Harden's survey result
Summary
“You know you’re in a restaurant with imaginative owners when the Sunday ‘specials’ are lobster thermidor and partridge”, and where you might find “beautiful seafood” as well as your “first taste of squirrel!” – “husband and wife owners” Kevin (chef) & Rachel (FOH) Choudhary “have flair and imagination but perhaps most importantly they love what they do”. High-ceilinged and filled with plants, it’s a “very pleasant and unusual place” where the worst complaint concerns “a slight tendency to overload the dishes with ingredients”.
Summary
“This excellent small restaurant is not to be missed” – “a gem hidden in plain sight on Great Ancoats Street”. “The menu changes frequently and is driven by seasonal locally sourced produce and the passions of Kevin and Rachel Choudhary”. “It’s a relaxing space, an oasis full of potted plants and herbs, where conversation is easy, portions are generous, and dishes combine traditional ideas and concepts with innovative contemporary additions”.
Summary
“A hidden gem on the fringe of the Northern Quarter and Ancoats”, Kevin & Rachel Choudhary’s ‘English market diner’ is “driven by seasonal produce”, with “a constantly changing menu of adventurous and innovative dishes”. There’s “serious culinary ambition here and the reach mostly falls within their grasp – rabbit and pistachio cigars, smoked aubergine, tempura crab in green curry, venison, mackerel, ‘Manchester moneybags’ to finish – this is contemporary, international cuisine with a confident touch”.
Summary
Kevin & Rachel Choudhary ran a pub in Altrincham before launching this eclectic “English market diner” in Ancoats. With its “relaxing environment full of plants”, it's “a bit like dining in a conservatory”. On the menu: “hard-to-fault locally sourced food from a daily changing menu”.
For 33 years we've been curating reviews of the UK's most notable restaurant. In a typical year, diners submit over 50,000 reviews to create the most authoritative restaurant guide in the UK. Each year, the guide is re-written from scratch based on this survey (although for the 2021 edition, reviews are little changed from 2020 as no survey could run for that year).
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72 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, M4 5BG
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £20.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £2.00 |
 Extras |
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|---|---|
| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
72 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, M4 5BG
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | CLOSED |
| Thursday | CLOSED |
| Friday | 1 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 1 pm‑11 pm |
| Sunday | 1 pm‑9:30 pm |
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