Al Safa in Manchester

Giant portions, superb flavours and the juiciest kobedas in Rusholme.

Very poor service. Firstly they over charged me and then when I asked for refund they gave me full chicken which was basically only bones which were marinated on grill. It was very disappointing for me and my family and I would not recommend anyone going there for full chicken as you can be deceived like me. However I looked at other peoples tables and their full chicken looked nice and plumped. They really made my day turn down.

Qabali pilau is the best in town it’s perfect served with a daal which is divine. We also love the kobeda kebabs too - naan is fresh and delicious salad .

Excellent tasty food with good service always!

Well cooked charcoal chicken. Full of flavour and not dry at all. Naan was freshly made to order. Good service.

Me and my friend suffered severe food poisoning in this restaurant We ate Khabli Khabul yesterday evening And today morning, abdominal pain and severe diarrhea began 😡😡 I put one star ⭐️ just to be able to send the review 😡😡🫣

Popped in at 10pm on a Saturday night. The place was heaving. I had the "#7" from the board - Chicken & Kobeda - with rice (and an extra naan). £17.60 with a can. Simply the best food I've ever had in Rusholme. Took half of it home. Fresh. Huge portions. Can't wait for tea. Friendly staff too. Don't hesitate.

Today I try qabily pillow no taste waste of money

Good food .charge extra for extra rice .

Out class food and service. Thank you.

Tasty dishes, generous portions.

Amazing customer service, the food was bang on! Salads and sauces were plentiful, great value for money! Will visit again!

First time visit we've got two half roast chicken. Was super tasty and we also got some salad and sauces to accompany it! Definitely wort for the price/quality!! Thanks

I think bcoz of ramazan they are not selling much and dats why food is not fresh specialy kabali the smell in rice and meet can be feel very easily i had my food after long working hours and almost made me sick and feeling like vomiting and its not the case of 1 time actually it happened twice so defo not going ther again and wont recommend specialy for delivery

Nice clean and pleasant place to eat, staff don't pester you like in some places lol. Food was tasty and you get great helpings. . I had some curried tender lamb, ordered mild, however it burnt my mouth out . Needed some milk to help calm my mouth. . I can handle quite hot curries and jerk chicken etc.. but this was really hot. My partner had extra hot and was sweating to say the least. That's the only meal we tried but the foods tasty, the meats tender and if you like a bit of heat then definitely try the tender lamb. Not cheap but also not super expensive either however the portions make up for the cost so great value overall if you want a full belly.

Kind of expensive....taste was good ambiance was nice.

" Go for the afghan khabli plaugh " Chicken & rice is twice as nice ! 😍😋😋

First time visit, excellent food. I got the chicken tikka with naan with the Lamb kebab with naan and chips. It's definitely value for money, flavoursome with the right amount of potion. I will certainly be visiting them again and recommend others to do so.

Surprised as didn't expect kobeda kebab to be as good as it was. Exceeded expectations. Recommended

loved their Kobeda Kebab and Lamb Tika

Brilliant food. Loved the kebab.

Chewy burger. Tough meat. Hard and dry nans.

Food was up to standard , but had to wait over an hour and people who sat down after us got there food first. Customer service was shocking all the staff are rude and I asked for a take away box and had to wait 25 minutes for it

Mostly good for Asians, the food was tasty. Quite reasonable and worthwhile. We ate dinner at Al Safa Restaurant. and relaxed with sips from a hot cup of tea. The neighbourhood was pretty crowded. Suitable for families.

Food was mid, portions were very small compared to the price, not going back

Best Persian restaurant in Manchester . Delicious food and friendly staff . Highly recommended.

The food is just fantastic!!!!!! Good portion good value for the money. The nan, the rice, the meat everything is just perfect. Love it!!!!

Food was tasty and wholesome, exactly what we needed after a flight back to Manchester.

Great value for money! Good taste 🙌

Amazing mixed grilled platter with perfect seasoning, yummy kabuki pulao .

Top quality food, Just ask for rafiq he is mint brother 👌

Below zero . Never again . No need to explain

Love the food was amazing would highly recommend it.

