Scathing TripAdvisor reviews for Gary Neville & MasterChef star’s ‘pretentious’ restaurant before it was forced to close

DINERS near scathing TripAdvisor reviews for Gary Neville and a MasterChef star's "pretentious" edifice - earlier it was forced to close.

The Manchester United fable set up high-end Leeds associated The Man Behind the Curtain with cook Micheal O’Hare successful 2014.

Ten years on, the edifice has gone into liquidation with debts reportedly totalling £1million - fractional of which is owed successful tax.

Nearly a 4th of the restaurant's past 100 TripAdvisor reviews were conscionable 1 oregon 2 stars retired of five.

One West Yorkshire diner wrote: "Nothing much than an overpriced, pretentious gimmick.

"Absolute dross, tiny portions successful a silly mounting - went for a burger after."

Another said: "Disappointed but laughed astir it afterwards. Cold and uninviting."

They added: "Extremely tiny portions and vino bundle was not to each course.

'Not worthy the outgo astatine all. Pretentious BS. Eaten astatine restaurants each implicit the satellite with and without a Michelin star.

"This was the worst by far. An acquisition ne'er to unrecorded again! If you don't laughter astir it though… which we did each the mode home."

But the edifice inactive had an mean standing of 4.5 stars from much than 1,500 reviews.

Other patrons raved astir an "enjoyable meal" and "such a chill unsocial experience".

The restaurant's signature crockery was denia reddish prawn served connected a telephone - a homage to Salvador Dali's "Lobster Telephone".

Posting connected LinkedIn 7 months ago, Neville said: "A fewer years agone I signed 1 of the astir instinctive and unthinkable deals I've ever done.

"I went into concern with Michael O'Hare connected The Man Behind The Curtain edifice successful Leeds.

"At the extremity of a repast I had astatine the restaurant, Michael presented maine with the bill.

"But it wasn’t a mean bill, it was a measure accompanied with a enactment that said this volition springiness you 50% of the restaurant.

"From that infinitesimal connected I was the co-owner of a Michelin prima edifice successful Leeds!

"Fast guardant to contiguous and it's taken a brave and courageous determination for Michael to springiness up his Michelin star.

"He has opened a caller restaurant, Psycho Sandbar, that I went to earlier connected successful the week.

"It's a sensational edifice with an unbelievable acquisition and a superb occupation from Michael and his team."

Gary added: "If you ever get the accidental to visit, I highly urge it."

Gary retired from nonrecreational shot successful 2011 and has gone connected to physique up a £100m empire.

Gary has been listed arsenic a manager of 56 businesses connected Companies House – and portion helium has interests successful media, hotels, pubs, restaurants and education, his astir awesome enactment has been successful spot development. 

The footballer archetypal got into spot improvement successful his aboriginal 20s and present has a concatenation of hotels and townhouses, arsenic good arsenic improvement projects. 

Among the astir high-profile interests are Stock Exchange Hotel and Hotel Football, which betwixt them clasp £32million successful spot assets - astir a 3rd of his firm nett wealth.

The prima owns a 40 per cent stock successful the Stock Exchange development, which is adjacent to Piccadilly Gardens, in Manchester, alongside erstwhile teammate Ryan Giggs.

He besides co-runs the luxurious Hotel Football, which overlooks Old Trafford.

Last year, helium co-founded the institution St Michaels Propco 2, a associated task with Betfred CEO Fred Done.

Its operations signifier portion of the £400 cardinal St Michael's project, a improvement connected and astir Deansgate Road, successful Manchester metropolis centre.

Earlier this twelvemonth helium joined Dragon's Den arsenic an investor, alongside Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones, Touker Suleyman, Sara Davis, and Steven Bartlett.

Michael appeared connected the 2016 bid of Masterchef and since past has featured connected cooking shows including the Great British Menu.