Jilani's in Manchester

Amazing food and great service! Staff is incredibly attentive, always checking on us without being overly intrusive. We’ve ordered mixed grill, and it wasn’t long until we’re diving into it. The lamb chops are definitely the star of the plate ! The spices were beautifully balanced, the meat juicy - basically, the best chops I’ve ever had. The chicken and lamb tikka were also nicely cooked, the chicken wings had a nice flame grilled flavour to them, the seekh kebab was on the hotter side, but with the right balance of spices and delicious. I’ve also tried the ferrero rocher cheesecake - the actual cheesecake was very light whilst the base and toppings worked well together to give you that ferrero rocher flavour. I would definitely recommend this restaurant

Very nice neat and tidy environment,good service good staff Food is good but i didn’t liked peri peri chicken it was not cooked well but all other things like kebab chops and prawns were cooked well Their desserts are so good A fancy place to have a good dessert

Small birthday celebration with my wife. Everything just perfect. The cake, waffle, the atmosphere, the cleanliness. Worth every penny. *best chocolate cake i ever had in MCR

Beautiful tasty fresh food, always a nice family friendly atmosphere. 🇵🇸

I can’t say much for the food because I really only go there for paan, but the fact I keep going there for paan says it all I guess 😂

Honestly absolutely amazing and friendly staff and the food that is brilliant

Service was excellent, staff very attentive very reasonable price and food good

Excellent service and good value for money

Nice affordable place for tea and sweets

Excellent food, delicious Ice cream with lots of flavours, excellent and prompt customer service.

A relaxing place for a glass of mint chai and desi kheer (rice pudding). Excellent service and relaxing ambience.

Was walking down Winslow and stumbled across this place owner was outside and I asked him what kind of food you sell he replied our speciality is lamb chops. Wallah the food was awesome lamb chops, chicken tikka and the gourmet burger all made fresh d fast service topped off with piping hot tea to finish a awesome meal will definitely be coming back if I’m back in Manchester again. A must try for everyone. Barahkallah feekum for the food and service.

Decent place. But personally I think it's gone downhill after the refurbishment. Prices are higher and portions are smaller

Busy place with great food at decent prices. Their lamb platters are recommended . Clean and tidy restaurant too .

Very reasonably priced for Wilmslow Rd, especially for deserts

Good place for sweet dishes, a little expensive than it should be.l considering the taste and other things but its worth a try. Waffle was acceptable, its not with ice cream, its a little cream only.

This restaurant is an absolute disgrace. From the moment I walked in, I knew it was a mistake. The door was wide open, making the place freezing cold, and no one seemed to care. The staff were unbelievably slow and clueless, barely capable of taking an order, let alone providing decent service. Plates were dropped onto the table with no care, as if we were being fed in a prison canteen. The food was disgusting. Everything arrived cold, as if it had been sitting out for hours. The chicken was dry and flavourless, the rice was clumpy, and the prawns were also dry without any sauces. There was also only 5 small ones for a main course. It was obvious no effort had gone into making the meal even remotely edible. To make matters worse, they didn’t even have Coca-Cola—just some cheap knockoff that tasted awful. The customers weren’t much better. The place was full of loud, clueless people who seemed perfectly happy eating garbage, which explains why this place is still in business. There is no reason to ever come here. The food is bad, the service is worse, and the atmosphere is miserable. It should be shut down immediately. I’d give it 0* if I could. Avoid at all costs.

Clean bright space. Lots of seating. Fast service. Tasty food. Good dessert selection. Reasonably priced.

A++++++, all perfect, my second visit here and second time great experience. Grats to the Chef

Excellent food, love the lamb chops and snickers cake.

To be honest I never got food from her but the desserts are so delicious and the ice cream isn’t very expensive and is actually good. Friendly staff as well!

This restaurant is only good for desserts, sadly the rest of the menu is very bad, the burgers have no taste. We ordered cheese burgers and the patty was really pink, there was no sauce, no cheese and no salad inside the burgers....completely dry.

Best Dessert shop and Best Custmer Service 👍

The paan guy is an absolute knobhead. Has got zero sense of customer service. Interacts with the customers rudely. Constantly on call with his bird during work, trying his best that no one comes back again.

Quality food, friendly service and chilled out place to eat

Quick service for a take out. The lamb shops were really nice, were recommended by the owner. Also have some nice paans.

Best pan in the whole universe. All you have to do is to take a bite and fall in love with the myriad flavors.

