Sunset by Australasia
Quick info
About Sunset by Australasia
On The Avenue in Manchester, Sunset by Australasia is a bar serving Asian-influenced small and big plates alongside an Exotic Afternoon Tea, presented on round tiered shelves with savoury and sweet items and a bottom tray. The wider menu spans 19 dishes, including sushi, bento, satay and beef teriyaki, with an Old-Fashioned among the cocktails on offer. The room seats guests on blankets and cushions. It operates on a walk-in basis and opens daily, with no reservations taken. A service charge is added to the bill as a non-optional line.
Menu & Prices
19 dishes- Sushi
- Bento
- Exotic Afternoon Tea
- Satay
- Old-Fashioned Cocktail
- Beef Teriyaki
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention afternoon tea, exotic cocktails, sticky stained tables and foreign object in dessert.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention afternoon tea, exotic cocktails, sticky stained tables and foreign object in dessert.
Customer Review Summary
Afternoon tea draws the most attention, with reviewers split sharply: one calls it divine with attentive service, while another describes stained seats, sticky menus, a spilled Pepsi, and a forgotten refill before a service charge was added. Cocktails also get praise for exotic flavours. One diner found a blue string in a dessert and called staff rude; another wanted a bigger vegan selection.
Customer Review Summary
Afternoon tea draws the most attention, with reviewers split sharply: one calls it divine with attentive service, while another describes stained seats, sticky menus, a spilled Pepsi, and a forgotten refill before a service charge was added. Cocktails also get praise for exotic flavours. One diner found a blue string in a dessert and called staff rude; another wanted a bigger vegan selection.
Featured reviews
- Margaux Sabate
“Brilliant cocktails with exotic flavours! Perfect place to celebrate special occasions, graduations and birthdays. A …”
- Jessica Clare Ward
“Used a gift voucher I had received for my birthday at weekend for afternoon tea. Went with my sister and was really looking forward to it. We don’t venture into Manchester much so wanted to have an early booking so booked for 12pm. Arrived and got to choose first table as only people there, sat down and once not from a far we became quite unimpressed with the standard of the restaurant. This is definitely somewhere made for “instagram” but in reality, the seats are stained and dirty, covered by blankets which weren’t much better. The cushions were the same. The table was sticky. The drinks menu was sticky and stuck together. It was £4.20 for a Diet Pepsi?! And because my sister didn’t want a normal tea from the bundle she had to pay £2.50 extra just for a flat white coffee. Drinks came and the waiter managed to spill the Pepsi over himself so had to replace it. Jug of tap water on table and the jug was all stained. Grateful they swapped out fish items to suit our allergies when I asked. Then savoury food came, nothing to rave about and definitely not filling. Sweet food came, and the items on the round circle shelves were vile. The other bits in the bottom tray were okay. Then I asked for another Diet Pepsi and he forgot about us for a good 45 mins, even though at this point there was only 3 tables with people on them. So when he remembered he brought us both a Diet Pepsi on the house. Asked for the bill and my voucher was taken off for the afternoon tea (£45) but the 2 diet Pepsis and a flat white ended up costing £16 something because they threw in a non optional service charge of approx £6.80 or something? Anyway by this point we was ready to leave, again waited nearly 20mins for him to come back with a card machine so ended up walking to bar to pay so we could leave. Wouldn’t go back. Wouldn’t recommend the afternoon tea.”
- LIZZIE
“The restaurant and setting is pretty for pictures. Food was just alright. Price for food? I'm pretty sure you can get better options if you're looking for exquisite food and better service with this price. We found a blue string/plastic on one of the dessert. Horrified. Maybe would come back for a drink just for the decorations ONLY but never again for food. :/ Staff was rude.”
- Alexandra Burke
“We decided to have afternoon tea here as it looked different to your traditional options. We were not disappointed and it was absolutely divine! Excellent food and value for money wise it was great. Absolutely no complaints. All the staff were friendly and our waiter was very attentive and kept us topped up which we appreciated 🙂. The setting is beautiful and you feel like you are somewhere very special. Will definitely revisit.”
- Charlie Farrow
“Great place…. Food really nice…. Great drinks…… would have loved a larger cocktail menu and a bigger vegan food selection…… but well worth a visit!”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Asian-influenced small & big plates, afternoon tea & signature cocktails in charming surrounds.”
- ReservationsWalk-in only
- AccessibilityHas wheelchair-accessible entrance · Has wheelchair-accessible seating · Has wheelchair-accessible toilet
Amenities
- Has wheelchair-accessible entrance
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- Accessibility· 2
- Has wheelchair-accessible seating
- Has wheelchair-accessible toilet
Location
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset by Australasia | 3.8263 | — | afternoon tea, exotic cocktails, sticky stained tables |
| Kielys Irish BarOutdoor seating | 4.2563 | 0.2 mi | guinness, live music, outdoor covered seating area |
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