The Garden Bar, Monton in Salford

Don't bother with the food if you're vegetarian (lunch menu, 2 options), it's uninspired at best, overpriced, staff not interested or attentive, really disappointed, won't be going back

The food was sup par for the price

Lovely brunch and the service was perfect!

Beautiful space and not in the slightest bit pretentious. Super accommodating, gorgeous food.

Food was good . Service was poor , asked 3 times for water . Never received sauces we ordered . Staff seem to be inexperienced and flustered especially as not that busy for a friday eve .

OLD Food & untrained staff I dined here with my mother today, and the experience was far from pleasant. I ordered the garden salad with grilled chicken, and my mother had the Chicken & Waffle. Her waffle was old, stale, and so hard she couldn’t even cut through it. The chicken was decent, but it didn’t make up for the rest of the dish. As for my salad, it looked nice at first, but upon eating, I found old, slimy pieces of lettuce mixed with the fresh ones. It tasted off, and I even found a soggy piece of cucumber that seemed days old. There were two types of tomatoes—one fresh cherry tomato and another sliced tomato that was clearly past its prime. At this point, I couldn’t eat any more and called the waiter to express my concerns. He pointed to the cucumber and claimed it was zucchini, which was obviously wrong and there is not suppose to be zucchini in this salad anyway. The waiter offered to replace my meal, but I was in a hurry to pick up my son, and I had already wasted enough time. What bothered me most was the lack of accountability from both the chef and management. The quality of the food was shocking, and it’s clear the chef didn’t care about the food he was serving. The waiter’s lack of knowledge was frustrating, and the management did absolutely nothing to address the situation. When I asked for the bill, there was no apology, no discount—nothing. While I wasn’t looking for a refund, the way the situation was handled was ridiculous. Not a single manager came over to speak with me, and the entire experience left a lot to be desired. You should all be ashamed of yourself. Avoid this place if you expect decent food or customer service. P.s - hoping I don't get any food poisoning from this.

Service was awful, tried several times but couldn't get anyone to serve us dessert. Even though they brought us rye board menu.

We loved it, staff were great 😊

Angel was a fantastic waitress! Highly recommend ☺️

Incredible i will be back i am super impressed the food cooked to perfection

Had an absolutely lovely breakfast here on Tuesday. Beautiful decor, fabulous friendly service from all staff, especially Hannah… and delicious scran. 😋 Would definitely recommend.

Lovely building bit pricey just had drinks

Had wife surprise dinner party booked at the garden. Had really good time. Food was great, although took a while to prepare. Menu for kids could be a bit better but overall really good experience. Defo coming back .

The food was easily the best food we have ever had in a bar. Food took a while, but I see this as a good thing, as everything was clearly freshly cooked and absolutely delicious. The food area is very noisy, as the noise from the bar comes through very loudly, as an Autistic I found this a little difficult to deal with. It would have been better if there was a door between the bar and food area, as it was also hard to hear each other whilst talking across the table, whilst eating, due to the noise. The bottle of Malbec was lovely, £38 did shock me a little for the bottle, but at the same time it was very nice Malbec, so I can deal with that. I would definitely return again, as the food was amazing, and the wine very good. I would request to be seated at the back of the restraunt on the green sofas, which may help the noise issues and being able to speak to each other whilst eating. Service was great, and all staff were lovely and a credit to the establishment, this goes a long way. My partner had the French chicken which he absolutely loves and I had the mega monton burger. The beef and chicken were seasoned so beautifully, and it was most definitely the nicest burger I've ever had. The fried and coleslaw were also delicious.

Folowing your email re how we enjoyed our visit, I must say we were very disappointed with the meal we had. We ordered the sharing board and I'm sorry to say it wasn't good at all. The hummus was tasteless, the flat bread was rock hard, there was no cheese on the parmesan rocket, there wasn't enough meat, there were 2 bread rolls which we didn't eat. We also ordered a garlic bread which was tasteless and burnt to a crisp on the bottom. We had the katsu chicken which was quite nice, and we enjoyed that. We left hungry as we left most of the food. All in all, we paid £60 for this as we had 2 cocktails each. Sorry to say, but we didn't have a very good experience. The restaurant is lovely, and the bar was buzzing but we felt let down.

Working from home so took the opportunity to take my laptop to The Garden for a change of scenery & a spot of lunch. Gorgeous setting (& solid WiFi), staff were lovely (said if it got too loud with lunchtime guests I could head upstairs out of the way) & food was delicious & served really quickly. Will be back to give the evening menu a try soon - without my laptop!

discusting food and management :)

Excellent place for lunch brunch dinner etc great staff, very friendly and there's not many places you can get an excellent bacon buttie for a fiver. A must visit venue - and not just for the bacon butties!

