The Pearl Restaurant Bar & Lounge | Indian Restaurant in Manchester in Tameside

Very good and affordable! Can't believe I have never been before. Will be going again

Nice Indian restaurant and cater for large groups so can get quite noisy and have a party atmosphere with its own disco!

No problems at all, we found it reasonably quiet for a Friday evening, the staff were very attentive and the food was excellent. We've visited several times now and it remains one of our favourite Indian restaurants.

Only went in for a drink to meet family and friends, service was good and very reasonably priced.

Amazing venue and food won't go anywhere else for an Indian the staff go above and beyond 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Sorry to the pearl owners but this place has gone downhill,we for a friends 70th birthday and we're left underwhelmed at least 4 of us were left with diarrhea within an hour of leaving the restaurant I for one will definitely not be returning

Been here a few times the food is lovely and the service is good, the only issue is the toilets. They were really filthy, I’m not going into detail but it was all over the walls, seats. In addition the door was broke and didn’t lock and they really need a good clean, this put me off. Luckily I saw the toilets after I’d eaten! Little details like this make a big difference

Starters were ok, main is falsely advertised, ordered Haleem which is hard to find, this should be Mutton/Lamb as advertised on Just eat, what was sent was some disgusting thing made with chicken, phoned restaurant to make sure they didn’t send incorrectly but they said that’s how they make it, shouldn’t be listed for sale if it isn’t made correctly should be listed as chicken with lentils. Restaurant said they would call me back but never did, this was my first time ordering won’t be again.

The food was delicious and the staff were helpful and friendly. I would definitely recommend going to The Pearl restaurant . A great stop if you are on a canal boat.

Lovely place for a curry, food was delicious, service was brilliant and the pricing is perfect. Accommodated to us perfectly, will be returning and would highly reccomend.

3rd July 2024. I was considering giving the Pearl a 2nd chance. I have read through the reviews and I can see there hasn't been an improvement. Sadly I will not be eating here any time in the near future. Party of 3 had a meal on Thursday 27th May 2021. The food was ok. I am giving it a one star because there was no hand soap in the men's or women's toilets or any hand sanitizer available. I reported this to the front desk. Visited the Pearl again on 27th April at 19:40 ish. There was only a few tables occupied. The toilets had been clean until children had tried to wee in to two of the three urinals and missed and weed onto the floor. Someone had used one of the toilets and sadly not bother or was unable to flush the toilet. There was a hand written cleaning rota on the wall. The last entry was 31st March ! Not a great improvement since my last visit.

Had my daughter's hen party here . Fabulous food. Amazing service. Great atmosphere. Staff fantastic . My first time here would definitely recommend and will be back again .Thank you to to everyone x

Been coming here for years. Great food and service.

The curry’s was really watery and food was cold not going to order again

A family gatherings that was well attended. Food, service, and decoration were good.

Wasnt very clean, bathroom was a state and there was a hair in one of our drinks, almost everyone at my table had diarrhoea. The amount of food was good but wasnt very authentic, i whish they would have left the dips for us to mix in the curries.

Absolutely gutted that what used to be one of our favourite places to eat will now be somewhere we don’t come back to. We were seated promptly drinks ordered and then really hurried to make a decision on what we were eating. We just wanted mains and the waiter tutted at us when we didn’t want to order starters etc. The food was nice but not once did the waiter ask us if we needed another drink or anything just kept walking past and blanked us. I was really disappointed with the lack of service considering the waiter was happy to engage with other tables next to us. When the bill arrived hardly anything was itemised , then there was other charges on but nothing written next to it. When I asked the waiter he said it was correct. Just under £100 for four main dishes and one drink each two of which were water. We felt it was such a shame as used to be a really lovely place to come to

Food was superb, staff very attentive. Unfortunately some very noisy obnoxious customers somewhat spoiled a great meal.

Not been for a while, but I will definitely be returning, Quality of the Food is right up there !

