Evuna in Manchester

The pricing at this restaurant is excessively high for the quality of food provided. The sangria was particularly disappointing—it contained only a bit of lemon, whereas it should be a rich blend of fruits, typically with peach as the dominant flavor. The seafood in the paella was of poor quality, resembling the frozen shrimp commonly found in supermarkets. Shockingly, a four-person portion was priced at £100. Generally, a £20 or €20 paella is sufficient for two people, making this pricing seem unreasonable. Additionally, the restaurant’s dim lighting created an unappetizing atmosphere, further diminishing the dining experience.

We made a reservation for the weekend, and the overall experience at Evuna was quite enjoyable. The restaurant has a lovely atmosphere—warm, inviting, and perfect for a relaxed meal. The service was decent, not particularly outstanding, but friendly and efficient. We ordered three tapas dishes, all of which were delicious, though the portion sizes were on the smaller side. The highlight of the meal was definitely the seafood paella—it was packed with flavour and cooked to perfection. In terms of value for money, it’s slightly on the pricier side, but still reasonable for the quality of food and experience. If you’re looking for a cosy Spanish dining spot in Manchester, Evuna is definitely worth a visit!

Very delicious food and the wine was divine!

Been to Evuna few years ago, this place has now gone downhill. On arrival our table was set for 4 instead of 5 people, staff very surprised that I booked for 4 wine tasting and tapas. The food was poor, everything beige, and looking tired. The wine pairing was average with barely any information given during service. We got constantly reminded that they needed the table back. Never again In response to Jane Dowler, thank you for completely disregarding the fact that the food was very poor and that the table was not ready for 5 but 4 people. On your website, there is no mention that tasting of 4 wines is for larger groups. You are correct that initial enquiry was for full wine tasting with food, but i have been told it is for 6 people and over. The tasting of 4 was without food but i always said we will order tapas separately. That was the information I got from a member of stuff over the phone. I rang few times because Evuna failed to call me back. Poor service and even worse food. Your response and claiming that i was angry is as poor as our experience. It is really disappointing you had to falsely accuse me of this. We were celebrating birthdays and arrived happy as ever. I have my 4 friends to support that.Thank you and good luck

We had a lovely meal here. Nice menu with loads of choices. We went for the tapas and all the dishes we chose were very tasty. Venue is cosy and clean. Well worth a visit.

How this place has gone downhill! The food generally was not up to scratch. We sat down and instead of music matching the (still) lovely surroundings we had terrible dance music pumped into our ears. As an example: the garlic and chilli prawns were only garlic and chilli in so much as some garlic and chilli was sliced up and dumped over the prawns / the sauce. The sauce itself tasted of little except the lemon that was placed into it. Please try infusing the sauce with some more flavours.

Delightful tapas lunch and excellent service

Excellent food and ambience for our pre-concert dinner with friends

Lovely place to eat out and to do meet and greet

We got a selection of tapas and paella and it was all really good . The prawns so juicy and the paella was made fresh . The staff were really lovely and we would come here again .

Me and my cousin went to Evuna on a whim and we managed to get a table super easy. The staff were friendly as always and we had top notch food as to be expected. Delicious aubergine and meatballs, and also croquettes, we splashed out on the wine which was of quality! Always good vibes there and a personal favourite!

A warm welcome, excellent wine, 4 perfectly fine tapas dishes. All good but my wife found the Ladies toilets to be disgusting. Sad, but we won’t be returning . We will stick with Evuna Knutsford instead.

Definitely recommend for lazy lunch with friends

One of the best tapas restaurants in Manchester, always a great option

The food at Evuna was delicious, with a good selection of tapas and paella. We had both tapas and paella and waitress advised that would take a bit longer as they cooked paella to order but it was worth the wait. And of course we need to have a jug of sangria.

Todavía el mejor restaurante en Manchester, he hecho un montón de pruebas y sigo volviendo a aquí! Reservamos con antelación (muy recomendable, ya que incluso en una noche de media semana el restaurante estaba lleno ocupado) y nos sentamos en una gran mesa de nuestra pregunta. Tuvimos una encantadora charla con nuestro servidor sobre nuestras opciones de vino y se nos permitió probar uno antes de elegir una botella, Luego nos dieron espacio y tiempo para navegar por el menú, y un tazón gratis de croquetas de queso para celebrar su 21 aniversario que fue un toque muy agradable. Hemos estado en este restaurante un par de veces, pero las opciones especiales y las nuevas adiciones al menú significan que nunca es la misma visita dos veces. Después de pedir la comida llegó rápidamente, a pesar de que el restaurante estaba tan ocupado, y estaba caliente. En general, la comida era su excelente calidad habitual y completamente delicioso! Después de comer gasolina necesitábamos un respiro antes de considerar el postre, que no fue ningún problema para el personal atento, de nuevo a pesar de que el restaurante estaba claramente lleno y ocupado no nos sentimos apresurados en absoluto. Los precios son muy razonables para la cantidad de comida que pedimos y para la calidad de la comida! Tuvimos una noche increíble! Tanto que ni siquiera necesitábamos desayunar al día siguiente. Recomendaré este restaurante a todo el mundo y ya sé mis fechas de mi próxima visita!!

