Manhattans Bistro & Jazz Club

One of the worst restaurants I've been to in Guelph. Only word I have for this place is pretentious. I guess they're going for a 'high culture' sort of place but in my opinion they failed. They play live jazz music etc and there's neat art all around, but the food is junk.
It's mainly a pizza place, but the pizzas on the menu are silly over priced things. The one I had was chicken, spinach and caramalized onion. I thought: Neat, this is interesting. Wrong. The chicken was old and dry. The onions tasted like candy and there was hardly any cheese on it. The pizzas my friends ordered were more of the same. Dry, cheeseless and weak on flavor.
A salad, 2 beers and the pizza cost me alone $55. I don't mind spending that but if you're going to charge me $30 for a PIZZA at least make it decent. They managed 'unique and different' but that didn't make up for the brutal prices and bad food.

Recently we received a Gift Certificate to Manhattan's, and made the mistake of mentioning that to the man who took our phone reservation 2 weeks in advance. We found ourselves in the dark corner by the bar wall, and were served a long wait and cold service. It felt like because we were "just Gift Certificate people" who wouldn't be adding much to the evening revenue, we would have to settle for last place in every way. Not even the peanut butter cheesecake we ordered made us feel much better. It's not worth the drive to this strip mall eatery when there are so many fine dining establishments in down town Guelph. Do yourself a favour and present your Gift Certificate at the end of the meal here.

Mid August, a group of 13 young women enjoyed a bachelorette dinner at Manhattens. The service was excellent. Being a large group, our server was patient, attentive, and quite funny. We all ordered $4 martinis, a couple bottles of wine, and split three pizzas. Some others enjoyed pastas and salads. The martinis were excellent! A good size for the price and tasty. The pizzas were delicious! I cannot remember the three kinds we ordered, but they were fantastic! More than enough for the 8 or 9 of us who were sharing. Because we were a large group, automatic gratuities were added to our bill, and we each paid about $31 for pizza, at least two martinis, several glasses of wine, and an enjoyable evening. The live music was a nice touch! As a former server, I appreciate adding gratutity to a large group, as far too often the hard work servers put into serving large groups, is not reflected in the tips. We even left more tips for our server because she deserved them! Definately dine there again!

This was a casual nite out to celebrate my husband's birthday w/two other couples. We've all been here before many, many times. Came this evening to particularly hear Leslie Pike and Katie Rox sing. The server ruined everything though...we felt incredibly rushed, she seemed indifferent, we had to ask for water and the food did not arrive at the same time. Towards the end of the evening our server left & was replaced by another server who equalled the first. Good food as always and the music was great but I'm not sure who Thomas has hired as waitstaff. Sorry...

Went for a quick meal and wasn't disappointed. While the inside decor was slightly too dark for my liking, the food was delicious. I was quickly seated and told the specials for the day. Every question asked was answered with a great knowledge of the menu. Being the first time I was trying the lunch menu, it was very simply laid out.

While the sandwich took a little bit of time to arrive, the wait was well worth it. The sandwich was warm and flavourful while the salad had just the right amount of dressing on it. One issue was the croutons were a bit on the small side.

All in all, a quick meal (in and out in 30 min.) and a definite repeat.

Another good lunch at Manhattans.
We were a large party, but they handled it as well as they could, I think.
Food was fresh and tasty.

Food was excellent, service was excellent and the music was relaxing. Looking forward to going back soon!!! very soon. Not to mention the beer - Hocker or Hacker - Bavarian beer, bit like a Stella but better!

The pizza was "different". I got a really big slice (I thought maybe it would be like a personal whole pizza, but this was a slice of a big pizza.) It was thin crust, but like, the thinnest I've ever had. The dough looked to be whole wheat which is nice. I wish other pizza places offered that. The toppings were really skimpy. It seemed like the pizza had been sitting for awhile. We had a big party so servicing a big party is always a bit difficult and he did okay. From looking at everyone else's lunch specials and having tried the pizza already, I'm going to stick to theirs steak burgers for lunch.

Was quite surprised when the pizza came out - it didn't look appetizing. Luckily, it tasted much better than it looked. It was actually a really good meal as far as taste goes. The unfortunate thing was the portion size - I was expecting a miniature pizza and I got only a (fairly large) slice. I was definitely still hungry after I was done..

Service wasn't amazing either - our food took a long time to come out and I think some people in our party got a different soup from what they ordered. They also charge mandatory gratuities which kind of pisses me off.

Overall, pretty average... I probably wouldn't come back, except maybe to see the live jazz which obviously wasn't playing for lunch for us.

Sandwich was very tasty, but very small. Soup was ok, but tasted like tinned soup thinned with water. Was part of a larger crowd, so service was very slow.