Franco Manca Reviews 381

TrustScore 3 out of 5

2.8

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Most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Customers appreciate the excellent service provided at the restaurant, highlighting the friendliness and smiling attitude of the staff. Consumers also find the pizzas delicious and a great value, particularly praising the sourdough style. Some reviewers mentioned the cleanliness of the restaurant's facilities. However, some people have encountered issues with their orders, especially those placed online, reporting that the food arrived cold, greasy, and poorly cooked. A few reviewers expressed disappointment with the quality of the ingredients and the limited topping choices. Some consumers also reported negative experiences with staff, citing rudeness and a lack of knowledge.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The food was excellent, but our meal was considerably spoilt by a group rearranging tables, making a lot of noise next to us. The 4 children we using iPads and phones which were so loud it meant we ha... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Food good, service poor. On a sunny day with busy footfall, surprised only 3 front of house staff working. Waited 30mins for someone to clear empty tables, staff member serving us was not very know... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

We had the most utterly bizarre experience here on the 5th Dec. My wife and I were stopped at the door by the security guard saying they were only taking people with reservations. Luckily, against th... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Cheltenham branch. Always had a good experience on previous occasions but our visit on Saturday lunchtime has spoilt it for us. Initially told us they couldn't accommodate us but the restaurant was mo... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Franco manca used to have the best sourdough pizzas. For many years it has been my family's favourite pizza place. Sourdough is much healthier for you than a thick dough Whatever happened to the... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Collection order, wasn't ready, made to stand and wait for half an hour while they handed over orders to delivery drivers. After being told to wait "two minutes" over and over again, they finally appe... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

"Narrow people should sit this side" Walking in, waiting to be seated, I believe by the manager, who showed us to a table and said "I suggest narrow people should sit this side....." well wouldn't... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Order #8126 tonight - Franco Mafia Manca Got caught in a lie - ‘we sent you cold food because the delivery company didn’t pick up (they did) a sent half our order cold - someone else’s unsold piz... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I'd heard lots of good things about Franco Manca so was excited to try the Cambridge restaurant. Place was busy, and the staff were great and extremely friendly. Unfortunately, the food isn't pa... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Booked a table in Peterborough and got an email to confirm. I then got a text message the day before to confirm and ask that I get in touch if I needed to cancel etc. When I turned up about 5 mins... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ate in the Chiswick branch today and was very disappointed. The tomato sauce on the pizza and the parmigiana was just thick passata with no discernable seasoning, I added a little salt which improved... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful pizzas zero flavour but that could also be down to the near zero toppings. Will never buy another, at £6 each......steep anyhow. Quattro formaggie and halloumi & hot honey.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great Pizzas at Affordable prices. I like Franco Manca, haven't to any of their restaurants since the pandemic. They are usually very busy during the week days at lunch and dinner time. If you don... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Really good, quick food, recently discovered them and have enjoyed every visit. Would give 5 stars if they added a wafer or something to their ice cream, just to feel like you were getting a bit more... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just called the Birmingham restaurant (31st Jan 1045) - dreadful service. Was looking to book a table of 8 for this evening the lady offered a couple of time options neither of which were suitable, I... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT GO HERE AFTER LOCK DOWN Went to the Northcote Road restaurant, not very impressed at all. Firstly sat us on a table with no screens and waiters going past constantly with no dis... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Delicious pizzas and very friendly staff every time, having dined their four times since the opening. If Franco Manca Birmingham took bookings and had a better wine selection, then I would have rated... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Their takeaway boxes are once again littered all over Bermondsey Street. I asked the manager what he could do and he said; nothing! "it's the dirty and irresponsible customers fault" I always thou... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely rude and unacceptable service at Greenwich Franco Manca by a guy with big earings. He was extremely+++ unfriendly and did not want to help in anyway when I could not use QR scanner on my and... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