Best Kabuli pilau in town. Fresh kebabs large portions & friendly customer service. Not had a bad meal here since I've been coming here over 5 years

Food is delicious but atmosphere isn't nice

The place for authentic afghan kebabs. Portions are generous for the price and they provide a variety of freshly made condiments and salad to compliment your meal. The naan was crispy, cooked to perfection alongside the kobeda kebab, which I believe is their signature dish. Additional seating upstairs, it’s a very traditional and minimal set up, where the food really speaks for it itself.

Best Afghani food and very tasty along with great service and A1 staff.

Nice, very clean place.Tasty fresh food, Good service . Love it 👍💖

Been going for many many years, quality food specially, Al Faham on rice, kobeda on naan and the gravy

Great food, big portions and reasonable pricing. The guys are up for a chat if you want to know more about the food too

Food was delicious but it took a really long time and it came undercooked. But they had good service and replaced it right away

Amazing food. So delightful and tender. Enjoyed every bite of the mixed grill. Even the fish was outstanding. Perfectly cooked. All spices were blend out nicely and the sauces went well with the food.

The food was horrible and way over priced

This is my review from 2023 I have not been for a few years and the place has been renovated it can now sit more people but seems to have lost the cosyness that it used to have ... The usual guy was not there and the salad was looking sad. The meat and the bread were still good but a double lamb kobeda is now £13.50 so not really very affordable. Seems a shame as I used to love it here. This is my review from 2017 Al Safa is one of my favourite places on Wilmslow road, the double lamb kobeda is only £6 with salad, its usually cooked really well leaving it soft and juicy and the bread is almost as long as your arm. The salad is decent, with hummus and I would happily pay an extra few quid for a larger salad. There is one guy there who has worked there for years and when he cooks its always brilliant, but occasionally the 'new guy' cooks it and its can be a bit over cooked and dry, but its still worth the money.

Most delicious food. Suggested by friends. They have variety of Deloris dishes at affordable price. Must try kobeda kebab. Must try dal comes with pulav which has vegetables and chicken in it. So tasty, must try.

When we visit we enjoy the Qabli Pilau from here, to date this has not disappointed. Portion is a good price and reasonable price for this day and age

Well over priced, used to come here regularly, but with prices like that I'll avoiding future...Wilmslow Rd have plenty of other restaurants and better

The restaurant Alsafa experience was good. I ordered a roasted chicken half on rice and it’s price is 9 pounds. Its taste was good i give 3 out of 5. In my opinion rice is less if they give more rice it would be better then their salads is so good I like it very much. And the dining is very good lots of space is available. Staff service is very nice and friendly. If you like my review please tap the like button and follow me too.

Best kebab in Manchester. Don't really know why this place is usually empny. Food is absolutely amazing. Portions so good. We never finish food which we order. The nan bread oh my god so fresh so delicious so big. We visited this place around 7 times and never leave disappointed. I definitely recommend this place.

Despite the service at Al Safa Takeaway not being exceptional, I would still recommend giving it a try. The food is delicious, and the prices are reasonable. Give this place a chance and you might be pleasantly surprised!

Great size portions and vertly tasty

Incredible food. Don't care about anything else.

Tasty food. We have enjoyed by ordering at home and dining inside. Nice portion and good presentation. Prices are slightly on higher side. You have to find parking in side streets, which is a mission on weekends. Place is wheel chair accessible.

Nice kobeda/ kabuli pulao place. Halal

The quality has gone a little down as the chicken was too dry and somewhat different taste too. Not sure the spices have changed. The Kobeda was like always bang on. The prices have been raised and assuming that everything else has also done the same.

Had a kobeida and lamb mix on naan. Fantastic. Sauce and salad separate with meat juices on naan. Would want another one but too full....maybe again tomorrow.

Food is delicious, super affordable prices, and customer service on point. Roast chicken with rice is to die for. Highly recommend.

Very Poor. Ordered throug Deliveroo Extremly poor Packaging the plastic box was burned with rice. The box was not safe at all not for warm food.

Food was fantactic, freslly cooked,cleaned environment, highly Reccomened.

Always eat here when passing by.....love this Afghan place!!

Lots of nice dishes, I go for kobeda kebab on naan. Clay oven cooked. Nice chicken wings.

Great service, very polite people and amazing food 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Highly recommended

Amazing food and service. 5 STARS!!!

Outstanding service and very tasty food 👍definately recommended

Huge kobeda kebabs, and very good quality. Don't be put off by the high prices, these are full meals not snacks. The rice is delicious, basically quabili pilao without the meat.

