Jaffa Restaurant in Manchester

It must be getting on for twenty years since I first came to Jaffa for lunch. Then it was quite a rarity – somewhere on the “curry mile” that wasn’t a curry place. Now, those South Asian places are the rarity with only a handful remaining, their premises taken over by more recently arrived immigrant cuisines – Middle Eastern, Afghan, Turkish, etc. Along with a profusion of shisha bars. It’s still a vibrant strip of Wilmslow Road but more “kebab kilometre” than curry mile. Good shawarma and mixed mezzes are the key to Jaffa’s continued success and it seemed as popular as ever this lunchtime. We visit a couple or so times a year, combining lunch with a shopping trip to one of the large Asian supermarkets along the strip. Our order is constant. Lamb shawarma – a generous portion of tasty meat, a handful of shredded salad, a dab of very pokey chill sauce and a flatbread. And the mixed mezze – houmous, chickpeas in yoghurt, tabbouleh, chopped salad, chilli peppers, potatoes in spicy tomato sauce and a spiced yoghurt dip. We ordered another flatbread to help that along. Bargain lunch – the food, plus a couple of canned drinks came to thirteen quid.

We love Jaffa's, the food is absolutely delicious and the staff team are great!

Very busy but that's because of the food. Great salad and great chicken fataya. Highly recommended.

We been visiting Jaffa restaurant last few years now and quality of food is always same, reasonable prices and great taste , highly recommend 👌

The mezze is good. The mixed grill platter has only a little bit of lamb and chicken slices.(no sheesh tawooq or lamb chops). The do not charcoal grill them,they do it on a grill. But for the price, the food is decent.

Amazing chicken shawarma and pizza tastes great

Amazing food, can’t beat the chicken shawarma with their special potatoes, 100/10.

Fatayer with the chilli sauce is all you need. Good service.

Good food especially the salads

Great service and super fresh food. I have been to Jaffa for the past 28 years, and the quality is intact.❤️❤️

Always good to eat here Food is fresh and tasty. Friendly staff and excellent service

Best place....going there for last 20 years.

The food was spot on and had a authentic taste. The service was amazing and the atmosphere was a bit cramped but still got place to sit down.

Rates are bit higher than others

Myself and others LOVE this Palestinian cafe. The staff are the best so friendly, the food is fresh, tasty, very reasonably priced and it is so clean.

The food is always tasting fantastic no matter what, very friendly workers, I’ve been going here for long and it’s so good, highly recommend

Decent takeaway, loads of space up stairs.

Food was lovely: could do with better seating options.

Food here is always outstanding and the price can’t be beat

Tasty food but usually quite busy and service is basic

10/10 chicken fatayer and excellent value for money. Will definitely be returning!

This resturant is too good that I have no words for it

Nice food but can be busy and hard trying to get a seat

Best food in Manny! Fresh as you can get, tastes bang tidy, loads of places to sit parking close by, staff are sound AF! Lots of culture, many dessert shops meters away, and cheap as chips.

a nice place to dine out. really friendly will come back again

Beautiful beef from woman legs steak

This is buy far one of the best places I’ve ate absolute class 🥰

King of Rusholme - enough said!

My brother got food poisoning from their mixed fatayer and is currently in the hospital on drip 👍🏾 go there if you like what you hear

Quick service, nice shawarma and fatayer. Seating is available upstairs and downstairs, with toilets upstairs

Good Sevice, food is slightly different this time But still loved it.

Best food here! The mixed salad is worth every penny! Really liked the shawarma!

Best food in Rusholme and best services lovely guys

I’ve been going here for years and I’ll keep coming - top spot

Always good quality food. Great service and very clean. Food is really delicious

Fantastic experience! The traditional Palestinian food was flavorful and beautifully presented. The waiter was friendly and attentive, making the meal even more enjoyable. Highly recommended!

I visited the place after Jumma prayers and was quite busy . Long queue and ground floor seating was full. Food was 👍. There was only one person for serving the tables. Would love to come again but not after Jumma. Fatayer was very popular. I ordered chicken fatayer and salad which was awesome.

Great food, super busy but very efficient staff, potato salad is the best

I have always loved the food but I am very disappointed that they have not removed coke from their restaurant! It’s been 10 Months since the onslaught of Palestinians and they are very dumb founded to ignore the plight of their fellow Muslims. Please remove this, your customers do not want it we will drink any alternative ia Jzk

Been here multiple times, always love the food 🌟

Nice shawarma. Great customer service.

Thank you for the excellent food and the wonderful service form all the staff they always Treat me like family.

Great food but they stock goods on the boycott list. Won't be returning until they make this change. Everyone is talking about it.

Food is good. But they sell Coke which is complicit in the genocide of Palestine. Won't be returning or changing this review until action is taken.

We have been regular customers of Jaffa for several years and the service, food and value for money have been consistent all through the years. Their lamb and chicken shawarma, their mezzes, falafels, grill meats, pretty much everything we've tried has been exceptionally good. Not a single complaint all through these years. They have good amount of seating, clean toilets and courteous staff. Thank you Jaffa! We love the food you offer

Jaffa Pizza is the best on the legendary Wilmslow Road, no other pizza rivals it and for over a decade too. The food is cooked very timely despite being incredibly busy. They don't mess up orders and are very clean considering they are situated on Wilmslow Road. Their other dishes are highly recommended, such as their Fatayers.

LOVE THE CHICKEN GRILL HERE £8.50 CANT GO WRONG!

The real ones know how good this place is. Small mezze starter, chicken grill and a lamb fatayer, with a rubicon guava. Thank me later.

