Zizzi - Manchester Corn Exchange in Manchester

Really nice and chilled atmosphere.The food was gorgeous although I didn't quite manage to eat all the Calzone Pollo Spinaci,(too much for me)thank you to Georgia for being an excellent host.

Tash was amazing, great service, great speed, so friendly. Had an amazing time.

We had a wonderful time celebrating a birthday. To our surprise, table was ready with birthday decorations and a card from Zizzis team. Food was absolutely scrumptious, yummy drinks were flowing we finished with a wonderful Happy Birthday cake. Absolutely loved the experience and really grateful for such wonderful attention to detail.

lauren was very kind and helpful

Lauren was fab, very personable and genuine. made an effort to make us feel welcome!! thankyou Lauren (:

We had a lovely dining experience, thanks in large part to Georgia. She was incredibly attentive and seemed to anticipate our needs before we even had to ask. Her friendly demeanor and professionalism truly elevated our evening. Georgia went above and beyond, exceeding all expectations. We’ll definitely be back—and asking for her again

Food was absolutely lovely. However the service was next to nothing. We waited 45 minutes for the food when there was only a couple of tables. The seats were all ripped and the foam showing. The toilets were absolutely disgusting, sanitary bins were overflowing. We had to wait to use the toilet elsewhere…. 10 minutes down the road to weatherspoons which were immaculate.

Nice food, but not a good experience overall. The member of staff who welcomed us rolled his eyes when I asked for a gluten free menu (due to having coeliac disease). Although I had explained that I needed the gluten free food for a medical reason, this felt very much like my requirements were being dismissed and mocked, which was a bad start to the meal! We then had to wait 15 minutes for someone to take our drinks order, and it then took quite a while for the drinks to arrive too. Starters arrived promptly and were tasty, but then it took a long time for the main meals to arrive. When they did, they were only warm, and my friend found a hair in her food too. In fairness, the waitress (who was a different person to who welcomed us) did take a lot of care to talk through the gluten free options, but I had a bad taste in my mouth from being, essentially, laughed at earlier. During the time we were there, one other table left as their order hadn’t been taken about 20 minutes after arriving, and another table was complaining about the wait times too. Once we had asked for the bill, we waited for another 15 minutes or so, then gave up to go and find someone to pay! Nice food, but only go if a) you have a lot of time and b) don’t have any dietary requirements! Also quite an expensive meal, especially one where I felt let down and laughed at.

My husbands Pizza was cold, very little topping and tasteless

Fantastic meal and excellent service with a friendly smile from Georgia. A pleasure, thank you

It was an amazing experience highly recommend

Nicola was fantastic, friendly and super fast service

Great food, very quick service despite it being busy! Friendly staff

Aleks was great and the service was perfect as always. Thank you!

Alex was great, very personable.

Very good, friendly environment

Great food and good service . The only downside was the mint tea I ordered . It was effectively hot water with a few mint leafs, no sign of tea . You are contravening the goods description act . By definition it should have tea of some description with it . What a waste of £2.95 . Daylight robbery 😡

starter took over 40mins to come and the waiters felt very distant… atmosphere was mid and ended up regretting coming in as one of the main meals was completely missed off the order!! not coming again to be honest!

They don't have enough staff. You have to wait for long ordering, food serving, even paying bills.

Nicola was absolutely phenomenal with her service 10/10 every time . Definitely coming back

We had a great meal. Georgia was a very helpful server and the staff were also very helpful. We had a lovely time

Portion size was small but service was good

had to wait 15 minutes for someone to notice us . then had to wait half hour to get served. our drinks order was wrong food came before drinks . will not be back

Just a great day overall but this made it excellent! The food was immaculate and loved the staffs kind and soft tone. The vibes were amazing and would a hundred percent come again! Just going to say again how lovely the food was! My tastebuds we’re blessed. I’m recommending this place for my brothers next trip to Manchester!

The gluten free options were amazing and Georgia gave fantastic service!

Excellent food, friendly staff, convenient place and located near tram and bus-station and in the vicinity to Victoria station.

We wanted to eat a proper, warm and good dinner in a group of 6 people, unfortunately we received very small portions of pasta and cold ones, the pasta was waiting for us on the counter for about 5/7 minutes and waiting for one of the girls to hurry up and bring the dish to the table (the restaurant was practically empty) when it was brought, unfortunately the pasta was already cold, apart from the fact that there was a hair in one of the carbonara. The girl who took the order was very nice, but unfortunately the girl who later brought us the dish and settled the bill was very rude. The dishes did not correspond to the price. Maybe as tourists we were not welcome, but we deserved respect, next time we visit Manchester we would definitely not visit again.