EXCELLENT biryani & madras from The Pearl, Audenshaw. Garlic naan lovely and chewy, slightly charred from the oven. Great quality ingredients & cooking. Quick collection and friendly staff. Recommend.

Brilliant restaurant. Service was excellent. The server suggested a curry for me to try and it was delicious. Abdul the server was outstanding and he’s clearly passionate about his job. We will be going back and expect to become regulars

Absolutely amazing food.great service..will definitely be back

The waiter tried ripping us off and the meat didn't taste seasoned. Staff had attitude problems

Lovely restaurant, came here for a birthday celebration and the atmosphere was nice and relaxed, the food was beautiful and waiters were so nice!! Definitely recommend, thanks so much xx

This place is over rated I’ve been here loads of times & came here tonight for a family birthday meal & I won’t be coming back, for one you have to pay for the dips for you poppadoms how bizarre! 2 we waited about 30 minutes for the poppadoms to come out, 3 it took about an hour for our main to come out & it vile, how this place is still open is beyond me!

Had a. Great time with some lovely people

Always a pleasure eating at the pearl .we went as a party of 22 for a 65th birthday and had a fantastic night

Fabulous ambiance. Great staff who go above and beyond. Decor is wonderfully tasteful and the food is even better. Been here before and endeavour to visit again!

Every Mon & Tue with 15% off. Nice curry with lamb and chicken. Naan is also really good. Environment is also good with many parking spaces.

First visit and it didn't disappoint

Cannot recommend this restaurant enough. Went away last Friday. Hadn’t booked so just took a chance and they fitted us in. Great atmosphere great service and the food is amazing. Such a wise choice to choose from. Would highly recommend for small groups or large groups because the night we were there there was a number of families eating

We have been going to the Pearl for years we have had a few family celebrations 18ths 21sts and other big occasions these guys can't do enough they are polite friendly and very professional and the food is belting very tasty I would highly recommend you try it

It's a wonderful place with a decent parking 👌 beautiful ambience

Came here last night for my husbands 70th. There was 28 of us including children. The food was superb, everyone commented how much they enjoyed it, and the staff brilliant, nothing was too much trouble. Making it a fantastic family night out.

Great food..good service. Loved it

Not The Pearl it used to be. No silver serving dishes just on dishes so the food was also cold as well as unauthentic.

Loved it very nice would go again 😀

Excellent evening meal. Hot and spicy and plenty of it. Top notch.

Ordered at 5:30pm. Got the notification that it was out for delivery at 6pm. Order still not here at 7pm. Husband called them, they lied and said the delivery driver was on his way and it would be with us in 10 minutes. 7:30pm - still not here. Absolutely livid and ended up calling to cancel the order. Beyond a joke.

Bad service by all standards. I go with a friend to the place a lot. The last visit was last Saturday. There was a new staff with bad service. There was no menu on the table. A waiter came and asked, “Should I offer you a drink?” and we answered him. He left without hearing or taking the order. We waited for more than half an hour and then left. The receptionist merely said, "I'm sorry." 😡😡😡

Went out with the girls - lovely food had lamb rogan josh very nice!!!

I went here last night for my 23rd birthday got to admit the food was very lovely we got a poppadoms starter , then we had an onion Barge starter , chicken tikka starter and then for our mains we had chicken tikka curry , boiled rice and Bombay potatoes the food was that good that we even left a £5 tip for the staff that work there will deffo return again .

Picked up a takeaway on the way home and it was gorgeous, I popped in through the gap in the fence along the canal to order and pick it up.....but please, if that bush is from your side covering the canal path can you please get rid of it...people are struggling to get by....thanks

Came as a table 3, service was quick and efficient however the food was abit bland and just really cautious with the portions. We'd ordered chilli chicken, a karahi and a bhuna with numerous starters.

A really good local restaurant with reasonable pricing.

