Sapporo Teppanyaki - Manchester in Manchester

Beautiful food! Wonderful staff! Great atmosphere. How have I only just come across this place. We were seved by the lovely Juande, he was so helpful and welcoming. Couldn't do enough for us. Didn't get the chefs name but wow he was phenomenal. The food is incredible and the staff are just on another level. We will definitely be coming back. We visited as a couple but want to bring the kids they will love this place. It's like a mini show whilst waiting for your food. The prices are really good too well worth the experience

Avoid the tasting menu! Got the emperor menu for 50-60 and literally all it is is chicken breast, sea bass, prawns, fried rice cooked in a teaspoon of soy sauce so it’s incredibly bland! Genuinely thought I was on a health kick rather than a very expensive restaurant. Won’t be returning.

This is a good restaurant, the food is very good. We went for a birthday treat for my Daughter the whole family enjoyed the meal. The fire shocked my Granddaughter (6 Year old), but other and the staff where great with her.

We went for our teams Christmas dinner. The food was amazing, simple, wholesome, and cooked beautifully in front of us. The service was good and we had an amazing time. Thank you, team Sapporo! 💙

One of the best eating experiences in my life so far...

First time in a Japanese restaurant and what an experience. The food was a delight, new tastes, old tastes in new ways and the theatre of the whole afternoon was wonderful. Would so highly recommend.

This is amazing place!🥰Food was delicious 🤤 We will come back for sure 👍

12 of us on a birthday, no complaints from anybody and reasonable prices

Fantastic experience with tasty food. Looked after by the lovely Juande!

Very good, I highly recommend the makis

I've been coming to Sapporo for special occasions for over 15 years now. Always a great experience. Today was especially fun as it was my birthday. Our server, Juande and the chef made us feel welcome and at home and were so attentive! The food was excellent as always!

Family gathering and everyone enjoyed the experience. Felt a little rushed at the end.

Fantastic meal very enjoyable evening for my son's 40th celebration

Tenía prisa cuando iba a un concierto. Juande realmente me ayudó a elegir del menú completo y aceleró mis deliciosos fideos con tofu y verduras para mí.

Experience for the eyes and for the mouth 🍜🍚🍤🍲👌👏👏👏,!!!!!!

Food was incredible, The service 1st class and with open theatre cooking the atmosphere was brill. I was in awe of how simple they make it look.

Cocktails were lovely. Food was more about the show than taste, although it was okay and not terrible. The floor was really slippery.

Delicious fresh food made in front of you by a very entertaining chef.

Nice atmosphere but medium food

Juande was absolutely amazing made us feel so welcome, made sure I had a great birthday 😊

We visited the Science and Industrial Museum and git hungry. We found this awesome restaurant just a 1 minute walk from the museum. Food was great. Restaurant is clean. Loved the noodles and the chicken

teppanyaki is always a fun and visual experience but above all a taste experience. the products are excellent and very well prepared, the chef obviously gives you a show around your preparation. be wary of the menu however (for non-English speakers), the menus describe ALL of what you are going to eat and no different possible choices; 1 starter, 1 Miso soup, sautéed vegetables + 3 different meats, you will need a well-prepared stomach

Tuvimos la cena perfecta con amigos esta noche en este fabuloso restaurante. Comida casi tan maravillosa como nuestro servicio de primera clase de Juande. Este tipo es el MEJOR. Clase mundial en todos los frentes.

Hemos estado aquí muchas veces, pero tristemente esta visita no estuvo a la altura de las expectativas. El chef parecía que no podía ser molestado y el pollo estaba muy seco. La mayor parte quedó. Sin embargo, el personal del restaurante era encantador. Volvería otra vez, no muy seguro.

Been coming here 10+ years and I absolutely love it, I'll continue to come back till I'm old and grey.

Had the lunch special. Very good teriyaki steak. The cook was very entertaining.

Excellent food and cocktails and our waiter Juande was very helpful and friendly in recommending dishes. Muchas Gracias

Always excellent and efficient, can't go wrong with it must try

Was there today for the early dinner menu, food is very tasty, properly cooked in front of you with chef giving you a show, watch out for the flying potatoes! Service was excellent from Juande, very attentive with our needs and giving recommendations. Will definitely come back for the sushi happy hour!