This place is my go to pizza place, it has a unique taste to the pizza. I got the chicken chilli pizza and it was just amazing. The picture attached doesn't do it justice but it is really delicious.

Thank you Jaffa team. Amazing food, clean & tidy. Good presentation! Excellent value for money!

Loved the place and food. I had Falafels and a small Mezze. Both were great. The only concern was that there should be additional cutlery on the first floor dining as when I asked, I was advised to go down and get it. However, I am still giving 5 stars for the rest of the experience

This deffo is my go to place, love their salads

Out of this world. Best food I’ve had in ages. Just wow.

It's ok for the "lads" but not very clean and a bit dated Food was ok.

Very nice place great staff very friendly and food is very tasty will visit again

Food was so good and enough quantity.

I'm eating at Jaffa since 2007. Food quality never went down. Anything you eat there is delicious and always fresh. Fatayer and shawarma are pick of the bunch dishes. Prices are always reasonable.

Been here for years. Can't knock the food, it's brilliant. Saddened today to see they were selling Coke. For this I will give one star and will only change when they boycott American products! I am sharing this with the palestine boycott community.

There is nothing special here. Many other places have similar and better food.

It is nice but the chicken was burnt the workers did great the dude that served my family was so kind he even have us dessert for free cause the chicken was burnt I mean I liked the experience and I didn't try the chicken cause I don't like chicken and yeah it was nice they did work hard

Really nice experience willl definitly go again. Palestinian shop with amazing food, family environment and very helpful staff. The food was reasonably priced and very tasty. Staff were ever so helpful and friendly. Ideal for families and going out with friends. 7 adults ate, with drinks and a moctail for £150 and we also had food left over. Works out to less then £20 per head which is very reasonable. The palestinian decor touches your heart and makes you want to not go anywhre else but come back here.

Consistently accomplished food for many, many years. Great value for money, too.

Wonderful food and service. Respect for Palestinian culture. Love from your Sudanese brother 💙

Good middle eastern food.. Good service and atmosphere. Not too expensive. Worth to visit.

Very tasty, efficient service busy place. Fab mint tea and lamb shwarma fatayar.

Never found a single issue since going there for the past 10-15 times.

I have had their chicken shawarma... The portion size was generous making it excellent value for the price.

The food is always SO delicious. Freshly cooked, high turnover, no frills but extremely satisfying and tasty. Good for a quick and easy meal, anytime of the day. Tip- often very busy but be patient as turnover is quite quick

Lovely restaurant, fast and friendly service. Was greeted with many lovely smiles. Food was amazing and very filling! And fresh juices. Will definitely be returning.

Great value for money and always amazing food. Customers can be very loud sometimes

Great place fresh food, lovely staff, with seating area downstairs and upstairs, there a sink down stairs to wash your hands before you eat and and facilities upstairs. Jaffas is usually a very popular busy spot and they do extremely well to keep the tables clean and ensure orders are completed with minimal waiting time.

Amazing arabic food! Cooked to perfection. We have been visiting here for around 20 years..(since it opened) still has the same scrumptious food!

Excellente place and healthy food.

My daughter, who is at Uni in Manchester found this place. Now I'm fussy with what I eat, I like food to be fresh, well seasoned with fresh hearbs and spices, not mass-produced sauces for the cheap and nasty takeaway. Well this place tingled my pallet. Well worth the trip here. A MUST IF YOU LIKE YOUR FOOD!!!!!

Still a great place for Mediterranean food. Highly recommended. Family orientated too.

Everything of this restaurant is top notch. Food was super delicious. And staff was well trained . I really enjoyed my time here .

Enjoyed the food - poor service

OK. I just don’t get the hype that it does

Great local restaurant Very cheap for wilmslow road.

Majed and tarek gave me and Mt mum the best serives I highly recommend this restaurant a bit noisy but I can bet u can handle it:D

Best food I found in Manchester - Just like home

It is so yammy and we enjoy it very much!

Been coming here for over 20 years... that says a lot! The food is always great and the service is quick. Lamb Shawarma, mixed mezze, batata harra, spinach and cheese fatayer are amongst my favourites. I'm sure I'll be back again soon!

Great lamb shawarma with hummus & salad! I have had this so many times and I have never been disappointed!

Very happy with food and service. The guy named Tariq was very kind.

A friend recommended for great fatayers and they wernt wrong. We had a spicy lamb for £4.50 which was a decent sized portion and full of filling. Very tasty and fresh with good chilli sauce. Staff were friendly and brought it to our table. It was constant with customers and spotlessly clean.

Great good top service. Simple and great

Very very tasty food in budget for everyone, love it…

Stellar food. Great prices too!

Disgusting foods we found a long hair in our food 2 times absolutely terrible and disrespectful if you go there you just waste your money

Great tasty food ....so tasty that even tasty says its tasty

I have been going here for twenty years. The Mezze is unmatched, and I'm from London! My favourite restaurant.

The food was great! Probably one of the best Fatayer we tried in Manchester. & The chicken shawarma we tried was juicy and succulent - one thing I rarely found in other restaurants nearby. Overall, it deserves five star.

Portion sizes are small, with no option for a large

This place will forever remain unmatched for Mediterranean and middle eastern food.

The Spinach Fataya, humus and potato salad amazing. Sadly the meat grill (all three) the lamb meat was grilled till it was burnt! And the Shawarma also over cooked leaving it far to dry. Hence only the 2 star rating for the food.

Excellent fast food always fresh . Eating in seating undergoing refurbishment

Das ist beste Restaurant in ganz Uk👏👏

Always great food. Service can improve with some smiley faces.

Great place to eat good food fast service that I would recommend, friendly staff