same approach to Piccadilly, serve lunch
cheaper. Yes, it feels more like a hotel lobby than the other places
and the 4 star hotel setting can put many people off thinking it's
too posh (like Michael Caines at Abode downstairs). Service
is great and there's an impressive choice of dishes
- many ideal for sharing. All round, it's excellent
but drop the extra 1% service charge whether it's optional or not!"
-
matthew, manchester 26/8/08 (visited on a monday evening) |
|
|
"With our new offices
being next door, we've had a few meetings at MC Cafe, the informal
ground floor restaurant at the Abode Hotel from double Michelin star
chef, Michael Caines. With the exception of the 11% service charge
(what's that all about!?!), it's very hard to fault. The decor is
light and welcoming, the open plan layout making it ideal for business
meetings or catching up with friends. The choice of dishes is fantastic
from salads, sandwiches and pannis to pizzas, platters and fantastic
main's with an emphasis on regional dishes. The
price of each dish is surprisingly cheap, with my excellent Fish &
Chips, for example, only £12.95 - a price, it should be noted,
cheaper than all the main courses at the inferior Brunswick pub next
door. It's still early days, each time we've called in Michael Caines
has been working there, on his laptop rather than in MC Cafe's theatre-style
open kitchen, and the staff are always very eager to please - it's
a far cry from the Rosetti Hotel which used to be here. Michael explained
to us that he wants the dishes to be accessible to everybody's budget
without sacrificing quality - the fine dining restaurant downstairs
offers a more expensive approach - and it's a concept that pays off.
With Piccadilly
Station next door and the gay village, Market Street stores, Apollo
Theatre and City of Manchester Stadium all a short walk away, there
can't be many better places to grab a top quality bite to eat."
- restaurants of manchester 15/3/07 (visited on a wednesday lunchtime) |
|
|
|
