By Neil Sowerby THEREs a chef currently cooking up a sub-tropical storm on Exchange Square, serving street food from across South East Asia Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Japanese, Malaysian, Filipino and Korean. Maybe not as ...
Reviews
Sorted for rum, jerk and good times at Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay is a new Caribbean-inspired restaurant, packed out with colourful wood crates, oil drums, palms trees and all the bits and bobs that make you feel immediately like you are on holiday. The menu ...
New Carribbean bar and restaurant, Turtle Bay, launch reviewed
By Chris Hemmings In the past few years, Manchester has been awash with meat. Be it pulled or sticky, there is a meaty establishment to suit everyones taste - or so we thought. But the ...
New bar for Northern Quarter: Guilty By Association by Liquorice crew
Walking through the Northern Quarter last night, Taste stumbled across a new venue, marked only by a yellow 'GBA' sprayed onto the wall outside. It's not everyday you stumble across an almost unmarked bar in ...
Setting the standard: The Lowrys new River Bar and Grill
The Lowry is Salfords five-star hotel on the banks of the River Irwell, just a stroll across the suspension bridge from the city centre. With watery views of the river meandering past the front door, ...
Rio Ferdinand's Rosso restaurant serves up a taste of summer
By Chris Hemmings When one of the most popular restaurants in Manchester updates its menu, you take note. Its position at the top of King Street is fitting for the 'complete' dining experience offered. Rosso ...
Date-night mayhem: Spinningfield's The Alchemist works its magic
Manchesters Alchemist is a cocktail institution. A visit here feels really special, while trademark cocktails like pineapple foam-topped French Martini mark the bar out as a scene leader. With two more branches in the chain ...
Fresh Flavours from Pita Pit
Inspired by the fresh flavours coming out of Canada, Pita Pit is a new place for breakfast and lunch in the central Piccadilly Place complex. Food on offer includes pitas stacked with a huge array ...
Review: The Fitzgerald Speakeasy in Manchester's Northern Quarter
by Chris Hemmings Intimacy is a detail much lacking in our world of bright lights and loud noises, but the Fitzgerald, a new 'speakeasy' bar from the team behind TNQ Restaurant and RosyLee Tearooms, provides ...
Red's True Barbecue in Manchester - with added late bar
by Ruth Allan Leeds' BBQ heroes, Red's True Barbecue, have been cooking up an authentic, US BBQ storm in the corner of Albert Square since moving into Manchester city centre in February this year. Having ...