The Drop in Manchester

As usual, top drawer food. I brought my friend from the States and he said it was the best Caribbean food he's had. Rum punch was punchy and we were very well looked after by the hostess.

First time here! Can honestly say Everything was 10/10 from food/vibes/staff!! Will be back again soon 🫶🏼

Mac n cheese was extremely taste and went great with a drop box of steak and curried goat. Highly recommend. I am a satisfied customer drop Bar 😋 5 Star 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Terrible customer service Booked on website for lunch at 12.30 today There is availability to do that from own website Myself n friend made effort travelling a fair distance and were keen on trying it out Got to restaurant 12.25 n wasn’t even open Asked staff but was told not open till 5 pm How can you still be able to book lunch then ? Shame but won’t be returning as the staff were rude Had an amazing time on beech rd tapas instead

The worst experience I have ever had here which is sad as I've been coming here for years. The food was great but the service was the worst I have ever received. The waitress was Damn right rude and clearly did not want to be there. Wrong orders brought out - same with the table next to us (twice) forgot to bring out drinks and her general attitude stunk. Honestly I will not be coming back here again and she should potentially look for a role that is not customer facing because it's clearly not for her. Really letting this restaurant down.

Food is great here but you have to buy rice and sides separately to your main dish I.e. curried goat, jerk chicken etc. took a while for us to be served but once served food didn’t take long. Really can’t recommend the food enough but becomes quite expensive once you add your side dishes and drinks. Play good music and nice relaxed vibe.

A brilliant, warm, and friendly gastronomic experience. The best food and great staff. Generous portions, but try and leave room for pudding. It's a must go to and go back to.

Best yard food I have had in a long time. 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

The food is great, however it’s rather small inside with tables very close to each other. People walk past you whilst you sitting and can hit you; not pleasant. Although the small setting makes it nice and intimate - when it’s getting busy … it’s not the best. Despite this, food is delicious, music is great, selection of drink of good.

Lilly made me the best zombie I've ever had

It was our first visit and we loved it. Staff are really helpful and friendly and food is AMAZING! Great menu and good portion sizes, highly recommend the Jerk Chicken and the Dumplings are THE BEST 👌We'll be back!

Where do I start? We visited this weekend, and I must say this is the worst experience I have had in the few times I have been there before. The service was slow. We waited over 20 minutes for the order to be taken, and when the waitress finally came over, she had an attitude like she didn't want to be there. By the time the food came, we had been sitting for 50 minutes. The order was wrong and had missing items, and the meat was cold in some parts. Nobody came to ask how it was. At this point, I couldn't be bothered to complain. I didn't want to be met with an attitude. The servers definitely need some training in customer service. The food is usually good here, but I was disappointed that it wasn't thoroughly warmed through. And the plaintain was over cooked If my experience was solely based on this service, I would not come back. However, because I've been here before and had better experiences with other staff members who waited on me, I would think about going back.

Wow just wow ... This place is the 1 .. have a zombie aswell .. perfect

Unfortunately, even though I have been a few times, tonight was my last. I tried ringing the restaurant around 6:30, tried twice, and had no answer. But this isn't a surprise as once I tried it about 10 times in a row and no one picked up and when I walked in it was dead.... anyway, so I went to book a table for tonight, and the website let me do it. It says on Google closes at midnight, but for the last table, it was 21:30. Well it's my mums birthday so I booked for 9 pm. Yes, I was 10 minutes late, but seeing as they never answer the phone, I cannot communicate this. Not only did I waste fuel for 14 miles but then to be turned away as the kitchen was closed. Surprising given the website let me book a table and Google says you close late..... also my mum hasn't tried this place and I kept hyping it up to my friends aswell. So you've lost customers through word of mouth. Considering on the strip it was the most dead place you'd think they'd have the custom.

Been here on two separate occasions and been turned away for no reason. This time apparently she can’t seat us even though there’s only two tables occupied in the whole restaurant. Joke of a restaurant, wouldn’t recommend. Just rude. Specially when you drive 30mins to get there.

Love this place. I just want to keep eating and have everything on the menu.

Fab food, good service and reasonable prices.

Excellent food, service and experience. Thanks, really satisfying 😁

The food is amazing here, but the new member of staff who served us on Monday was incredibly rude, not just to us, but to other customers too. Really entitled in his approach, telling customers when they asked things he was "a little occupied right now". We left because of the terrible service. The food is amazing though.

