Obsidian Bar and Restaurant

Overrated. Very expensive for what it is with tiny portions- in the current financial climate, they need to review their prices. Service was pleasant but patchy.
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Len
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Food 4 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Had a meal here on thursday with their Manchester Confidential offer. We were very well looked after and the meal was really good value for money. A very pleasant evening and I already booked my next visit. Keep up the good work Obsidian!
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Paul
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Saturday, June 13, 2009

A group of five of us dined at Obsidian and were REALLY impressed by the attentive, personable service and wowed by the chocolate souffles!

It was a girly night and we were well looked after at the bar by Tom and then spoiled in the restaurant by Nas and Merka (spelling?)- what a great team?! A really refreshing change to the array of snobby bars and restaurants in town. We'll be back for more of the same.
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Kate Harrow
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Around 60 of us had a meal here on 30th May 2009 (pre arranged) and were changed £23 per head which we thought was quite good value. It wasnt.

2 staff to serve nearly 60 people. around a third of the group were still waiting for starters when everyone else was finished. This proved to be the case with the main and deserts too. Not good enough. Portions were tiny. There were 9 on our table with one dish of chips (?????) and one dish of veg. We complained but was told that there was no money in the price for more veg. Of course, as a third of the table had to wait ages for their meal- there were no veg left when they eventually arrived. Complained again and got some undercooked chips between 4 of us. No one was happy.

We would have happily paid more for the meal to get enough food to eat.

To add insult to injury- it seems our "special price" was £3 per head MORE than the identical set menu we saw outside! Come on Obsidian- times are hard we know- but 60 potential customers wont be back with shoddy food and service like that. If you cant offer a decent deal at less than £40 per head you wont servive the credit crunch.
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Ian Collis
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Food 3 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 4
Monday, May 11, 2009

Came to the "NEW OBSIDIAN" last night for a meal with my wife and by-god was I blown away by the food. I have eaten in lots of michelin starred restaurants before and this was no different, everything was perfect, the menu, the service, the food. What a brilliant restaurant.
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Bryan Williams - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Obsidian is a great place to enjoy both food and cocktails. For taste, flavours and presentation the food is hard to beat and this is matched by friendly, efficient service. The cocktails are the best I have seen, and when I asked for something different the barman made something up for me that was superb. The price reflects the quality, but I have to say I love this place. Well worth it!
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Friday, April 10, 2009

Obsidian is great. We had a family party here last week, 12 of us, and everyone bent over backwards to make our night special. The service was excellent, both in the bar and the restaurant. Everyone loved the food. Thank you Obsidian
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Isaac
Friday, August 15, 2008

Tried this place for the first time on NYE. Couldn't fault the decor/atmosphere and the food was great. My only complaint was the non-existent service.

We were kept waiting almost an hour for our starter and every course after that took ages. Our table was booked for 9.30 and we ended up seeing in the New Year by chasing staff requesting our coffee that still hadn't arrived and when it did we had to ask for milk and sugar and then a third request was needed to obtain spoons.

I guess it's hard to get staff to work that time of year but even so the restaurant was not full.

Icing on the cake was them getting the bill wrong, twice!!
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Sunday, January 06, 2008

a great atmosphere,and very good service! i've been here few weeks before,but now...waiters,you are amazing! thanks for this fantastic night! i'll be back!
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phil
Monday, December 24, 2007

Quite good soup but no bread offered. Good salman starter. Main course duck was well cooked but the oriental style veg was like jam - not a fresh tasting accompaniment. Boiled potatoes had been kept warm somewhere. Cauliflower cheese had no seasoning at all and was shown the salt dispenser which had no salt in. Staff were very busy and all over the place but where you wanted them to be and that's looking after the diners. most inpersonal service. Lovely seating and attractive restaurant with very noisy music.
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