Evuna - Manchester

Having visited both the Altrincham Northern Quarter Evuna's and having different experiences in both, I was looking forward to visiting Evuna Deansgate as the Northern Quarter restaurant has no early time slots . How was it fantastic, the wine discussion was a little flaky, but that could have been my mispronunciation. However, when we both got the wine sorted it was excellent just like the food. We had a mixed tapas main meal and each dish was excellent, with the stand out dish being the stuffed Courgettes topped with Goats cheese. Its unusual for me to have a desert, but my wife and I shared the Spanish Cheese cake and again it hit the spot. So in summary great service, good wine, excellent food and a fine dining room ambiance So on this visit, Deansgate wins the prize for the best Evuna local to me.

Inviting menu of 3 tapas for £19.95 add a glass of house wine for £4.50, the white was £4.50, but given a choice of red asked for the Rioja and charged over £9 for a small glass. Service added by them at 10% even though I was mislead by wine price. Will avoid in future.

I was visiting Manchester and staying in Deansgate, so had a look for a restaurant close by and with good reviews. This seemed perfect but turned out to be anything but. The staff were friendly, it was nice enough atmosphere but where they are let down is by the food. I have seen bigger portions in a kids' meals in most other restaurants. I could probably accept it, if it were to a high standard, but this was not worth it at all. You'd need to spend around £300-£400 to feel satisfied here. After the meal arrived, I was in disbelief at the portion size, I actually decided to cut my meal short and find somewhere else to eat. I really do not understand how this has such high reviews. If the portion is small quality has to be high and they did not even come close. Needless to say I wouldn't visit again nor recommend to anyone.

Good food and excellent staff. Would have given it 5 stars but it was very noisy with a party and crowded. Needs soft furnishings/wall baffles to absorb some of noise.

The menu and board outside state tapas lunch 15.95 and glass of wine 4.50 staff reluctant to point out the obvious and you the get charged 6.50 per glass of wine. When you order an extra glass of wine (175) it appears on the bill at £9. Maybe the staff should be more proactive with customers, pointing out what is included in the offer.