Wonderful meal at Evuna, food tasted delicious, the atmosphere was really good, wine and sangria were lovely. Would highly recommend a visit and on sure we will be back

. . . una espera demasiado larga para nuestra comida. Todo comenzó bien en una noche de mitad de semana con el vino llegando rápido seguido del pan de ajo y por lo que anticipamos sumergir ese pan en una de las salsas de tapas, pero una espera de 40 minutos para el resto de la comida (no pedimos la paella - que sí tarda 40 minutos en llegar por cierto) puesto pagado a eso. Consultamos su no llegada, pero nos dijeron que estaban "muy ocupados", lo que era cierto en este momento (20). 00 ) aunque habíamos llegado alrededor de 19 . 00 . De todos modos, las tapas eran principalmente excelentes - el chorizo, el pechuga de carne de res y las mejillas de cerdo eran malditamente encontrar comida aunque el pollo (en su salsa cremosa) estaba seco sugiriendo que había terminado - cocinado y se dejó caer en esa salsa. FWIW: la casa roja es excelente.

Visited today, fantastic food lovely cold wine, hot coffee, great service. Couldn't ask for any more

Difficult review this. Place is very nice. Bar service was spot on but just had a bank statement. 1 beer, I think Estrella. Daughter ordered a single Gin and a mixer and a tapas of olives. Only logical explanation is, she was given a double £22.39

Amazing authentic Spanish food and great atmosphere! Our waitress Jasmine was very friendly and helpful, she really made our experience wonderful! We will definitely be back 😊

Delicious meal, great service, lovely wine and great atmosphere. We'll definitely be back to try the tapas!

Very authentic and high quality Spanish food and believe it or not at a reasonable price

Good food, friendly staff and reasonable prices. The lamb was really good

Nice tapas one of the best I've had

Deliciosa comida de tapas para 4 . Elegí berenjena, champiñones al ajo y gambas con chile - porciones generosas y sabores increíbles. Personal encantador.

We have been coming to Evuna at Deansgate Manchester for a number of years. The food and wines are consistently excellent and the prices reasonable. Yesterday we were attended to by Odise who was extremely attentive, personal and professional. Phil and Val Roberts

Having looked online and on foot 6 Tapas Restaurants across central Manchester settled on Evuna, Deansgate. Proved a very sensible and rewarding choice. Lovely people serving up really excellent freshly prepared Tapas food without fuss but with a smile and helpful advice to the Tapas novice. No hesitation recommending this restaurant if this cuisine is to your taste

Excellent Spanish meal and Tapas. Highly recommend

Went as a group of 4 on Sunday and had a lovely meal. Did the 17.95 deal for three tapas, I got the chicken in paprika, the meatballs and patatas bravas! I didn’t enjoy the patatas bravas il be honest, but the rest was nice! We got a side of the tomato bread also which was lovely! We all enjoyed it, and think it was reasonable. Service was good too. Deffo will return,

Really good paella and Tapas. Absolutely delicious in fact and our best meal all weekend on our trip to Manchester. The service and House Red wine was also good. Highly recommend this place .

Restaurant à tapas situé dans une rue animée de Manchester. Propose une large gamme de repas et de vins. J y ai mangé du pain à la tomate, très bon et des calamars. Trop salés (les calamars) à mon goût. Le personnel très commerçant ne me les a pas compté dans la note . Bonne ambiance dans ce restaurant

Came as the kitchen was closing down but was able to get the seafood paella and wine - amazing!

Superb food. The place was very quiet and so had great service as well.

