Martini Espresso on tap? Manahatta’s your kind of bar!

SAM | 8th November 2018

 

 

Crisp nights, the holidays nipping at our toes, there’s a twinkly cosmopolitan Manchester vibe and Manahatta is just what we need on our Christmas list, an uptown cocktail bar with hearty Big Apple food.

 

It’s brass and booths, with a drumbeat of cocktail shaking and helpful, lovely servers for whom nothing is too much trouble and they have an espresso and porn star matinees on tap – literally, they pour them in front of you.

 

The food is hearty, meaty and East Coasty, with burgers, steaks, dogs, platters and deli style dishes, just what you want to warm your cockles as the nights draw in.

 

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Prices are from £4.50 for starters and we kicked off with the Boardwalk Platter, just shy of twenty quid, which was a mountain of goodies and great value. It was hard to choose a favourite but salt beef hash cakes, Bang Bang chicken skewers and nachos were great, but then so was were the  halloumi fries and chipolatas.

 

As ever, one of our party was gluten intolerant and they were extremely helpful, providing a chart of every dish and what they had in it as well as tweaking dishes so our pal wasn’t left out.

 

Mains start from under £8 and the portions here are proper stateside supersize so well worth your hard-earned dollar.

 

Our intolerant buddy opted for a sunshine powerbowl, full of green goodness while I went for one of the house speciality of Katsu Curry which was gorgeous. Here, the protein (chicken in my case) is coated in panko which is Japanese type of breadcrumb then a delicious curry sauce is poured over, just yum!

 

Steak is born and bred in the UK and was a great piece of meat with a sauce of your choice and salty chips.

 

Pudding looked spectacular but by this time were just too full but there’s waffles and banoffee and everything you would expect of a native New Yorker.

 

There are lunch deals, bottomless brunches and a superb cocktail list so make sure you take a culinary stateside trip.

 

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£7.95 Lunch Deal – Mon-Fri 12-3pm

 

Bottomless Brunch – Sat & Sun 11am-3pm £26.95pp

 

Manahatta, 188 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3NE. 

 

 

Author: Emma Chadwick. Images: Christie Hutch.