Reviews
We Tried The New Kahlúa Brunch Club
Coffee and alcohol - why didn't we think of it sooner for brunch in Manchester?
Brunch. Everyone’s favourite excuse to crack open the alcohol early. Who cares if it’s 5PM anywhere, when your boozy breakfast comes with a side of smashed avocado, after all? There are certain unwritten rules...
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Cooking Up Meth - We Took The Breaking Bad-Themed RV For A Spin
Inspired by the iconic show, ABQ is the hottest pop-up ticket in Manchester.
The ABQ Pop Up Experience, located at MediaCityUK, didn’t so much as pop up but roll up. Located in an RV and based on the hit series Breaking Bad, this event promised lawlessness in spades. The only rules? Don’t...
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Manchester House - Manchester Restaurant Review
From the same people as Australasia and The Alchemist, Manchester House is one of the city's leading lights when it comes to fine dining. Following their traditional post-Christmas break (because who doesn't need a little recuperation after all the festive gluttony?), the spot has reopened for...
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Alston Bar & Beef Manchester - Restaurant Review
London may like to think it has it all, from great grub to beard-wielding hipsters, but after a night spent being chill at a bar so cool its entrance is disguised as a laundromat (The Washhouse, if you were wondering), I can safely say that's not the case. Manchester is rivalling the capital's...
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Dirty Martini - Manchester Bar Reviews
Situated in the heart of Manchester - just off Deansgate - London brand Dirty Martini has landed up north. For the occasion they’ve refurbished a three-story office space for the hefty price tag of £1.5m, taking it from dreary to damn sexy. Promising 'spirited sophistication' and a lengthy...
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The Laundrette First Street - Manchester Bar Review
With Laundrette in Chorlton now an established haunt amongst the young and trendy, it was high time we cleaned up our act and paid its younger, city-centre sibling a visit.
The Venue
Don’t be fooled, The Laundrette looks nothing like what it says on the box. In fact, with the sticky...
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We tried out the new Alchemist in MediaCityUK. Here's how we got on.
Opening its doors just last week, The Alchemist at MediaCityUK is already a huge hit. The venue overlooks the historic Manchester Ship Canal and is neighboured by some of the biggest names in the media industry, including the BBC, ITV and Coronation Street. With a menu full of delicious food and a...
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We tried out the ‘Bubbles and Berries’ 5-course cocktail progression at Cloud 23
Cloud 23's new cocktail progression hits the spot.
Manchester’s sky-high champagne and cocktail bar? It promises ‘indulgence, elegance and opulence’, served up alongside iconic 23rd floor panoramic views. So, when I heard about Cloud 23’s new progression menu,...
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Impossible - Manchester Restaurant Review
Manchester has got street cred and soul in abundance. It’s one of the coolest cities in the north, and just when you think it can’t get any cooler, it goes and cuts the ribbon on brand new Peter Street venue: Impossible Manchester. As a former student at the University of Manchester, I...
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The Grill on the Alley - Manchester Restaurant Review
There are two types of people in life; just as you can divide the population between Marmite haters and Marmite lovers, you can split the world by their views on steak. For some the idea of munching on a thick slab of steak is primal and animalistic, while for others, there’s no greater...
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Articles by month
April 2018
- We Tried The New Kahlúa Brunch Club
- Thomas Dakin Gin To Open City Centre Distillery
- Cooking Up Meth - We Took The Breaking Bad-Themed RV For A Spin
- Two-floor Bar and On-site Brewing Facility Are BrewDog's Plans for Manchester Venue
March 2018
- Rudy's Pizza Is Coming To Peter Street This Month
- Marco Pierre White to deliver steaks and grills to Canal Street with third English Chophouse restaurant
- Prepare To Get Your Boogie On At This New Norther Quarter Bar
- The Clink Charity Brings Café Staffed by Ex-Inmates to Manchester's City Centre
- Booth Street Restaurant Pledges To Fund Hot Meals For The Homeless
February 2018
- Manchester City's Pep Guardiola teams with Michelin-starred chef Paco Perez for new Catalan restaurant
- Brewski is bringing poutine and craft beer to second venue in the City Centre
- Brothers Izakaya Brings Late-Night Japanese Cuisine To The Northern Quarter
- That's so fetch - Mean Girls Bottomless Brunch is heading to Manchester
- Manchester House - Manchester Restaurant Review
January 2018
- The Pen & Pencil are celebrating Chinese New Year of the Dog with a Pug Cafe pop-up!