It is one stop shop for everything. You name it. From their Signature Lamb Chops to all of their marinated meats to all the deserts. Everything is spot on. The amazing part is everything is Priced very reasonable. All the Staff is extremely polite and Professional. They will help you choose from the menu if needed. In the End Credit Goes to their management to Provide such place where you can sit and enjoy as Family and as Individuals. Aesthetics are on point and despite being busy they are Neat and Clean every time I visit them. Ps: They serve some amazing Fresh Paan and Karak Chai too

Had the meetha paan and it was tasty. Price was reasonable :)

Food was terrible and everything was flawed. The chicken was over-grilled , soggy and tasted of washing up liquid, the chips needed salt and the sauces did not compliment the food and felt out of place. The karak chai was too sweet and not potent enough. The waffle I ordered was undercooked and still had raw batter inside. The waiter put a group of loud and annoying women in the booth next to us despite the whole resteraunt was unsurprisingly empty which was an inconvenience as I had to listen to their conversations in the quiet resteraunt. In conclusion I would not reccomend this in any way and quite frankly I feel sorry for anyone who walked in the resteraunt with the thought of having good food.

The food was way expensive for the quality. Lamb-chops were dry. Same food with better quality can be found in other restaurants on same road. Not recommended.

We always go there for their famous lamb chops, and it was always a hit the spot thing. Our today visit was rather bitter. We ordered lamb chops and grilled prawns, guess what it didn’t have the usual taste, no proper salt and no flavour. Upon asking the guy who served us went up to manger/owner and came up with the silliest excuse oh we sell this everyday nobody complains, like we were making this up. I went yo speak to the owner, and he went oh my mum marinates it! So what bro? If the food has no taste it has no taste, we were there to eat, to enjoy our food, no to listen to crap on complain that I sold 50 of them today, nobody complained! Well if they must had knew your unacceptable attitude towards customers. What a shit customer service! You lost long coming customers! Meh

We had a fantastic experience at Jalanis . The food was absolutely brilliant—every dish was flavourful, fresh, and beautifully presented. What truly impressed us was the addition of a prayer room. It’s such a thoughtful and practical idea, and it really shows how much they care about their customers’ comfort and needs. Staff is brilliant and providing excellent service ! Overall, a wonderful place to dine, and we will definitely be coming back. Highly recommended!

The waiter was excellent because he knew the floor was slippery and quickly dried it, he knew what he was doing while the restaurant was busy, the food waiting time was very quick and the food portion was good!

Really nice food, good atmosphere and friendly staff

The food is filling and the vibe is immaculate and the song choices were so nice

Had a group meal here, a good few of us. The waiter was young, dumb and inexperienced 🤣 I really just wanted to help him out Everyone in the group ordered lamb chops 🤔 I ordered chicken steak. I was expecting it to but on a sizzling platter like the standard shebang. The chicken had this bitter taste, maybe from the burnt marinade.. idk, i don't think I've tasted something like this before where it's almost unpalatable. They offer no reduced sugar, diet fizzy drinks which is really meh because some of us are careful of our sugar intake! Clean aesthetic and well lit. That's about it

It was great. Bilal served us very well.

First time here, staff were very polite and respectful. Price is very reasonable, the cheesecake is the best I have tasted!

I came here yesterday with my whole family. The service was lovely from start to finish, our waiter was so polite, quick serving and honest. The food was impeccable. The lamb chops are insane, and the classic cheeseburger never fails to satisfy me. The food was also ready and brought out at a reasonable and good time, and it was most definitely fresh too. I would recommend to anyone and everyone.

Great food and really fast service.

I was walking down Wimslow Rd when this beautifully decorated spot caught my attention. Highly recommend samosa chaat and chai latte, they are banging. I also ordered beef burger. Beef patty was nicely seasoned and cooked. I didn't like the bun tho. Service was awesome as well. Thank you, I had a lovely lunch and will come back.

We got the jilanis mix platter with naan, jilanis cheese burger with chips, samosa chat, American style pancakes and the sweet delight waffle All of the food was very nice and tasty except for the waffle, it just didn't match the same quality that Jilanis usually offers Also the portions sizes could do with being bigger, for example, in the samosa chat you just get one samosa, or the cheese burger pattie was small in size Service wise, very good, the waiters were always available and helped when necessary

Always go.for a.lamb chop.platter

Loved the tea pot for 2 and 4 , quali-tea and authentic chai!!

The best lamb chops. You don't need to order anything else but lamb chops here. Oh yeah and their desserts are awesome, especially their Ferrero Rocher mousse.

Excellent service clean tidy place nice relax atmosphere. Variety of starters mains & desserts. Highly recommended appetiser samosa meat chaat, Main lamb chop dessert triple Ferraro.

Last Friday I was at jilani,s resturant with my some special guests from spain 🇪🇸 and islamabad pakistan 🇵🇰, we ordered food but believe me very disappointed quality . It was not cooked good . Lamb Grill was not able to eat , it was looking that they just get from refrigerator and put in oven and present. Chicken portion was good but lamb was very very very bad. I never like to recommend this resturant.