We've been going to Franco Manca in Stoke Newington for years and recently the standard has dropped significantly. The waitresses are nice but the new manager has got a very bad attitude. He prances a... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unethical rip off policy We went to the Wimbledon restaurant with my 8-year-old child today and nobody offered us the children´s menu, so we ordered a pizza for her from the standard menu. Then my da... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We went with my family on a workday restaurant was empty as it was during working hours, the waiter was extremly rude and told us if we don't have a QR scanning app we can't dine neither inside or out... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Completely disgusted by the attitude and unprofessional behaviors of your St Paul's store's manager - EMANUELE RICCI !!!! How can any company have someone like this to be the "manager"!!!????... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Pros: Great place, delicious value pizzas, always friendly and smiling staff! I love your sourdough style! The restaurant toliet is always clean! Cons: Once our pizza was dark burned and we have met... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Impossible to register for the discount and even after a huge struggle to find the app it will not log in and keeps waiting and it's annoying but they keep promoting pizza for £5. Which is a lie and I... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is more a review of Franco Manca’s test and trace app rather than the actual restaurant which is very good and reasonably priced too. However at two local Franco Manca’s recently I have scanned t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unfortunately, our experience at Franco Manca was incredibly disappointing. We waited over 30 minutes after ordering with no update or communication from the staff. Eventually, I approached the... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Visited the Greenwich restaurant. Have never had such an awful pizza in my life. Tough, chewy dough, toppings left much to be desired and absolutely tasteless. How can you get it so wrong? Would not r... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Tried the Salami & Nduja Pizza.. never again. “Quality ingredients” - tasted cheap and nasty. Had much better from the local pizza shop.. and thats saying something! Waste of money.. price is... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I was recommended Franco manca by a few friends and even heard about it from my mum. The comments were all positive so I thought I would try the place out. So when I finally decided to go there I orde... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I dined at the Greenwich restaurant. love the decor, great food, & excellent service. Just two small complaints, the tables for two, were so small, we were standing bottles on the floor, to make more... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad experience in Greenwich. We went to the pizzeria to sit down about an hour before closing and despite the long time available plus most of the empty room, we were greeted with a we will close in a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Complained about very high postage charge - £4.25, for a normal 1st class stamp, for delivery of a £50 Gift card. Delivery was NOT Recorded, Registered or Signed for. NOTE: cost of a 1st class stamp... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rude Staff; I visited the Greenwich store today... not for long tho. your front of house staff need a lesson in basic manners let alone some customer services training. I never thought asking for a... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Good dough and nothing else if you order online. Ive eaten in the Chiswick branch and it was great. Then I've ordered online via deliveroo and it arrived total crap: barely warm, greasy as hell, burne... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Is that what you call a pizza.....?? Delivered cold via a deliveroo cyclist. Yul Brynner had more hair on his head than there were toppings on their pizza. Rubbery tough & tasteless. Won't be bu... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A very sorry excuse of a pizza (Kilburn). Ingredients on barely half the dough. I now we've got got into Tier 4, feeling very sad and annoyed myself, but no excuse for poor service. Avoid!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Useless customer service. I’ve sent 4 emails now across almost two weeks about an issue and no reply to any of them. Disgusting service

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Had a delivery of two inedible pizzas - both went in the bin. Customer service terrible. Won’t order from them again.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Limited topping choices for vegetarians. The best margarita in London. Service was really good. You can't go wrong with Franco Manca, good pizza and good prices.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I understand it is cold in Jan, but at least cut the pizza, so it can be consumed fairly quickly, before it needs to go back to the oven, also enable customer service, i have no idea how to contact yo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Arrived a Tottenham Court Road Franco Manco to be welcomed from the worst Manager, no customer service skills Never again!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Really disappointed with the pizza I ordered. It was not well cooked, the dough was soggy, hardly any topping and it turned up all squashed up. I will not be buying from here again.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Holborn staff took our order without mentioning they would close at 10pm on a Thursday evening. Then a surly, aggressive waiter persistently harassed us to leave from 9.45 onwards, slamming glasses do... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Have had multiple Deliveroo orders and always arrives cold and takes ages to arrive. Also we always ask for the pizza to be sliced and it rarely is.

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Franco Manca - Sourdough Pizza. The pizza is made from slow-rising sourdough (minimum 20 hours) and is baked in a wood burning oven.


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2.8

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

381 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic service

Excellent meal at Franco Manca in Brighton. Fantastic staff, very helpful - especially Maria. And very tasty food. I will visit again soon. Many thanks!

6 February 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just called the Birmingham restaurant…

Just called the Birmingham restaurant (31st Jan 1045) - dreadful service. Was looking to book a table of 8 for this evening the lady offered a couple of time options neither of which were suitable, I asked what capacity she did have for the time requested which she advised then said 'ok bye'. Sorry, why such an abrupt end to the conversation - am I missing something!? This was just one example of the poor service received, I asked who I complain to she noted she was the manager, I asked who else I could speak to in the company to which she replied she 'cannot give out that information'. No worries, our custom will go elsewhere, on this occasion and in the future!