What a lady Alex. Had a great meal thanks to her service, class.

the food was tasty and nice, the place amazing, the staff very kindly and polite

Went for a quick date here and, as always, had amazing food with amazing service! One of the lovely members of staff that served us was Aleksandra- very kind, helpful. We were also served by a manager and another member of staff, both of whom were incredibly lovely. Thank you!

Great service, friendly, and helpful

Took a while for our order to be taken, and for the food to come out for a table of two, even though uber eats & delivery drivers were in and out quite quickly for take out orders, I do think they should have focused more on the peoples orders in the restaurant in as opposed to filling takeout orders. It appeared the restaurant were understaffed & couldn’t cope which resulted in us witnessing staff turning customers away. The staff were polite, welcoming and apologetic about the wait time, the food was good, but we were in there longer than we wanted to be so it hindered the experience.

Just what we needed after a busy morning shopping, we were well looked after and the food came just as we wanted. Will go again.

Staff very attentive and helpful (served by Tash).

Love visiting Manchester Corn Exchange. Always great service and today was no different. Lauren really looked after us and nothing was too much trouble. She is the definition of service with a smile

Excellent food as always, and lovely service. Thanks to Alex and the team.

Friendly helpful staff. Thank you Lauren!

Lauren was an amazing waitress and provided great service.

Perfect service and lovely food!!! Our waitress Lauren was lovely and super attentive, the carbonara was 10/10 I would really recommend, we will be back!!!:)

Ate here with family and had a wonderful experience. Food was amazing as always! Loved trying some of the newer dishes too. The chorizo and mozzarella bombe is one I’ll definitely have again. Service was brilliant. Lauren was so attentive and great with the kids. Couldn’t have asked for more from her.

We had the pleasure of being served by Alex tonight. From the moment we sat down, she greeted us with a warm smile and made us feel incredibly welcome :)

We had the lovely Alex serve us the other day. She was so sweet and accommodating to my friends and I. It was mine and my best friends birthday and she decorated our table for us upon arrival, which was really thoughtful and we really appreciated it! Thank you Alex for giving us a wonderful time x

Georgia and Kasey served us very well. Good to talk to them. Good food and atmosphere. Looking forward to next time.

Georgia was amazing so friendly couldn’t do enough for ya! Will be back for that service alone

Fantastic meal, thank you very much! Our server Nicola was especially lovely and all the team were super helpful. I've had mixed experiences of zizis in the past but this time was definitely the best 😊

Came on Sunday afternoon, shown to a table and main and desserts came quickly after ordering and were lovely. Libby our waitress was very attentive and polite. All in all, an enjoyable visit.

Had a lovely time at Zizzis and our server Georgia was very nice & attentive.

our server georgia was amazing. really welcoming and friendly.

Esther was amazing! Super friendly and fast service

Great food great service from Alex! Looked after us from start to finish

Not our local Zizzis, we're from Lincoln. Chose to eat here because they're on Tastecard. Loved the interaction with Nicola. She met us on arrival armed with menus and was friendly, polite and interactive. I ordered the spinach calzone which was brought to the table piping hot and arrived in about 10 minutes. Fabulous plate with so much meat filling. All in all, I'd highly recommend this Zizzi restaurant, the ambient low light created a lovely atmosphere, the food was outstanding and another shoutout to Nicola, she clearly enjoys working for Zizzi which showed in the way we were served and everyone else that came in during our visit.

Georgia is AMAZING 5 ⭐ for such a lovely lady. Professional, polite, funny and friendly Love this restaurant and never had any problems with food or staff 🙌🏼💛💫

Our server Alex, was very friendly and attentive. Would highly recommend!

Lois who looked after us was absolutely brilliant! Really friendly and helpful, and saved the day by giving us a bag to put my new dress in when the bag I had broke! 🤗💖

Terrible service for a so called well known Restaurant. Just turned away for food even though there were tables sat and not busy. Claimed to be shutting due to maintenance yet their kitchen was busy, open and we could see them making pizzas! After a great weekend in Manchester you were the worst part. Do not recommend.

We ate on a Wednesday evening. Poor service overall, had to wait to be seated - too busy on phone to supplier and seemingly short staffed. Restaurant ambience ruined by takeaway delivery drivers coming in and out & poor music choice Had a long wait to order food & drink and not enough staff to deliver drinks whilst waiting.