Absoloutly 5☆ service and food. Out of this world. Juande was our server and he made us feel so welcome and he was so attentive to our needs. Must Tey place perfect for couples or families. They cater for everyone. Went for birthday meal and they even helpped us celebrate. Will 100% come again.

Phenomenal experience at this beautiful restaurant. Unique experience. Very talented chefs and exceptional service. Special thanks to Marilo for taking such good care of us

Juande was an amazing host, thank you so much for our first visit to Sapporo

Great 2 for 1 cocktails from 5-7, and the best tempura battered veggies I've ever eaten

We had a lovely evening with our family, served by Juande who was amazing with our children and made them feel so special. Our food was delicious and the pints were lovely too. Great experience.

Chief is funny and friendly. Excellent experience with a reasonable price.

Always superb service food and fun, thank you 😊

We came here as a big group and booked in advance. Happy from start to finish, the customer service was fantastic and atmosphere was amazing. The chefs are really funny and make the experience fun! The food is also really good, highly recommend the lamb rump with peppercorn sauce and calamari starter. The mocktails are really good too! The chicken and lamb is halal too.

Beautiful experience. Juande served us and was very welcoming even with half the party struggling with English. Kenny entertained the kids and cooked perfectly at the same time. A must!

Great atmosphere. Great for Birthday gatherings as these guys can sing 😉 and make one feel special

Juande’s service was incredible, very welcoming. Will come back because of his energy.

Absolutely love this restaurant. Customers sit in square tables of 16 with the chef in the centre of each table the food is prepared before your eyes. The chef always has a few tricks up his sleeves, such as flicking fried potatoes into guests mouths and a few fire tricks with oil. Atmosphere great, price decent and staff friendly We are vegan and there was a decent vegan selection for us to have.

Greats service and decent food. Thanks Juande and Vishai.

Very nice meal and staff were amazing, we were served by Juande who was very helpful with explaining the menu and giving recommendations

The best Japanese restaurant I've been to in Manchester. Wide variety of sushi. Callifornia rolls are delicious. The staff are friendly but its the chef cooking in your table that creates a real buzz. Food is not at all bland the chefs will cook to your preference. A really fun palce to bring children but the adults celebrating a special occasion will be just as amused! Halal chicken and lamb options available are delicious. 😍

The chef was very nice but the waiter was even lovelier! Juande (the waiter) engaged in conversation with us, gave us very good reccomendations and made us feel very welcome. The experience of the teppanyaki is one I'd reccomend!

Great food, cooked right in front of you and the chefs have a few tricks up their sleeves too!

Bit expensive, rice and veg in the plate for quite a long time before protein. Quick service set up overall, lovely people

I rarely write bad or average reviews, but I was left rather disappointed after a Sunday lunch at Sapporo. I ordered sushi and miso soup. While the soup was good, the sushi was sadly lacking - it had quite a strong fishy taste and the nigiri in particularly was not made properly, with the fish being too long for the rice (picture attached). I have eaten sushi at different price points across the UK and Asia and this experience felt comparable to supermarket sushi in quality. I understand that Sapporo is known for Teppanyaki rather than sushi, but they should consider adopting Yuzu’s approach, which is to avoid adding sushi to the menu because their chefs are not trained in sushi making. The other major issue was the service. I would have raised the problem with the sushi to our server as I believe restaurants should have the chance to improve, but she was rarely present or available despite only two other tables being occupied. No water was offered or brought nor did she check in on whether we enjoyed the food, even when bringing us new dishes. We kept waiting for her to appear to order more drinks and dessert, but even when she was nearby she would just walk past our table despite us having empty glasses and plates - we had to actively work to get her attention. We were unable to spot her to flag her down and had to resort to asking other waitstaff for our bill. It did seem that other waitstaff were more well-trained as the other two occupied tables did not seem to have the same issues with finding their waiter, but I can only speak to our experience. At this price point, you expect at least semi-interested staff but sadly this was not the case. We actually considered asking for the service charge to be removed - which we have never done before - but ultimately decided we did not want the other wait staff to be impacted. I will say that my partner really enjoyed the Teppanyaki - the chef was skilled and pulled off some difficult tricks, and the steak was cooked exactly as requested. Hence the three stars. I was really looking forward to the food given the good reviews, but there were glaring issues that meant I won’t be returning.

