101 Brasserie & Bar in Manchester

Service pretty poor, but considering they’d just re-opened they get an extra star. No excuse for frozen food though in this day & age.

Went in and there was about the same number of staff as there was tables. Service was very poor, couldn’t get anyone’s attention to order a round of drinks so after about 15 minutes we had to get up and order at the bar - which isn’t Covid secure - they took our order then left the bar empty whilst the staff were just chatting & not doing much so after waiting about another 15 minutes with our drinks still not being made we shouted the girl serving over and asked her is she could make them for us, she told us she wasn’t allowed behind and the bar and she didn’t know what we wanted her to do about it. At this point our food was here and came, the chicken was burnt and dry. We had to book to go somewhere else and eat that night as trying to get any service or decent food was impossible! Won’t go again, total waste of money, awful experience as a whole.

Really nice food, super enjoyable! Cocktails weren’t the nicest for the price but would absolutely eat here again

Visited as part of a Groupon offer for afternoon tea, we were the only people in there for most of the visit! Service was fast and friendly (drink refills offered without prompting). The food was nice but nothing outstanding as afternoon tea goes - Selection of sandwiches and lots of cake, the scones were served warm and with lashings of clotted cream and jam, very tasty!

Was very poor. Ham had lots of gristle in and the rest of the sandwiches were tasteless. The mini chocolate cakes were no more than a poor man's miniature cup cake. Definately a place to avoid.

Looking at other reviews this may be an off day, but this was some of the worst food I've ever had. Took over 40 minutes to come out, and they weren't even busy at the time.I had the pie which was deflated, and inside was pretty much a bit of meat and a carrot in dish water. Took a customer there who said it was the worst chicken burger he had ever eaten, even the chips were bad.

Externally, a handsome building, Inside more work needs to be done on the restaurant section to make it appealing to non-residents. The atmosphere is decidedly 'hotel' in there, bland and cold. The restaurant feels side-lined and unloved. But the food is very good.I began with a ham hock and Stornoway black pudding terrine. This had a tough full-flavored ham, made sweeter with the gentle Stornoway a delight with a wonderful cinnamon doughnut and poached apple. This was a complex little dish with a lot going, that through being led by the sturdy ham, never lost its integrity. Good start indeed.An Eggs Benedict starter came with sauce and eggs prepared to perfection. It was given the required edge and lift by the crispy bacon and the rocket. It was adored by my dining guest.The mains feature pork, the poor relation of the meat world. While chicken has come clucking back with a vengeance onto UK menus, pig is largely ignored. The grunters occasionally get billing in their belly pork variant, but that's about it.The problem with pork is keeping it moist.No problems here. my partners free range pork and apple was fluid flesh at its best. There was belly pork but also loin. Bunched on a fork with an exquisite apple butterscotch sauce plus pickled cabbage and crackling, it was a real winner. I want to rush back and have another go with that very soon. The fat in the belly was a very memorable.The 21 day matured Scottish rib-eye steak with Bearnaise sauce came medium rare as requested. It was more evidence of the skill and competence in the kitchen.The same could be said of the yogurt cheesecake. It had granola on top, an elegant yogurt sorbet, and raspberries, it had a lovely forgiving consistency, and was not - lots of brownie points here - too sweet. I loved the coriander that came with it too.Shame about the space that the restaurant finds itself crammed in.If that matched the cooking then this would be a proper destination.

Lovely restaurant situated inside a Hotel in Manchester, so its easily missed if you do not know about it!! We had a very delicious 2 course meal before getting the train back to London, the staff where friendly and attentive. The food was well presented, portions was a good size, would defiantly recommend this restaurant and would go again!

A wonderful find for dinner in Manchester. Being a hotel restaurant you may pass this place without realizing its there, there's no menu outside or any info about it at all. But once in the hotel bar you see a lovely little hotel restaurant.The menu is seasonal and not overcrowded, while I was there the menu contained starters of pork belly, goats cheese panna cotta, as well as smoked salmon. We chose the panna cotta and the pork belly which were presented beautifully on the plate. They were small but absolutely delicious, the panna cotta deliciously creamy and the pork belly moist and with a crisp salty crackling. For mains we had the pork chop and the chicken. Again both presented beautifully, very tasty and well thought out dishes. Our sides of glazed carrots and chips were generous for two and ensured we were very full...too full for dessert sadly all in all a wonderful meal.

The 101 Brasserie in the MacDonald Townhouse hotel has recently gone through an expensive refurbishment as our friendly waiter infirtmed us. And it seems to have been worth every penny: the food was fantastic and the service mostly excellent. We went because of an appealing 50% off offer, but frankly we would have paid full price if we'd known the food was going to be this good.The restaurant is clearly trying to earn a name for itself although they may not have quite reached the popularity they deserve as they're were only two other sets of diners when we were there. Hopefully this will change if they keep up this high standards of food.For starters I had a roast pork belly which melted in your mouth. My partner had eggs Benedict which I was esured was delicious. We both had the lamb for the main course and I can say honestly was some of the best lamb I've had. All highly recommended and would likely return!