Zaytoon in Manchester

Visited on a quiet night mid week great staff, great food, owner/chef is a lovely affable chap. As we waddled out reflecting on the generous portion sizes........

Always great service and delicious, freshly cooked food. Kofte amazing as is the moutabal and falafel - all home made. Nice glass of red too.

My husband and I decided to try Zaytoon for my birthday. It did not disappoint. The food was delicious and plentiful. We had the shared Meze for two. The portion size was massive, more for 3 than 2 and worth every penny! We could even box it up and bring home! Staff were attentive but not over bearing. We are not local to the area so were on the look out for the restaurant from the car. The only thing I can recommend is having clear lighting for the restaurant sign so it is easier to find. We will definitely return!

My family and I have been coming to Zaytoon for years and it's always brilliant. Lovely staff and amazing food.

Great place! Great food! Owner is really welcoming and helpful with portion sizes! Will be back

Lovely lamb chops and sea bream. George is a great chef and host.

A great food , reasonable prices and a great service & hospitality ❤️

We had the prawns, the grilled fish and lamb skewers and everything was delicious. Highly recommend and we’ll be visiting again!

Ah, now, this was special. Kind and courteous owner and staff. If you love olives, talk to the owner :-) Beautifully cooked food. The moussaka was delicious, as were the lamb chops both with a lovely salad covered in wonderful sumak. So good we'll be back very soon indeed.

We loved everything, food was fresh, tasty and varied. Portions were big and generous. Service and welcome were warm, friendly and creative with nice touch by printing your name and smiley emoji on the slip at the table. Amazing place. Can't recommend it high enough. 😀👍🌟

Best falafel I’ve ever had! Fresh and warm. My boyfriend also said it was the “best lamb I’ve had in years”. Lovely staff, superb service. The chef took the time to come out and ask every table after their starters whether everything was ok and they had enjoyed it. The waiter couldn’t have been more helpful too. We will definitely be coming back!

Consistently high quality and good value. A family run restaurant, with friendly service and very generous portions. The grilled fish is outstanding and the lamb chops are also cooked perfectly. The restaurant is small and serves from 6pm to 8.30pm, so best to book or arrive at 6pm. Thanks so much to George and the team for such lovely food.

The chef loves what he does and it shines through in all that comes from the kitchen. Service was excellent, happily accommodating minor variations and very attentive. Every dish was on point, the fish and chicken shawarma were outstanding. The salad was fresh and generous. Thank you !

The Food and the Service were excellent. It is a very small restaurant, but one that we will definitely go back to many times. Fresh Food, cooked and served very well. Highly Recommended by someone who leaves very few Reviews, and only when 100% worthy of a 5 Star Review !!

We had a delightful time. Such a nice atmosphere and great service

Excellent meal with three friends , lovely fresh food and attentive staff- bring cash

Very pleasant, service was excellent. Food was lovely, first time trying Lebanese food super. The food was a different experience but very enjoyable.

Lovely attentive staff who went the extra mile to ensure we had a wonderful experience. Couldn’t fault the food or service, would highly recommend. Thank you Zayroon 😀

Definition of hidden gem. Been here several times now and the food is ridiculously delicious, and the father and daughter that run the place are lovely

Always amazing. Very friendly staff. Super generous on the portion size

Food was amazing, service and staff so warm and welcoming. Fantastic family owned restaurant!

There are lots of good places to eat in Chorlton, but this place really stands out. The food is delicious and the owner is clearly passionate about the food he serves. Excellent value for money and faultless service.

Very good food, we had lamb and falafel. The food was very tasty and portions were large. The staff were very nice and overall price was great. In other restaurants you pay more to get half portions. We LL be back many times

Proper disgusting. Found some hair in my food. Sent it back. Owner came running out of the kitchen and basically said it wasn't any of their staff and accused us of planting in the food. Didn't even ask if I wanted anything else. Beef was v tough and chewy. My chicken had hair in. Rice tasted like microwave packet stuff.

Incredible staff, really tasty food and amazing portions!

Bloody lovely! food was stunning so flavoursome great atmosphere! really caring and attentive as well. Really enjoyed my visit and can't wait to come back and eat again. Lovely outside area also would be perfect sat there in the summer!

Lovely service with a family vibe. Food was excellent. Great for sharing as a pair or a group. Hummus is so tasty.

