SO good ! everything we ordered was amazing. the vibe inside was casual and quite quiet considering the sharing bench set up. the service was good too, we saw the two (quite young) waiters very patiently deal with an annoying and picky group. also worth noting it was relatively cheap for the size and quality of the dishes. will defo come back next time i'm visiting manchester.
What I find interesting about this place, is that you can choose your own base (eg rice or noodles), filling, and a sauce. Quite an unusual meal solution and makes it the restaurant to stand out!
I've not been here since I was a student. Whoops, mistake! I forgot how tasty the food is. This is an Asian fusion place that's been going for quite a few years now as it's perennially popular for selling tasty, reasonably priced food. I shared a starter of salt and pepper squid which was crisply battered and delicious, quite frankly. This was £4.30 and it's a fairly large starter. This was followed by a yummy and very filling pad thai. There was both chichen and prawn present, as there should be. No stinginess with the ingredients here I'm glad to say. The pad thai was £8.60 and generously proportioned. I also tried tastes of Thai fish cakes and pork dumplings thanks to my fellow diners. Both were really fresh and tasty. Everyone seemed very happy with their meals. The decor is up to date and attractive. I liked the traditional bench seating. Now the students are away for the summer there's no problem getting seated either so I would recommend getting there soon.
A cute little pan - asian style restaurant in the heart of Followfield. The menu consists of a wide variety of noodle and rice dishes with lots of different sauces to pick from. Great portion sizes and very resonant priced - you won't go away hungry!
Just realised I've never written a review for Fuzion, and given that I frequently rave about it to my friends I found this unacceptable. Fuzion is, in my opinion, by far the best place to eat in Fallowfield. The portions are more than generous, the prices are insanely reasonable. The food itself is super super tasty- without doubt best prawn toast I have ever tasted. I never manage to step in the door without ordering salt and pepper vegetables- trust me- I am not one to order veggie options but this is an exception! The mains are fantastic- they do the most authentic pho bo I've eaten since 'Nam. It's nice enough to take your parents. I love it. One tip though- unless they've changed this, they don't take card so grab some cash round the corner before you go in!
This place is excellent, in fact it's truly brilliant in almost every way except the food. Fortunately, the food is pretty damn good too, though the rest of the place is even better. Let's get past the boring stuff first.The decor looks like Wagamamas, though the specials board is written pretty nicely in chalk and all, which is a good touch. Now, the food. This is really nice. The flavours are nice and bold yet well balanced. The chilli dishes are spicy, but also have a good depth of flavour with the other ingredients (in my dish the lime and coriander were very evident despite the heat of the sauce). The starters/sides were especially nice, and my friends were kind enough to let me sample so I can tell you that the tempura is well seasoned and light, the 'chicken chopsticks' (long thing spring rolls) are a good twist on an old favourite and the chicken yakatori was really tasty, great sesame seeds. The pork dumplings weren't great, but on the whole the food was lovely. My Asian friends (one is Aussie) reported the food was very tasty, if not always authentic. Personally that's good enough for me, though authenticity has its charms I'm more concerned by flavour. But lots of places have good quality food and decent decor, what gets Fuzion a rare 5 stars? The service and the prices. Our table of 8 was served promptly, without error and with more than service with a smile. The waiting staff would crack jokes and make little one-liners as they served, and weren't at all perturbed by a fairly raucous student group. And when the bill came, service wasn't even included, remarkable. That wasn't the only pleasant surprise on the bill. Mains at £8 were a meal in themselves. Portions here are impressive to say the least, and left us all very satisfied, whether we'd indulged in a side or not. The unlimited green tea for £1.35 was fantastic as well, as were the special offers (two courses for £8 on Mondays. Madness!). Frankly, this place serves very good food at simply amazing prices and in simply amazing 'style'. My only regret is over-ordering, and for that I have to give this place the full 5 stars.
Wow. I'm officially jealous of Manchester now. Whilst staying with a friend we grabbed a swift dinner here and I couldn't believe how quick, cheap and easy it was in Fuzion. Essentially it's just like a Tampopo or similar, with a variety of solid Asian fusion choices, but in a fast food kind of way. Usually that means that you have to suffer cheaper meats, and I've had fast food like this before so I was expecting at least a bit of gristle with my meal, but not a bit was in sight. So it wasn't just fast, but great quality. The food was fresh, flavoursome and the service was fantastic. I enjoyed a delicious udon dish with some delightful green Jasmine tea all served with a healthy portion of smiles. If you're after something tasty, healthy and fast this should be your first port of call. Forget the other chains, this is the one with personality and it doesn't scrimp on the portions either. Yummer!
Superhuman portions? Check. Supertasty flavours? Check. Superfriendly prices? Check. I'm sold! Fuzion is my favourite Fallowfield eatery...mostly because of the simple fact that they do noodles, and they do them good. Fat noodles, thin noodles, soup noodles, all kinds of noodles! I like noodles, by the way, if you hadn't already guessed. I don't think there are enough noodle bars around. Though I don't know if that's my slightly skewed opinion from growing up in a small town where a Chinese chow mein is about as exotic as it gets. Either way, I'm mighty pleased that I now have this corner of the market on my doorstep. I brought friends here, I've brought dates here, and I've never been let down (or stood up, thankfully!). However, heed my advice: thou shalt not wear short skirts to Fuzion. The tables are arranged in rows with long benches that you have to climb over to sit down, and I will take my hat off to anyone who manages to do that in a skirt and still keep their dignity! I suffered badly enough in a mere pair of jeans which decided to tear at a very inopportune moment, luckily my date saw the funny side, or I would have spent the rest of the meal hiding behind my menu. However, if you ask me, it's all part of the fun and games! And it definitely doesn't put me off coming here. Fussy eater? I am almost certain you will find something to enjoy on this extensive menu, I always spend forever trying to narrow it down to a shortlist, there really is so much to choose from. There are even a couple of sections which are basically 'create-your-own' with rice or noodles. Or for the more adventurous I recommend the nasi gorgeng: Indonesian aromatic spicy rice dish with chicken, char sui and prawns, flavoured with chilli sauce and shrimp paste. I'm salivating at the mere thought of it. Great selection of starters and side orders as well. Which leads me to a final helpful hint: don't be boring and go for the basic prawn crackers. No sir, you can do better than that. Chilli prawn crackers? With chilli dip? Now we're talking!
The perennial favourite of students taking their visiting parents out for dinner, proof to worried mothers and fathers that eating out in Fallowfield doesn't just mean kebabs and cheesy chips. Fuzion by its own admission serves food inspired by the 'backstreet vendors of the far east' which is very evocative but not really accurate with the food being less brazen or exotic than all that. What you actually get is excellent, freshly prepared rice and noodle dishes (the beef in black bean is sticky, tender and hits the right spot) along with some great fish side dishes (the prawn wontons are delicious) served on long noodle-bar style benches. Prices are reasonable enough although, as is the seeming curse of the noodle-bar, drinks are overly expensive - with a soft drink coming for around the same price as some of the less expensive sides. Of a weekend, or even of a weekday evening, the place can get crowded and the aforementioned bench tables mean that sometimes it can be difficult for the restaurant to cope with larger groups, particularly if you are all keen to sit together. The staff though (drawn largely from the local student population) deal well with the demands of a busy restaurant and service is quick and friendly even if it can seem on occasion like they are eager to get you fed and out of there. On the whole though Fuzion provides a pleasant dining experience and is definitely somewhere you can be happy to take your parents, or indeed any other loved one, whether you have a messy flat to distract them from or not.