Octagon Lounge in Manchester

Wow what an excellent experience service was second to none. The food was wonderful, only thing that we wasn't happy with was there was no Goosnargh chicken which my Mum really wanted

We chose Mount Street for our wedding lunch for a party of 33 and it was the best thing we could have done. The service provided by the staff was exceptional, they provided halal food for our guests based on pre orders and gave us separate seating in their stunning restaurant. The food was exceptional and I could not recommend this restaurant enough for any parties for events. Thank you so much to all the team for making our day so perfect.

Well equipped bar and restaurant that runs smoothly and efficiently. Good selection of drinks with a commendable choice of lovely English sparkling/wines. Very impressed with the breakfast choices and manageress Elizabeth, efficient and attentive.

Disappointing.Food was bland and pricey for what it was.The blue cheese sauce that doesn't taste of blue cheese.The fries that looked and tasted like supermarket frozen.Scallops were tiny and surprisingly bland.Service was slow and inattentive - had to wait about 20 mins and ask 3 times for a drink.The beer was flat.Couldn't blame it on being busy - there were only about 7 tables in for a Sat lunch.All in all - I'd have been better off going to a chain restaurant.Not what I'd expect from the midland.

Below average and that's being kind! Atmosphere: zero! Big room with very high ceilings, walls being a very light colour makes it look cold, furnished !Ike a glorified cafe serviifood. Service: polite but sloooow! Food: olion soup, no salt and missing flavours. Blue cheese sauce: litquid as pink in colour as mixed with red wine..and not tasking of blue cheese, the clue isnin the name BLUE CHEESE SAUCE! Not wine and cheese liquid! Rump steak, cooked very well indeed, side of spinach, very nice, side of parmesan and truffle: very little truffle and hardly any parmesan. Deserts good, cheese board could do with replacifancy crackers with normal cheese crackers but bigger quantity! Also, some rude hotel guests will use the restaurant as a shortcut to go check-in, passing throdiners with suitcases and the likes. They should be challenged and diverted to the hotel entrance! Overall: disappointing, we will not be back

Lovely meal, staff attentive but not intrusive.

Disappointed after our first visit since it was revamped. The decor itself is a great improvement on the boring grey scheme they had before. Unfortunately the food quality is not as good as it used to be.First course of roasted celeriac soup was ok but the main course of chicken turned up lukewarm with an incredibly thick jus and minus the truffled fries.Yes they took the cost of these off the bill but by the time they turned up I'd just about finished the chicken. The dessert of 'honey pudding' with lavender and white chocolate - well least said the better.One other thing that needs improvement is the menu: printed in a thin typeface green on off white our party had difficulty reading it. And please remove the silly placeholder text at the bottom.

Disappointing experience here for my birthday. Was taken as a treat by a friend who had prepaid for my meal. Started promisingly with two tasty starters of scallops and truffle mushrooms on toast with a poached egg. Really delicious. Main course, my partner chose the beef cheek (delicious) and I chose the 10z sirloin steak with peppercorn sauce and harissa salt chips. Then the wheels came off...I don't think the chips were salted at all. The peppercorn sauce was very sweet and not at all the peppery tang I'd hoped for. But the steak itself - 5oz of it was just pure fat. Pretty much inedible. I mentioned this to the lovely waitress who collected our plates and she agreed it was very fatty and said 'let me see what I can do'. Then watched her approach another staff member (youngish bearded guy in a suit), and show him the plate, at which point he then looked at our table and then shake his head! As if who we are and what we looked like made any difference to the fact that they served me a steak that looked like it had been cut from a blubber whale.One nice touch was a pre ordered happy birthday plate. Very nice surprise.Desserts we chose were the roasted pineapple and coconut - bother were not great. Ice cream was mostly melted on both by the time we got them. The first was a weird dessicated little shard of something coconutty and strange tasting pineapple. And the peanut butter and chocolate cheesecake was rich and claggy, which I'm afraid I found quite cloying. Honeycomb was good though.Then there was a long delay with the bill as the aforementioned bearded waiter forgot it. Then the bill was wrong which took more time to sort. And after all that they still added a service charge! And anywhere that charges £4.50 for a bottle of still water is just shocking in my book.Had high expectations but sadly only 3/6 dishes were decent and the service wasn't quite up to par - it felt a little chaotic. Not the best birthday experience alas. Photos supplied (note the fatty steak!).

Fantastic quality food and drinks. Good selection of cocktails, and easy to upgrade meal from the groupon voucher by just paying a supplement. Great service and will definitely be visiting again.

Excellent British Restaurant parked in the midland hotel. Very nice cozy dining room. Very good value ala cart and set menus.Simple yet refined dishes made with very well sourced British produce.Flavors we bold and techniques we faultless. From the starters, mains and desserts everything was very good. Stand out dessert was the brown butter cake, perfect toasty butter flavor with a nice gooey texture. Their twist on a rhubarb crumble was interesting.Only gets 4/5 stars as the meal overall might have been a little heavy but probably due to the season and the dishes we ordered.Service was excellent and attentive.Cocktail menu was interesting. Well made and tasty.Overall a must go if your in the Manchester area.