Gorilla in Manchester

Love this place! Great choice of cocktails. We went for brunch which I would highly recommend. The food was great and they also cater for vegans

Really good venue. Staff were very polite and quick at the bar. It's a small place but the sounds great.

My first time I was invited by Narrow Margin Tameside band to write a review on their comeback gig ! A real gritty place which encourages our new bands to play & to get discovered ! Truly an an amazing place to be seen & spotted ! Fantastic for the music scene! In the heart of Manchester’s music scene !

Went to see Sam Ryder here and it was fantastic :) I was unfortunate to have an accident and required surgery and when I advised the staff they were quick to offer me a seat and another entrance to avoid the crowd and queues. The staff went above and beyond so I could still enjoy the gig despite being on crutches. Thank you so much and would highly recommend :)

When I was initially seated, the guy sat at the table next to me complained about his breakfast. Silly me, I thought I'd give Gorilla the benefit of the doubt and order a breakfast too. What a mistake.First, the bacon was as dry as the Sahara. That was one of the many complaints from the guy next to me. Unfortunately I didn't heed his warnings about the breakfast before pressing ahead regardless. And so it proved, the bacon was so dry it was inedible without drowning it in lashings of tomato sauce.Second, the fried egg was over cooked to an inch of its rubbery life. Blackened and plastic-like.Also, the toast was so burnt that its deep blackness was like the sun had burnt out all of its fuel, leaving a perfect angular vortex of nothingness that swallowed up any flavour too. Look at the photo, how on earth did a chef look at that and think "that's a beauty, perfectly fine for the customer". Was utterly insulting.This wouldn't have been so bad were the toast to have been buttered, but sadly it just had a weakly softened and tiny, five pence piece shaped patch of dampness visible. Almost the entire slice was otherwise dry. Who wants dry toast?!??!The service was unfortunately painfully slow. So many times I thought we must surely be served, only to have our hopes dashed, time and time again.Finally, I always tip, but we were given a forced service charge of about 15-20%. You can argue it isn't forced as they'd probably take it off if asked, but I don't want to argue about it in front of my date, especially when the terrible service has made us late. This means they've trapped you to the point where you have to reward their terrible efforts.Maybe that's part of their plan? Maybe they don't actually care about repeat custom? If that's the case, then they've certainly succeeded in making sure I'll never be back.Go the Trof, wonderful food and service.

Hippo's reunion, very, very good. The music was great, the guys warming up the dancefloor did a superb job and the orchestra, I wasn't to enthusiastic about them but they turned out to be intense and it worked, they were good.But as always Jay Wearden took it away. Another quality night.Thanks Jason, Rosie and all the folk who helped us oldies feel alot younger for the night, although I may also have slipped a disc Jay.Fantastic thank you all for your efforts, it was a brilliant night, great atmosphere.

Went for breakfast/brunch, served til midday. Nice chicken waffles, serving Grindsmith coffee, dog friendly. Would suggest booking as they were turning ppl away when we were there on a Saturday morning.

The food and service has gone really down hill. We used to come here regularly for a roast on a Sunday however we went last week and experienced a number of problems. We did address this to the waitress at the time who said she would pass the feedback onto the chefs, but she never returned and we then waited almost an hour for the bill. I have also emailed in twice detailing the complaints but I am yet to receive a response.

Always good food here, been loving their roasts before the pandemic, and yesterday I went back here for the first time. Ordered the chargrilled chicken which was accompanied by the most amazing chimicurri sauce, crunchy roast potatoes and fresh veggies. The use of good quality sea salt lifted this dish to the next level. Would def order again!

Fabulous evening at Gorilla really enjoyed the new menu! Best chicken and onion bhaji I’ve tasted plus really cool live music by Will from Pink Shirts! See you soon!