As group of 8 we visited on a Friday evening for a birthday celebration. We were greeted with friendly service, and comfy seats in the lounge style area, and were quickly seated at our table.
The interior is a pleasant burnt orange set up synonymous with Spanglish Tapas Bars, there is plenty of space between tables and is a warm, comfortable place to be.
The food is described as Mediterranean and the menu covers this nicely, however moves on to include Fajitas, which although certainly not from the Med, they are a popular choice with our group and clearly a clever addition to the menu.
I enjoyed my £4+ pint of Peroni, and ordered my food. Peri Peri Chicken Wings to start followed by a Mixed Grill. Service was provided by the Restaurant Manager who was keen and engaged in conversation, which is always better than the robot like service you quite often receive in non city centre restaurants.
The chicken wings arrived and they were the hottest things I have ever come across! After they had cooled a little I tucked in, and in short they were good! Since Nando's became the success it is, everyone seemed to have jumped on the Peri Peri bandwagon, but happily these wings held up to their own standards, they had a hint of spiciness and nice woody smokiness.
I ordered the Mixed Grill as I couldn't decide between some of the different dishes, and the grill seemed to included all the fun meat parts of the meals I was torn between. On the whole, I was disappointed with this dish. It was carte blanche for the chef to really show off his skills...but didn't. The lamb was lack lustre and had very little meat on it. The pork was better, and beautifully flavoured. The steak was chewy and pretty fatty. The chicken however was the saving grace...it was a masterpiece! Tangy, slightly charred and moist it was a delicious piece of meat, cooked perfectly. I wish I had ordered the chicken based main off of the menu, because of the whole dish was up to the standard of that piece of chicken it would have been awesome.
Good Points: Excellent, personal service. Chicken...brilliant Chicken! Atmosphere.
Room for Improvment: Could have done with a finger bowl with the chicken wings. The other meat on the mixed grill.
All in all Flamin Nosh was far better than when I last experienced it (which was many years back), and although it needs a little honing, this was a good dining experience, and I would certainly go back...and eat chicken!
I visited Flamin Nosh, 97 Stamford St, Stalybridge, www.flaminnosh.co.uk, on Fri 22nd July 2011
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