On a quiet Thursday night in early October not many customers and many staff, some of whom, since from where we were sitting and could see a corner of the kitchen did not seem busy. The apparent head guy very good but service shared around and sloppy. An apparently extensive menu but we were almost reduced to asking exactly what... more

We were in Manchester for a couple of days and I was excited to see there was a livebait as I have the cookbook and have been to a few of the restaurants in London over the past 12 years or so though not for the past fews years dur to living in Switzerland. I raved about it to my... more

Great for fishlovers, nice restaurant with good service more

The experience began by being told what they hadn't got which was a number of items. The food was ok but a little pricey I thought. Fish pie was £12.95 and was literally a fish pie, no veg or salad. That said it was packed with fish and was nice. The waiter was great and made recommendations that were welcomed.... more

Top class seafood from a top class restaurant. A great menu, with great service. more

We ate at Livebait for my fiance's birthday. Walking into the restaurant we were very impressed with the decor which is relaxed but modern with exposed brick and interesting art. The hostess did not have a record of our reservation, even though we had confirmed and called to let them know we would be slightly late! However, she was very... more

We're regular visitors to Livebait in Covent Garden in London (where we've been through most things on the menu by now) so when we saw there was a Livebait in Manchester (opposite the town hall and within a short stagger of the Hilton on Deansgate) we decided to give it a go. By some fluke we managed to get served... more

Very good food, reasonable prices. more

nice fish food,good wine selection but pricey more