Chicken had a bit of a smell and the desserts were extremely average.

I always come here with my mother and my elderly father who has Dementia. I cannot tell you how much the staff always look after us and how attentive they are. There is a real warm, homely feel whenever we go to Jilani’s and that’s why we always come back and always recommend everyone else to go. The food is amazing, especially the lamb chops! This place is truly family friendly and has family friendly prices also. Could not recommend enough!

Ammmmmazing food and Amazing customer service 👌

I've already reviewed Jilani Food, and I can confidently say it never disappoints—always flavorful and beautifully cooked! The food is consistently served on nice platters, making it as pleasing to the eye as it is to the palate. Everything is spot on! Yesterday, I also tried the desserts, and I was truly impressed by the waffles and rasmalai. They were incredibly tasty! 😋

Very mid food. Price is very good, however every item was very flavourless

We came to get some dessert but what was on offer didn't look overly appealing. We ended up getting some fresh sweet paan which was really nice. Service was fine. I do think though the walkway near the toilet needs looking at and the entrance to the female toilet as I nearly tripped on the metal strip. Bit of a hazard!

Worst of the wordt restaurent ever seen in manchester. Serving was very bad as compare to other restaurants. And they started moping while we were eating. Disgusting

I would never recommend cz of poor & substandard.

Very clean. Food was different which is what you need in a world full of curry. Not heavy at all. Very tasty. Service was impeccable. Impressed with the youngest boy. Will definitely come back. Extremely good value for money. Desserts look fabulous as well

Brilliant food with a lovely ambience. Would definitely recommend

Great food at a fair price the deserts are so scrumptious. The service is quick and very attentive but I'm not keen on staff walking around.

Me and my husband came here for dessert as we have never been here before, he really wanted Pink Tea, so we got the pot for 2. I ordered the pistachio cheesecake and he ordered the rasmali. The pink tea, I'm sorry but it was not nice, and did not taste like pink tea, we expected it to taste somewhat similar to chaiiwalas, it just tasted of pink coloured milky tea which was really disappointing. The Rasmali was standard nothing really special about it. But the cheesecake was amazing! Hence the 4 stars. My husband isn't a cheesecake fan but even he enjoyed it so 10/10 for the cheesecake! A lot of people ordered the mixed grill and lamb chops, so we may come back to give the food a go!

Good desserts, at good prices. Kids love it!

What a fab place, so welcoming. Nothing too much trouble, food superb and great value. Want to come back again and try the minted lamb

I have been coming here for years with family and friends. Recently (last week) me and my fiancé visited the restaurant. The service has gone down hill so much so that we had to walk back out and get our milkshakes from else where. Staff will not make you feel welcome, in fact will look you up and down and stereotype you and presume because you’re stood with a white man he can’t possibly be a revert (not that should matter). Racism works both ways! They did not so much ask if we needed a menu they just stared us up and down and exchanged glances with each other to the point where i felt so uncomfortable that we just left. I have mentioned this to my family as this is somewhere we regularly visit. Coming from a family that owns our own hospitality business, this is not the way to treat customers. Sickening.

Very reasonable price, nice decent food. Most importantly it's cheap

Atmosphere was really great people were coming in and out it was really busy. Bought drinks. My vanilla latte was extremely extremely hot! Which burnt my tongue. Although once it cooled down it was nice. We were told to wait 15 minutes due to the rush. But we sat down much quicker than that. Prices are reasonable. The staff were very kind, and welcoming, but the man in the paan section was rude and abrupt.

That restaurant is really good.

One of the best restaurants in every tried,the food was perfection,the staff keeps asking if we need anything and how was the food. The service was fast even though the restaurant was full,the hospitality was great,even the manager kept checking if everything was okay and when we went to pay it was so fast . I would definitely come again ❤️

DIGUSTING FOOD HYGIENE STANDARDS - STOCKING UNREFRIDGERATED MEAT I was walking in Rusholme earlier when a white Audi car had plastic bags filled with fresh meat in its BOOT on the HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR. The Audi car was making deliveries of fresh meat with it crammed in its UNREFRIDGERATED BOOT. Transporting fresh meat and fish at incorrect temperatures can result in bacterial growth making it dangerous for human consumption. It was about 9PM when two staff from Jilani's (an older Asian male with a long, grey beard and a younger Asian boy) were taking meat from the boot of this car into the shop! Disgusting procedures. Do NOT eat there whilst they have these kind of practices going on! It's completely and utterly wrong.

We had milk tea ( has a different name o. The menu) and Channa Chat. Tea was great. However, channa Chat was cold out of refrigerator. This dish falls under roadside street food as per the menu, and street food is never cold unless sweets.