Great food and service only a small restaurant so maybe best to book. We shared the meat platter between 3 it's £45 but there's lots to enjoy. I'll be visiting again

Fantastic atmosphere, family run business with delicious food and very friendly staff 🇱🇧

Had an impromptu Tuesday date night with my husband. All round excellent experience. The service was spot on - friendly and welcoming. You can tell the owner takes pride in what he does. The food was delicious and unbelievable value. Wouldn't hesitate to visit again to try out the specials.

Recently tried Lebanese food whilst on holiday & loved it wanted to try something closer to home. Not at all disappointed with food or service. The girl serving was really helpful & knowledgeable. She genuinely seemed interested in each customer, the chef came out himself to check on each table. A small restaurant with great service. Will 100% recommend this place and book ahead as several walk ins had to be turned away as fully booked.

Excellent authentic Lebanese food. Top stuff! I've tried all Lebanese restaurants in Manchester multiple times, and I can say this is the best one in terms of food. Will definitely go again and again Keep up the excellent work!

Lovely little place with lovely authentic food with great service from father and daughter.

Very nice food. Lovely owner and staff

Lovely people, delicious food. It's great.

Lovely homemade food! Really friendly service. Would definitely go back!

We've been coming here for years and it never fails. Sometimes you find this little gem and everything just clicks. Contacting Zaytoon is easy, service is superb and without fail on the highest possible level, atmosphere is that of visiting friends for an intimate dinner and the food is always fresh, cooked to order and sourced locally and daily. I cannot honestly think of a better place to celebrate a special occasion with your family and friends, or just to come by and have a casual meal. Prices are amazing and you are looking for c. £25-£30 per person (food and drinks), but you'll always leave with your stomach full to the brim. Honestly, if you can, arrange transport home after a meal, because the portions are so big and so delicious that you won't be able to stop yourself from eating and all you'll want to do after is just go to bed and sleep content. Thank you Zaytoon for always making us feel welcome and for holding such high standards in the time of chain restaurants and overall mediocrity. May your doors never close!

Amazing little spot, delicious food with a lovely family run feel that was incredibly welcoming - will definitely be back. I can see why this gem is so highly rated!

Absolutely brilliant and genuine place such a little diamond lovely people and great food

Anitger great meal here, family run, friendly owner, amazing trading food big portions, great value

Very nice people serving delicious food. I highly recommend this people and all the dishes. Portions are generous and they are great for sharing. Just a heads up: You need to pay either by cash or bank transfer.

#RecommendedbySollyDj Place has a really good vibe. The gentleman who took our order and the waiter who served us were really nice. We tried several dishes and everything tasted really good. To an Indian person who likes spice, this is mild and full of flavour. I loved the moussaka and the tabbouleh. The platter was ginormous and good thing there were 8 people to eat one veg and one meat platter. Parking is free and on the side roads.

Delicious food. We opted for a Meze for 2 between 3 of us, and it was plenty of food! Very tasty indeed.

Excellent Service as always & Large Food Portions.

This is both the tastiest and most entertaining place to eat.

Good food lovely time with family and friends

Excellent service and excellent quality food.

This is one of my favourite spots in chorlton! The owner and chef George is a lovely man and well worth the trip down just for him and the service is top notch, you feel like part of the family! Special thank you to the waitress Stephanie for the amazing service! The food is the best Lebanese food I have ever had and would highly recommend the mezze plater and the prawn starter, they are just too good! Would highly recommend to everyone I meet! I will note it’s best to book as it is always packed out and you’re going to want to get a table to try their food cause it just that good!

Best restaurant in Chorlton. Family run restaurant that makes amazingly tasty food at extremely reasonable prices. Lovely atmosphere.

Simply stunning food, all prepared fresh and served in a beautiful and welcoming family run restaurant. I can't wait to go back, the lamb was the best I've ever had, and the starters are wonderful too.

Absolutely amazing food, you get so much for your money! Waitress / owners daughter was so friendly and the chef came out and spoke to us too, thought this was really nice. Lovely family owned business definitely recommend! Loads of options for vegetarian!! Thank you!

Simple wonderful food by a passionate chef...

This is a wonderful family-run restaurant with lovely food, reasonable prices and large portions. All is freshly prepared, and the friendly service makes for a great night out.