Great experience food is fantastic

Atmosphere - relaxed Price - fair Tastiness - 10/10 Entertainment- 10/10.

Went there for the 1 st time with my friends, it was amazing! The food is so good ! We tried a bit of everything and the staff is brilliant, loved the live cooking show, so entertaining! Will definitely come back again !

The place presented it self good in a good area, the food is ok, to expensive for that variety of Tuna Sashimi and the Swordfish fish was wrongly cooked.

My wife and I went for our first ever tepanyaki experience for our anniversary after spending the day in Manchester. Overall what a fantastic, fresh experience sitting around watching chefs cook and entertain everyone. The only downsides were the drinks were a bit pricey and we wouldn't order the appetisers again as they are cooked in the back and they were very bland. However it's a great option for larger groups looking to do something a little different.

Everything was outstanding!. The live cooking was impressive. The tasing menu was amazing, went for Geisha and got a bit of everything. The dessert was also yum, I went for the cheesecake. Will definitely be going back.

I love this restaurant. I've been here three times and I always had good and fresh food with a fun show ✨ I recommend the teppanyaki with either duck, salmon or prawns

Chef Ben was brilliant for us, lovely food and big portions. Excellent.

Over all good experience. I felt with vegitarian options can be made better and good presentation. I ordered tofu yagisoba noodles but tofu was bland and my noodles was also . I had to ask chef for adding some flavour to it . Tofu pieces were so big can't even eat then with noodles .

Really enjoyed the food and the atmosphere the staff were great and the chefs are very entertaining,.not cheap but I'd definitely go again.

The restaurant is certainly unique in the showmanship of the chefs. Eggs tossed in the air, potatoes thrown for diners to catch in their mouths, cool knife skills and lots of fire! That seemed to be the main appeal of the restaurant as for me the food was average at best. I started to suspect the food was not great when garlic mayo and sweet chilli sauces were placed on the table. Not something I’d typically expect when eating Japanese food as the flavour usually stands on its own. Service was fine. The food from the hot plate was served as it was cooked so didn’t feel like a whole meal at once. Not sure how fresh the food was as some tasted ultra processed E.g Katsu sauce. It was quite expensive for the quality of food.

The atmosphere was decent if a little impersonal at times. All the staff were friendly and service was excellent especially for a busy Saturday night. The only downside was my main, I went for the Tofu steak option and it was just lightly grilled tofu with no marinade, not great. That said the vegan brownie was outstanding and all the meat options looked great and my friends enjoyed them.

Good service from the staff, the food is average - a western take on Tapanyaki.

Enjoying an entertaining dinner and Eating tasty food are what you should expect here. Pricy but it’s worth it occasionally 🤭 lamb is my favourite dish here 👍

Amazing place, the chefs put on a good show and make everyone at the table feel involved and happy before eating. Loved that we got to see the food being cooked in front of us. Portion sizes were huge, we ordered the king prawn noodles and also got potatoes, stir fry veg & egg fried rice included in the meal which we wasn’t expecting to.

Amazing service, the best cocktails great food and a fab time had by our full team would recommend sapporo Manchester to anybody they can't do enough for you, thanks for a great afternoon.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself, me and my family came to Sappora for my 70th birthday dinner, and we were treated with politeness and respect by all the staff. The chefs were artistic jugglers, and the food was spectacular .l would return to this place again and again!!!

Brilliant fun with the family. My son's face was a picture when the chief set fire to the hot plate. Great food as well

Fun and tasty experience! It is worth letting Juande advise you and savor the delicious sakes that the menu offers. We will be back !!

Great experience here at Sapporo! What can I say, a beautiful place with impeccable and super professional service, show cooking by the chefs who know how to attract everyone's attention with their mastery and irony. It was a nice evening . I must say the menu is very vast, with lots of choice for all tastes, truly excellent.

Fabulous lunchtime sushi! Juande was so helpful with our daughter and very attentive. We will be back!

Good food served with great showmanship.

Came on Sunday for Father's day. Excellent, everything about the restaurant was fab. Came with family.

Great novelty experience for couples and larger parties. Can get very loud

As always, amazing experience!. Update 16/06/2024: 17 years later still 5 stars!

The experience was fun. Portions were large, also quite salty/peppery.

Great experience, went for my partners 40th and everyone loved it, kids to elderly! Great how they put on a show and it’s interactive, also portion sizes are huge, couldn’t finish it! Definitely recommend.

