Good restaraunt in town for lunch?

[mammutly]

I have recently returned from a culinary tour of Mallorca and dined at this place which was as good a meal as I have eaten

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I can't see myself visiting Mallorca for a good while, unless we draw then in the Champs League, but i would appreciate your opinion on where to eat in Manchester.
the market is on my list to visit, but i'm sure a high roller like yourself could point me in the better direction.

Sadly not. For me personally the dearer/supposedly better restaurants in Manchester are pretty poor. For example places like Rosso etc are just glorified pizza expresses but twice the price. Jamies Italian was good and pretty reasonable, I have also had some great meals at Room and have taken quite a few girls there on first dates and it's a nice place to go with your other half. Grill on the Alley/Grill on Ney York street are pretty decent too.....but as I said nowhere really stands out for me.

Have you tried The Abode? It's odds on to get Manchester's first Michelin star.

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

I can't see myself visiting Mallorca for a good while, unless we draw then in the Champs League, but i would appreciate your opinion on where to eat in Manchester.
the market is on my list to visit, but i'm sure a high roller like yourself could point me in the better direction.

Sadly not. For me personally the dearer/supposedly better restaurants in Manchester are pretty poor. For example places like Rosso etc are just glorified pizza expresses but twice the price. Jamies Italian was good and pretty reasonable, I have also had some great meals at Room and have taken quite a few girls there on first dates and it's a nice place to go with your other half. Grill on the Alley/Grill on Ney York street are pretty decent too.....but as I said nowhere really stands out for me.

More importantly

Where did you go on the second date?

Or was that it?

That came out a bit wrong, I was just saying it's a nice venue to go with a lady.

 

[squirtyflower]

Sadly not. For me personally the dearer/supposedly better restaurants in Manchester are pretty poor. For example places like Rosso etc are just glorified pizza expresses but twice the price. Jamies Italian was good and pretty reasonable, I have also had some great meals at Room and have taken quite a few girls there on first dates and it's a nice place to go with your other half. Grill on the Alley/Grill on Ney York street are pretty decent too.....but as I said nowhere really stands out for me.

More importantly

Where did you go on the second date?

Or was that it?

That came out a bit wrong, I was just saying it's a nice venue to go with a lady.

Room is good, with quality food, but a tad expensive for what you get.

I take the same girl there every time, she knows how lucky she is!

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

More importantly

Where did you go on the second date?

Or was that it?

That came out a bit wrong, I was just saying it's a nice venue to go with a lady.

Room is good, with quality food, but a tad expensive for what you get.

I take the same girl there every time, she knows how lucky she is!

Yes it probably is mate, thats my point there a lot of places in manc where you pay to sit in a very well designed pleasant environment rather than high quality food.

 

[unicorn]

http://www.sancarlocicchetti.co.uk/

Best place I have been to of late, but lets face it Manchester is a culinary wilderness, how a city of this size has no Michelin starred restaurants is pretty embarrassing!

Utter rubbish - plenty of marvellous food in Manchester cafes, let alone pubs like Marble Arch, Knott Bar, Automatic (Bury), White Hart (Lydgate) etc

Not Michelin but that's a very specific type of dining that I bet Carlos would hate.

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

http://www.sancarlocicchetti.co.uk/

Best place I have been to of late, but lets face it Manchester is a culinary wilderness, how a city of this size has no Michelin starred restaurants is pretty embarrassing!

Utter rubbish - plenty of marvellous food in Manchester cafes, let alone pubs like Marble Arch, Knott Bar, Automatic (Bury), White Hart (Lydgate) etc

Not Michelin but that's a very specific type of dining that I bet Carlos would hate.

Really, been to two of those establishments but only ate in Knott -average. Don't get me wrong it's good hearty food, but a franchman would not accept such mediocre fayre especially for the price.

 

[Soulboy]

Add another one for Cicchetti's.

Been a few times and it's outstanding, I would suggest it might even be better than San Carlos, its bigger brother!

Apart from that, a Wetherspoons Big Brekky is probably as good as it gets in central Manchester...