Went for dinner here when visiting friends. Seems to be family run, everyone was lovely and welcoming. Shared the meat mezze. Very filing potion size for 3 people, very fair pricing. It had halloumi, falafel, grilled chicken , koftas, lamb chops, houmous, plenty to choose from! Everything was delicious. The only thing I wasn’t fond of was the lamb chops, a bit tough for me. We left absolutely stuffed, lovely wine as well.

Really loved it here. The waitress and chef were lovely, huge portions and could really taste the quality. Best Lebanese I've tried. Not as cheap as I've had in the past but the quality wins hands down. 10/10

Really great food, all the staff are lovely. It's always booked up so call in advance to reserve a table. We usually get the veg platter which is huge! Along with some mains but my favorite is the moussaka.

There are few places where I've enjoyed such a fantastic dining experience. A true family run business, with heart and soul poured into every dish •Every dish was perfectly cooked and incredibly flavoursome with excellent, healthy portion sizes. The mezze platters are especially worth ordering to share, and the daily specials were mouth-wateringly delicious. I honestly didn't want to stop eating •Open kitchen, so you can see the attention and dedication going into the preparation of every meal •Friendly attentive service and great atmosphere Be prepared to wait a little if you are a large group as the owner is the sole chef, but you will not be disappointed. Every single person in our group has sworn to visit again, and I for one, will be a regular. A real hidden gem. Best restaurant in Manchester

Proper family run restaurant, amazing food with amazing portion sizes. A real gem - I had a lovely time here, everyone was kind and welcoming. An absolute must-visit if you are eating in this area

Visited with family down from Scotland as we've eaten at Zaytoon before and enjoyed the food. Food on this visit was again great and super tasty. Food cooked perfectly and portions massive. Family run business and the girls who work there are friendly and very accommodating.

Amazing food, great atmosphere, sensible prices and impeccable service. What's not to like.

Manchester Finest brought us here and it didn’t disappoint. Lovely greeting and atmosphere. Food was delicious and made with love. Would definitely recommend Dave and Magda

Absolutely amazing food and service. George and his daughter Stephanie could not do enough for us! Thank you guys! Definitely be back soon 👍👍

Amazing food and service at zaytoon. The seabream was superb. Also given a complementary baklava desert which was very nice. Highly recommended.

Friendly and helpful as always. Excellent food, freshly prepared and served with a smile.

Lovely little restaurant, staff are very welcoming and chatty. Food was amazing and excellent value, so nice to try something different. Highly recommend.

Amazing shawarma and sharing platter alongside lovely, friendly service. Thoroughly enjoyed our evening at Zaytoon, we’ll be back 🤩.

Super-delicious food, friendly atmosphere and service, and great BIG portions! 100% recommend. The Shawarma? To die for.

This my second time in this Restaurant and I absolutely love it food taste amazing and very good service Very helpful with the order and good advice for the order And when the receipt come I really surprised was expect a lot more than that 100% recommended Thank you so much George

Excellent food good customer service

We went here tonight after a recommendation. The food was absolutely amazing and huge portions. The staff were polite and George the chef came over a few times to check on us. It was busy but still we could not fault the service or the food. We will definitely be back. What a beautiful little gem of a restaurant !

Fantastic food. An absolute treat!!

Fantastic food and hospitality!!!

Great food and friendly staff. The food is extremely authentic and the portions are good. Will go back again. Rack of lamb and fish is a must!

Family run restaurant with an amazing selection of middle eastern food. Great quality and super friendly staff. Best spot in town for Lebanese food by far.

Great platter, generous portion, was absolutely stuffed and satisfied, took some home.

Food here is amazing, very fresh and tasty!

Incredible falafel - absolutely would recommend.

This restaurant is fabulous. I went last night and had the sharing meat mezze with one other person. It would probably be the perfect amount for 3 people but we polished off as much as we could and took leftovers home for lunch today 😍 the food was faultless and the chef/restaurant owner was so lovely and gave us some free baklava and choccies to finish off our evening (he said someone had bought them for him that morning and he’d almost finished the whole box so needed some help with them 😂) anyway I would highly recommend. Food, service and atmosphere all excellent. You can tell this small business is close to the owners heart and we need to support more local independents like this one! I will certainly be back ❤️

Wow! Amazing food and amazing service, warm, riendly and welcoming atmosphere. .. Highly recommended.. We will be back ☺️

Brilliant food. Even greater staff. Recommended 👌👍

Having lived in Chorlton for 3 years I can say this is easily the best restaurant in town alongside Bar San Juan. We visit regularly and the food is always amazing - the dips, the meats, the fish, everything - portion sizes too. It blows other places like Jasmine out of the water. What’s also great is that it’s an independent family run restaurant and George, Nat and the family are the most welcoming and lovely people you could wish to meet. Top drawer.