تنوع في معروض منتجات حلال...والأسعار متفاوتة.

مطعم جميل يحتاج مزيد استقبال للزباين ونظافة دورات المياه ولايوجد حساب الا كاش

Well where do I start? Bismilah, if you want a week off work and on the toilet all week then please come and eat from here. The workers spend half there time looking at their phone I’m guessing they’re not really bothered since feeding people sewage food is free eh? They’ll tell u their food is fresh but I’m 100% sure the chicken gave me a dirty look and shouted “help”. Little did I know I would spend my Day on the toilet with my head in a bucket. I’m guessing the reason how elvis Presley died was because he took a trip to al safa befoore hand. If you would like me to explain it simpler. Eating from here is only 100% poisoning. Thanks. P.s mint sauce smells like an ash tray

Great food always fresh and tasty. The staff are lovely and the prices are great for the amount of food you get

Friday morning 0215ish. While we're eating I could hear a clipping noise looking over the short male who works there was sat bare foot at the customer table next to the counter, facing into the queue area with nail clippers, doing what looked like clipping the skin off the heels of his feet. I have never witnessed anything quite like this before. Worst bit is I had to continue to eat to not raise suspicion to the person I was with was with as this would have affected them quite badly and made them physically sick especially as we we're already 3/4 through our food. I've been coming here for years had to delete a 3 year old 5* review to make this one. I will never be back.

they are selling falafel for 1 pound which outside 50 p and they refused to refund my money back and i left the shop without taking the order ... how unprofetional team they are stealing our money with doubled price ..the team is so rude they dont even speak english ..dont recommand to anyone

The on table menu doesn't have any price listed. Have to go to the front.

Been here a few times over the years. Their grills are top notch with both naan and rice. They take card payments too

Good food. Reasonable prices. Cooked fresh. Didn't phone order in ahead of time so waited 25 mins for food. It opens late, into the early hours - 4-5a.m. A handy place to know. It's on the curry mile, Rusholme.

delicious and huge portions. bit greasy but that's to be expected!

Double kabeda kabab but normally always eat in but took it as take way today found it was all desperate not the nice still nice thru plus partner had the full chicken and rice so both nice all full now

The best lamb chops I've ever had in my life!

Incredibly delicious and huge portions, I'm still thinking about the Kabuli Polo 3 months later 💙

It's above avarge food does the job. Nothing special

It's a different experience loved it so did my family

Absolutely delicious! Fresh food and worth every penny. Highly recommend. We will be returning again for sure when we are in Manchester again. Thank you Al-Safa!

Love the kababs from here go everytime never been disappointed 10/10

Visited twice......will be visiting again!!. Oh my gosh.....absolutely gorgeous food, massive portions and so tasty. I do not like spicy and this food is seasoned without burning chillies contained! Highly recommended place!

Best Kobeda and Kabuli pulao. Roast chicken with Rice is a treat to taste buds despite the bland name. Prices up by 30 percent in last 2 years but still the best taste that you can find atleast in Manchester.

Food is just OK... Very poor customer service

Open late which was great The prices are higher but the portions are massive. Delicious food. Loved it.

Lovely fresh Kebabders, can't go wrong here. Staff are brilliant and will go out the way to enjoy your eat in. Obviously on a busy Wilmslow Road, so need to go at the right time when not so busy. Averagely priced for what you're getting.

Love the food. Friendly staff. Good compatible prices. The place could be cleaner and ambience better.

معاملة جيدة و طعام مطبوخ بمهارة ... لذيذ جدا

Very fresh, very tasty and juicy.. probably the best kobeda I have had in years!

This place is a scam. Today we ate there and ordered 1 double kebab but they served us 3. So finally we payed 50 pound for nothing.

OK food but prices are astronomical

One of my favourite places for alfaham. Very tasty food

Absloutly robish i i wish to give you 0 i spend £30in the bin.very dry and smely kebab and very robish. dont recomended !!!😑😷😷😷robish fast food

Very Good place for eating food

Worst food...lower quality and most importantly not fresh.

Tasty kebab. Advertised as a burger place but has no grilled burgers.

Loved their kabii palao, one of the best and always open till 4am i think so

Food was cold and there was a customer in front of me complaining about the cold food. I ordered full chicken and definitely it was old one. I won’t recommend this place.

they charge me £9 above the price on menu and said this the price of this area