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Saint
Petersburg Russian Restaurant Manchester - reader comments |
| "St
Petersburg restautant is absolutley fantastic.
Me and my partner love it, it's my favourite in Manchester.
The portions are a little small and it's quite expensive for
both food and drinks, but worth every penny! The owners are
very hospitable and know us by name now. The food
is delicious and I would recommend anyone to go for
any occassion. Also if you go on your birthday, you can eat
for free! Be experimental and please try the Beetroot Soup,
it's fantastic."
- farah iqbal, manchester - NEW MEMBER (5/6/09 visited
on a saturday evening) |
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| "We
visited on the Friday before Christmas and the restaurant
was quiet for the time of year, but I'm not complaining as
it gave the waiters plenty of time to spend with us. They
were very good at recommending different foods to try. The
entertainment was fine, background live singer and
not too loud. The food was delicious and, as you would
expect, very wholesome! No complaints and we would
go back again next time we are in Manchester, and have already
suggested to friends who will be down next month that it's
worth a visit."
- alison crighton, edinburgh 22/12/08 (visited on a friday
evening) |
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| "The
Beef Stroganov was chewy; a bottle of beer was £4! A
small vodka and lemonade was £4! (and the lemonade was
warm RWhites poured from the bottle in front of us). We had
a great night, but that was the company only! - The food was
overpriced as much as the drinks were. We had to choose from
a xmas menu. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone.
The Karaoke had limited choice of songs. If it was lovely,
I would happily recommend it and leave a nice comment. I am
not being awkward or a moaning Brit but it was honestly the
most overpriced meal I have ever eaten in my life!"
- paul swaine, manchester 9/12/08 (visited on a saturday evening) |
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| "We
visited the restaurant in June. Really enjoyed! Waiting
on staff - excellent! Food - delicious! Everything
like back home but with a modern twist. We'll be back again."
- irina smith, st. asaph 2/7/08 (visited on a saturday evening) |
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"We
visited on a Saturday evening. This is an interesting place,
with good food and probably more suitable for a
fun experience or evening with friends than a romantic dinner
for 2. The restaurant was spotlessly clean which
is always a good sign. We liked the staff who were pleasant
and attentive. We also very much enjoyed the food which was
tasty and well cooked. To start I had the Crab Blini which
was delicious and my husband had the Smoked Salmon which he
pronounced excellent. For main course my husband had
the Slow Cooked Lamb. As a lamb conoisseur he was impressed
- very tender (falling to pieces). I had the St Peter the
Great steak which was good too. I loved the fried
potatoes - definitely a winner! There isn't a dessert
menu so it's pancakes or icecream. With hindsight we wouldn't
bother again with either. We were a little disappointed
with the wine menu which was somewhat overpriced. Rather
mediocre international listings with nothing less than £17
a bottle. We tried the Russian red wine from Georgia. Whilst
it was fine and perfectly quaffable we didn't think it was
worth the £20 price tag. They have an extensive and
reasonably priced vodka list. We tried 2 - rose and honey
- both of which were good. So to the place itself. It's the
sort of place that would lend itself well to being changed
to a cabaret supper club but isn't quite there yet. We didn't
like the TV screen on the wall or the fact that the music
was too loud throughout. We did like the entertainment
(you need a sense of humour!) - Russian acrobat, gypsy dancer
and singer. However, it was difficult to see the acts due
to the tables in front of us blocking our view. Our advice
to the restaurant would be to think about it as a supper club
and upgrade the decor (perfectly OK but not 'luxurious',
the bathrooms in particular are very dated - but they are
spotlessly clean), lose the TV screen, rearrange the tables
so that everyone can see the entertainment and then market
more. The place was practically empty and we thought that
a real shame. Will we suggest it to friends - yes. Will we
go back - definitely."
- melanie, wigan 13/4/08 (visited on a saturday evening) |
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"Fantastic
restaurant. I had mushroom in a pancake for starter, which
was just amazing. The maincourse was also very, very
nice. The Peter The Great steak is as good as you describe
and the chips (or fried potatos - as they are labelled on
the menu) were the best I've ever tasted!!. Prices were
also good with a 2 course offer for £19.95 per person
(I think even cheaper during the week). The waitress was really
friendly, but when we had been served the main course and
the plates taken off us they seemed to disappear. This was
annoying, because I wanted to try the desserts, but by the
time we managed to get her attention (by waving our hands)
we decided just to get the bill and go. One other down
side was the loud music and the singer. It was far too
loud and we almost had to shout across the table to each other
- felt a bit like sitting having tea in a Russian nightclub.
Fortunately the loud music started at the end of our meal,
so it wasnt such a big deal. I will definitely be returning
for this amazing Russian food."
- nancy, manchester 30/1/08 (visited on a saturday evening) |
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"'What was
St Petersburg called before it became St Petersburg?', I
quizzed my fellow diners. 'Ikan Cafe' was the unexpected
reply I received. Very true but not the geographical answer
I had in mind.
St Petersburg
is Manchester's twin city and if the cuisine is as good
as this brand new Russian restaurant on Sackville Street,
we can't wait to taste the delights of Bilwi, Chemnitz,
Codoba, Rehovot and Wuhan - Manchester's other twins.
Apart from being
the first Russian restaurant in Manchester, St Petersburg
must also be the only place in town where you can order
caviar - from £4.50 for 2.5g of Red Caviar upto £55.95
for 20g of the more exclusive Black Caviar. The
Chicken Blini's, pancakes stuffed with strips of chicken
breast (£5.95), were extremely tasty and washed down
wonderfully with a large bottle of Russian Baltika beer
(£4), whilst the Peter The Grate, a supreme and tender
fillet steak cooked to perfection and topped with cheese
(£17.95), was absolutely incredible - well worth the
journey alone! The Tsiplionok Tabaka, a grilled whole chicken
marinated with garlic and herbs (£16.95) wasn't as
tasty however and could have done with being a bit meater,
as I soon got bored of trying to seperate meat from bone.
Having been reluctantly offered a bite of my partner's amazing
steak I agreed that I'd certainly made the wrong choice
but at least had a very good reason to return.
Like many of
the Mediterranean restaurants around town, diners are entertained
with live music at weekends. The evening we visited a talented
Russian lady sang what we can only presume were Russian
love songs from the star lit stage above the bar. Whilst
she was very good, especially I presume if you can speak
the language, the loud speakers above our table made an
intimate meal a little bit too noisy to enjoy. For a quieter
meal though, go midweek and you might just bump into us
- we'll be back there many times!
Oh, and St Petersburg
(the city) was previously called Leningrad if you were wondering."
- restaurants of manchester 27/1/08 (visited on a saturday
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