Reviews

Jamies Italian review

Neil Sowerby samples the delights of Jamie Oliver’s casual Italian diner on King Street…. Jamie Oliver’s exuberant veteran Italian mentor came up to launch the latest outpost of the Essex boy’s Italophile chain and talked ...

9 March 2012

Rosso Review

In recent years, Manchesters King Street has emerged as a centre for fine dining. Amid monuments to the city’s Victorian prime (including the balcony of the old Reform Club, where Winston Churchill was a regular), ...

24 February 2012

Bakerie review

Bakerie is a new wine bar and deli on Lever Street. Located to the west of Piccadilly Gardens, it’s following those with vision (Eastern Bloc Records, Soup Kitchen, Port Street Beer House) by making a ...

16 February 2012

Red Lion Review

The Red Lion is a proper pub, with a flagstone floor and prime location in the Cheshire countryside - on the brink of the Derbyshire countryside. It’s also awash with plush décor and the trappings ...

6 February 2012

New Deli on Tib Street

FYG is a new café and deli on Tib Street, near where Love Saves the Day was in its heyday. It opened just before Christmas and offers lunches, breakfasts and afternoon teas – no dinners ...

11 January 2012

Groovy New Indie Coffee Bar for... Levenshulme?

As a (relatively) long-time Levvy resident, its fair to say youre not exactly spoilt for choice when it comes to dining and drinking in the neighbourhood (much as I love Nawaab curry buffet - seriously ...

10 January 2012

24 Bar and Grill Review

24 Bar and Grill is housed under the Arora hotel on Portland Street. Popular with film and air crews, it’s a small hotel and restaurant. It’s also allegedly co-owned by Cliff Richard which adds a ...

9 December 2011

From Paris with Love at Sixty Three Degrees

We were delighted to be invited to the Northern Quarters newest kid on the block Sixty Three Degrees, situated below the Light Apart-hotel. It also happened to be Le Beaujolais Nouveau and after sampling a ...

23 November 2011

Cafe Istanbul seduces Neil Sowerby

THE giddy whirligig that is Spinningfields is quite exhausting. A Kentish oasthouse cum bar here, a festive ice rink there, a Tasmanian devil of a deli called Peppermint Bay soon to rub shoulders with good ...

22 November 2011

Taste loves the all new Bluu

Jamie Faulkner Bluu Bar in the Northern Quarter has undergone a bit of transformation. Out went the restaurant and in came more seating and an extended bar. The new space has been utilised to good ...

3 August 2011

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