Ive been coming back for breakfast here multiple times and it did not disappoint. A great thanks to Hannah, shes always very helpful, very welcoming.

I hired the upstairs floor of the Garden for my graduation party and the night was perfect. Lovely bar staff and nicely decorated it couldn’t have gone better

Alex was spot on! If I still ran pubs I would of poached her and lemar was also one if the best waiters I have had in a long time. What a voice! Look after both of them. Or someone will 100% steal away.

Lovely service, charley and james are wonderful members of staff, even if charley tried getting me to help behind the bar.. we will be coming back, so far its the best place on monton road!

Gorgeous Sunday dinner and amazing service by Angel

Great place. Super service and great staff! Relaxed and fun place. Thank you

Professional, kind and helpful staff! Food was delicious. Definitely will come again!

What a gorgeous place. Came late afternoon on Wednesday. The decor is stunning. Even the toilets are lovely. The food was gorgeous and the staff so friendly and helpful. Can't wait to visit again soon. We had a selection of tapas and it was delicious. The red wine was also lovely. We'll be back over the bank holiday weekend. Thankyou The Garden Bar xx

Abi was really lovely and helpful! Will defiantly come again :)

Best sausages ever. Beautiful spot with incredible service from our lovely server Sushi. Highly recommend for a weekday brunch

This morning we celebrated our sons 18th birthday, by having a birthday breakfast. This place is absolutely beautiful and the staff were amazing. Just as well as the food.. delicious!! Thank you for making us feel so welcome and thanks for the birthday drink!! 🥂 we had a lovely morning celebrating. Definitely will be back.

Came for 8 year old son’s birthday lunch. Abi was really warm, polite and friendly. Very knowledgable of the menu and attentive. Never been before but will definitely come again.

Service was very slow despite it not being busy and had to ask if we could order food. Waited 20 minutes to be served our drinks. Food was not as expected and wasn’t very warm at all. Also my choice was advertised as Sourdough Bread but that’s not how it appeared once served. Will not be returning 👎

Came in for food with my frieds had two lamb and a beef, food was soectacular and service from sushi and hannah was un matched

Fantastic service by Hannah, the whole place is beautifully decorated to a very high standard. Will definitely be back.

First visit and nicely impressed

Phenomenonal food and experience. Great decor in there also will definitely be coming back. Whoever the chef is should get a pay rise the food was really something else.

Had a garlic bread starter which was tasty and ordered a steak for my main medium rare, it was cooked perfectly and exceeded expectations. Would definitely recommend to anyone who's thinking about trying it out

The food was sensational, biggest regards to your chef🤌🏻🤌🏻

Went today n had a breakfast, lovely gaff & gotta say that breakfast was probably the best breakfast I've ever had, tasted phenomenal n am defo comin back for more.

Went for a meal with friends on a Saturday night - the food was great, we really enjoyed it and the place itself is lovely! Would definitely recommend - we will be back!

The place itself is lovely deco is brilliant but the food isn't. The food lacked seasoning. Garlic Bread hardly any garlic Main course Fish & Chips flavourless a lovely batter but bland to taste. Chips were slightly firm. This place isn't cheap and it wasn't busy so the Chef wasn't rushed

Friday 9th August . . . Party of 13 What a place. Great food in amazing surroundings Great service from very friendly easygoing staff who go out of their way to make you feel welcome. Nothing to fault

Had a lovely lunch here. Beautifully presented tasty food and excellent service from Ruby.

Lovely place lovely staff lovely food

Fabulous. This restaurant is a class act. Amazing food, staff are great, and the ambience matches it. 👍

What a lovely birthday experience I had today. I met my sister and friend and we had a mixture of breakfasts and lunches. The chefs home-made tartar sauce is to die for! I told him how wonderful it was and he gave me a complimentary tub of it. Sushi, our waitress, was fantastic. Nothing was too much trouble. We will definitely be going back.

This was our 1st visit & it certainly won't be our last. The staff were particularly outstanding.

The menu is limited. The triple cooked chips we had were greasy. The service and atmosphere were really good

Had our first visit to The Garden Restaurant..but it won't be the last..it was delightful..the decor..the food..the attention to detail were all excellent..especially Sushi..who served us..she was brilliant....never easy on a busy evening..but all at the Garden..achieved it...

The garden area with a glass roof is very beautiful and cozy. Had lunch here and for the first time I liked fish so much. The service was very good. The waiters are very friendly. I was here twice and each time everything was at a good level.

Ok. Bit annoying having to ask for quite a few basics like sugar for the tea & butter for bread lol. Fish was extremely oily. Pretty restaurant though.