Had lamb chops, they were way too salty and didn’t have a good seasoning. The chips were way too salty. Staff were bumping into my chair and the atmosphere wasn’t the best. Overalll I extremely disliked the food.

A hidden gem. Our first time at The Drop and it didn’t disappoint. We will certainly be back, the service was excellent and the food was amazing.

Was here with colleagues for a dine in. Food was amazing and Evodie and Lily who served us were absolutely brilliant. Will definitely visit again. Highly recommended

Oh my goodness ordered takeaway first time ordering I'm 23 weeks pregnant and now I'm going to crave this for the rest of my pregnancy 😭🤣 curry goat with dumplings Unreal!

Food was delicious!! Rum punch was amazing!!

Booked a table for my sons birthday only to arrive and only 1 dish available. No apology. Very disappointed.

I recently dined at The Drop Bar Cafe, a Caribbean restaurant, and had a fantastic experience. We ordered the jerk chicken, curried goat, rice and peas, along with sides of mac and cheese and coleslaw. The food was overall really good, with generous portion sizes that left us with plenty of leftovers to take home. The mac and cheese was a standout, probably the best I've had in the UK so far. The service was also excellent, making the entire dining experience enjoyable. If you're looking for delicious Caribbean cuisine with great service, I highly recommend The Drop Bar Cafe.

Amazing food and great presentation highly recommend.

Amazing authentic Caribbean food and good vibes.

NO NO NO!!!!!!!! Food and drinks were really nice, HOWEVER, when waiting to pay, the person making the cocktails, used a straw to dip into one cocktail to test it, then dipped that same straw into a second cocktail to test and then put that straw that they'd tested (had in their mouth) into the second cocktail then sent both cocktails to a table of customers. So, not only double dipped the straw they'd had in their mouth into two peoples cocktails, but gave a customer that straw 🤮🤮🤮 I honestly left there in shock- SO SO DISGUSTING 🫣

Fantastic food , amazing service and great atmosphere, will definitely be returning

Had dinner here last night we had the jerk chicken, curry veg and mac and cheese. The vibe was so chilled, the food was really delicious. Highly recommend, we will be coming back, excellent cocktail selection and Henry and Jack were so lovely!

Food was deliciously prepared! Real authentic Jamaican food. I had curry goat and jerk chicken. Exceptional service was provided by our waiter Henry, who was very attentive and pleasant.

The food was delicious,and one of the staff Henry was very polite and nice to us,the atmosphere was conducive,am very impressed

The restaurant is the ideal place to dine ,the food is very good Henry provide us with good customer service. I enjoy my hench box meal with lam am curry goat

This is our second time visiting The Drop. Shout out to our guy Henry that made our visits extra special. Food was great, we had Curry goat, lamb chops, Merck chicken and escoveitch fish with a pitcher of rum punch. We sat outside this time and the view was nice.

Stumbled across this place on our visit to Manchester. The food was deliiiiiiicious, and I’ve never tried Jamaican food so it set the bar very high. We had the Hench drop box with jerk chicken and curry goat, grilled lamb chops, rum punch and the white chocolate and raspberry brownie. Anna was lovely and made sure we were looked after, and gave great recommendations. Would 100% recommend and we will be coming up to Manchester to eat here again!

Amazing experience. The food was great and i will defiantly be coming back. Prawns were great and the hench box menu was amazing for two as well

Chill and casual bistro with really good Caribbean food and friendly service (thanks Henry!) I reccomend getting one of the 'Hench boxes' which is a good way of getting a taste of all the different dishes. We had two of those and a side dish between three of us and it was plenty.

Henry was a very good waiter, highly recommend. Lovely food and great vibes. Good sizeable potion and flavour is amazing, will definitely be back again

Amazing Caribbean food. Wonderful atmosphere an lovely staff. Been here 4 times now and never disappointed. Henry who attended to us was very helpful and gave a good service.

