The Pasta Factory

Great little restaurant within 2-3 min walk of Crowne Plaza Hotel. Pasta fresh and tasty. It does get busy fast, so make a reservation. We had a 6pm reservation and were seated immediately. However, by 6:30pm (Sat night) restaurant was full. We noticed food took a little longer as restaurant got busier, but it was worth the wait. Price was reasonable and would definitely recommend. Lovely choice of homemade sorbets as well.

Brilliant food and service...love the attention to detail as regards dietary requirements, my vegan diet and my husbands GF needs were well catered for...highly recommended.

Our meal here was incredible, gluten free options for almost everything and all homemade. The service was lovely and everyone was really really friendly. Nothing bad to say!

Excellent service from the friendliest staff! Made us feel so welcome and really cater for everyone; Meat eaters, Veggies and Vegans! Excellent evening in Manchester

Thoroughly loved our first experience at the Pasta Factory, the Ragu was simply sublime and the pasta was made and cooked to perfection! I cannot recommend enough!

Food was great and service relatively quick considering there was a large group in at the same time. The only negative was we weren't told when we were seated at 5 that the table was needed for 6:30 so we were going to have pudding as well as starter and main but couldn't as the next table was waiting. Staff apologised for this but it was a shame.

Nothing special!!!! Very expensive for a plate of pasta Wine bad quality and again very expensive Not a good experience for fresh authentic Italian food.

Lovely authentic eating experience, shame preferred menu choice had gone, but second choice was good. Good beer choice too, the starter to share was great.

Good and fast service. Waiting staff has been nice. Great experience, had a very lovely time. Nice and quiet at the beginning and filled up quite quickly.

The food was really lovely and the staff are always friendly, I have been twice and this has been the same on both visits. Would recommend.

Amazing food and service. Best meal i have had in ages. Great vegan options for all courses. Could not fault any of it. Highly recommend.

Great food and service, Good location on the edge of the Northern Quarter in Manchester. Small standard menu with daily specials board, authentic experience, recommended.

Very nice restaurant, the pasta dishes are superbly made. A little expensive but worth it for the overall quality of the food. We went on a Saturday night and there was a nice atmosphere to the place with friendly attentive staff. Would definitely give it another visit.

Fantastic experience, great attention to detail on helping us choose wine/food and with knowledge behind the ingredients and techniques used. They have a small menu that they spend a lot of time on and change regularly, so if you like to have a lot of choice this may not be for you, but this was without doubt one of the best Italian meals I've had in Manchester!

Loverly place to eat great atmosphere staff were very friendly and informative about their food and drink would highly recommend to all they friend and family.

Great pasta, good service, amazing desert. The only down side was that we had to wait quite a while for the bill. Would recommend.

The pasta itself was fresh and made in house however i think we chose incorrectly. My partners was full of cheese and mine was nice but a little boring. Staff where very nice and i would try again.

Very nice staff. All the food is fresh and sourced from region of italy. Pasta is very fresh. Nice place inside. Reasonable prices aslso jdflakdjf

We had another wonderful evening at Pasta Factory - as always very friendly and efficient service, and the food was fantastic. Looking forward to going again soon!

Good starters, nice pastas, good wine, good service. Good atmosphere. Nothing more to wish for. My son and I had a very good experience at the Pasta Factory.

Incredible service and lovely staff! Thoroughly enjoyed myself thanks to the staff! The food was AMAZING and the vegan options were also honestly perfect! I had the vegan starter to share which has vegan cheese and it was that nice I had to buy some more before I left!!! £5 for a ball of vegan cheese??? YES PLEASE! for main I had a mushroom ravioli which was to die for and they even gave me some vegan Parmesan to place on top!! Then for dessert I had a chocolate ravioli! I enjoyed my boyfriends dessert more which was on the specials board- it was apple and walnut tart with chocolate drizzle to pour on the side! Honestly a lovely meal and will 100% be back, you should definitely go, if you're a vegan or not, you have just as many options both ways! The only little bad thing I had to say was it was quite chilly but that's just being picky!

A little gem. Great service fabulous food. Will be visiting again very soon. highly recommended. Great location whilst attending the arena. Friendly staff nice atmosphere

Lovely meal at the pasta factory - delicious fresh food within a homely environment. Fantastic vegetarian and vegan options. I will definitely be going back in the near future.