I attended the garden today with my mrs and was pleasantly surprised was a beautiful relaxing venue and so happy we decided to eat here.We ordered the hummus flatbread and panko katsu chicken tenders for starters which were absolutely delicious, then we had the 8oz Fillet with chips , followed by a cheeky manchester tart and a flat white and cappuccino, I can honestly say the food was cooked and prepared excellently we throughly enjoyed the whole experience and will definitely re visit this establishment. The staff are very pleasant and polite they are a credit to the business. Would Highly recommend this place 5*, also congrats to the new head chef for getting the steaks cooked to perfection

The food was absolutely fantastic. Our party of four all ordered different meals and they were all excellent. Good portion size and tasty. A good selection available. Unfortunately the service was dire. The tables ticket got “lost” and there was a long delay before the starters arrived Complementary drinks were offered and gratefully received. Main course was excellent but then excessive wait for the bill. With a request 3 times. Eventually it arrived with a 20% discount. So complements to the management, however an urgent need for staff supervision and training as most of the front of house staff spent their time chatting and giggling instead of focusing on customer service so it cast a shadow on the experience

The interiors here are exceptional, hat’s off to the interior designers and to the owners who implemented (and paid for) the fitout. The Al fresco areas front and rear extend the dining areas seamlessly from indoors to out. On this occasion I came for breakfast with a friend, the food and service were exceptional. I’ll definitely be back!

Beautiful rear garden setting, delicious food.

Quite busy due to a large party( not us) but still good service especially when Hannah was looking after us. Food was amazing

First time visiting and was blown away. Quality food in a quality venue with a vibrant atmosphere.

Beautiful setting, really enjoyed the experience

Gorgeous breakfast, definitely the best in Monton. The waitress was so lovely and friendly. We sat in the beautiful orangery at the back, but any seating in there was stunning. Looking forward to going back soon

Really nice place, we had a veggie and vegan breakfast that was delicious! The waitress Alex was super lovely. Only feedback would be have a few more vegan options on the menu. 😊

Nice place with a lovely seating area at the rear food was excellent today compliments to the chef would definitely visit again

Great place in Monton for drinks and food. The decor is exceptional. Ruby looked after us in the conservatory, top service.

Beautiful place with good food and excellent service

Beautiful restaurant aesthetic, good food and great service from Ruby the waitress. We will be returning ☺️

Overall visit was extremely enjoyable

So this was our first visit to The Garden Bar. It's absolutely stunning. Every aspect of building was carefully and beautifully designed and executed. It's a work of art. The food was very tasty and plentiful and we even discussed trying the place for lunch one time. Service was very good and then dropped down to adequate. It started strong with being shown to the table. A drinks order was then taken promptly and then a food order followed swiftly. Everything arrived in good time. The problem was at the end of the meal. The dishes were taken and the waitress very kindly brought my left over food back. Then nothing. We waited a 5 minutes before requesting the bill. Then again we had to wait for someone to take payment. In the end I could see 3 members of staff congregating around the till. So I headed for them and presented one with the bill and asked to make payment. Not ideal. The conservatory only had 5 tables in use so it wasn't busy. Overall the staff members were pleasant and helpful but just appeared to get distracted. I would go back to try lunch just be prepared to hunt staff down to pay the bill.

The garden bar was a great experience lovely environment. The service I received was excellent. The food was the absolutely outstanding i had a chicken dinner and it was delicious.

Had a family breakfast, 4 adults for a birthday treat. The food and service was fantastic, very friendly staff and a 2 4 1 breakfast deal as well.

The breakfast was lovely, and the portions were very generous! The staff were also very friendly. We will definitely be back 😊

Pleasantly surprising to find a place with good staff (Hannah) and nice food. Thank you.

Called yesterday for morning coffe, what a fabulous addition to Montons already bustling main street. The coffee was really nice, we shared a fantastic caramel cheesecake were made to feel really welcome with our 9 month old granddaughter. The waiter a young man called Charlie was brilliant, friendly, chatty, attentive but not too intrusive and great with our granddaughter.

We went for a breakfast on a Saturday morning. The service was the best we have had in a long time. We had freshly squeezed orange juice, flat whites and 2 full english. It was all reasonably priced, especially with the 241 breakfast deal. Would definitely go again.

Lovely venue, excellent service. Food and drinks spot on.

fantastic time for our day out, our service from sushi was outstanding, child and autistic child friendly and extremely understanding, highly recommend this restaurant 👍 food, service and atmosphere 5* thankyou to all staff x

Amazing!!! Sushi was amazing !! Thank you !!

Beautiful evening , felt like we were on holiday , lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and we’ll be back xx

Sushi our server was fabulous, attentive, funny and an absolute delight! We will definitely be back.