31 January 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Franca Manca Brighton. EPIC AS ALWAYS

Another outstanding meal at Franca Manca Brighton.
Max was utterly charming and attentive as out waiter, bringing water for our dog.

Lovely to see Maria the Manager again whos built such an incredible rapport with us and our sons over the years She's always got a smile and welcoming chat, running her socks off to keep the Brighton Branch running like clockwork.

25 January 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Went to Franco Manca

Went to Franco Manca, 16 North Street, Bishops Stortford this evening. Isabel was our waitress, she was very friendly and attentive during our 18th birthday meal with Granddaughter and family. The meal and evening was successful and most enjoyable. The pizzas were all freshly made to order and there was a wide and mouthwatering options to choose from.

16 January 2025
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Pensioners stopped by security guard from entering

We had the most utterly bizarre experience here on the 5th Dec. My wife and I were stopped at the door by the security guard saying they were only taking people with reservations. Luckily, against the advice of the friend we were meeting, we had made a reservation online (the organisational anxiety of old age pensioners kicking in!). Our 40ish year old friend was already there (not having had the secret service treatment to get in!). The guard reluctantly let us in. Here's the bizarre part: the place was completely empty, and I mean completely! The restaurant is pretty large and we were the only people there. We were joined shortly afterwards my another 40ish year old friend who got in with no questions. I'm struggling to understand that. Weird! Ageism?
Pizzas were good BTW

5 December 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Impossible to register for the discount…

Impossible to register for the discount and even after a huge struggle to find the app it will not log in and keeps waiting and it's annoying but they keep promoting pizza for £5. Which is a lie and I ended up paying £15.day time rubbery in putney High Street Franco manca

12 January 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I understand it is cold in Jan

I understand it is cold in Jan, but at least cut the pizza, so it can be consumed fairly quickly, before it needs to go back to the oven, also enable customer service, i have no idea how to contact you directly

11 January 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Visited Franco Manca in hove on New…

Visited Franco Manca in hove on New Year’s Day and the staff were so lovely and sweet to us, having worked in hospitality myself I know stressful big holidays can be but the staff were so professional and kind absolutely could not recommend more and the food as always was amazing

1 January 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Really good

Really good, quick food, recently discovered them and have enjoyed every visit. Would give 5 stars if they added a wafer or something to their ice cream, just to feel like you were getting a bit more for uour money. Definitely recommend the hazelnut cske!

3 December 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Order #8126 tonight

Order #8126 tonight - Franco Mafia Manca

Got caught in a lie - ‘we sent you cold food because the delivery company didn’t pick up (they did) a sent half our order cold - someone else’s unsold pizza - blamed the delivery company, blames us , anyone but them - didn’t apologise - after complaint sent a derisory sum….

Make these thieves give our full order value to a homeless charity. We will match that sum and look forward to meeting the thieves as we do so in person. #atleastthemafiaarehonestaboutstealingthefoodfeomyourchildensmouths

9 December 2024
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Needs A Few Tweaks

Six of us visited the King Street restaurant in Manchester on a Thursday evening. It was busy, but not full.
I started with a couple of ‘bites’ - the pesto chicken with sliced potatoes was nice and very tasty. The mozzarella and prosciutto board was a decent size, but really quite bland and tasteless. Like it was straight out of a supermarket plastic wrapper.
I then had sourdough Ham and Mushroom pizza, which tasted ok but looked as though it was seriously ill - pale, undercooked and cold and sloppy in the middle. My friend also ordered a pepperoni pizza - his was overcooked and burned down one side. Does your pizza oven need looking at maybe, or did we just get the trainee chef?
I also ordered a side salad with olives etc… the ingredients were nice and fresh and the salad leaves were crisp, but the oil used for the dressing (or the sun dried tomatoes) was musty, bitter and old and ruined the flavour completely.
The Montepulciano wine was probably ok, but I couldn’t taste it as it was so cold. When I asked for the two unopened bottles to be replaced with warmer, room temperature versions, I was told they were the last two bottles on the premises. Hmmm… really?
The atmosphere was ok and I know its the time of noisy Christmas office parties, but the table next to us were really loud, to the point where they were even singing football chants and banging the tables with their fists. None of the staff asked them to be quieter and by this time we couldn’t be bothered complaining.
The service was quick and efficient and the staff were very pleasant.
I won’t be coming back here though and I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody - which is a shame because when the food was prepared properly, it was really quite nice.

5 December 2024
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