Reviews Shahbarose

Amazing authentic Arabic food by a family run business who are really friendly and welcoming. The food was so tasty and flavourful, true Arabic flavour which can be hard to find. It was presented beautifully and the music added to the atmosphere. Everything we ordered was amazing and they even made us a special lemon mint drink :) 100% recommend and will be back again soon!

The place is far from the center and the building is dilapidated from the outside. There are no signs directing you to enter. The food is delicious and the staff is friendly.

Brolliant, invited personally by the owner and his family for a fascinating open buffet Iftar. All food of high quality and juicy meat and beautiful flavours. Chef said I look like mo Salah. Rob, if you don’t want meat I wouldn’t eat lamb and kimmie go the chicken was beautiful

Very nice atmosphere and excellent customer service. The girl which was serving us , was very nice and polite . Very nice and beautiful presentation of food. Highly recommended

I reeeally wanted to go to this place and give it five stars. I’ll start with the positives for that reason. The menu is authentic, with a couple of familiars for the less adventurous (like biryani) and plenty of good Arabic food for those that want something you can’t get in most places The cook(s) definitely know how to cook the food. The people complaining about the food being burned clearly don’t realise that this is supposed to be chargrilled (they aren’t painting the effect on like some places, this is the real deal). Where it falls short is that the ingredients, while fresh, aren’t as fresh as they could be. There are only two items which lost the fifth star entirely - and they’re so easy to fix! The onions have clearly been chopped in advance. First, that really is lazy. There were only eight people in there when we went. Second, they’ve been chopped so far in advance that they’ve developed the distinct smell and taste that comes with leaving chopped onions to sweat. We got the shawarma as one of our dishes. When it came out hot, it was stunning. A real highlight. As it cooled. The taste of the sweaty salad started to take over. It ruined it. Unfortunately, the second item also started to make the dish sticky and soggy The oil wasn’t clean. You could taste it. Again, we were one of the first tables served that night so this really shouldn’t have been the case. Even worse, this dirty oil infected every cooked dish that we had It’s a real shame because the building is very clean! I have no concerns about hygiene but the oil has clearly been used, reused, and left to be used again for a few more nights The quality of the menu and cooking itself, along with the service from the staff, should make this place five stars, even without sprucing up the outside. Unfortunately, these two issues knock a full star off I genuinely hope that they address these items because this place deserves some real appreciation

We got a Mixed Grill and it was plenty of food for two of us. It came with rice and bread and a little salad so it was a good value. The owner was very helpful and accommodating. The food and service were all excellent.

I came out for dinner with my partner, my mum and her Husband. What a lovely place. I have never tasted such flavourful food! Absolutely outstanding. The menus are a little scruffy but that can easily be overlooked by the amazing service. The staff are friendly and attentive! I will definitely be coming back next time I'm in the area.

Food was excellent overall so rather a shame that the place overall was tired looking and the effort seemed to be on the adjoining shisha lounge. Outside looked rather off-putting but inside was considerably better. Main dishes great with fabulous 🍋 flavour

I ordered on Uber Eats with low hopes, every time I tried vine leaves in Manchester, I really didn’t like it. These were very tasty and the closest to authentic which I have tried in this city. Sad that I only discovered this place near to when I am leaving.