Lovely food and Sushi was a lovely waitress, place has amazing decor

Beautiful surroundings, great atmosphere Sushi & Tom were extremely friendly, helpful and informative

Fantastic from start to finish with an awesome server Alex who was brilliant!

I came here with my wife for our anniversary, got greeted by the friendly bar staff and he sat us in the dining area. he gave us the menu and water for the table and said the waitress is coming soon to take our orders. there were 4 occupied tables in the dining room (including ours). we waited for 45 minutes without anyone talking to us. the waitress was just stood by the entrance on the till, and occasionally served the tables around us. a new couple came in and got their drinks whilst we were still not even spoken to. I tried to catch her attention so many times, she'd come to the table behind us and not even look at us. I understand if its busy but it wasn't. we felt so horrible and ended up walking out. it's a shame we really wanted to try this place for a long time only to be treated like that.

Great job from Stanley, Andy and Kadie throughout the Euros. Great service and atmos. Thanks a lot guys.

Came in during the morning for what was at the time £1 a coffee between 8-10 (I think) and it was quite busy with a really, really nice friendly girl serving us. Great drinks great deal... Came back the week after and they'd stopped and it was dead. Owners... Dont be greedy and be sensible if you get volume through the door at a quid deal and get nobody through the door without the deal - Bring it back!

From my own experiences having visited a handful of times for coffee, I’m going to have to give it 5 stars. The earlier stages of an F&B business are critical and while there are a significant number of lower scoring reviews based on food and meals, every F&B goes through an adjustment as they gather momentum. Anybody who can make it work in F&B with all the working parts involved will always get my respect and encouragement, and I’m sure The Garden will continue taking the feedback and working on each area. Sitting in the conservatory at the front is a really pleasant experience and is actually better than any other FB in Monton given the thought, design and expense they’ve gone to in order to create as much sound reduction from the road as possible. The decor is stunning and really very clever, not just a few nice features here and there but continuous contemporary finishing throughout. Really routing for The Garden and hope it makes it through the first critical 2 years.

Hannah was amazing!! Made our experience will definitely be back!☺️

Stunning Place Angel was really nice!

Excellent food again and such a beautiful bar and restaurant 😋

A group of us enjoyed a breakfast this morning , delivered with a lovely welcome from Angel & Charlotte 🙏 we ll be back soon 😀

Great afternoon watching the football although Football game was rubbish 🤣🤣🙈🙈. Great place & fit out of the highest level. Really good friendly atmosphere & great service from the staff. Food was wholesome & really nice. Ribs/wings/burgers etc, all lovely.

The way it has been decorated is so beautiful and the room feels so big and airy with all the windows above. The food was delicious and all of the staff were friendly and attentive. I have recommended others also go - mainly to see how beautiful it is.

Amazing place, friendly staff and wonderful owner who came over to check everything was ok. Perfect for brunch.

A gorgeous place for brunch & a catch up with friends. The food is lovely, staff are great and very attentive. A visit from the owner to check how everything was, was a lovely touch. Will definitely be back! X

Great food and service, loved the atmosphere and the music !

was served by a lovely member off staff called ruby she kept checking we were okay.really good service.

First time visiting after recommendation . The place looked wonderful - decor was fantastic and has obviously had a lot of investment . We ate in the lovely airy garden room and chose a steak sandwich with fries . It came well presented but unfortunately the steak was cut into bits and very chewy and full of gristle. Skin on fries were overcooked and tasted very oily . We were going to have dessert but there were only cheesecake options, apple pie and ice cream . Several items on the menu were unavailable so we declined a dessert . A little disappointing overall as it was a treat for my elderly mother .

Nice atmosphere, big portions, food is fresh and tasty. Servers are also nice, thank you :))

First time at The Garden today, Hannah was amazing, great customer service, thank you much, would recommend. Chicken and waffles who knew !! We will be back

POOR SERVICE … I have visited The Garden in Monton twice for food and twice for drinks. The venue is spectacular and the food was Amazing, it’s just a shame that the service lacks the basics and looking back at previous reviews I can see that this is a common problem and each one is very relatable.

Superb Sunday dinner. Excellent service from Ruby & Hannah. Highly recommended

What a lovely restaurant.. warmly greeted by the host. Exciting dishes. Our waitress Lauren was attentive, proffesional and very friendly.

Food was very good. Service was excellent. Ruby was very friendly & calm. Atmosphere was a bit too raucous - people who were not dining were allowed to sit in the restaurant area and so changed the atmosphere. Would have been great to have a more peaceful environment. The surprise birthday prosecco was delightful! Thank you Ruby!