The Mantu

The Mantu reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Autumn

   Chicago19 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 26, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   One of the best meals we had on our trip to Richmond. You can tell the chef is passionate about his food. Waitress was friendly but frazzled. Definitely would dine here again though because the food was fantastic
   

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   Victoria VIP

   Richmond71 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 22, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Another wonderful experience with Chef Noori’s delicious Afghan cuisine. Sheryl/Cheryl, thank you for taking such good care of us! All your recommendations were spot on! Until we return! Vicki and Lee
   

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   Atif

   Unspecified1 review

   5.0

   Dined on March 21, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food. Well balanced with subtle spice and fragrance. I’ll definitely be coming back again for more.
   

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   Susan

   Richmond1 review

   5.0

   Dined on March 8, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Great food....nice spice blend and excellent preparation. Will eat there again. Will also go to The Mantu Market for take out and Afghan groceries.
   

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   Victoria VIP

   Richmond71 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 7, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our first time dining at The Mantu! Absolutely one of a kind. Wonderful, delicious food and Chef Hamid Noori was amazing! He is very personable and obviously knows how to create wonderful dishes. Since I am allergic to a particular spice, ‘tumeric,’ and his dishes come with many spices to make the dishes incredible, he made a specific dish for me with Lamb. It was wonderful and tasteful and he even made a couple of appetizer dishes without tumeric and they too were lovely. My husband was extremely impressed. In case you don’t know, Chef Noori competed against Food Networks, Bobby Flay in a food competition a few years ago. Excellent! You don’t want to miss out on enjoying fine dining at The Mantu in Richmond, VA. Thank you Chef Noori. We will be back sooner than later. Vicki and Lee
   

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   Arthur

   Richmond3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 1, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great experience! Really nice atmosphere, superb service, and the food was delicious. The chef is personally involved, making sure all is good. He seems to really care about his customers and their experience. So many interesting menu choices but not overwhelming. It’s really good!
   

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   Julian

   Richmond1 review

   1.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   3 days before valentines day they dropped our reservation because of "issues with the computer" but was still encouraged to come by anyways. well there was a line out the door of angry customers and we never got sat and i wont be trusting this establishment with any holiday ever again. im sure the food is good but mgmt is trash. do better.
   

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   Brayden

   West Palm Beach1 review

   5.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food is amazing! Will be going back as soon as possible
   

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   Edwin

   Washington DC4 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on February 14, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Evidently Mantu knows how to take a reservation, they don’t know how to hold a reservation. Showed up on Valentine’s Day right at 630. Line was out the door. Evidently they overbooked big time. Hostess wasn’t overly apologetic at all, almost put off by it all. Didn’t know how long it would be but 4 other tables were in front of us with 630 reservations too. We took our business elsewhere. I wonder if it’s any good? I may never know.
   

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