Zizzi, Manchester Corn Exchange has a lovely ambience but unfortunately it took three attempts for our food to actually arrive at the temperature it should have been! Twice both meals were cold, after waiting over an hour for the third attempt, finally our meals were piping hot! Just ashame my prawns had been cooked three times over, but at least my pasta was fresh! Warm white wine is not very pleasant as apparently their was none in the fridge! I must say though, our server was "Wonderful!" Zara is her name & she saved the evening! What a polite, well mannered young lady she really is! All credit to her, she completely turned a disaster into a pleasant meal!

Went to Zizzi last night and we were served by Jess! We come to Zizzi Corn Exchange regularly and all of the staff in there are amazing but Jess just went above and beyond to make us all smile and was so accommodating for everything we needed 😊 Great food as always! Thank you for a lovely night and we will definitely be back soon. ❤️

Booked a table and as we walked up to the reception desk I asked if we were ok to use Tesco vouchers on a Sunday, waitress said yes and gave us the menus. We then ordered three lots of three course meals from the menus the same waitress had given us and she took the orders no problem. Then when we came to pay a different waitress said we couldn’t use the Tesco vouchers on the three course menus and so it ended up costing more to split back to individual items. We also didn’t get any of the pasta chips that are supposed to come with each meal, despite other diners getting there’s automatically. Not a problem if the Tesco vouchers can’t be used on the three course menus, but all staff should know this and the waitress should have told us this when we order and we would have ordered differently. £125 for three people in Zizzi is a bit steep in my opinion. Left feeling a bit annoyed and duped.

I took my daughter and my 4 month grandson to Zizzi’s on 4th March 2025 for lunch. We were served by Nicola who told us they only had one chef working so it would be 25 minutes for food. We were ok with that as the baby needed changing and we just wanted to catch our breath. We ordered a drink and also our food and had the lunch offer. I have to say it took a while to realise that Nicola was the only person on waiting duty and there were more than half a dozen tables including a big group table. We could not fault the service or the food. They made it all look so easy despite there only being two of them working. We had a dab lunch, food was really great and Nicola was awesome! Thanks for a lovely lunch experience. 😀

I went to eat at Zizzi, the place is very nice, and the food was delicious. They have gluten-free pasta and pizza, which is a plus because one of my relatives is celiac. The only complaint is that the restaurant was almost empty, with only 3 or 4 tables at most, and they took a long time to bring us the food.

Great food and superb service. Can’t thank Natalia enough for making our experience special! She was amazing and very accommodating.

Great downstairs eatery, sadly hard to see if it open. We only found it because some brave customers tried the door. The service is fab the food is exactly what to expect from a food chain. Loved the primavera pizza.

I had a lovely Calzone! And great service form Lois!

Came in this afternoon for a lovely pizza served by Lois who was very attentive and made sure we were well taken care of! Would recommend asking for a booth if available! Will be returning when I am back in Manchester.

Had a lovely meal at Zizzis . Lois was our waitress and she made the whole experience so enjoyable. She was very friendly and provided great service. Would recommend :)

We were seated relatively quickly , the service was really good and the food was well cooked and seasoned. Overall I really enjoyed my experience here and would definitely recommend xx

was served by lois today! she was absolutely lovely and very helpful

Zara was brilliant! Really accommodating for gluten and dairy free allergies and was super polite and helpful :)

Lovely servers with a nice environment. Food is amazing as always!

my waitress Lois was wonderful and very attentive. My lasagne was delicious!!

Our waitress Lois was lovely and really made the experience for us. Will defo recommend xx

Food was delicious and well cooked. Service was very good. Server was Ester

great service and food staff are lovely

Lauren was a great server we had a lovely time

Delicious food, lovely atmosphere and fabulous and friendly staff. Thank you to the manager, Nicola for sorting out a small error with the bill so quickly and efficiently. We'll definitely be back!

Observer, Jess, was attentive, polite, efficient and great with our toddler

We booked at Zizzi’s for the first time. There was a pleasant welcome & the service & food were outstanding. We will certainly go again. We were served by Georgia 😊

Excellent service, everything was perfect, extremely impressed with our waitress Jess went above and beyond to help.

Four of us were out for a meal at Zizzi’s (Corn Exchange). Whilst the restaurant was packed, this did not delay service or let the quality of food slip! We really enjoyed everything! The lemon drizzle martini was delicious and we even stayed for desert! Raspberry Collins cheese cake & Honeycomb cheesecake. Zara was brilliant and worked hard.