After reading the reviews we visited today what a disappointment. Think the menu is over priced but being in Chorlton understandable. Service quite slow and waited a while for food and when it came wasn’t what we ordered. We ordered 2 curry goat and rice but received 2 vegetable curries. You could tell by looking at it wasn’t curry goat and felt like we had done something wrong by the way it was checked and taken away. We ordered rice and peas and presumed as Caribbean would be traditional rice and peas but was rice with sweet corn and green peas. Ordered a pint of 7up as stated in menu for £3.85 and it was a can of 7up that price over the top. My meat was mainly bone which I know comes on the bone but hardly any meat and my daughter hardly had any meat and full of gravy. No one asked us how our meal was or if we were ok, went to pay the bill and still no one asked and we left and not even a goodbye or thank you. Customer service very poor. We wasn’t made to feel welcome or valued and the £5 service charge an insult to the experience we received. Couple came in and were told to sit where they like, a family had parts of the child’s food missing and not a good atmosphere to have the music go off and your staff arguing very loudly in the back for quite some time. Definitely not a Caribbean restaurant at its best. Maybe your staff could visit the progress restaurant down the road as they definitely know how to cook and serve good food. Sorry to say we wouldn’t come back Photo x 2 shows the bones I left and the 3rd is my daughter that was more gravy which is a shame as one plus is the meat was seasoned well. If you reply I would ask if the chef is Caribbean

Another football game another great Sunday roast with my father. Big up Henri and the rest of the staff as always looking after us before our trip back to London

Amazing service!!!! Was attended to by Henry and he gave an impeccable service. Totally loved my meal and the service was 💯 too. Would definitely be coming back here because of Henry.

Had a fantastic experience, food was superb, great services from Henry. Definitely going to be back here all because of how amazing Henry served me and my friends.

Henry who attended to us was superb and a great person The food was Superb 😍 Loved everything The spice is on point 😍😍 Thanks to Henry for making this worth it

I have been to the Drop a couple of times now and it never disappoints! The Hench boxes are sensational. The food is so tasty and we all enjoyed. There were 9 of us at the meal and we will be sure to visit again. Definitely recommend if you have never been.

What a lovely night out! I wanted a date night but honestly I didn't wanna spend £100, I didn't want a stuffy place and I didn't want to overpay for average food. The Drop was so tasty, excellent food, great cocktails and a fun atmosphere.

The best carribean food in Manchester. Everything is fantastic and authentic, the jerk chicken quite literally falls off the bone. The food is outstanding and would highly recommend!

The experience was fantastic the meal portions were amazing, felt the care with every single plate. Phoebe, Jack and Bella provided amazing service and it's good to them have big smiles as they bought the food out! Highly recommend.

I love drop cafe. It was my best friends birthday and they really accommodated us and the food was yummy!!! Thank you Louis 💕💕💕

Amazing food, would highly recommend, amazing cocktails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great service by jack and finn, friendly and welcoming. ☺️

The food was amazing. This is the second time we have visited. We ordered two of the hench drop boxes and extra chicken gravy. Good value for money. We will definitely be back

Food is unbelievably hit and miss and not entirely authentic. (Had 3 times) The ‘jerk’ chicken is closer to stew chicken than anything. The curry goat is made with Jalapeños instead of scotch bonnet. (Never order separately otherwise they water it down) The most authentic tasting thing probably was the rice and peas + dumplings. Mac and cheese was nice. Try and catch them on a good day.

Jack and Henry! Lovely service and excellent food. I will be coming back 100% . So many things I want to try. All my family loved it.

Fantastic food extra flavourful, good variety enjoyed the vegetarian option very much. Friendly service.Would definitely recommend this restaurant.

Very bad experience - avoid! I would strongly recommend avoiding this place. I have never been in a position where I make a reservation via email and then receive confirmation of this, only to drive for 40 mins to a restaurant to find out that it is not open for service until 2 hours later! The staff were not even surprised that this had happened as it has apparently been going on for weeks where people have been turning up at random times - yet the issue hasn't been addressed! To make matters worse, some of the staff started getting angry that we had turned up at that time. PS: I took down my initial review after the team emailed me to let me know they would investigate the matter and get back to me. It has been about 2 months now and no further response from them about this. I think this just re-iterates my points above. Avoid this place!

I would strongly recommend avoiding this place. I have never been in a position where I make a reservation via email and then receive confirmation of this, only to drive for 40 mins to a restaurant to find out that it is not open for...

this spot is great for family solo business any amount of company i recommend everybody to come and try it out especially on the weekend

We drive all the way from Southport specifically to visit the Drop and it did not disappoint! Ordered the jerk haloumi which was so fresh and tasty. Then for mains the curry chicken and jerk chicken. All of the meat was tender and fell off...