Lovely restaurant, had 3 items each from the menu, sat outside and enjoyed the sun. Very pleasant experience from service to stunning, fresh and tasty food Highly recommend paying a visit

This year I have visited several different regions of Spain and eaten some of the best food I have ever had, last night I went to Evuna and experienced the complete opposite (Yes I understand the quality of ingredients may differ being in the UK). There was a table of 20 of us and we chose the sharing option, which is approximately £35 per head. Every 'Hot tapas' option was clearly microwaved, the meatballs were mushy and flavourless, not to mention the fact that there was only enough for one meat ball per person. The chicken in a creamy sauce was the most least Spanish thing I have ever eaten, calamari rings were dripping in oil. The cold meat board at the start was so stingy it was enough for 2 people (not 5/6) Then we had the paella, I would like to add Paella is my favourite dish of all time, I have eaten it all over Spain and had it at some lovely restaurants here in the UK.. This paella was an insult to Spanish people. It was sloppy, overcooked, way too wet, the chicken was dry, the chorizo was so overcooked it was actually mushy, there was no crispy/ golden layer (socarrat or torraet) at the bottom of the dish (suggesting it was microwaved) and overall just tasteless. If you like overcooked rice drenched in chicken stock then you would like this. I would highly suggest to avoid this restaurant, it's insulting to anyone from Spain. I would say this resembles a Spanish Wetherspoon.

Delicious food. Top wine. Good service. Very good

Went for the first time in August for my girlfriend's birthday with her family - I'm a meat eater while they're all vegetarian and my girlfriend has coeliac disease but everyone was expertly catered for. Everything is marked for allergens/intolerances and they brought her food out separately I don't expect to see garlic bread at a tapas restaurant so that was a pleasant surprise - the portions were large but it was so good that I couldn't leave any. I really enjoyed the chorizo too, and the patatas bravas were good. We shared a couple of jugs of sangria between us and we all found it very drinkable! In all, probably the best tapas I've had outside Spain and would happily visit again.

Great tapas! Very reasonable lunch menu and excellent service! Highly recommend! Can’t wait to return next time I am in Manchester

Went for a lazy, late, boozy lunch and it was great.

We had a lovely lunch at Evuna. Set lunch menu which had a variety of tapas dishes to choose from. Service and wine was great. Lovely little restaurant

Amazing food and really friendly staff, will definitely be back

Lovely interior & server, however service not memorable and quite uninspiring. Food was very under-seasoned, no spice to any of the ‘chilli’ dishes, the sauce for the prawns was bland & tasted of nothing. The paprika chicken was dry, diced chicken breast sat in a thin creamy sauce that tasted like milk, with 0 paprika present. The creamy mushroom sauce tasted like thin milk that was going out of date. The paella was okay, but again super under-seasoned and not worth £20pp. The only decent thing was the patatas bravas but even that was a bit dry. I think investing in a premium Spotify subscription would help with the atmosphere, as adverts playing through the restaurant every 5 mins was a strange experience. All in all very disappointing visit, the £95 lunch bill was definitely not worth the trip especially considering what you can get with that value elsewhere. Such a shame as we had heard great things and were really looking forward to visiting.

I have been walking passed this restaurant for two years, and today I finally did a solo late lunch. Partaking in their 3 tapas for £18 - I elected to have the Chorizo, Chicken in Paprika sauce and Patatas Bravas. The Patatas were the most underwhelming, tasty but nothing to rave about. Chicken was dry and overcooked, but the creamy paprika sauce moved it into 2nd place. The absolute winner was the little chorizo’s done with baby potatoes and a garlic cream sauce. Heavenly and would come back just for those!! Served with a glass of house Evuna wine. I ordered white, but got the red. Easy drinking and a good deal at £4.50 for the first glass. Atmosphere was buzzing (Manchester sunshine). Service was adequate, but would worry if they were at full capacity. All in all - probably worth another try.

Reservations are required, as is usual in Manchester and most cities in the United Kingdom, but the restaurant is delicious and the staff are helpful.

Despite a 515pm booking, Evuna were able to accommodate us when we arrived....almost an hour early. The restaurant itself is beautiful and the staff were extremely efficient. We had the lunch menu, which had ample choice and a cracking glass of house red. There was a slight query, regarding our bill. This was swiftly dealt with and the manager couldn't have been more apologetic. On arriving and leaving the restaurant, almost every member of staff spoke to me or made some sort of acknowledgement. A big shout out to all at Evuna, especially the kitchen staff who's input often goes unrecognised.

Visited with 3 others and had booked a table which I would say is necessary as it was busy when we arrived. Food was hit and miss and I would have found portion sizes listed to be useful, staff did not advise at all and then commented we’d left some food, I would say we’d eaten 95% of our order and I felt like saying if the food was nicer we’d have eaten it all! Wine by the glass was limited, only 3 choices of red or white and 1 rose and staff weren’t very knowledgeable about this either. Prices were reasonable. I wouldn’t visit again, the food wasn’t good enough and staff were rude.

