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Suri, King Street Bringing Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavours to King Street, Suri opens in the building left empty by Quill today (Friday).
The restaurant and bar offers refined yet relaxed drinking and dining, with a menu of mezze-style grazing plates such as Lebanese lamb cutlets with roasted garlic, tzatziki and pomegranate; ras el hanout split prawns with avocado, sesame and coriander; and chickpea and root vegetable kibbeh with spiced yoghurt. Grand Pacific, King Street Manchester’s historic Reform Club will reopen as Grand Pacific next week, styled on the grand old colonial hotels of south east Asia.
Formerly home to the notorious Reform restaurant and latterly Room, the grade II listed building’s palatial first floor dining room is being transformed into an all-day drinking and dining den by Living Ventures, who say they want to ‘recreate the golden age of high society with a comfortable, relaxed charm [and] great service’.
Blending exotic flavours with English classics, the food offering will include a classical Sunday lunch with roast beef carved at the table, accompanied by live music from the Grand Pacific Palm Court Group. An indulgent high tea will also be available, with sweet treats from far-flung destinations served alongside speciallyblended teas and champagne cocktails.
The ‘tranquil, classic interior’ will incorporate many of the building’s original features along with palm trees and a 25-seat Long Bar inspired by Raffles Hotel in Singapore, serving up exotic cocktails set to an eclectic soundtrack.
The restaurant and bar opens on Friday March 17.
81 King Street, Manchester city centre, M2 4AH Proove, West Didsbury The Sheffield-based wood fired pizza crew crossed the Peaks to launch their first Manchester venture this week.
Open now on West Didsbury’s Burton Road, the pizzeria features a menu of classic Neapolitan toppings served on its signature slow-proved sourdough bases.
The restaurant will also serve a simple selection of antipasti and desserts along with beer, wine and cider.
160 Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 1LH The Boundary, Heaton Mersey Open now in Heaton Mersey, this neighbourhood cafe bar from the team behind The Lawn Club offers a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere by day and more grown-up drinking and dining by night.
It serves a simple breakfast menu through the week alongside a wider brunch menu at weekends in laidback surroundings featuring whitewashed walls and brickwork, soft grey furnishings, trailing foliage and quirky prints by local artists.
Later in the day, there’s a choice of soups, sandwiches and salads, along with sourdough flatbreads from the woodfired pizza oven, while the drinks list features a 20-strong gin selection, craft beer from the likes of Manchester’s Shindigger, Alphabet and Runaway breweries, and wines sourced from Stockport-based merchant Boutinot.
464 Didsbury Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3BS Côte Brasserie, Hale Bringing a taste of France to Hale, Côte Brasserie opened its doors at the end of January. Based inside a beautiful listed building in the heart of the Trafford village, the Parisian-style restaurant serves up classic French dishes such as steak tartare, moules frites and cassolet de Toulouse in chic surroundings. It’s open now - bon appetit! 183 Ashley Road, Hale, Trafford, WA15 9SD Five Guys, Manchester Arndale American burger giant Five Guys has brought its famous double patties to Manchester city centre for the first time with the opening of its new restaurant inside the Arndale.
The retro diner chain is open now on the upper level of the shopping centre, next to Nando’s and Bella Italia.
Manchester Arndale, Market Street, Manchester, M4 3AQ