Amazing food as always, only topped by the service of George in the kitchen and Natalie front of house. Excellent

Absolutely amazing! Not the longest menu in captivity, but if you can't find at least a starter and a main that will blow you away, there's no hope for you. Delightful staff (all one of her) and the chef is a lovely guy. The food is fresh, beautifully prepared and very nicely presented. Prices are silly cheap. Wine selection is a bit limited, but after the second bottle, who cares? Very highly recommended.

Amazing food and service. We will definitely going back. On our list to continuing trying all the menu🤗

Fantastic food, amazing service - they really make you feel valued. 110% would recommend to anyone. A proper family run feel throughout.

Lovely to be out and about again. Zaytoon was friendly and brilliant quality, really enjoyed it!

Disappointed - heard rave reviews about this place. Called up to book a table but wasn't hopeful, they said it was a quiet night (Tuesday) and to just walk in. When we turned up an hour later at 8pm, they told us they had closed for the night! I can't comment on the food as we never got to try it.

Thank you Natalie and George for the amazing food as always !! I definitely recommend for any occasion. glad to be back !!

Great find excellent food . Family run friendly very helpful. Highly recommend 5 stars from all of us xx

Really fresh food; particularly the fish which was delicious. Best Lebanese restaurant in Manchester; will definitely go more often. Friendly service which was much appreciated.

Having wanted to visit Zaytoon for a while, we spied our chance on a Sunday evening while they had some spare tables. Our waitress was really friendly and kept an eye on us throughout, making sure everything was nice for us, and that we had everything we needed. Our food was absolutely gorgeous - we hadn't quite expected that our unplanned evening ut was going to go so well! The fish I had was cooked to perfection and the lamb steak which my parter had was also cooked exactly as he had asked. It was a really nice touch when the chef came out to us to say hello and check everything was as we wanted too. We also had some complementary baklava at the end of the meal which was a lovely gesture. We didn't hesitate to leave a tip and we are so pleased to find a new local gem so close to home! Thank you again and we will be back soon!

So much delicious food, amazing value for money and wonderful hospitality. Can't wait to visit again when you're back up and running!

We got the meeze box and it was absolutely delicious. They need to keep these on the takeaway menu as they are such good value.

Absolutely recommend this restaurant, we got the take out mezze plater and everything about it was fantastic. It was fresh and clearly all homemade. Can't wait to visit properly once lockdown has been lifted. 10/10

First time visit for a takeaway at this gem of a place. Lockdown means they’re doing fixed takeaway menu only and it didn’t disappoint. Mixed grill - lamb & chicken skewers, kofta and shawarma, homous, halloumi, salad and falafel, cooked and dressed perfectly. Huge portion, amazing value for £20. It seems they have a wait list which doesn’t surprise me - get on it if you can. Simple concept, executed with real soul by this big-character father-daughter team. I look forward to trying to get a table once they re-open the restaurant.

Booked a slot to collect a take away box Chose fish because I know from eat in days this man knows how to cook fish to perfection It didn't disappoint sea bass and salads Pitta and humus Gorgeous Might try the meat box next weekend

Estamos pidiendo comida para recoger de Zaytoon la mayoría de las semanas como nuestro regalo del sábado por la noche, y no podemos recomendarlo lo suficiente. Para cualquiera que haya comido aquí en el pasado, la lubina es exactamente como la que obtendría en el restaurante (en otras palabras, deliciosa) y muy buena relación calidad-precio en 15. El plato de carne (20) y el meze de verduras (20) vienen con un montón de ensalada, halloumi a la parrilla y falafel. El crítico anterior que dijo que el plato de carne alimentado a una familia de cuatro fue perfecto. El meze de verduras es más que suficiente para alimentarnos a los dos durante dos noches. Zaytoon es una joya del sur de Manchester, dirigida por gente encantadora, y es genial ver cómo se han adaptado a las restricciones de COVID.

Delicious!!!! Can't wait to try the mezza platter again!

Amazing food and service and the current platters available are great value

Stopped by on the off chance and the owners let us order a takeaway meat platter, and we eat it on the terrace outside. The tastiest food with the best service, couldn't have been happier, two adults two kids left fulfilled