Amazing food...can't emphasise that enough. Really inventive menu and enjoyed all we had…read more Big bonus is that the entire place both in and out is dog friendly Food service is slow but they tell you this when you arrive but its worth the wait Try it!

Amazing food! Great vibe. Sad we found it on our last day. Service was also great along with the…read morelatte's.

I popped into Folk having gone down to Didsbury for a meeting and a change of scene and thinking it…read morewas time to actually do this on all fronts, I plumped for Folk having never actually been before (I know - it's been there forever!) First off I really liked the bar as it's a good, chilled out and welcoming sort of cafe bar. It's a bit like the Odd bars in that it's got random shizzle everywhere but it doesn't seem too over the top which is nice. There's a great selection of beers on tap and as well as all the usual standard crafts and lagers that you get nowadays, there's also a pretty sweet selection of local beers like Ticketybrew on tap. Alas I was driving and had a meeting so beer wasn't my thing on this occasion but I did plump for a tasty Moroccan lamb wrap with salad and flatbread (£9) to keep me going. It was quite nice but 3 days on I'm still unsure whether I enjoyed the taste of the lamb - it was a strange mix and I'm not certain the spice mix was quite right but I saw enough of the fresh ingredients on offer to go back and try more menu items another day - and of course stop for a pint!

Cafe bar with great interior and good food…read more Let's start this review with me saying I'm pretty biased about Folk - it was the location of my first 'date' with Dan. They were amazingly kind and on our first anniversary let me have a menu to put in with his present. It's one of my seriously happy places. They have booths at the back, a fair few tables round the bar and then a good sized outside space with seating too. The menu is good classic with a range of breakfast options served until 4pm. They also have sandwiches, a burger option, soup and a specials board. The food is freshly cooked and really good. Their bar is well stocked with great beers and spirits plus some excellent non alcoholic options their coffee is also fantastic. They also have a selection of cakes which is always changing, check out the blackboard for the options. Today they have sticky toffee, chai, honey & cinnamon, cookies & cream and berry crumble! Great relaxed atmosphere in the day and nice and lively in the evening this is a great place to try if you are in the area.

When you walk into this establishment has a very comfortable aesthetic. On the inside, it is full…read morewith lots of nice browns and interesting historic pictures; it feels like dining at an old english heritage site. The food is cooked at very good quality and the menu changes every day! The service is very welcoming and it is also dog-friendly. It is a little pricey however, so you may want to reconsider if you are on a strict budget

Amazing dinner in a great area a little west of #manchester. Careful which football club you…read moremention here. Right in the middle of #manchestercityfc and #manchesterunited supporters!! The @worsleyoldhall is a great historic building with a great old English pub and restaurant inside. Great staff there! Ate at the bar and had a great time chatting with them while enjoying a pint or two and great traditional fare. Started with Italian mixed olives well, just because! Went with chicken liver pate with carrot and apricot chutney and never heard of toasted bloomers but it's a nice crusty bread and the combination of the three was amazing in between sips of a great local beer. For the main course had the roasted pheasant breast stuffed with wild boar and apricots. Had a celeriac (celery) purée and juniper gravy. It was a cold rainy evening and this was such a delicious mix of flavors. The boar and pheasant complimented each other so well and the apricots and gravy and purée made every bite moist and flavorful. Was wishing I saved one piece of bread to clean the plate! Last, finished with sticky toddy pudding that was a surprise. I never knew older rustic desserts were referred to as pudding. Came with a toffee sauce to pour over along with a scoop of ice cream and was a perfect finish. Just a short walk with a full belly to the hotel next door. No trouble sleeping after that hearty English dinner and good company by the staff there. If you're in the area add it to the list! Beautiful historic building, great food and drink, great people!

Great food Great service…read moreGreat location and seatings inside and outside, in the center of exchange center.

The Garden Brunch is sooo good. It's basically a vegetarian version of a classic English Breakfast…read more Well, mostly - the peas are not classic mushy peas but a twist featuring avocado. Every item was cooked to perfection and I absolutely loved it. Price is kind of high though. Really nice classic decor reminiscent of the Victorian era. Friendly, quick service. Well worth a stop if you're staying nearby.

Came here by accident - as the breakfast place of my first choice was full - and I regret nothing…read more Gardening themed place decor with comfy interior. The menu was just as good as in the place of my first choice but also cheaper, which is also a plus! Cute little cups and tea selection (including Turing tea) were a nice addition to breakfast!

I would give Allotment 3.5 if possible because it's in that middle ground between a good and great…read moreNQ bar. I love the feel and layout, the wooden chairs aren't uncomfortable and it has a greet atmosphere at night - during the day it's the perfect spot to chill out and enjoy lunch. That brings me on to the food, it's vey very good! Diverse menu, good selection of cask and bottled beers and an array of fabulous cocktails and gins. With the gentrification of the NQ causing some upset, I think allotment stands tall as a quirky, independent, customers orientated spot for those in the know.

Expo Lounge is currently my favourite hangout. It's toddler friendly and my nearly two-year-old…read moreloves it. It's very chilled and has a lovely outside seating area too which looks out to Didsbury Village. There's a great selection of food including vegan and gluten free. On my last visit I spotted Freddie Flintoff!

I don't hate this place I just feel it could be better, it is dark and the staff don't seem that…read morebothered that you exist. I like their offers so it is a good place to come with friends if you don't want to visit the city or Chorlton, but honestly I feel you would be better suited if either of those two places were on offer. I enjoy their hot chocolate, or maybe I should say enjoyed, as I feel I really dropped in because it was warm and I was soaked to the skin and fancied something warm to drink. It is counter service and then they will deliver to your table, and although they do a fairly good job of this it feels like they are doing it begrudgingly like you have taken them away from the bar where they are hanging out with their mates and listening to the music they like. It is just they could do better, and maybe seem a little happier, but maybe hanging around in the dark atmosphere has brought out their inner goth, and to be fair I suspect it would do the same to me if I hung out here regularly. The food is good but not really interesting, and part of me feels it could just be better than it is, I think it is priced to sell and just uninteresting but if you are hungry type of food and it feels a bit to generic, but I guess I would still eat here if I could not be bothered to go further afield.

Perfect place for brunch located right in the heart of the trendy Chorlton Beech Road. Varied…read morebrunch menu has standard offers such as eggs Benedicta, as well as more exotic huevos rancheros, Mexican style morning fare. The stuff is just lovely, while the atmosphere is ambient. Also, the place is quite spacious which is good as a lot of places around are 'cosy' and already full if you go late Sunday morning.

An institution on Beech Road. Other places come and go but Lead Station remains, cos its reliable…read more I've been here quite a few times over the years and always had a good time. The food is of a good standard and it's a relaxing place to just sit and chat. The service has always been good and one time my little brother had hypoglycaemia and the waitress then was great. The only tiny thing is that on my most recent visit my brother's pulled pork sandwich (in the photo) was tasty but a bit dry so I had to donate my coleslaw to my brother to moisten it. That's the only thing though. It's got a cute little courtyard to eat in at the back. Also tables at the front on Beech road to watch Chorlton go past. They even had a bowl of water for dogs. I like their map of the world made out of wine boxes (pictured) although I assumed at first that the different boxes were from the countries it represented. Then I realised Greenland almost definitely doesn't produce wine!

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.