Came here for my birthday and was super late for my booking due to traffic but they still manager to accommodate us. They were super lovely and the food was amazing. Ended up sitting at the bar and the bartended was so so nice

Had an evening meal here recently with my parents. If you’re looking for good value tapas - this is the place. Food was really nice, service and staff good. Will be back.

Best tapas I've had. Really tasty. I would definitely recommend it. Not even 5 mins from Deansgate station and tram.

Great place for tapas and paellas! The food is incredible, nice environment and friendly staff!

Lovely food and setting. Very attentive and helpful staff. Would highly recommend

Great atmosphere and customer service but the food was mediocre at best, it lacked flavour and was of low quality (microwaved/ready made store food standards)

Lovely find - excellent food - best to book in advance - we were lucky as a walk in to get a table but many others were turned away as the restraunt was really busy. Thank you

We hold special memories here as came for our 1st date back in 2012. Unfortunately, this time, there wasn't the same level of service that dampened the atmosphere. There was not the same element of enthusiasm that there had previously been regarding the wines and food, and we did not feel like we mattered despite spending a lot of money on food and wine.

Really enjoyed this place. Cheeseboard was better than we expected and really delicious. Staff were friendly and helpful. I live in Sheffield, but I'd ride the train for an hour just to visit here. Really enjoyed it

Booked online and was told once we arrived they needed the table back in 90 minutes which put a bit of a rush on our dining experience. Ran out of mussels for the seafood paella but it was nice regardless! However, definitely felt extortionate at £40 for 2 people

very delicious. nice service, large portions, delicious wine and coffee

As we approach the summer months and thoughts go to tapas then I'd recommend the Evuna. Great food and an excellent selection of wines. Just try it yourself and find out.

Sat my mum in a room on her own when there were window seats available in a empty restaurant 4.30 on a Friday. Waiting staff Ignored her she wanted some wine and patatas bravas. Disgusting kindness cost nothing.

We’ve always liked Evuna, but our recent visit (in a group of 8) was the most enjoyable yet. Not just good food and atmosphere (and sherry and Rioja), but the staff were so friendly and helpful.

Best meal we've had in years (& we've eaten out a lot since retiring)

Always divine food with excellent staff who are friendly, attentive and helpful. Love the classic dishes with a modern twist to them. The extensive wine list is awesome too!

Have been here many times. The tapas are rather boring but everything else's fine. I'd strongly recommend the ham and cheese board and the vegetable platter. The sangria is also good.

We were celebrating my birthday in Manchester and discovered Evuna on Deansgate for lunch and were not disappointed. Very nice decor, welcoming staff and very tasty tapas. Highly recommended.

Excellent restaurant - house wine was very good quality and tapas very authentic. A real gem in Manchester!

Recommending Evuna, as this is a brilliant Spanish restaurant, been to Evuna twice. Below are the delicious plates we got, Gambas al ajillo - Prawns in chili and garlic, Pescados Seabass a la plancha, Frutos Del Mar - Seafood Paella , Evuna special - Mixed seafood and chiken paella, Parrilada Mixta - Mixed Grill, Calamares a la andaluza - Deep fried squid, and cheesecake. Love the great portion and the impeccable flavour from the food they offer. Definitely well deserved to be given plenty of credit, to be consistently doing Spanish food the proper way, it's beyond our expectations to have this fabulous experience at Evuna! Truthfully thank you for the meals, much appreciated!

Great restaurante de español! Amazing wine 🍷, authentic food served by friendly staff that actually habla español. Had a beautiful evening here with my gf. Also happened to leave my belonging here and they kept it well and returned it to me the next day.

Food was incredible but you don't get much for your money

Not a patch on Evuna NQ. Food was OK but nothing special. Restaurant and staff were nice.

Arrived at 6.15 and the restaurant soon filled up. Ordered our tapas of prawns, fillet steak, potatoes with garlic and meatballs, every dish was fantastic, tasty and plenty of each one. We felt we needed some bread so ordered garlic bread, a lovely jug of sangria went well with our tapas, it was just like being in Spain. Attentive and friendly staff. Looking forward for our next visit.

Very nice place for lunch. Central lManchester. Tapas varied and well cooked. Service friendly and efficient. Would visit again.

Took my wife for the Tapas Lunch for her birthday, been before always loved the food.