We only had hot choclate and karak chai Subhan'Allah nice and fresh not like some off these places where its been sitting in the plastic bowl and served. Defo will come bk with family and try the mix platter.👌

We walked and saw this place and thought we'd come back and have some deserts. The place is very tastefully decorated and I love how much space there is. It's very spacious and the seats are not squashed together like in some places. Service was awesome, refreshing to see staff in uniform and available at all time. Menu is very decent and all the food, all deserts, was lovely and no issues at all. We got carried away and ordered more deserts after the first lot and yet our bill was very reasonable for what we had. You honestly don't feel like you on Wilmslow Road in Manchester being sat inside here, feels like you in a high end desert place in the Middle East. Highly recommend for sure.

Food is amazing but my favourite thing about this place is the prayer room they have open to everyone. So many times I’ve been on Winslow Road needing to pray somewhere and have used their facility. This is what keeps me coming back as a loyal customer

Amazing environment and lovely desserts! The sound of anasheed make the vibe 5/5

Best lamb champs in the world no one can beat . Lovely staff always professional

My two daughters and myself visited today as a treat for me for Father’s Day. Really enjoyed every aspect of our visit there. Food was glorious, staff were polite and friendly and I really felt relaxed in every way possible. Added this to the top of my favourite dining lists. Thankyou to all the staff (and my two daughters of course).

The grilled selection is absolutely delicious. Always welcoming at any time of day.

Pink tea did not taste like pink tea at all. Overall a standard place. May visit again.

Food was okay. Dessert was excellent

Low service Low food Low quantity of food Long waiting times Prices aren't too good considering the service and food quantity and taste wise. Wouldn't recommend this place to be honest.

Very, very disappointed customer service

Best lamb chops in Manchester. . Served with chips or Rice, in a metal basket all on a wooden board and a plate. . Great value . .if you like just a little spice seasoning on your chops .. you will love this place. . Just need to find a parking space that's all.. Wilmslow road us always hammered.

I went today 02/06/24 to jilani Manchester. Ordered a grill burger my burger came within 10 mins fist bite and it was so hard tryen cut it with a knife but won’t cut thru. Discusting taste looks as if boiled chicken with sauces on top but sorry didn’t even look like grilled burger when am thinking abwt it . It’s making me sick never again.

Food was OK, Chicken wasn't cooked properly. N

Great service, Even better food.

Amazing place and the owner is super welcoming

Absolutely Great place to eat! The service is always on point ☺️

Only ever get the lamb chops from here. Would highly recommend. However, recently the service has been lacking a bit much

Tasty mango ice cream! very friendly customer service! Thank you

We ordered mixed grill, lamb chops, chicken wings and a few different starters. I can honestly say the lamb chops were a killer. Good size, tender and absolutely delicious. Ended up ordering another portion it was that good. The meats over all were succulent and just really tasty. Desert it was some ice creams, cake and falooda. Falooda was good and as authenticate you will get. Got chatting to the owner who was really friendly and the atmosphere and decor was great.

It was ok staff is nice like all the other restaurants on that road well over priced but I guess everything is. I ordered karak chai which was definitely not made the way it should have it was a sachet tea they just poured some hot water in hated it

Could try better..was told by the student worker, that once we become regular, we will get better service .what a thing to say. The owner with the long beard, needs to improve the culture too!!

Good refurb and the best lamb chops ever 😋😋

Good service Good dealing Exampley behavior

Great customer service and delicious food

Food was good & service was fast for iftar , only down side was the Karak Chai but still 5 stars

The food is awesome. Came here without any expectations but the price and taste are beyond one’s expectations. Must try.

Don’t bring your kids here ! Unwelcoming staff and atmosphere . Limited food menu with just kebabs chips and rice ! Ordered a burger which was dry and unappetising. Then tried a waffle which was hard and overcooked . Cones and some ice cream out of stock . Just a poor experience and won’t go back there . I wouldn’t recommend it at all and terrible for iftari

The food was sooo tastyyyyy 😋😋😋, we ordered gol gappe and chops with chips and naan. You have got to try it. We will defo go again

Amazing as always. Food on point, attentive staff. The best atmosphere on Wilmslow Road

My advice avoid this Place. Apparently only good thing they do is the lamb chops. I want food NOT Starters. Got the signature chicken platter, all black charcoal..took more time scraping that off than eating also chicken slightly undercooked. Then got the Flamed cheese burger as didt want to have more chicken.. Burger was more dry than the Sahara Desert..no flavour whatsoever ..put chilli sauce in it but still horrible. Seek kebab starters.. DRYYY. What a waste of time and Money. Didt even bother with the desserts. Told staff about the dislike and he could only apologise as its not his dads business. Total rating if I'm being nice 2/10.