Bundobust Brewery in Manchester

Cannot fault the food. Delicious and the lunch menu is great value. We asked for rice and it didn’t arrive, we queried it but heard nothing back from the servers. I’m not even sure we paid for the rice, and we were pretty full after eating what we had so I didn’t bother to quibble over £2.

Food was quite good, but nothing special. Seemed a bit understaffed

A walk in after a theatre show. Fabulous place and lovely staff with particular mention of Eva, Grace and Lily. Thank you from Marc and Joanne.

Seen this on awards lists previously so decided to try it on a recent visit to Manchester. First impressions were that it was a beer hall with a great range of beers (including collaboration with Thornbridge brewery - one of my favourites). Chose the sharing meal for 2 so that we could try an assortment of their offerings and we were not disappointed. Not your standard Indian menu and all of the meals were packed with flavour. Would go back again for both beer and meal assortments.

Primera vez. Entra después del teatro. Lugar increíble con cervezas impresionantes y lo mejor de todo la cálida y muy bien informada Grace, Eva y Lily. Gracias de Marc y Joanne.

Visited on a Monday late afternoon and love the venue and atmosphere. A few in and got busier. Great selection of pilsner which was very crisp and refreshing. Sampled some of the snacks too, poppadums, bhaji and sesame toast. All really nice and light to go with the beer but just a shade too pricey for me. Great tastes though.

Really good experience, highly recommend the combo platter for two. Quality food, outstanding lot colourful displays on a plate just like India, with a gorgeous blend of flavours that are well balanced but not overpowering. Chai is well prepared as well! To improve: clean your tables properly! First customers of the day and the tables are oily and sticky. It’s a bit of effort and a basic necessity!

Excellent Excellent Excellent The Bundo Chaat is so gooood!

Our regular venue for an informal meal after a seminar. Busy, but has never let us down.

Delicious indian street food, great beer and a great vibe to the place. Really enjoyed it and set us up nicely for our gig that night :)

Accepted a 16-person booking for our work lunch and were very accomodating, allowing us all to book the lunch express and have a really good, yet quick time given the great service. Couldn't have asked for better!

Fantastic food every time I visit. I was there as part of a big celebration and it was really easy to order, the food came quickly and was delicious. A few in the group had never visited before and said they would definitely visit again.

Glad we pre booked as extremely busy. Food and drink great especially as being vegetarian, so much choice. Loverly atmosphere.

Pleasantly surprised! Not expecting much as didn’t such many “brethren” The kitchen staff had plenty of peeps who looked like they knew Indian food and it DID NOT disappoint! Well done for sticking to authenticity, goes to show it really works!

Great food, and great music too. The Okra fries and Bel Phuri were particularly good. Even though there was a mix up with our order I would definitely recommend Bundobust as they dealt with the issue fantastically and professionally. Thanks!

No waiting for a table on a weekday lunchtime, very good service from all the staff. Food good. An enjoyable experience, I'll be back....

Always great food, great beer and a great time. It's somewhere I regularly visit especially as the food is so authentic and tasty.

does bundobust even need another 5* review? yes. yes it does. We did the New Year's celebration, which was £20 a head, and got us entry, drink on arrival and some food, house beers were capped at £5 a pint and was on until 2am. Probably the best NYE I've spent on a night out

First time visiting Bundobust and I absolutely loved it. We had the combo for two which was delicious and very reasonably priced. And I buried the pale ale,which was also delicious 💕

Popped in by chance whilst passing by, glad we did. Great range of beers and cocktails! We didn’t opt for food but it smelled so good in here.

Some of the worst acoustics I've ever experienced. If you're sensitive to sound avoid at all costs #autism

The restaurant has a very airy interior, with a greenhouse roof and open plan ‘cafeteria’-style seating. We were seated promptly and ordered from the bar. I don’t know if it was the brewery setting or what but the food was REALLY good at this spot. The paneer pieces were HUGE and the sauces were spot on. The service could do with being more attentive; we received our food sans cutlery and it took a few minutes of attempting to get eye contact to get them. The decor is pretty cool with the brewery fermentation tanks on display, it makes it feel like you’re really within Bundobust’s brewery. Would recommend, at this point in time; probably the best food I’ve had from a Bundobust chain, but service could be better.

Great vegan food, lots of vegan options. Would especially recommendnthe bhel puri. Only set back was some of the tables are shared.

Excellent customer service! Loved the place and staff. Very hospitable and clean environment.

