Manchester
United Red Cafe reviews - reader comments
"It's
a great place to go with your kids and if you are
a United fan - all the chairs are marked with player's names and there
are screens showing football. The food is quite good cafe
food."
- nancy, manchester 26/5/08 (visited on a friday afternoon)
"It was the first
time we'd visited Red Cafe since it first opened in the days of Jaap
Stam and Peter Schmeichel. Back then we were regulars, visiting at
least once a week during lunch breaks at work. It's amazing how very
little has changed - the decor is still the same, albeit the players'
names on the back of each seat have changed from Van der Gouw to Van
der Saar and Parker to Park, whilst the menu is relatively the same
even if the famous Red Ketchup has been replaced with Heinz (thankfully
not Heinze). If it's the full Manchester United experience you crave,
then the Red Cafe is ideal - the many overhead TV screens broadcast
classic United clips for the parents with the kids (and their are
many here) somewhat content at sitting in a chair emblazoned with
the name and number of their red shirted heroes. The food offers many
American dishes (as you'd expect for a club owned by the greedy Glazers)
although the choice of burgers is complemented with a good choice
of salads, sandwiches and pasta dishes together with fish & chips
for those overseas tourists. Prices aren't as extortionate as they
once were, with the Famous Red Cafe Burger with chips priced at £7.95.
Even the Sirloin Steak is only £12.95 although you're not paying
for quality - servings are similar to what you'd come to expect from
a chain pub - my burger was chargrilled and cold but, to be honest,
those who flock here don't really come to experience the food. It's
more a day out. There are better restaurants around Old Trafford but
none as close to the United experience as this."
-
restaurants of manchester 20/5/08 (visited on a saturday lunch)
"It's
a great place to go with your kids and if you are
a United fan - all the chairs are marked with player's names and there
are screens showing football. The food is quite good cafe
food."
- nancy, manchester 26/5/08 (visited on a friday afternoon)