Tapas style of menu, tasty but insufficient. Cream Catalan excellent

Not great, business was not busy around 3/4 tables in at 4pm. Still the tapas came up as if it had been sat around waiting for agers, tomatoes on toast were dried and didn’t look appealing. Staff were somewhat friendly but missing the general manners every other restaurant has for example how is your food, good bye etc very simple phrases. I had the rose which I wouldn’t recommend but the white was good (unsure of the name). Honestly wouldn’t recommend but it did have a nice atmosphere to sit and chill, it’s just a shame the food wasn’t great. And additionally it was extremely plain for food covered in sauce, the bravas were poorly done. Potatoes were cold ish and just not great

We ate here on a Saturday night - 2 couples. The location is really easy to walk to from most central hotels. The restaurant was busy but we had pre-booked. The food was excellent- we had Tapas - 3 dishes each plus a couple of potato dishes for the table. The sangria was also very good. Great atmosphere and all the staff were very helpful.

Visited for dinner and were not disappointed. Pleasant staff and atmosphere, good choice on the menu for either tapas or a la carte dining.

Always go for Tapas before our film. Food and service always good.

Delicious food and excellent customer services.

Great food great atmosphere will definitely come again

Would recommend anybody to go here absolutely delicious

Totally recommend this place. Great food and nice waiters🩶

Overhyped - there is better Spanish tapas in Manchester. Have been twice now and been thoroughly underwhelmed by the food. The service is…fine, the prices are decent, but you get what you pay for here. The decor and environment is lovely - although this isn’t true when you go downstairs to the toilets, which leave a lot to be desired and clearly haven’t seen much recently. In all - I personally would avoid, I have not been particularly impressed on the times I’ve visited.

Beautiful restaurant and very helpful staff.

Brilliant Spanish restaurant We had lunch time Tapas There were 2 of us and we had six separate dishes all of which were gorgeous Highly recommend this place Waitress an Italian girl was helpful , pleasant and chatty Interesting conversation with her

The food was below average. There was two items unavailable on the menu which was disappointing, we were also charged for three chorizo dishes when we only ordered two. The prawns were especially disappointing, they were in a watery, dirty coloured looking water. The wine I ordered was nice and the Patatas bravas but that was it. I was really excited to try Evuna but I won’t be returning.

I would recommend Evuna for meat eaters, my friends loved their food but there wasn’t much choice for vegetarian dishes and my food was a bit under seasoned

Booked online, arrived and was greeted with a lovely welcome and taken straight to our table. The restaurant was almost full and those already eating looked happy and the food smelled amazing. Our drink order was taken straight away and we were given ample time to choose from the menu. The food came quickly, was so fresh and really tasty. The staff were very attentive. All in all a perfect evening. Will be back. Thank you.

Great food, atmosphere and service. All the food came out really quickly and was very nice. Gracias!

Looked everywhere in Deansgate for something authentic and not a chain, was either here or one of the Italian restaurants near by but after scanning both menus we decided tapas wins. We ordered 5 selections of tapas and a salami selection and churros for dessert. We had a mid ranged bottle of red which was lovely priced at £35. Our total bill came to £109 which I believed was excellent, great quality food, really pleasant and professional staff and a lovely setting. We turned up with no reservation but I would recommend too book in advance as the restaurant was rammed. 9/10 review, we had a lovely evening. Only thing I’d say, is the toilets could be updated, but other than that it’s a great place to eat and we will be returning.

Lots of choice and the food was really tasty. The staff were friendly and helpful too. Would recommend.

Amazing service...we had 3 lots of tapas so that we could try a little bit of everything. The dishes were so good full of flavour and so filling.Very warm welcome from the staff. Sangria was perfect. I would definitely recommend. Thanks!

Delicious food, friendly staff.

What an amazing place to eat, we are from out of town and we would highly recommend anyone to eat here. The food, wine and service are fantastic!

My first visit to this beautiful restaurant. Food was exceptional, service excellent. Will definitely be back . Highly recommended.

Every time we come to Manchester for our Christmas markets break we book a table here, last night we had the chicken and chorizo paella for two and two 1 litre jugs of sangria, it reminds me of our regular holiday breaks to Benalmàdena on the Costa del sol the atmosphere is amazing, the staff and management are lovely people, the food is amazing I recommend this restaurant 100 percent. Hasta la vista y muchas gracias para el hermoso comida

Excellent food and really good service, we were well looked after and this was just the place for a celebration, thank you.

Amazing food. Thanks for a lovely evening.

Out of 7 dishes ordered I quite enjoyed 5 of them, 2 not so much but I'd say that's a good balance. Overall a perfect mix of good food, decent number of choices, really attentive and helpful staff - all around a great experience at a nice Spanish tapas restaurant.

If you are looking for authentic Spanish food and drink, this is the place to go. We had a couple for starters each, however the real reason why we went was to sample the paella and we wasn't disappointed. Fabulous food and a couple of drinks for a reason nice evening meal out. The atmosphere and staff was brilliant for a relaxing evening out. If you like Spanish food I would suggest you go and visit because you won't be disappointed.