Wouldn’t recommend. We had a table for 6, but it was small and cramped and in a draughty location. Every time the front door opened for delivery drivers coming and going we were freezing. Food was decent, but service was average - they were alow taking orders. Despite not being all that busy, food came out sporadically and not at the same time. Drinks orders sat for ages on the bar, and we had to remind the staff to get them.

Georgia provided great service and was very friendly. Restaurant was very accommodating, and called me for a last minute cancellation

georgia was fab, 5 stars for her ⭐️

Really enjoyed our meal and drinks, the waitress, Georgia, was lovely and very helpful!

served by lauren, she was very welcoming and very helpful. Thank you, we had a lovely night 😃

Georgia the waitress was so lovely our food was really good she was kind and friendly and related to us about our struggles booking aquarium tickets at half term , she’s the best waitress at zizzis Manchester :)

We came to zizzi’s tonight for valentine’s day, the service was absolutely amazing and the servers were all so lovely, our waitress was Lauren T and she was amazing, i have a nut allergy and she was amazing at providing me with information and taking everything so seriously about allergy’s, the food was amazing as always

friendly staff, quick service, good food

Wonderful food and atmosphere and great service by Tash !

First time we have been to Zizzi. We usually go to indrpedanr Italians rather than chains but thisvonr was near our hotel in Manchester so we thought why not. We were not disappointed. Georgia was a fantastic first contact and also throughout our meal. The food was really good. We had the bombe to start and bit was very tasty. Does not look a lot to start but when you get into it it's more than enough as a starter for two. My wife is quite picked, she uad a spaghetti pomedoro and she thought it was brill. I had the beef shin rugu andvit was as nice as any other pasta I have had. So all credit to Zizzi at the Corn Exchange Manchester you made our

Had a nice lunch here with my mother. My mother had the Six Layer Lasagna which she thoroughly enjoyed. It looked so good that I had to steal a mouthful. Totally worth it! I had the Mediterranean Sea Bass. Not bad. Plating was a bit clumsy and dish lacked a couple of ingredients (courgette ribbons and roasted red peppers). A handful of the larger pieces of potatoes were slightly undercooked. Both ended our lunch with a tiramisu each which were devoured in seconds! Was well looked after by Georgia. Service was smooth and attentive even though she had the whole restaurant to take care of alone. A credit to the team here.

Super food, super service. Squeezed us in and we were so pleased. Lauren was a star. Thanks all.

Food was frozen in middle, so sent it back 30 mins later still waiting… then it came back luke warm in the middle…didn’t fancy food poisoning so we just left. Felt for the waiting on staff having to excuse the terrible chefs. Absolutely awful.

We had a brilliant pre-theatre meal at Zizzi’s when it was really busy. Both our pasta meals were scrumptious and as a coeliac, I was catered for very well. Lauren was a superstar, at tentative, friendly and lovely! She is a great asset to you!

Good food, just what was needed. Great service by Alex!

Wednesday 5th February Lunch. My 3 friends and I met for our regular bi- monthly lunch. We have been doing this at Zizzi for some time. This time it was obvious that Jess was the only front of house person and as far as we could see there was only one chef. The food was very good as always and Jess was always welcoming and polite. The problem was that a large party arrived as well as other diners which made the service somewhat slow. In the end we had to leave hastily to catch our trains/buses. Didn't get chance to thank Jess personally for her valiant efforts. We have already booked for our next lunch and hope that there will be more than one server on that occasion

Great food served with a smile by Jess

We were a party of 13 people pre booked. Had a lovely greeting from Jess who showed us to our table,which had been set for us, she gave us all a menu and told us she would return shortly. After waiting a while it was very obvious that Jess was the only front of house member of staff working, and there were also a number of other customers dining. Orders for drinks taken and delivered, orders for food taken and then we had a long wait as there was only one chef working, they both did a fantastic job under the circumstances. I however feel that knowing we were coming at 1pm there should have been more staff at both front of house and kitchen. Our group has used your restaurant many times usually with over 20 of us, today's experience will make us think again, not because of the staff Jess and Chef need a big thank you. (Yes l did thank them in person before leaving) Your restaurant has now gone cashless, nowhere on the menu or before you enter is this information displayed. I also do not recall seeing it on your Web page when l made the booking.

Great meal, nice venue, and Nicola was amazing!

Very busy but our waiter Aiken was excellent.