Took my family here for my Birthday. Great food, great atmosphere and pretty good service! It’s the same set up every time. I’ve also had the pleasure of visiting their Liverpool restaurant! If you Google Teppanyaki in Manchester, there are two options. This one is far far better than the Chinatown Teppanyaki! Would 100% return

Lovely atmosphere, food is just amazing and great choice.

You've got to go excellent all round fantastic

This Teppanyaki is absolutely amazing. It’s a great experience and wonderful food! I came here once before on a busy Saturday and the food was just mediocre, but this time we went on a weekday evening and the place was quiet and the food was so much better!

Juande was absolutely brilliant, served us with a smile and made the whole experience 10X better. Great food, great experience- 100% recommend

Great experience today with our waitor Kyle. Kyle was extremely attentive, really friendly and accommodating. No request was too much for him. We had a large group of 20 and he accommodated us all really well. Thank you Kyle for your outstanding service and friendly face.

The food and atmosphere was great. Disappointed that the vegetables were cooked and plated 20 mins before your main dish and therefore were cold. The food was tasty but quite expensive. 3 course with a soft drink is £60 a head.

A great place to take friends and family, good food and our server Juande was really helpful. Thanks for making the night a memorable one.

Overall a very salty experience, the food was very bland in terms of seasoning and extremely SALTY. The food was filling but still not worth the 50pp. If you’re looking for the Benihana experience this isn’t it.

I went here for my birthday! 10/10 experience. The chef (ninja) was so entertaining and the service was amazing from all staff but especially from Juande who made us feel very looked after. :) thank you

Highly recommended! Food was really delicious. Perfectly cooked. Service also efficient. Staff was friendly.

Amazing food, lovely atmosphere. Interactive cooking experience. Can't fault it.

This experience was epic! We came to celebrate our son's 11th Birthday as a family (also with us was a 6 year old). The service was amazing from start to finish with Juande as our waiter. He took time to provide an excellent service as well as give the boys attention to make their first experience of Japanese food a memorable one. Highly recommend for the food, atmosphere and family value it gives. Thank you

food was amazing and sow as service - thank you juan!!

It's not a restaurant - it's pure entertainment (with amazing food, literally, 'thrown' in)

Kids wanted ramen for lunch, so I decided to treat them to Sapporo. We've been lots of times before and it's always been great but sadly not today... the food looked good but the flavours did not make sense. We always go for the ramen so we know what it should be like. The spicy beef ramen was not spicy and the broth was bland and oily. The chicken Tom yum was so spicy you could not taste anything else but heat, yes I am aware its a spicy dish and I love heat but this was bland and incredibly hot. We sent it back it was inedible. We tried the ribs it was awful, super stringy and full of sinew again bland, it's like they ran out of salt and only had 5 spice so they went with it. The bento box was ok, kinda like what my 12 year old would cook and we'd praise her to increase her confidence, edible nice but not great. The katsu curry is the only thing we ordered that remained consistent no complaints on this dish. The service was incredibly lonely, the restaurant was practically empty and yet we still had to walk around to find our server to order and ask for soy sauce (did not come with the bento box) she checked on us once at the beginning of our meal, didnt refill our drinks because i really couldn't be bothered to get up and look for her again. Overall, we won't be back and I won't be recommending sapporo anymore it was a waste of money standards have dropped, in my opinion.

Juande was attentive, welcoming and made the experience much more pleasurable.

Juande served us today and was brilliant, Ben was the chef and cooked all our food to perfection. We’ve had a lovely time and really enjoyed the food.

We visited today for my sons 12th birthday, great food and service from Ben & Jaunde, will definitely be returning

Food and service was amazing. Juande was as great as a waiter and Ben the chef made it unforgettable

Juande was very attentive and demonstrated great service. The food was great too. Thanks!

It's a nice experience but you are on the clock from the moment you sit down till the last plate. It feels rushed and the food was okay but it won't blow you away it's more for the show what is good

Very good experience, will go back. The portions are big, but you can take whatever you can't eat home. Chefs table is the best, 1hr-40 min wait as they need the table to fill up with people. Excellent service. Chefs are friendly and so entertaining, lovely atmosphere.

First time here, and WOW. Amazing people, food, and very reasonably priced

Excellent cuisine with quality products!