Appears to be closed. Last review left in 2025. Walked 5mins here and found the door as a different…read morename.

A great coffee shop in Manchester! I was visiting for the weekend and looking for a place for a…read morelate breakfast. At 11 am on a Saturday, they weren't too packed and even if they were this place is huge so there is plenty of room to sit down and enjoy! What I ordered: I got a cappuccino and a falafel salad. The cappuccino was huge! The salad was filling and came w hummus, guacamole, and a veggie mix! I loved it! Prices were reasonable for what you get! Another bonus- there were outlets next to all of the booths! Nice. I would highly recommend this place!

This place is closed down. Someone should remove it! Called numerous times and couldn't get…read morethrough. I figured something was wrong when address wouldn't pop up on my. Google maps. Finally did some more looking and found out they've been closed for a year. Very disappointed as I was looking forward to an American breakfast.

I really wish this place opened in the evening.. from Monday to Thursday it closes at 3pm and other…read moredays 5pm this is why it's taken me so long to eat here!! After a heavy night I took my friend here for brunch. On the outside it looks closed. Walking up the stairs exposes a open kitchen and large seating area with cacti everywhere and a cool kat clock over looking the place. The service was enjoyable from start to finish..90 percent of staff including the chef looked genuinely happy to be working there dancing to the music smiling as they cooked and served. It gave it a buzz! The menu consists of well..a American diner..from the special board I chose the maple pecan nut shake and the Benny crab cakes.. my friend had the spinach and poached eggs dish with fresh mint tea. The Shake was huge and yummy and while I waited for my food I kept seeing indulgent stacks of pancakes being whisked away. My poached eggs were oozy and perfect and the crab cakes.. well very crabby! And rich..to break it up there was water melon on the side which refreshed the palette. My friend really enjoyed hers too. I really want to come back here :( please extend your opening times!!

I popped into this cozy cafe/bistro/tea bar late Sunday afternoon to find some caffeine and fight…read moretrans-Atlantic jet lag. I took up residence in the dimly lit back area, where the cheerful waitstaff promptly took my order of a blood orange hot chocolate made with almond milk (!) The drink came out frothy and light, with a cloud of chocolate-dusted milk foam atop subtle, smooth chocolate. No bitter or artificial aftertaste. While bopping along to the background music and working on my laptop, I was informed that Leaf would close early at 19h instead of 20h, so I seized the opportunity to order dinner as well: the jerk lamb rump, and an order of jasmine pearl tea. The waiter helped me verify that the lamb was free of dairy, and soon I was chowing down on succulent roast lamb and garlicky roast beans. The mango jam was a perfect accompaniment to the meat, but I found the coconut/coriander rice too mushy to my taste. It helped me to imagine them as mashed potatoes instead, haha. The tea was sensuously fragrant, and I welcomed the scented fog clouding my glasses. I wish I could have stayed there longer, but I might return for brunch or tea - Leaf is truly a serene, wonderful establishment.

J love thus place, mostly because I live tea, and I'm really not a coffee drinker, where so many…read morecoffee shops tea is an afterthought, leaf is clearly dedicated to my fave, with a vast list of choices. Id also like to give props to the brownies. So many are disappointing and dry, but these are lovely and a generous square

This is a great place for breakfast. The food tastes incredible and is most definitely value for…read moremoney. Staff were friendly and attentive. Highly recommend!

I called into this cafe this morning as I was staying in the stay city next door and it has been…read morerecommended to me by the staff. I had my 2 year old and my 10 year old with me as we were over from Ireland as a family to watch the man utd game and the lady behind the desk told me sorry they were full and it was bookings only this was at around 9.30 a.m. I could clearly see empty tables and I explained we were just trying to grab some breakfast before our flight but she said no they were fully booked, I then left the cafe and went online and checked the booking and could see multiple spaces so I booked a table for 5 online, my wife and daughter joined me, when I walked back in and said "Hi I now have a booking " the lady looked at me and said I'll have to check does this booking stand cause sometimes you can make a booking then later it can get cancelled. I was very confused so she walked off for a couple of minutes and then came back and said "OK I've managed to get you a table" as if she was after doing me a favor, when I went upstairs there was 5 free tables and 2 downstairs. I was fuming but my wife begged me not to say anything so I didn't. 1. Why could they not just give me the table the first time. 2.Why did she have to check could I come in after me making a confirmation booking online 3. I had 3 young kids with me and I had to stand outside for no reason in the freezing cold to make an account to book a table as I knew there was space but she would not let me have a free table 4. I spent nearly 65 pounds on breakfast but still left with a bad taste in my mouth I would not recommend this Cafe to any family because it was either not family friendly or she didn't like us cause we were Irish but she purposely went out of her way not to let us on

The atmosphere was buzzing. A 20 minute wait turned into a quick 5 minutes! This place was very…read morecharming, the staff was welcoming, and food and drinks were fantastic! As a new visitor to Manchester, you obviously have to try the place where patrons are lined up outside to get in for brunch!

Such a charming brunch place in the morning. Didn't try any afternoon bar time. However ate here 3…read moredays in a roll while we stayed Moxy next door. Kids found this place and got the Açaí bowl to go for me on the first day. We came back for the following morning and enjoyed Latte and porridge and steak sandwiches tremendously. Services were warm and quick. Pricing was reasonable as well. Highly recommended. Noticed the lines outside starting 9:30ish.

The Gay Village is one of my favorite Manchester neighborhoods and one of my favorite places to…read morevisit there is this tea room. Each time I visit I am taken back to a time when high tea was not only expected but proper. The scones are absolutely to die for! Freshly made, onsite. The sandwiches, teas, and bubbly are always spot on. Service is just what you would expect. Proper and welcoming. They've got drag tea hours that never seem to match up with my schedule when I am in Man. One of these days... Nonetheless, I am eager for my next visit to this proper English tea house.