La primera vez aquí habiendo estado en la sucursal de Piccadilly varias veces. Este se sentía mucho más caótico con el servicio en el lado lento (tanto que dejamos una propina más pequeña de lo que normalmente) aunque estaba ocupado. Tuvimos el festín festivo para 4 y no pudimos terminarlo (aunque solo éramos 3! ). Pedido bebidas después de la comida. la casa chai no llegó antes de que tuvimos que irnos. Se quejó al gerente que nos dio un cupón de bebidas que podemos o no usar y dijo que el dinero por la bebida sería reembolsado: esto nunca sucedió, ya que sospechaba que no. Bajo promesa y entrega por favor chicos. Me encanta el ambiente de Bundobust y la comida siempre es buena, pero no me apresuraría a volver aquí y me gustaría ir a Piccadilly dada la elección de los dos, dado el servicio más lento y menos cómodo sentarse aquí.

Great food. A fantastic suprise to our visit to Manchester today. We really enjoyed the food and atmosphere. The service was good and the food to the table was quick. We had a member of our party who had a peanut allergy. We were assured of how they keep the ingredients separate to avoid cross contamination. Well done.

Buena comida y cerveza. Servicio rápido y a buen precio. Justo al lado del teatro. Las porciones eran bastante generosas también y agradable ambiente

The atmosphere looks really good and lively, staff were very polite and helpful they suggested me and my friend’s items with our preferences. I felt the food quantity was not sufficient compared to its price, the taste was also not impressive, I liked the chole saag apart from that rest all were very normal.

Overall Bundobust is a great place to eat and explore craft beer. The Indian food is excellent but don't try the Baingan Baubles. They can't cook the Aubergine properly. Aubergine has to melt in the mouth the Baingan here is tough. We sent it back and it came back the same, uneatable. My wife talked to the a waiter and he said that they have this problem all the time. I love aubergine and hope they learn to cook the Baigan Bangles as they should be.

Visité tanto este como el de Piccadilly Gardens con un amigo y ambos son geniales. Este en particular está en un lugar ideal para comer algo antes de ir al Teatro Palace o a los muchos lugares de conciertos en la zona y más abajo. Las cervezas son caras para una cervecería - por lo general se espera que las cervezas de la casa sean un poco más baratas, ya que no están viajando muy lejos - pero la comida tiene un precio razonable y muy buena.

The food here was all vegetarian I was not expecting this and didn’t do my research before hand this made me quite disappointed. Food was mid and cold. The chai tea was my favourite thing from this place. Recommend for vegetarians

Fue recomendado este lugar para una próxima visita a Manchester. OMG * Increíble * Fabulosa comida. Fresco e innovador. Absolutamente me encantó!

Perfect stop for Indian street food!

Este lugar es fantástico, grandioso / industrial que crea el ambiente. Los asientos comunitarios de estilo banco es muy relajado y la comida era excelente, fresco muy bien especiado y nuestro plato de compartir simplemente siguió invitándote a volver más. Las cervezas eran geniales también, y el personal era muy amable. Estábamos en un viaje de negocios, así que fue refrescante poder mantener una discusión sin pelear con la música, y aunque el ambiente estaba zumbando con una conversación similar esto no desmereció en absoluto. En general un muy digno 5 / 5.

Fui invitado por amigos, con toda honestidad son viajeros más experimentados que yo, lo que significa que habían experimentado este tipo de comida callejera antes. Yo estaba jugando para probarlo... no era realmente lo mío, pero fue una noche encantadora ponerse al día con los amigos. Ellos deliraron con la comida, pero me resultó difícil emocionarme ya que no me gusta la cocina picante. Mi gusto y ninguna reflexión en el menú. Como experiencia valió la pena probar, y divertido, las cervezas eran buenas.

My friends and I called for lunch midweek and were happy we did. The food was tasty and the beers were very good. We probably didn’t order enough as the portions were quite small, like tapas so bear that in mind when ordering.

Food was delicious. Lots of options for food and drinks, and the food was really well seasoned and tasty. Everywhere was clean and was a great atmosphere but you do sit quite close to other tables which I'm not keen on but that was the only downside.

Me encanta la comida y los cócteles aquí. Perfecto para ponerse al día con amigos y comida muy sabrosa. Lo elegimos para el variado menú vegano para uno del grupo que tiene una alergia láctea severa. Personal encantador y servicial. Me encanta el restaurante de Leeds también para cualquiera que se dirige a través de los Peninos.

I like Bundobust street food but loved this brewery. Drinks with a Indian touch is a different style such like Mango Lassi Ale and Peela. The Indian street food is always on top and most of veggie. Whatever you try, has a taste. My choice always go with Thali combo to get all the things in one place. Really like the communal seating area. The vibes were at top and atmosphere was such cool. Thats why always try to go Bundobust wherever i am Manchester, Leeds or Liverpool.

