Manhattans Pizza Bistro Music Club - Guelph, Ontario

My boyfriend and I went for our anniversary and it was amazing. Great service, environment and amazing food. We got the gnocchi & Etta James. Would highly recommend checking this place out!!

I was excited to have a reservation on a Friday night as I know it's normally busy and we couldn't get a table the previous time. I wanted to show my partner my go-to live music spot when I studied in Guelph. The gentleman on the phone was great when ... he took the reservation as he warned us the table was right beside the band. Actually, turns out, that was an amazing seat! -plus way easier to drop a tip- We were glad it wasn't too loud being right beside the piano. The music was so perfect! Thank you to the band ! The hostess welcomed us right away and took our coats. The server was very nice and I was impressed when she offered GF bread for the muscles we ordered since she noticed I ordered a GF pizza. I was very disappointed in the food. Never remembered Manhattan's food to be this bad.... but then we used to order a bunch of drinks back then. (they made good martinis) Had the mussels for the appetizer. The sauce was tasty- a creamy bacon flavour. I found it odd that it was cold. I prefer hot mussels. The Bread that came with it was blackened (was their style, so just our preference that we didn't like the burnt taste). Ok, fine, we ate the gf bread instead, which was a delight. The cod was ok, can tell it's from frozen. The worst part is that the vegetables that came with it were carbon. I don't even know what vegetables they were because they were completely black. (see photo). This completely made the whole pallette tasting like burnt carbon. You can't even taste anything else after that. Frankly, I'm shocked they even plated the dish. Told the server. She said sorry. It's ok.... the fish was filling enough as the portions were good. Just disappointed about the quality of food. The GF pizza was the had tomato sauce, mozzarella, soppressata, red onion, shaved fennel basil and hot honey drizzle. The flavours were great especially with the chili oil they provide on the side. Only thing was that it was a bit hard to chew. I was still impressed because anywhere that has home made thin gf pizza, I am already happy. We had to eat the pizza to clear out the char taste from the burnt food. I originally really wanted Tiramisu, but after the disappointing dinner, we were too scared to order anything else. We skipped coffee too. Overall, we enjoyed the live music and ambiance. the 2 stars is solely for the great band. I would put one star if it was only for the food. I haven't had such bad food in a long time. I was glad upon leaving, the kind gentleman, perhaps the owner, noticed I did not overly enjoy the full experience and was still very positive. I'm thankful for that... just don't know if it's worth going back Read more

The restaurant had a really nice atmosphere and the food was excellent. I had the gnocchi and they were absolutely melt in your mouth. We were too early to enjoy the live music but I imagine it really adds to the ambiance. Great experience overall.

We have eaten here for over 20 years. Amazing food and ambience. Our daughters boyfriend picked the place for his graduation since he heard us talk about how amazing it is. The owner was great in acknowledging that we were celebrating a graduation. The pizzas were amazing as usual. The ... ambiance was lovely as always. We found the service to be slow but It was a busy night and every table was booked. We had a great evening. Read more

A hidden gem in Guelph. I didn't expect it to have the speakeasy ambiance, but they have live music and great drinks. We did find the music to be a little loud, so I recommend going around 7pm so you can eat dinner in peace and enjoy the music around 8:30, ... our dinner reservation was for 8 pm. The food - we got the mussles, which was great, we did find the bread to be a little too burnt for our palate. We got the lamp shank with the risotto. The risotto was spectacular, I wish they just did the risotto as an app. The shank was good, wished it had a bit more kick, but tendor. The pizza, was also a little burnt for our preference, but the flavour was excellent. We would def come back, but make a dinner reservation for 7 pm. Keep in mind they are quite busy so reserve in advance. Read more