Cafe Football

Food is good, but not great to watch sports. Plenty of screens, but very small ones and awkwardly located.
To summarize i would recommend for food only, but then there are nicer places to dine out.

Came here for beers, burgers and football and overall was a bit underwhelmed.
Burgers were ok but no more.
Service was very friendly but very slow and unprofessional.
Screens for football are poorly placed and do not make eating and watching easy.
Overall a bar far more than a restaurant

As a proud Mancunian, and Man United fan, I’ve been wanting to get myself down to Café Football (jointly owned by the legends that are Gary Neville & Ryan Giggs) since I first heard of its existence a couple of years ago. I’m happy to say, I’ve finally had that chance, and whilst not perfect, was definitely a great experience.
I’ll start off with the bad — I’d always imagined it as a standalone restaurant, but it’s actually attached to the side of a huge shopping centre. A bit of snobbery on my side, I’ll admit, but it does lose some of the lustre because of it.
There’s also a lot less memorabilia once you go in — besides a few shirts hung up near the toilets (admittedly, impressive to see those names up there), there’s little to hint of the footballing pedigree of the two owners.
But, onto the good — having sampled a gut-​busting 3 course meal there, I can safely say the food is a drastic step up from the standard you’d usually get from your average sports bar/​restaurant.
I began with the chicken wings, easily the best I’ve ever had anywhere! They’re immense, really crispy on the outside & very tender on the inside. Result! I then moved onto their version of the sausage roll — black pudding and pork, encased in a crunchy pastry and served with a side of home-​made beans (mixed with pulled pork!!) I finished off with the Vimto trifle — given I believe the mighty Vimto to be the nectar of the Gods, it was always going to go down well!
I meant what I said at the start, that amount of food was literally gut-​busting, and I will admit I felt it the following day. But, it was totally worth it…

What a pleasant surprise. We were taking our daughters to an event at the Olympic park and needed lunch. Cheekily trying to catch some football so steered the family thusly to Café Football. I expected to be apologising later but in reality we had a very pleasant time. Televisions everywhere… Proper bar… And while the menu is limited… Everything was very good.

Café Football is going to be the place to be during the World Cup.
Yes, it has stiff competition in the form of the nearby casino which boasts 27 screens (so I’m told), but this sports bar-​cum-​restaurant opened by former Manchester United team-​mates Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs tops it in terms of all things related to The Beautiful Game.
For a start, you’re greeted by a display full of football boots the moment you enter the café, some of which are autographed by Ryan Giggs. The menu is divided into sections such as The Kick-​Off and Terrace Food. The walls outside the toilets are signed by the owners. The walls are covered with football quotes. And so on.
There was one big screen in the bar when I was there, while there were smaller screens for the more football-​crazy for each of the tables and in front of the bar stools. I understand that they’re planning to put more screens in place in time for the World Cup, which will probably boost the viewer to screen ratio from 8:1 to 4:1 or something along those lines.
Now, I didn’t try their food (mainly standard comfort fare), and it appears that they do have a fairly extensive wine and beer selection at prices you tend to get at a Westfield. I’m not too bothered by details like that when there’s football on the telly.