Very friendly staff already with a laugh or a smile

Inside, slow service but food is good. Loads of mishaps with order. Tried the Takeout this time.. Takeout...1.5 hours on a Tuesday evening. (late) Then arrived cold. Delivery driver completely at fault. Driver sat outside revving his souped up engine dropping his dump valve until I went out and asked for my food. Tragic ! The Pearl, get better drivers. I don't want to waste £50 on your takeaway again. They offered free order next time but I am not sure if I can be bothered? Thanks for trying though.

Always great service, always great food. Great atmosphere. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Large carpark so never any issues parking. This is how an Indian restaurant should be.

Food orders and food delivery was very slow but the food was very nice

What a fantastic place. The food was outstanding. Very reasonably priced. Shah was a absolute gem. Thanks for the tour.

Birthday celebration, staff couldnt be more attentive. Set menu reasonable priced and plenty of food.

Went with friends for the "all you can eat" meal. Good selection and kept the courses comming

The food was warm (not hot). We were given incorrect advice by staff to encourage over ordering of sundries. We had to turn down poppadoms 5 times before he reluctantly agreed that we did not need to have them, then he insisted that three of us HAD to order three starters and was very put out when Mum declined. They also over-engaged in conversation - bordering on rude and intrusive. The food we got was nothing like as expected. Very tomato based and lacking in spices/flavour. The Butter chicken tasted VERY strange. Chicken Karai is not a tomato dish! Not unpleasant … but NONE was a curry! We eat curry a lot - as Dad was born in Calcutta. We know authentic tastes (but perhaps not from the region where these chefs come from). Portions were vastly different in size. Mine was tiny - and I eat well! Mum’s was HUGE and she eats sparingly. Consistency would be better - or some indication of portion size. I don’t think we’ll eat here again! The garlic naan was good! However - as we left the carpark was filling up … so others must have been luckier than us. This seems like a popular place -given the way it got busy!

Posted previous review a year ago. Not sure what has changed but recently hasn't been the same. Daughter was ill after a meal and recently myself. I eat allot of spicy food so unsure why I didn't feel good afterwards. Venue in urgent need of an update, is it like this behind the scenes & sanitary? Staff are always so attentive, but aside from key people seems to change week on week. A shame as was our go to place. Doesn't seem as busy so maybe others feel the same. Just honest feedback, pains me to say! Absolutely 6*, have loved curry for more years than I can remember and is my go to food. Up and down the country, across the world and these guys hands down do the best chicken tikka pieces, the onion bhaji is good and the service is above usual & appreciated. Attentive, friendly and plenty of staff. Clean, COVID mindful with gloves and atmosphere is correct. Thank you for your service!

Great food service & Menu. Will be back.

Delightful. Good food, excellent service ... Great for all

It's a really professional restaurant with elaborate but modern design, nice atmosphere where you'll eat wonderfully tasty, superbly prepared food. Was well recommended

Dark and gloomy restaurant. The waiters pretend to be busy and very slow even though the restaurant was empty. The food is not bad, but the quality-price ratio is in doubt.

We have been here twice now and both times had great service and wonderful food. Recommend.

Great food at good prices. Travelled from North Wales to eat here again. It's a huge restaurant so there's usually plenty of tables available. Highly recommended

Visited here with friends on a weeknight and was pleasantly surprised! The restaurant is huge. Staff friendly and attentive, service and food good. Good value for money. Will be back!

