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The food was excellent. I got cheese and onion pie (lunch) and tried the chocolate challenge…read more(which we failed dismally). The chocolate was to die for...totally scrumptious. The service was really good with friendly and knowledgeable staff. I'll be back for sure. The prices were good also. The seating was good and the wait was not long ( although I booked ahead of time).

The best Patissier and Chocolatier in North Manchester…read more Any time I drive into Manchester (which is very often) I have to drive past Slattery's and always manage to make some excuse to pop in. I shouldn't have to make an excuse to go here - It's excellent. The ground floor is their outstanding chocolate and cake shop - definitely worth spending some time here tasting and choosing what they have on offer. Their selection of over 40 celebration cakes on display are stunning - you'll find yourself staring at them like some sort of art. A few of the wedding cakes are pushing £1,000.. asking if it would be worth it? For me, yes! Their cakes are amazing - no wonder Wayne Rooney bought his wedding cake from here and had it shipped to Italy. You'll find me with my face pressed up against the viewing window where you can watch the cake decorators working hard to perfect these masterpieces *drool* I'm certainly not planning my wedding or anything but I already know that there's a massive possibility that my cake will be from here. On the first floor is an elegant restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and of course CAKE. The menu is fab and I haven't heard anybody mention a bad word about it. I have yet to visit the restaurant and I hear that unless you book weeks in advance you've no chance of getting in, but this only makes me want to try it even more and it is certainly on my list. In the past I have bought baskets from here and made my own hampers, mainly for family or friends at Christmas time - consisting of chocolates, hand make cakes, biscuits, marmalades, wines etc (all locally sourced). Safe to say these always go down well. If you have a sweet tooth, this is somewhere you should definitely visit.

Absolute horrible service please my vegan vegetarian and religious brothers sisters & friends…read moreplease avoid they vegan and vegetarian but they don't have any concept or precisely they know people sentiments So went for breakfast with my partner for special occasion and ordered vegan breakfast with vegan sausage instead gave us meat pork sausage on asking they said they don't do vegan sausage....we have to send all breakfast back and had to leave but ride and Racist manager made us pay full price we didn't want to spoil our day we paid and left but in future all other customers be aware....

Best cafe & bakery in Levenshulme. All of the bread, croissants etc are amazing, the crube is…read moresomething you need to get as well. Eating in is just as good with all the brunch options that are available, well worth it.

Happy to be the first person to review this establishment in the 21st century, the cinnamon rolls…read moreare stellar as always and I'm 95% sure that's the only reason this place has been open nearing 20 years (don't fix something that's not broken) lovely little sweet afternoon treat, thoroughly enjoyed my time here, don't know if I can say the same for the girl (presumably on her first date) getting bored to death by a gentleman who wouldn't let her get a word in edgeways. Also the fellow handing out the free samples ignored me and my partner but it didn't stop us from getting that cinnamon roll.

I adore Rollers! The only place I know of in the UK that does sweetrolls and cinnamon rolls to the…read moresame quality as over in the USA! They also do slices of pizza, and various drinks. For me, a perfect visit is to get a cinnamon sweet roll (warmed, with extra frosting!) and a nice big cup of tea, not only because it's so delicious that you groan when you take your first bite (*ahem*), but because it's such good value, and the staff are very friendly and welcoming. The venue itself is long and narrow, but has several tables and a stylish art piece on the wall showing people enjoying the sweet rolls! This place is a real gem, but because it's just at the top of the escalators near the entrance, people tend to miss it, despite the free samples often offered! Definitely give this place a try sometime, it's too delicious not to!

Millies Cookies is a bakery shop in the UK which set themselves up in town centres and shopping…read moremalls. I came in this branch today, opposite Game and The Card Factory in the Manchester Arndale as I had a promotional free cookie from O2 Priority Moments, which normally costs £1.29 This is the main branch of the two, and it also makes large iced cookies for special occasions at quite high prices. The service here was decent, the man who served me was friendly enough but he was slow in dealing with customers and I was waiting for around 3 1/2 minutes as he was the only one working on my visit, which isn't right for a busy branch in a large city like Manchester. The cookie was a decent size and wasn't really value for money compared to what you can get in a multipack. Quality was average, and flavours were limited. I opted for coconut. Sadly this is just an average shop really, which I wouldn't even class as a bakery due to such a high focus just on cookies, Location, some aspects of value and service warrant a low two star rating.

'Millie's Cookies'- how lovely and friendly does that sound?! Who wouldn't want cookies from…read moreMillie? Lovely old Millie. Turns out there's loads of 'em and the name was all just a soulless piece of marketing. It's fair enough I suppose I mean, how many people would fancy nipping to 'Adolf's Cookies'? How about 'Darth's Cookies'? OK, bad example there, the mixing of Star Wars and crumbly, biscuity goodness would obviously be a beautiful thing but you get my point. I'm getting way off the point here. As you can see, I've given ol' Millie the big five stars. At the rate I'm eating them, these cookies are going to give me diabetes. But they are so good I actually think it's worth the lifetime of injections and blackouts just to keep munching! Go ruin your teeth today, you'll thank me later!

