| You are viewing Manchester > restaurants Akbars restaurant Manchester![]() ![]() ![]() view all photos Email Akbars Akbars More restaurants in CastlefieldAdd To FavouritesVicus Building, 73 - 83 Liverpool Road Manchester. M3 4JN 0161 834 7222 by 1 person Akbars review Akbars Review Update: Last night I visited Akbars for the third time, and my comments below still stand. There's a few things that I've noticed that are worth mentioning - firstly the chefs now bring the food out to the table. Almost unnecessary but a nice touch, if a little gimicky. The service is still good, note that I say good not excellent. Asking for the bill three times is excessive, and sometimes the over-eagerness of staff does make them annoying. The food - above excellent, and I still love the 'Naan Trees', which were slated by Gordon Ramsay on his Kitchen Nightmares show. Overall still the best Indian in Manchester.A trendy new Indian restaurant for Castlefield, located underneath the Vicus building on Liverpool Road. Akbars originally started in Bradford back in 1995. The group now has four restaurants and their new Manchester base was their first foray out of Yorkshire. Now Akbars isn't your normal restaurant. It's part of a nu-breed of contemporary Indian restaurants, a trend that was started in Manchester by the nearby Shimla Pinks (See later). When you walk into Akbars, off Liverpool Road, there's a small bar area for you to await your table. Drinks are served promptly - the prices are perhaps a mistake - and then it's off on a short walk to the back of the unit for our table. The waiter kindly placed candles around our table - and the lights were dim enough so that we needed them. We were eating at 6pm on a Wednesday and the restaurant was packed, so service was a touch slower than I'd have liked, but we ordered our main courses and took on board the waiters suggestion that we only needed one Naan bread. When the meal came we saw why - the naan's are huge, and they're hung on the side of an almost indescribable metal structure (thus, I believe, maintaining the crispness of the bread). The rest of the food was top notch - and the bill wasn't too bad either. Getting hold of a waiter to re-order drinks was problematic. Comparisons will be made between Akbars and Shimla Pinks - both are modern Indian restaurants that have put effort into their designs as well as their food. Akbars is slightly smaller, has a more intimate atmosphere and - most importantly - now wins on style and substance (it looks better and the food is nicer). Akbars is just a hop-skip and a jump from Manchester city centre, and it's well worth a visit if you like Indian food. A word of warning, the on-street parking nearby can be a nightmare, thanks in part to the popularity of local restaurants and bars - but there is a free car park at the bottom of Duke street. Why not add your own review? Click here to add a review for Akbars Find out what everyone else in is saying about this restaurant. 45 reviews below Opening Hours Read more Akbars reviews (15 reviews)Monday to Sunday : 5:30pm - 11:30pm (Check opening times by calling Akbars on 0161 834 7222) Anonymous says... 4 people agree, 4 people disagree with this reviewAnonymous says... Anonymous says... Anonymous says... honestly, the food is terrible, service is well below average......... n i can honestly say me n my m8s wont b goin ther again Anonymous says... Anonymous says... Anonymous says... Anonymous says... sahdia says... maybe u shuld go else where den. betta than any english food, asian food is much betta then english food. english food is full of s*it. 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