Fumo by San Carlo - Manchester

10/10 food and service, but above all front of house and the staff are exceptional!! We first tried to dine at another Italian across the road and were treated so poorly. We crossed over to Fumo (without a reservation at 4pm post Manchester Half) and were not expecting such a warm, lovely and KIND welcome. The older gentlemen at the front of house took my suitcase, laughed and joked with us and seated us at such a beautiful table. We were all SO thrilled. The food was delicious 10/10 for everything - I had the lobster ravioli - would recommend, and the tiramisu doesn’t have alcohol and is DELICIOUS. Even if the food was awful (which it was NOT) I would come back based on hospitality alone. You guys nailed it, Grazie Millie! 🫶🏼🍝

Best Italian restaurant in Manchester? Probably yes! The place is very elegant, nice, clean and well-kept. The food is very good, well served and well presented. The service is also good and the staff is really professional and friendly. Definitely a nice place to go

We came here tonight for my daughter’s 15th birthday she loves pasta and lasagne so thought this would be perfect. Our booking was for 6pm perfect as we had a fun activity booked at 8pm. we was a bit early 5.50 and was asked if we wanted to sit at the bar or sit down. We sat down at our table 6.15 we had to go to the bar to ask for our own water for the table, 6.20 a waiter came over and asked if we wanted menus I said No we have already been waiting to order for 30 mins. He took 2 wine glasses of the table and then we was left again for a further 10 minutes with no drink order or food order. All in all we waited 40 mins for any acknowledgment and that was only when we got up to leave. Lovely atmosphere but didn’t get to enjoy it. Ended up at Archie’s better customer service and amazing food.

I read the reviews before coming, and many complained about the service, but I experienced the opposite. The staff, especially Goncalo, were incredibly kind and provided amazing service. The creme brûlée was delicious, but the carbonara was just okay.

My dad and I had dinner here at the end of May and we were very impressed. Eduardo offered an excellent service, he was very kind, very attentive and he provided really great recommendations. The food was delicious and the ambiance was amazing! Would definitely come back and totally recommend this restaurant!:)

We had dinner on a Saturday night at 18:30. Food was lovely, starters and mains were piping hot, we had two sides of fries but served flat on a plate so were lukewarm by the time they got to us. Desserts were lovely, the table next to us ordered a meringue based dessert as it look amazing!! We had to repeatedly ask for the water we ordered and the toilets were in need of cleaning despite being early in the night. Which was disappointing.

I had the penne spicy pasta and it was bland. My friends meal-also bland. Never going back. Staff were so unbothered about customers as well.

Me and my daughter ate here before a show. Starter came out really quick. It was cold and aioli was missing. The main was the mixed fish and it was like warm and no taste at all. Don’t chefs know how to season. Nothing on it it was bland. The staff were running around like headless chicken. Best thing about it was the wine I chose. Wouldn’t eat there again