Yae not really a fan. And I really wanted to be…read more First the positive. - nice location inside the gay village (yes that the official name of the neighborhood ) - very nice and friendly staff and waiter. - good selection of teas and the teas have been tasty. But now to the rest a teatime should be sacred time with loved once an hour to relax calm down and enjoy good tea and food. We had the queens tea and it comes as a full high tea with scones, sandwiches and sweets. While the service - as already mentioned was great (they switched one set to vegetarian sandwiches) - the sandwiches have not been. The toast was a bit try on the edges and the actual spread and creations have been lackluster to be friendly. The chickpea vegetarian was the best by far. The scones clearly made in house fresh and really good tasting. But they have been more like a bead bun in consistency- but together with the clotted cream very very good. Just not really scones. This tea room also did disappointed me with just serving a tiny glass of industrial made strawberry preserves. They also only serve one "scone" per person and did not offered any more sandwiches or scones. And then finally the "sweets" the Richmond tea room takes that word very very literal. Besides a macaron and a little passionfruit tartlet they served two pieces of cake that have both been tasting like sugar only. While looking ok they just had no taste whatsoever other than just being overly sweet. No fruit flavor or distinctive taste. Since I left mine untouched since they were just not good maybe that why they don't offered more sandwiches or scones. All in all it was just not the teatime I was looking for spending with my husband as quality time we slowed down drinking the tea but we did not really enjoyed the food and that messed up the experience. Sadly. Starting with five stars I'll take one of for the stall sandwiches, another one for uninspired sweets and a third for the jam and overall price / quality relations. Since I would have lived with it when it would have been a cheap teatime in a restaurant, but it's a location that ha w tea room even in the name.

Nice homely feel but a bit too cramped for my liking ! Would definitely return to try something…read moreelse.

A very nice little cafe - pink chairs! - close to Piccadilly station. It was quiet with lots of…read moretable space. The staff were very friendly and I really really liked the delicious crayfish that topped my jacket potato. Also had a nice lemongrass and peppermint tea, they have a range of very appealing options. I like they have lots of good options beyond sandwiches, next time I will try a salad box - healthy too! Probably this is just because I am slightly special, but I found the humming of the fridge really noisy when I was reading. Luckily I now have noise cancelling headphones so I can stop making ridiculous comments like this. WAIT Right after I posted this I saw Mark D's comments about the fridge noise IT IS NOT JUST ME. Take your headphones!

They had a 50%off food offer in January, and I have passed by so many times and always was curious…read moreso couldn't resist. We ordered food at the bar, for some reason we couldn't offer jenga chips with steak - I'm really not sure why, the bartender kept saying something that it only goes with fish and chips, despite the menu saying otherwise. Oh well, ordered French fries instead. The food was nice, albeit our steak was cold, which probably means they didn't bring it straight away.

Great brunch on a Sunday morning with good, friendly, happy staff. Good vegetarian options as well.read more

Visited here during December for a work Christmas lunch, chosen because the set menu seemed…read morereasonably priced and had several choices to suit everyone. This was the first time I'd eaten here and everything was ok, the key word being ok. My starter of smoked salmon and cream cheese parcel was tasty but the marinated ribbons of cucumber needed seasoning and the dish needed another texture. A few slices of melba toast would have been perfect. For main I'd chosen steak which had been described as being served pink but yet somehow was still dry. Accompaniments of grilled tomatoes and roast potatoes were fine but chips seemed more of an obvious choice to go with steak and the roasties just weren't crispy enough as a sub. Dessert was a delicious chocolate salted caramel tart which was luscious, rich and indulgent, just as it should have been and ended the meal on a high. We found service to be very hit and miss, with a non-apologetic waitress (bordering on surly) when my friend queried the gravy on her roast dinner that had been requested without, due to a gluten allergy. My friend was left sitting without any food for a good 10 mins whilst everyone else tucked in before it was plonked down in front of her. Not the way to treat your customers Velvet. All in all as I said at the start it was 'ok'. Luckily in Manchester we have loads of restaurants that are so much more than ok so I'll probably visit them instead

Velvet bar, restaurant and hotel has been an iconic place in MCR's gay village for a long time and…read moreI popped here yesterday for some drinks with friends. It's the same as I remember from a few years back, a great place to socialise and drink with friends. If not looking a little tired now, I think Velvet is in need of a little TLC but still there's a good day or night to be had here.

Only came here for drinks and had a blast. It's a happening place on Friday evening. We started at…read morethe martini bar a few doors down then hopped over here and stayed. The ambience is fun and hip. Then randomly there were people painted and dressed as fairies dancing on tables and singing to live music. From other reviews it sounds like the food is fantastic so I would definitely return.

Really great spot that is easy to enjoy. Huge and beautiful space. Multiple bar areas to…read moreaccommodate huge crowds if needed. We simply ordered at the bar and found open seating in the bar area. The 12 hr munich pork sandwich was delicious. The cheese and mustard perfectly compliment the flavor and the pork shines. Served with house fries that were delicious also; crispy, salty and delicious. The bratwurst klassic was also great; exactly what you expect in a brat. Fantastic selection of German and Czech beers to choose from. Service was great, but, it was early on a Saturday and the crowd continued to build even as we were leaving. They had a drag MC that sang requested birthday songs and occasionally had something, ie one question trivia with winner getting a prosecco bottle, to break up between dj'ed songs. It made it entertaining without overwhelming you from enjoying food, beer and conversation. Absolutely fabulous!