Favourite Places to Eat in Manchester

Hi everyone,

I thought I’d share with you some of my favourite places to go and eat in Manchester. I live in Manchester and am constantly eating and so I thought could share with you the places I love to go.

There’s no number order in this I could never pick an ultimate favourite.

1. Sugo, Altrincham

Sugo is a restaurant that only serves my favourite food: PASTA (aside from some starters and desserts). The fact that they serve only pasta is amazing but the fact that the pasta is the most authentic Southern Italian pasta I’ve ever had in England is even more amazing. They serve their pasta al dente too, the way I love it. They change their menu every so often and only serve about 5 or 6 dishes at a time. The flavours are so powerful and honestly my mouth waters every time I look at pictures of their dishes or even think about it. Plus, they serve my favourite place’s ice cream (but more on that later).

 

2. Urban Burger Bar, Altrincham

Gourmet burgers are incredibly trendy, but of all the places I’ve tried in Manchester this place is my favourite. They serve a variety of other dishes too such as hot dogs which I’ve yet to try because I always come back to the burgers. The burgers are huge and a bit difficult to try and fit them in your mouth, but it’s worth it. My favourite burger is the cheeky swine burger which is a beef burger with pulled pork. They also have an amazing selection of chips my two favourites are sweet potato (my obsession at the moment) and the parmesan and truffle.

3. Altrincham Market, Altrincham

I love to go to Altrincham Market for their desserts. They have amazing ice cream and cake places. Altrincham Market has their main market house where there’s seating inside and the places inside don’t change. But, the outside bit’s stalls often vary and these are my favourite places. The inside has an amazing chocolate stall which serves chocolate milk that my mum says tastes like proper old chocolate milk. They also have a cake shop that serves a cookie which is like almost leftovers encompassing coffee, cereal and other things. The ice cream places in the outside bit are my favourite. They used to serve the ice cream from my favourite ice cream place (I promise it’s coming dun dun!) but the last time I went there was a new ice cream place, I had Daim with pretzels. Anytime I can have pretzels with something sweet it’s a win.

4. Moose Coffee, City Centre

I was introduced to Moose Coffee by a friend and now I take every friend there if they’ve never been before, all my friends then take their friends and now pretty much everybody I know has been. It’s an American & Canadian breakfast place but they also serve burgers and hot dogs amongst other things. I always mean to try other things but every time I go I stick to my same waffles or pancakes. The pancakes however are HUGE, even if I’m starving and have not eaten all day I still can’t manage them. Due to this and because I prefer them I always get the waffles. I either get them with ice cream, cream or nutella. I also get a milkshake when I’m feeling extra unhealthy, my favourite is the Oreo or Daim one.

5. Slice Pizza & Bread Bar, Northern Quarter

 

This place sells pizza with a variety of amazing toppings that vary each time I go. It also sells pizza by the slice so it’s the perfect snack if you’re not too hungry but the slices are still filling. They also sell the most mouth watering desserts, even when I tell myself that I’m being good I can’t help but cave and buy one. They have salted caramel millionaire shortbreads and calzones with Nutella and a variety of fruits, if that doesn’t sell you I don’t know what will. The place is like a little Italian cafe and all the chairs outside on the street face outwards like they do in other countries.

6. San Carlo Cicchetti, Deansgate

My pictures are always awful of Cicchetti because the lighting is so random, so I apologise if the picture really doesn’t sell you. But honestly, please ignore it because the food is DELICIOUS. It’s like a tapas style so you can order lots of different dishes which is really good so you can order lots of different things. Also, the desserts are amazing (as I’ve said about every place I’ve spoken about but I just really really love desserts). They have a dessert that’s basically an ice cream sundae with Ferrero Rocher and Nutella and is meant for 2 people but I managed to eat the whole thing by myself. They also have like a cheese board but for desserts where you get like a little mini bit of lots of different desserts.

7. MilkJam, Deansgate

MilkJam is a place that only sells desserts I KNOW, it’s made for me. It’s made up of Ginger’s, Lushbrownies and Bakeorama who are different dessert creators. Ginger’s makes ice cream, Lushbrownies makes brownies and Bakeorama makes extravagant cakes. They’ve all joined together to make a pop up that’s only around for a few months unfortunately. They serve all the different dessert creators’ products and combine them all. The first time I went was on my birthday and I had two cookies with popcorn in it with malted vanilla ice cream in between, red velvet crumbled on top and salted caramel sauce on top. The place itself is adorable there’s a table surrounded by golden streamers and balloons and they also have hairdresser hair washing seats.

8. Ginger’s Comfort Emporium, Afflecks Palace, Northern Quarter

This is the favourite ice cream place I’ve been raving out throughout this entire blog post and it also is part of the MilkJam trio. It serves ice cream in a variety of different ways such as in french toast or as pictured in a hot chocolate float. They serve a variety of flavours such as the usual vanilla and chocolate but also some different flavours. My favourite flavour they do is golden syrup.

9. Piccolino, City Centre

There’s a few Piccolinos in Manchester but none of them are no where near as good as the one in the city centre. It recently had a complete revamp with the adding of counters showcasing all the different foods such as the desserts or the meats. However, I’ve been going since I was very little and the place is still my favourite. When I was younger I always had the bolognese and they definitely make the best one I’ve ever had in England. Now, I still stick to my pasta (with the occasional venture of something new) but all the pasta dishes are wonderful.

If any of you check out any of the places I’ve mentioned let me know or if any of you have any great places to check out let me know.

Thanks for reading,

Roma x