Sunset by Australasia

The restaurant and setting is pretty for pictures. Food was just alright. Price for food? I'm pretty sure you can get better options if you're looking for exquisite food and better service with this price. We found a blue string/plastic on one of the dessert. Horrified. Maybe would come back for a drink just for the decorations ONLY but never again for food. :/ Staff was rude.

Used a gift voucher I had received for my birthday at weekend for afternoon tea. Went with my sister and was really looking forward to it. We don’t venture into Manchester much so wanted to have an early booking so booked for 12pm. Arrived and got to choose first table as only people there, sat down and once not from a far we became quite unimpressed with the standard of the restaurant. This is definitely somewhere made for “instagram” but in reality, the seats are stained and dirty, covered by blankets which weren’t much better. The cushions were the same. The table was sticky. The drinks menu was sticky and stuck together. It was £4.20 for a Diet Pepsi?! And because my sister didn’t want a normal tea from the bundle she had to pay £2.50 extra just for a flat white coffee. Drinks came and the waiter managed to spill the Pepsi over himself so had to replace it. Jug of tap water on table and the jug was all stained. Grateful they swapped out fish items to suit our allergies when I asked. Then savoury food came, nothing to rave about and definitely not filling. Sweet food came, and the items on the round circle shelves were vile. The other bits in the bottom tray were okay. Then I asked for another Diet Pepsi and he forgot about us for a good 45 mins, even though at this point there was only 3 tables with people on them. So when he remembered he brought us both a Diet Pepsi on the house. Asked for the bill and my voucher was taken off for the afternoon tea (£45) but the 2 diet Pepsis and a flat white ended up costing £16 something because they threw in a non optional service charge of approx £6.80 or something? Anyway by this point we was ready to leave, again waited nearly 20mins for him to come back with a card machine so ended up walking to bar to pay so we could leave. Wouldn’t go back. Wouldn’t recommend the afternoon tea.

Brilliant cocktails with exotic flavours! Perfect place to celebrate special occasions, graduations and birthdays. A popular spot for a hen do. Welcoming to large groups. Gorgeous and elegant outdoor seating area, nicely decorated with flowers and pretty greenery. Great for photo lovers. Located within walking distance of the city centre. Snack food portions. Vegan and vegetarian options are available. Instagram Links: Bar @SunsetMCR Reviewed by @cesamargaux