rosso

stunning entrance to this super restaurant. loved the christmas decor. atmosphere is fun, friendly and sophisticated. the girls are beautifully dressed up, the boys more casual. we enjoyed drinks at the bar first then a light dinner. the calamari and prawns were delicious and the tiramisu was light and fluffy with agoodhint of coffee. cool music played yet didn't disturb conversation. will definitely come back

this place is owned by rio ferdinand and has very high reviews, so i decided to give it a try before the united match. the restaurant was very well decorated for christmas. you can see that this place is classy, not expecting this from rio. :p the service was really prompt. the food isgooditalian. probably would not go again before a match because of lack of atmosphere, but this is an excellent place for fine dining.

rosso sits majestically at the top of king street west in a beautiful victorian building which use to be a bank. it is owned by manchester united's own rio ferdinand. it is a classy affair and home to one of the best lunch deals in the city. a group of ten of us went a few weeks ago and we were very impressed. we sampled the spring/summer lunch menu, which offered a nice selection of seasonal food, with vegetarians being well catered for. the lunch deal in question is £12.95 for a starter and a main dish and if you partake of this deal then bottles of house wine go for £5.95 (and the wine was very nice - slurp!). so all in all a prettygooddeal, especially if you are after a bit of a boozy lunch. i went for butternut squash soup to start, which came out in a huge bowl and had a big dollop of cream freche in it. pleasant enough but i did have a bit of food envy as my companions chomped down on an interesting beetroot salad. another hit was the chicken livers and balsamic sauce on rusti

excellent dinner. dinner for two here, and thoroughly enjoyed it. it's big and it's busy, but the service doesn't suffer too badly. we started with the antipasto misto which was agoodselection of cold meats, with some cheeses, olives, etc. for the main i had linguine with crayfish tails, and half a lobster on the side. the lobster was cooked to perfection - succulent, and tasty, not dry as it often is. the linguine with crayfish tails was also delicious. my wife had ribbon pasta with rabbit, which she also enjoyed.

it's a reallygoodspot, very popular, but not overpriced.