- Polish Food Stall Gets Bricks And Mortar Restaurant In Deansgate
- Coyote Ugly is coming to Manchester and promising girls dancing on the bar and BBQ food
- Breaking Bad themed bar let's you cook up your own cocktails
- Festa Italiana Returns To Cathedral Gardens In July
- Manchester Beer Week Returns For Its Third Year
- New Restaurant Bar Brings A Taste Of Manhattan To Deansgate
- A massive vegan festival is coming to Manchester this Spring
December 2017
- New Deansgate Bar Offers Cocktails And Pizza
- Manchester's Highest Restaurant Will Have New Rooftop Terrace and Renowned Chef
- Alston Bar & Beef Manchester - Restaurant Review
- The Northern Quarter's newest secret bar is disguised as your average newsagents
- George's Great British Kitchen Make Plans for Manchester Restaurant and Gin Bar
- Dirty Martini - Manchester Bar Reviews
November 2017
- Watch Christmas Movies in a Victorian Swimming Pool
- New Cheese-focused restaurant hopes to open in March
- New Blues bar by people behind Crazy Pedro's delivers bourbon, live music and 10p chicken wings
- Naughty health-conscious eatery Love Thy Neighbour to open in Chorlton
- New restaurant and wine bar opens in The Range serving British small plates
- New Northern Quarter private members' bar judges your Instagram before you're let in
- An Immersive Love Actually Cinema Is Coming To Manchester
- Famous London Indian restaurant Dishoom to open in Grade II-listed Manchester Hall
- Restaurant With Hidden Courtyard Coming To The Northern Quarter
October 2017
- New Chorlton bar has more than 60 varieties of whisky
- This Christmas forest wonderland is coming to Manchester with tipis, live music and a hot tub
- Stop everything! You can eat Roast Dinner Fondue in Manchester
- Yard & Coop Introduce Foot High Chicken Burger
- New City Centre Bar Will Have A Massive Stingray Tank And Bollinger Bar
- New Authentic Spanish Restaurant From Couple Behind Tapeo Opens In Didsbury
September 2017
- Pay as you feel at Real Junk Food's supermarket-waste restaurant
- The Laundrette First Street - Manchester Bar Review
- We tried out the new Alchemist in MediaCityUK. Here's how we got on.
- Rave in a giant ice cave this September in Manchester
- Mason-themed restaurant to open in Manchester's former Masonic hall
- We tried out the ‘Bubbles and Berries’ 5-course cocktail progression at Cloud 23
August 2017
- Impossible - Manchester Restaurant Review
- A new industrial-style restaurant and dedicated craft beer bar are opening in Manchester
July 2017
- Manchester is getting a Mexican 'taqueria' filled with tacos and tequila
- Manchester is getting its own tomato throwing festival called La Tomatina
- Dive NQ up the ante every Friday with a bottomless drinks & bites offer
June 2017
- A newsagents has transformed into a Victorian restaurant called Fress
- New Manchester Bar will have Lickable Champagne Bubbles, Secret Gin Palace and Cryogenically Frozen Cocktails
- The Grill on the Alley - Manchester Restaurant Review
- New York-style bar brings gourmet hot dogs and decadent waffles to the Northern Quarter
- Cabana - Manchester Restaurant Reviews
May 2017
- Glaswegian Steak And Gin Specialists Opening First English Restaurant In Corn Exchange
- Secret And Sexy Cocktail Bar Behind Closed Doors Is Opening In The Northern Quarter
- There's an Italian festival headed our way this summer
April 2017
- Waygu beef, bottomless drinks and poached eggs? We try out the Cottonopolis brunch
- Grand Pacific - Manchester Restaurant Bar Review
- We tried out Manchester's Crystal Maze for ourselves...what was the verdict?
- An adult ball pit is coming to the Printworks
- MasterChef Simon Wood opens his first namesake restaurant in Manchester city centre
- Why You Can't Miss Cocktails In The City This Spring
- Team Behind Pen & Pencil are Set to Open a New Bar and Restaurant in Northern Quarter
March 2017
- Ginopolis is a new Manchester gin bar set to be a paradise for juniper lovers
- Iberica Spinningfields - Manchester Restaurant Review
February 2017
- Asian fables come to life in Panacea founder's new Japanese restaurant in Spinningfields
- The Refinery Spinningfields - Manchester Restaurant Review
- New 1920s bar opens in the heart of Grade II listed building
- Veeno - Manchester Wine Bar Review
- Luxury sports bar The Director's Box set to open on Manchester's Booth Street
- The San Carlo Group turn their attention to Neapolitan pizzas, opening a new restaurant in Manchester
January 2017
- Suri is bringing flavours of the Middle East and Mediterranean to King Street
- Organic and seasonal restaurant set to open with onsite microbrewery
- Rabbit In The Moon aims to stun Manchester with its 'Space Age Asian' cuisine
- Dirty Martini to open 10th venue in Manchester
- West CNR brings an all-day hangover haven to Manchester's Northern Quarter
December 2016
- Manchester United legend Gary Neville brings renowned Mahiki nightclub to Manchester
- Marmite-Inspired Menu Coming to Bill's In Manchester
- Seven Bro7hers Beerhouse brings the brewery's beers to Ancoats growing nightlife
- The first 'Pay As You Feel' Cafe is opening in Manchester
- Mexica spices up Ancoats with fresh Central American cuisine
- Crazy Pedro's Christmas Pizza 'Let It Dough' is its most bizarre creation yet
- Blow off some steam at a new axe throwing club in Manchester
- V Revolution reboots its vegan Manchester restaurant with some American classics
- Car-yard themed pop up Garage Bar speeds into Manchester
- Jimmy's plans to bring rock and roll back to Manchester's Northern Quarter
- GRUB's Christmas Food Fair returns to Alphabet Brewing Co.
November 2016
- Bock Bière Café showcases the best of Europe's leading breweries in new Manchester digs
- Manchester, To the Crystal Dome as Crystal Maze set to open in Spring 2017
- New bistro restaurant opens in the 125 year old Palace Theatre
- All steak a tenner at new mono-menu restaurant Featherblade
- Pop-up Cinema Showing Christmas Movies Opens At Victoria Baths
- We try out the new cocktail menu at Cottonopolis
- San Carlo Restaurant Group and Renowned Chef Join Forces For FEAST Winter Pop-Up