Very bad quality food. Food inspectors should really visit this place to check the food quality. The potatoes used were clearly spoiled and the daal was smelling too. When I asked the manager he said the daal was made the earlier night. I expect fresh food when I visit a big restaurant like Bundobast :(

Great veggie/vegan food. Great beer

Gran bueno, fantástica selección y excelente cerveza. Ligeramente caro pero no te importa cuando sabe tan bien. Personal encantador también.

Really nice find in our second night in town. Food excellent and range of beers extensive enough for anyone. Don’t be put off by vegetarian label the food is excellent.

Outstanding. We booked for 2000hrs Saturday. Place was buzzing. Great selection of drinks. Food was super. Topped off an excellent day. Highly recommended.

Had the combo for 4, which included the perfect amount of food, and the perfect variety of everything we could have wanted. The food was incredible and full of flavour. And the service was fast and super friendly. I love it here, and one of my favourite things about bundobust is the entire menu is vegetarian

Can't go wrong with this place - excellent food and a solid selection of bees on tap.

Never disappointed, vegetarian dishes are very tasteful and huge selection, flavours will blow you away.

Fantastic place! Really enjoyed the mixed tapas for two, great food! Very busy place with friendly staff.

Loved finding this place on a recent visit to Manchester. Gonna visit it every chance I get. Just so tasty and moreish.

Excelente comida, personal encantador y bien informado, buena relación calidad-precio Tenía la hamburguesa Bhaji y las patatas con guisantes picantes, estaban geniales

Great relaxed place for Indian vegetarian food and nice draught beers from their in-house brewery. Wait to be seated at the long tables and order your food and drinks at the bar. Food will be served at the table. Also very accessible for single travelers. Short waiting time possible but you can already have a drink at the bar.

Perfect mix of craft beer, food and good vibez.

Used to love Bundobust. But few issues for me now. Firstly the food portions keep getting smaller. Now there are metal plates they took the opportunity to shrink all the portions it seems. Price has gone up. Vegetarian food is cheaper than meat. But I can go to another Indian serving meat like Akbar’s and get significantly more food for the price. It was a novelty, I like the food but it’s just not well priced and so small portions now. Also the chairs in the brewery are so cheap. There’s no where to even put your coat as the chairs don’t have backs. Feels so cheap in there but not cheap prices.

Fantastic food and great atmosphere.

This place has all the quality you'd expect from these guys, with the added bonus of their own brewery into the mix. Great service and decent drinks selection. The dishes are also far more filling than you would think!

We arrived in Manchester late afternoon on a Sunday. After a red eye flight from Denver, we were hungry and thirsty. This was our first stop, and it did not disappoint. Bundobust never does. We have been to the Leeds location many times on previous trips. We did eat at the other Manchester location later in our trip.

Absolutely amazing food and beer! It was heaven!

Leng food. Amazing ambiance, perfect atmosphere and wholesome meals. Big up team. Gonna suggest this place for my work night out. Deffo coming back.

3rd time in 3 weeks! Love this place! All our food was fantastic, long live okra fries! The drinks are great too :) mango non alcoholic is delicious lunch time treat

Horrible, food disgusting, had some kind of rice that it was no mexican neither indian, tamales worst thing ever had no one in my table eat that.

Amazing selection of food - if you want to treat someone in Manchester this is the place to start. The drinks selection is also great from the brewery section.

Came on Wednesday before the theatre and wow!! I'm not a vegetarian myself but fancied trying it as seen the reviews previous and it didn't disappoint! So many different things to try out and the flavours were amazing! Will definitely be visiting again. The bhajis were some of the best I've ever had

I was quite surprised with the taste! The ambience, interiors EVERYTHING! simply perfect!

Absolute amazing place! The food is so damn tasty and the portions are amazing too! I had a cocktail which was super fruity and I also tried the vegan masala chai which was sweet and lovely too! Their okra fries are out of this world. Can’t go here without ordering them!

Good food friendly staff But can only pay buy card

Every dish was amazing. Could do with some way of identifying them when they arrive in a big group though.

We ordered the everything on the menu deal and it all came in a timely manner all at once which was impressive. We thought the food was delicious and our favourite was the Okra chips!

One of the best places in Manchester. Good spot for craft beer and Indian street food. Recently had the Euro 2024 plates. The hotdawg was banging

We called in here early on a Thursday evening and was surprised just how busy it was. Luckily we only wanted a drink as there was just nowhere to sit if we'd have wanted to eat some of the excellent vegetarian food they do. Instead, we just stood at the bar and watch the goings on around us. The barman was absolutely superb and nothing was too much trouble for him. He recommended different beers and let us try as many as we wanted which was very helpful indeed. The atmosphere was vibrant and we really enjoyed our time there. It certainly made us realise that if you want to eat you must definitely book as it is so popular.