Updating my original review... We turned up without booking first and had no issue getting a table. The staff were on the ball and we weren't left unattended for long before ordering drinks. The staff member who took our food order was absolutely lovely, especially with our youngest daughter, who commented that she wanted to learn how to make the napkin hats that were on every table. The staff member took the time to show both our daughters (14yo and 19yo) how to make them. Once our 14yo had perfected those, he showed her some other things to make with the napkins while we waited for our food. Both our girls are Autistic however, our 14yo daughter doesn't usually take to strangers very well, but he completely put her at ease and it was lovely to see someone interacting with her like this. Our food came (we ordered 3 lamb tikka pasanda's and 1 chicken angara amongst various sides) and it all looked amazing, however, another staff member commented that he didn't think the lamb pasanda's were the right curries, purely because he couldn't smell the red wine they were cooked with - he must have an excellent sense of smell because he was absolutely right! The correct curries were brought out within a few minutes and everything was perfect. The staff went above and beyond and the food, as always, was fantastic. Highly recommended. 😁

I've been coming to The Pearl for many years, but today I felt compelled to leave a review because of 2 unusual things that happened. Firstly, and maybe most important, the food was excellent. But then it's *always* excellent. So what was different this time? Well, as the server was serving up our mains he recognised from the aroma alone that the order was wrong. You may think this is a bad thing, but no. *Every* person makes mistakes, *every* company. It's how those mistakes are handled that are much more important. So the server, from the aroma alone, had realised the wrong curry had been made. He apologised, returned it to the kitchen and had it replaced urgently (and it was indeed replaced promptly). The 2 curries, the wrong one and the right one, do indeed look almost identical but he spotted it from the aroma. That's impressive. Secondly, and this is even better to me... The gentleman who took our order had noticed that my autistic teenage daughter loved the fancy pattern that they had made with the napkins. She unfolded it to work out how it was done. So after taking our order this absolute delight of gentlemen spent our waiting time very patiently and kindly showing my daughter how to fold napkins in a variety of ways, helping her whilst she memorised the patterns, complimenting her efforts, and *above all else* treating her like an equal. He never spoke down to her, he never belittled her. I genuinely believe he spoke to her and gave her the respect that he would give to his own children. It may seem like the smallest thing, but that meant the world.

Went for my brothers birthday. We had never been before. Staff very welcoming and friendly. Meal was really nice, but quantity was small. DJ and dance floor on the other side of the restaurant.

Food was excellent. Service first class.

Nice service with friendly, attentive staff. Food very good, great lamb chops.

Excellent restaurant, one to remember

Come to the pearl food amazing & the staff friendly & helpful as always

One of the best places to have food. Polite. helpful. Good atmosphere. Would highly recommend. Thanks

A lovely meal, staff extremely pleasant and was very reasonably priced. I will definitely be going back! Well I went back today 17/5/23 and it was beautiful- looking forward to the next visit 🙂

Lovely food and the staff are always very attentive. Eat here at least once a week.

Food decent, but staff rude rushed and poor service I'm afraid. I've been here in the past quite a lot and always loved it but this time the building is looking shabby the toilets were all blocked and we just felt really looked over and a bit put out by the staff. Shame

Our 2nd visit when in the area, really nice place, great food, reasonably priced, polite and helpful staff. We will visit again...

We loved the food been a few times now never been let down by food and service thank you

Always perfect food , service always great , well recommended , best food come here :) , Jamie & Family

A big thankyou to the Pearl for making our golden wedding anniversary party special. Food was fantastic and the service was brilliant. The staff were polite and friendly would highly recommend this place they go out of their way to make sure your evening is special many thanks.

We came to the pearl on 23rd March 23 after winning the mother's day competition and what can I say absolutely outstanding as always. Both starters and mains was delicious. Highly recommended. The staff are always lovely and friendly and can't do enough for you. We didn't have long to wait between meals. A very enjoyable evening.

We had great expectations of this place as I had read some good reviews. The building is nice and the service excellent. There were 5 of us dining and 4 of us had different choices. The special balti looked great. Tasted good and was worth it. The other 3 types of dishes, in all honesty looked and tasted the same. They were all very 'pink' and were very sweet. We had 2 x Goan fish curry, 1 x pasanda and a tikka masala. The only food from these dishes that was eaten was the pasanda as that was expected to be really sweet. The rest were left. We tasted each others and there was no difference in any of our dishes other than the meat/fish. I will not be back as I got the impression they just fobbed us off with the same type of sauce for all our dishes.