Great handmade Pasta at reasonable prices. Wine list was thorough and you may ask the staff about pairing options! Good place for a semi-casual dining experience.

I have been a few times before - always great food (home made pasta and interesting sauces), great service and atmosphere and good wine. I wish it was nearer my home !

Friendly waiters, food served fast and no complaints about the taste, but left waiting at least 20 mins to pay the bill and eventually had to go up to the counter.

Second visit within a month. Delicious food, wine and great service! Such fresh simple food, so typically Italian! Will definitely be returning again for more

Fabulous food. Amazing service. Great value for money. I cannot recommend the pasta factory enough to anyone. My new favourite restaurant in manchester. Well worth a visit.

Great restaurant with friendly staff and an inviting atmosphere. Amazing authentic starters and good quality pasta. I just wish that the portions were a bit bigger!

Lovely pasta main course had salmon ravioli from board. Shared starter plate disappointing. Staff great, good choice of wines and beer. Coffee excellent. Would recommend

My FAVOURITE Italian restaurant outside of Italy. Fantastic food, delicious drinks, amazing atmosphere, superb service...what more can you ask for? Finally a place that treats vegans and omnivores the same! Can't wait to get back.

Lovely,tasty food at a reasonable price. The decor was nice and tasteful. it made a nice change from a generic chain restaurant. The service was good and I'd have no hesitation about going again.

Fantastic place. The staff is so helpful! So many amazing vegan options (I had the mushroom ravioli with truffle oil) and they even had vegan deserts! 10/10 would reccomend

What an Excellent meal. The food was fresh and delicious. The staff were very well informed and attentive. We will definitely return for another meal.

Only a small restaurant but worth visiting, service was excellent and the menu although not overdone with choices was sufficient for vegetarians and non vegetarians and when the pasta dishes arrived the food was fresh,,well cooked and very tasty, overall a very good eating experience. Manchester

A warm welcome and delicious food means we will definitely return to the Pasta Factory.It was great to have a good choice of veggie options.

The Pasta Factory has tasty food, a lovely atmosphere, and very friendly staff! All three courses went down a treat! We will definitely be going back :)

Great food, attentive and professional service, although a little slow at times but a fantastic restaurant overall. Will definitely return. Had the Ravioli with Funghi and black truffle. Wow

The food was excellent and good value for money. The pasta is all fresh and there are some great vegetarian options. That staff are all very helpful and knowledgable of the dishes they service.

Limited menu compared to online but excellent the was food and staff were very pleasant. We will definitely be going there again in the new year.

Great restaurant. Lots of different pastas and sauces. Very helpful waiter who explained things. Once mains were decided he gave us recommendations on which were the best wines and neither were the most expensive. Very enjoyable evening. Would go back again. Totally unlike your usual Italian restaurant and all the better for it!

Excellent pasta! Definitely worth the experience . Good pasta portion, desert small (ravioli) but high quality. The staff was very keen in providing details on the plates if required.

We were disappointed. Food is best desribed as borring, did not taste of anything at all. Atmosphere is howver nice, small place with very few tables.

Great service, nice atmosphere and simple but tasty, homemade food. We loved it and will definitely be back to enjoy it again. A nice change from the big chain restaurants.

service was excellent attentive and friendly there were three of us the pasta was good and different from run of the mill Italian restaurants every thing was good my wife expected the ragu to be more tomato in flavour but that was all, excellent.

Great food great service most enjoyable meal & experience. Highly recommend squid ink bucatini with wild clams with glass of verrechio. No room for pudding!

Wonderful little place with a great atmosphere, friendly staff and fantastic authentic Italian dishes. Lots of vegan options, delicious desserts and just all round a lovely hidden gem behind Shudehill!

My third visit to the Pasta Factory - I just wish it was in my neighbourhood and I'd visit a lot more ! An informal, reasonably priced independent Italian that just does really interesting home made pasta dishes with home made gelato and sorbets as desert and mixed "taglieri" plates to begin, accompanied by excellent Italian wines and beers. My type of food !

A fantastic night with great service a excellent qualify and good value food, highly recommend a visit to a very authentic Italian restaurant, with very attentive waiters

Great Antipasti starter with some excellent Vegan options too!! The small selection of main course pasta dishes are amazing, have now tried three of them and I cannot find a fault.