Amazing selection of beers .. interesting and delish bar snacks. Great atmosphere

Really out of the ordinary Indian food. Flavorful and well prepared. Lots of things I'd never heard of. And incidentally completely vegetarian and very vegan friendly without feeling deprived.

It's great to have an entirely veggie-vegan Indian restaurant. The concept is fantastic, trendy street food joint with brewery attached. My only slight gripe is the portion sizing of the main dish. For the price it was definitely on the mean side of acceptable. Overall though, the food was great - vibrant on the eye and tongue, and contrasting textures. The beer was also excellent, if pricey. Service was friendly, food came quickly considering they were very busy with at least two large Christmas parties. The general vibe is canteen style, with stools and trestle tables, and funky music. We will be back. 😁👍

Visited to try the beer so no review of the food. The customers eating seemed happy. A bit of a strange atmosphere with bare concrete floors and long tables.

Food was nice but it didn't warrant the cost, it was so expensive. Vegan friendly too.

Nice place to enjoy the Indian Street food-multiple choices and are authentic.

A good idea - an Indian restaurant in a brewery! I only tried a couple of the beers which were good but very expensive (3.50ish for a half - more than London!). Staff were friendly.

Truly amazing food....will come back as often as possible.

Tarka Dahl, Bundo chat and chai made my lunch superb!

Good god....whilst we are a mixed family of white and South Indian, none of us enjoyed the food. Too much heat, too much turmeric. Worst Ragda Pattis ive had. Should be tamarind, fresh coriander, sev but just 🔥 🥵

Food always perfect, staff super frienly and going the extra mile. If I didn't have a great job already, I would love to work there. That is the impression that the atmosphere gives me. Much better than Market Street!....Edit: went yesterday 18/5/24 for okra fries with partner. This time we both had a couple (about 4) of old stringy okras, which only used to occur at Market Street, but unfortunately now also Oxford Road 😕

Nice food and environment would definitely be coming back soon

This place is a dream!!!!! They are an Indian street food brewery. The food is delicious and very reasonable. They have a lunch deal that is two dishes for £10.25. You definitely have to try the mango lazzi dazzler. They are brewing while you eat and drink. So glad I found this place!

Great place to eat veggie food and drink some good craft beer and some of it is brewed onsite, i didn't eat this time but the food looks good. Staff very friendly. You walk down a few stairs to get in.

It's a fantastic place. Food and beer are excellent. You just need to go! Nothing else to say.

Weekday lunch deal was worth the money. Enjoyed the food. Good service

Great food every time, beers are lovely. Definitely my favourite restaurant in Manchester. I could eat here every day for the rest of my life.

Consistently great food and beer, nice buzzing atmosphere, a must visit for anyone who likes Indian food and craft beer when in Manchester. The okra fries are addictive and the chole saag is a particular favourite!

Really good Indian street food and beer!

Came here for a quick lunch. We enjoyed the food selection. Staff were nice, especially the bartender who took our order. Some dishes were not as I expected them to be, but they were all nice and enjoyable. Recommended

Really great experience. Food was very good, piping hot and tasty, amazing range of beers.

Portions small, but expensive. Good for bar snacks and a beer but a full meal is gonna cost u. But it was all super tasty

Ci siamo fermati qui a pranzo. Birra buona ed anche il cibo.. solo un po' troppo piccante ma credo che il problema sia nostro che non siamo abituati a mangiare piccante.

I have loved this place in the past but visited it with a work colleague around 2pm and the food came out stale so had to send it back. More than that the brewer was rude to my colleague about occupying the last table.

Visited with friends. Food is great, although last time, I remember being able to order via a qr code rather than queuing at the bar. Saturday evening, but music was a bit too loud, and we struggled to hold a convo. But all in all, great place.

The beer selection is good but having to wait to be seated and being handed menus as you sit down give the feeling of a restaurant and not a relaxed brewpub. The food was disappointing and greasy

Nice brewery tap in the centre of Manchester. The tap also sells Indian food. It was very popular during my visit, I was constantly asked if I was eating by staff, obviously wanting me gone so they could accommodate people eating AND drinking. Because of this, we left!!!! You either want customers or not???

Lovely food and atmosphere - I had the bundo chaat, okra fries and thepla on this visit.

Loved this place. Great drinks and ambience. The Okra fries are delicious!! Staff were all very friendly. Highly recommend!

We had the new indo-Asian menu which was incredible, really hope it stays! The food in here is so filling and very tasty. Such a good find, highly recommend

Lovely place to visit with your friends on weekends, its located just next to the Oxford station, in Manchester. Its not crowded.