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Review: Cau Didsbury, Manchester: “10% “Service Charge” Leaves a Bad Taste in the Mouth.

This is a review for CAU DIDSBURY, 700 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2DN. Tel: 0161 448 1883.

I *really* wanted to love this place (I used to go to the same building when it was Zizi). I have been to Cau in Amsterdam, but this one isn’t up to that standard.

They have only been open 4 weeks, so we should perhaps make allowances for that.

I trundled along here tonight with my two kids to try it out. After some consternation among the door staff as to where they might seat us, I was finally led through a half empty place to a booth.… Click here to continue reading this article

Restaurant Isis. 390-392 Bolton Road, Swinton, Manchester. M27 8UX.

Isis is one of the Italian restaurants in Manchester that can be said to get it right most of the time. A nice, large, clean, airy place with polite and attentive staff. There is ample parking and even a sheltered place at the front door where one can smoke.

They are also a hotel, although this writer has not tested the hotel facilities, I doubt they would be lacking.

The clientele is varied. Shaven-headed, blinged up Salfordian pseudo villains and their overweight bleach blonde Primark clad girlfriends mix it with regular folk.… Click here to continue reading this article