I went there for my sons birthday. We drove 45 mins just to try it out and I have to say this was some of the best Caribbean food we have had in Manchester. The Zombie pitcher was everything and to top it all off the lovely black waitress was really nice and so polite to my family. She was working on her own at the front on the 04/03/24 and she made the overall experience at the restaurant so great, just wish I asked for her name so I could put it on here. Definitely would Recommend and I’m definitely coming back!!!!!

The food was great, we had ackee n salt fish and jerk chicken, the rum punch was top notch! Henry was an amazing host, we’re definitely coming back again!

Very first time here from the US the meal was good and reminded me of Jamaica.henery my server was very pleasant patient and welcoming.food a must to have 10/10

Our server Henry, was so lovely and patient, we were served with a beautiful smile.

Brillant as always.. service is excellent as always Drinks are always amazing and strong One of our favourite places to go

This is a restaurant that is run by people who really know how to cool a great meal, but have no idea how to run a restaurant. The food is fantastic but as for the service, well I don’t make this comment lightly, but it’s probably the worst service of any restaurant in the city, maybe the country. Complete shambles of a restaurant, but somewhat forgiven for the great food. Maybe worth a visit once but not somewhere to go to regularly, that’s for sure

Our monthly go to restaurant as we love the food, drinks & location since our first visit. One of our favourites in Chorlton. Would highly recommend!

Nia & Bella are the best! Great service

Amaaaaaaaaaaazing food with great sharing plates available, friendly service from Eve, and an uplifting atmosphere

Amazing food, great vibes and service. Had a Sunday roast which was impeccable - always order the hench box usually which is amazing value and taste! Lots of really good vegetarian and vegan options. Henry served us and was very attentive during our visit. Thank...

Amazing Sunday Dinner with a twist. Had a great Sunday dinner here which is a reggae inspired dish with jerk chicken rice, roasties and also mac and cheese. Great portion sizes! Really felt special with the service from Henry. He looked after us with drinks...

Reggae roast tasted absolutely delicious and the portion sizes very generous. Service was great from Eve, 5/5 will be back soon!

I love Carribean food and this is by far the best I've had in Manchester. Lovely decor inside the small, quaint restaurant. We had the jerk chicken and the curry goat. The curry goat was sensational and really delicious with a side of macaroni cheese....

Always a great time here. The food never misses! I will say, the plantain has got really good here now! Highly recommend here for anyone looking to be full of good food. Big up Phoebe & Ev for looking after us

We’ve been to this place a few times now and it never fails to disappoint. Always great service and delicious food! Huge portions too which are worth the money.

It was busy so naturally service wasn't perfect (slight mix up with dish etc) but food was very tasty. Since it was half price food and drink for January, it was amazing value. The decor was good. Also the staff were quite friendly and altogether a chilled and colourful vibe

Such a lovely place. The staff are amazing and treated my sister like a queen on her birthday!!! Defo recommend!

High quality Caribbean food excellent service from the moment you walk in highly recommend

Booked a table for 12pm today was told to come back at 12.45pm as the store wasn’t ready to open which is fine I myself am a restaurant manager and know this stuff can happen. When we did get served it stated on the menu £3.95 for a pint of soda they didn’t have any grape soda left so I asked for ting, the ting came in a small glass so I basically paid £4 for a can of ting! Which is crazy!!! Also ordered a second coke was also not a pint n was charged another £4!! Good food and I was changed for something on the menu that I ordered that they also didn’t have only realised when I left.

Since moving to Chorlton, The Drop has become one of our 'go to' takeaways and, when the mood takes us, restaurants to visit. Always reasonably priced (especially in January when they have had offers on this year and in the past!), with really tasty Carribbean food, I'd highly recommend it either as a takeaway or as somewhere to eat in. On the takeaway side of things, me and my partner usually order a hench box between us, along with some extra dumplings. And that's usually enough for the two of us! We're big fans of the goat in particular, but the jerk chicken is also good. We tend to get a takeaway from here every couple of months or so, and have no complaints at all about any of them - the food is always great. On eating in, again our experience has always been great! However, you can expect it to be quite busy and tight for space at times (it's not the biggest restaurant, size wise). This is especially the case around weekends or when an offer is on. If you aren't a fan of bustle then it might not be for you, but me and my partner quite like that side of it - it really adds to the atmosphere I'd say, personally. The food is great and when we last visited, we had the curried goat, the pepper steak with spinners, some rice and peas, and dumplings. It all tasted fab - strong flavour, a nice kick of spice without being overpowering, with plenty of the rice and dumplings to mop up the sauce. It was fantastic, and we both finished our plates which was no mean feat, as they were generous portions! There's a range of drinks you can get alongside the meal, and when we last visited we stuck with the beers. However, they also do a range of cocktails too. We visited during the January food offer, so for our two drinks, mains and sides, plus service, it came to just over £30. An absolute bargain, for what we got! And definitely reasonable at full price too. Service when we visited was also good, with the caveat that the place is very busy and so it can feel a bit chaotic at times (which isn't a bad thing as I think it adds to the charm!). But on quite a hectic evening with the restaurant pretty full, we were seated, had our order taken, were served our food, and paid without any problems and with good service throughout. All in all, a really good place to either dine in or get a takeaway, and during January a must visit as it is an absolute bargain!