One of the reasons why I gained so much weight is because of the sweets, and carbs! Yes, it's true,…read moreI have to admit. I'm a carbaholic! Places like Ho's Bakery doesn't help because they have fabulous Asian pastries. My friend Marvin brought me here, and we bought major carbs for our trip back to the U.S. Small bakery shop, old fashion, but best egg custard in Manchester,

Roll up to Ho's Bakery in Chinatown for good quality Chinese buns to take out. There's another one…read morein Manchester and one in Leeds - is Ho soon to take the country by storm? Maybe. One bun at a time. This little bakery tucked into an old arched building has nothing but freshly baked goodies (a few savoury snacks too like pasties) and for that we love them. I've never tried the bubble tea myself but friends have raved about it - they have all different flavours so it is definitely on my to do list. But I can tell you that their cakes with cream, fresh fruit, things like that are so so delicious. The prices, whilst steeper than a donut in Greggs, are still pretty good for what you are getting so don't let this put you off.

Having ordered a pre-made custom cake from Lollys Cupcakery which cost around £50 for a special…read moreoccasion, I did have high expectations but sadly they were not met. When you spend such a high amount on a cake, you expect a good quality tasting product and service too, however, It wasn't met. I found the cake to be rather dry, which although can be common with gluten-free cakes, it shouldn't be the case with ones which are more premium and supposedly home-made. Lollys Cupcakery also do have the option to customise the cakes with certain designs, but all they seemed to do was print out a few cut-outs and stick a few into it which any idiot with a printer could do, it just felt like a cheap, half-hearted knock-off more than anything and considering Lollys Cupcakery pride themselves on making cakes for a special occasion, I just think from a price, taste and presentation point of view, which are the three main factors a business like this should deliver, it sadly just isn't good enough. 1*

In my quest for the perfect cake for a friend's 30th, I came across Richard's Cakes. Specialising…read morein bespoke cakes for every event or occasion, what struck me most about them was the fact that they have a set price list which is extremely reasonable. Prices start at just £30 including decoration and you can request practically anything, be it a cartoon character, a caricature, a car, even a handbag. Not only that, but you can choose any flavour as well as an an eggless cake or one that's gluten free. We're still working on our design (you'll get a one-to-one consultation to help you decide), so I'll update this post when we've received the final product!

If you check out my profile you will see that my last meal in the world would be cake. That is not…read moreto say that I don't love my Mum's roasts, or my Dad's curry chicken and rice, or my Mum-in-laws mutton. All three are delectable, lick the plate, belly- full and smile- on- the- face kind of food, but NOTHING compares to cake! I had to have a special cake made for my mini-me and nothing but the best would do. She was very specific, sponge, butter cream and jam, enough for 50 people but the design was left up to me. This is where Richard's Cakes came in and they proved themselves royally. The staff are excellent and showed me a portfolio of designs which were amazing. Eventually,having been distracted by the smell of cake, I decided upon a Chanel handbag and the sweet girl who assisted me asked me all about the personality of my little princess. Is she a girlie girl? Answer Yes. Does she like make-up. Answer : totally. Is she always on her mobile phone? Answer: glued to it. This was not a confectionary Q&A session without a purpose though, because when I went to collect the masterpiece, it was surrounded by an edible fondant lipstick, eyeliner, nail polish and mobile. Absolutely exquisite. Princess was overwhelmed as her friends gasped in admiration but the proof was in the pudding and it was the lightest, tastiest sponge I had ever had in my life. And the second best part was the price- all this for only £40!! Heaven in a cake box.

Home to cheap booze, pasties, stamps, magazines, cigarettes, toiletries etc etc. Londis is one of…read morethose be it all stores whilst coming just short of a full blown supermarket, with a post office at the back its useful for those expired passports and parcels. Londis also stocks Nourishment, one of the most god forsaken beverages ever to be served in a tin. So it's a winner in my book. This shop is great for when tesco express cops out of stocking that certain something. You nip round the corner and you can usually find it here, the list for me goes on and on but includes mozzarella, a courgette, stamps and soup all of which I've managed to find when other stores have failed. A wonderful saviour.

The best thing about this newsagents is that it sells all the newspapers at student prices i.e. 20p…read moreon weekdays. You don't have to be a student or even pretend to be one to take advantage of this offer, so it's worth a trip round the corner from Tesco if you're after a copy of the Independent or Guardian. They also have pretty good offers on alcohol which are displayed on fluorescent paper in the windows, no doubt with the intention of attracting students from Wilmslow Park, which is located up above. But come on WP students, don't be lazy. Pop round the corner to Tesco or Lidl where you can pick up your tins of beans and ready meals for cheaper than Londis.