Friendly staff and managers. Best food ever. Always busy. Recomend it.

Tasteful experience and very relaxed ambiance. The staff was extremely polite. Totally recommended.

Exceptional food and service is 1st class !!

Food was very fresh and tasty, great atmosphere. Would definitely return and recommend

Banger bigger portions needed but food quality was mega

Good service, great food and lovely hygiene. Would recommend .

Really disappointed with the take away. Been numerous times in the past and ate in the restaurant which has been absolute stunning. Advised 45 mins before pick up. Arrived 40 mins and it was ready, which was unusual. By time I went home (5-10mins round corner) it was all pretty cold. Starter of chicken pakora nice but cold. Chicken chat puri bread was really hard and inedible. Mixed tandoori starter nice. Mains if murgh mossalam pretty poor. Chicken breast? Not sure about that. More like under cooked thigh meat because it was really tough. There was also yoghurt on the chicken!? Not nice at all. Again the entire dish was cold. Other main dish was garlic chicken. That was okay but again on the cold side. Sundries all cold bar the naan breads. Overall wouldn’t order a take away again. Restaurant needs to advise realistic times to pick up food instead of worst case and letting it go cold. Plus also needs to QA the food.

We are regulars at the Pearl and we have to admit the food is absolutely outstanding. The restraint itself is extremely clean and hygienic and very tastefully decorated. What makes this restaurant so delightful is the friendliness of the staff and the way they present themselves, especially George who is there to greet you on arrival, with is courtesy and professionalism. A classy restaurant that provides everything including special moments. Keep up the good work. Sarah and Edd xx

Great Christmas meal, will definetly do it again... Definetly recommend to anyone considering Christmas Meal or New Year's Meal or any other function

Ordered 3 takeaway meals last night(26.12.2022.) 2 were great but the 3rd was supposed to be a chicken rogan josh(madras hot) there was lots of large pieces of " hard "chicken with no sauce.The tub which it came in was only 1/2 full compared to the other 2 meals,I guess because somebody forgot to put in the sauce. We paid over£40 for this food and was so disappointed. I don't want a refund but wanted to inform you of our disappointment.

Love this place you've got to try it

Loved the food staff were brill nothing to much trouble been few times and defo go again

Fabulous night Food amazing. Drinks not to expensive. Love the disco. Made our staff night out the best ever.

Brilliant ,absolutely delicious 😋. 1st class service. Would definitely dinne again .

Tasty food, nice n fresh. Really good service. A must try Indian!

Nice experience. Delicious food

What an amazing place highly recommend.

Liked the taste of grilled food.

Nice place staff friendly and polite when you see them. Service not good as waited to long after we finished our starters took long for the plates to be cleared and 30 minutes later the main meal came which was very nice just need to improve on the service but would still go again

Great food and a nice restaurant and attentive staff. Sometimes the staff seem in a rush to get you in and out which is understandable but sometimes you want to take your time between courses. Instead of being in and out in an hour.

Very good meal everything was spot on .. will go back again highly recommend 👌

Review edit We'd dined here a couple of times before and really enjoyed it. We agreed we could see and taste the quality and regarded the venue as one of the very finest locally. Hence 5 stars. On yesterday's visit however, an incident occurred which made my wife lose her appetite. These things do happen I've literally forgiven the Indian Ocean for worse. But it was compounded by a couple of features in the inexperienced seeming staff response that could be described as repeatedly unfortunate at very best or dubious/suspicious at the other end of a seemingly more accurate spectrum. We're a bit disturbed now and not wanting to go into all of the details given the unfortunate wider circumstances here right now. Usually I would eventually give a second chance here even though I'd be extra circumspect on this occasion given what I observed. But frankly it doesn't appear that my wife will. That's maybe a shame. 3 stars amendment feels overly generous, I may amend pending response, be warned likely downwards, but on balance it may be what best overall reflects.