The Drop serves the best Caribbean food you can get. The service has always been questionable, but on our last visit that was brilliant too. If things are going slowly, just focus on the food and get over it.

Food was fab. Gr8 nite with friends for my 60th birthday. Will be going again. Nice atmosphere. 🫶🏻🥂🍾🍛🍗🍚🍛🫶🏻

I came here tonight as a large group/family. We may not of been an easy group to serve as everyone was arriving at different times, and some needed to leave early than others. So we were ordering in dribs & drabs, which must have been frustrating/confusing for staff. But our servers were patient. Especially the Gentleman named Brandon & unfortunately I did not get the 2nd Gentleman's name. But both were as equally polite & helpful. A big thank you to the chefs to, the food was lovely & plentiful! I even had enough to bring home, which will suffice for lunch in work tomorrow! Thank you for a pleasant evening. 😊

We've been to the The Drop a few times over the years and quite enjoyed, but this evening was different and I can only put it down to firstly being approached by a super friendly, efficient server (Brandon). Brandon was such a delight to have serve us. Nothing bothered him at all. Brandon was quick, knowledgeable and friendly. Food was 10/10, absolutely fantastic. 15 of us were stuffed, happy and probably be back before the end of the week. Thank you a great evening. Brandon

Big thanks to our server Brandon for being so patient with All 18 of us, food was great and service was lovely

Absolutely amazing food! Both me and my wife had the Henchbox so we got to try 4 different things from the menu. Our son had the lamb chops, everything was lovely and really fresh and as for the dumplings WOW! We was with a party of 15 and everyone was more than happy with everything. Service was fantastic, Brandon really went above and beyond for use! Highly recommended👌

Place is very homely and cosy, food is nice and would say it’s better than the one in the city centre, however I wouldn’t pay £20 for the hench box for what’s given. Service was also poor and seemed disorganised, didn’t even ask how things were and just didn’t get a friendly vibe at all from them, I’d usually oversee this if it was busy but it wasn’t at the time we went.

Had the best birthday dinner here!! Thank you to Henry who was amazing and made the meal !

I was referred to this nice Caribbean restaurant by a friend and it was everything I expected it to be, from the ambiance, the service and the finger licking meal. I'd recommend the Hench Drop Box with jerk chicken and curry goat for first timers

Undoubtedly some of the best Caribbean food I’ve ever had! I can’t vouch for the restaurant as I’ve never eaten in but we order from here a lot and it is just delicious. Portion sizes are really good too! Has that home cooked taste. Honestly, a thousand compliments to the chef 👏🏽

Fantastic food. Only giving 4 stars as the order wasn't entirely correct.

Friendly staff. Fast service. Fun atmosphere. The food was really well done. Good flavours and good taste.

The food was absolutely delicious and our server Phoebe made us feel so welcome and attended to our every need. Highly recommend!!

Food was delicious. However, the dining area was so cold - food was cold when served.

Lovely place great waiters Thankyou to Harrison and Phoebe for making my experience wholesome, definitely recommend and definitely will be coming back!

Amazing customer service by Harrison and Phoebe good place to eat

lovely evening with great food. Special mention to ruby and lily who made it a great night.

The food was so good! Vegan options are amazing too! The vibes were everything and the staff so lovely!! Will definitely be back again!

Amazing food! Amazing service! - Isabella and Pat were amazing! Omg

Ruby, Emily, and Isabel, Thank you for some good food, music, and a rainy Sunday made sunny. Tasty food, reasonable prices, nice atmosphere.

The service just wasn’t good. It seems they take too many online orders and don’t focus on the people who make the effort to visit. Food was good but wouldn’t return