Decent studenty food in Manchester

[SpeckledJim]

dontlookdown said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

dontlookdown said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

When was that?

My first place in Manchester was 2004 I lived in the northern quarter. Then moved out a year later the suburbs.

I only really liked mylahore in Rusholme.

NQ now has some fantastic bars, diners, restaurants. Some hidden away

Early 90s. I am an old git. There was nothing there but derelict warehouses back then;)

I remember back then we drove over from Huddersfield in a XR3i (that broke down regularly) to go to alot of places. I remember hacienda pre knife/gun detector arch on the door. Gawd, I'm also old

Remember picadilly 21s?

Yes I do! And the Hacienda of course. Tony Wilson was my hero back then. There was a tiny club underneath a bar we used to go to- the Cypress Tavern? - that was really quite an experience. All human life was there, as they used to say.

Kebabs from the Babylon on Oxford Rd nr the Poly, or an Abduls chicken kebab from down by Whitworth Park if it was a special occasion. And beer only 50p a pint.

Kids today etc etc...

I need to get this out of my system because daughter won't put up with my reminiscences for more than 30 secs;)

Yes, Babylon. They could have taught McDonalds a few things about process design and efficiency. Maybe not much about customer care.

A real jolt of clarity at 2am. “Right, I need my wits about me here, because if I don’t know the answers to the kebab inquisition straight away I’m going to get a bking”.

[thebraketester]

The wife and I use to go to a place on Oxford Road called Umami, near the aquatic centre. Fairly decent Japanese restaurant, and not hugely expensive.


Rusholme chippy for a Kobida kebab.... taste sensation.


Pizza row on Oxford Street... I used to be on first name terms with the guys in Babylon. Must have spent god knows how much over the years I was there.

Edited by thebraketester on Saturday 12th June 08:35

[numtumfutunch]

Did similar with son visiting uni before the badness happened and curry mile was the easy choice
As you prob know walkable from the campus and its all good

If you have a bit more time the prev mentioned Mackie Mayor is excellent
Really great in fact, but on the edge of the NQ and a slight hike

And in between the 2 the Federal Cafe people have one near the Arndale and another 10-15 mins from Oxford St on Deansgate - both fantastic for brunch/lunch

And theres a billion other places too

I love Manchester - shame the lad didnt end up there.................

[WolfAir]

thebraketester said:

The wife and I use to go to a place on Oxford Road called Umami, near the aquatic centre. Fairly decent Japanese restaurant, and not hugely expensive.


Rusholme chippy for a Kobida kebab.... taste sensation.


Pizza row on Oxford Street... I used to be on first name terms with the guys in Babylon. Must have spent god knows how much over the years I was there.

Edited by thebraketester on Saturday 12th June 08:35

Hmmm im not sure but i find rusholme chippy has lost its "je ne sais quoi". Afghan cuisine makes a much nicer kobeda kebab but you have to request the"other" chilli sauce, not the one they normally give. jilanis is another decent place, lamb chops are the best. Madina has great curries.
a few new places on the curry mile, plenty of shwarma joints if thats your thing, even a bbq pit place. oodles n oodles i found over priced and underwhelming.
Mylahores probably the best all rounder, Mughlis is very decent too. Sanam the original restaurant still going strong,

[Jamescrs]

Radec said:

Rusholme for Manchester, Harehills for Leeds and Wicker/London Road for Sheffield.

Bare in mind these will be most like Indian restaurants for curries and normal kebab/burger type places.

I live in Leeds and there is no way I would recommend Harehills to anyone who isn't local and/ or looking for some kind of trouble. It's a rough area by anyone's standards

For the Leeds student experience it has to be Otley Road in Headingley

[dontlookdown]

We are going to have to stay for a week to try all these places out;)

Thanks to all of you for your great suggestions and comments. Really hope the delta variant doesn't put the kibosh on it now...