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Reviews This restaurant is an excellent japanese eatery. The service is good, and the general feel of the place, but the food is the best thing by a mile. It is always fresh and very tasty. Have been about 4/5 times and each time the standards have been really high. Good value for what you get. Peter Stephens Brilliant place - the food is fresh and prepared excellently. It may not be the cheapest of places but it is such a good experience and the quality of the food is exceptional you don't mind paying a bit extra. www.restaurantsofmanchester.com "If you love Japanese cuisine then New Samsi is the ideal place to visit in Manchester city centre. With some unbeatable daytime offers, it's the perfect place for a healthy lunchtime meal. With the Palace Theatre and Cornehouse cinema just along the road and, this being one of the closest restaurants near the Apollo Theatre, the pre-show offers are well worth checking out. There's a great choice of Japanese banquets available in the evening and the Saki wine list is impressive. The amazing Japanese supermarket in the basement is worth a visit alone and, like us, most diners tend to leave with a carrier bag full of ingredients after their meal." Restaurants Of Manchester "I came specifically for sushi, on a quiet Saturday lunchtime. The £15 platter featured 19 pieces, including squid, octopus, salmon and tuna. The rice on the nigiri could have done with being a touch stickier, but was well flavoured. More importantly, the fish on top was spankingly fresh. I was offered a second platter, all included in the price, but I was quite full by then." dan, birmingham 22/9/08 (visited on a saturday lunch) "First thing to say is this place is amazing value for money, the size of the food is not for the faint hearted! Just under £10 for a Miso Soup, 4 random sushi pieces, then a Bento box with steak, deep fried veg and other delights. Portions that would satisfy anyone's hunger at a price for everone's budget. Also it's worth a venture downstairs for the authentic Japanese supermarket. I will be visiting, again and again I'm sure" nick, stockport 7/4/08 (visited on a monday afternoon) "I love eating at the Samsi, OK some might argue it isn't as authentic as it might be... but then what would I know, all I do know is that the food is excellent, fresh, appetising and the quantities could overface the hungriest diner. The service is polite and courteous, the choice wide and tempting, and all seems to be well prepared and fairly reasonably priced for city centre dining. I have a sushi fixation hence my regular attendance, (go at lunchtimes for the best bargain sushi meal ever...£15 for 'all you can eat') and their selection always has something new that I have never tried which is always welcome. My partner had the Beef Sukiyaki, after sharing a Sushi Platter and a Sashimi Platter and although the 'first course' was substantial, the Sukiyaki was tasty enough for him to manage finishing it! I had a lighter choice of the Chicken Yakitori and it came with rice and a lovely salad, which was very welcome and not too overfacing. I would, and have, recommended this restaurant to anyone who has a taste for sushi and Japanese food in general and I know several friends have been impressed, so much so that one had a birthday celebration meal with 8 friends and was amazed at the service, quality and size of the portions (Samurai Banquet). My only small niggle is that the tables are rather small if you have a lot of plates and bowls, along with glasses, it can feel a little cramped, but that is only because the range and selection is so tempting! There's a great 'supermarket' downstairs where you can buy items to make your own food too. Excellent. PS For the hygiene conscious the toilets are lit with black lights so you see just how clean they are." kelly evans, manchester 17/3/08 (visited on a friday evening) www.sugarvine.com |
