Five Guys is a franchise based fast food restaurant chain established in Arlington, Virginia in 1986 by Janie and Jerry Murrell; Jerry and the couple’s sons, Jim, Matt, Chad, and Ben, were the original “Five Guys. Since the first restaurant, the brand has spread far and wide, with branches right across North America, Canada, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Ireland, the United Kingdom ...

Pho, pronounced Fur, was started by husband and wife team Stephen and Juliette Wall in 2005, the first restaurant opened was in London. They have now expanded to having restaurants in London, Brighton, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Cambridge. Pho opened its doors in Manchester’s Corn Exchange in the summer of 2015 and we visited for lunch shortly thereafter. First impressions of ...

Wahaca was co-founded by 2005 Master Chef winner Tommi Miers and opened their first branch in the West End of London in August 2007, focusing on Mexican street food. Since then a further 20 or so restaurants have opened up across the country, with the Manchester branch opening in September 2015. We visited Wahaca Manchester in December 2015 and had mixed feelings ...

I don’t know what has happened in Manchester recently but there has been a huge increase in the number of Spanish restaurants and Tapas bars, not that I am complaining, I love tapas. Lunya is one of five Spanish restaurants on Deansgate alone and one of the best. Situated right opposite what was my first introduction to tapas, La Tasca, ...

I’ve never really understood peoples love of mozzarella, on a pizza it is great but on its own, its just tastes so bland as far as I am concerned, so the thought of a mozzarella bar didn’t really appeal to me. However, I am always open to trying out new restaurants and new dishes so I decided to give Salvi’s ...

Wasabi has three restaurants in Manchester, one in Chinatown, one in the Printworks and one in The Quadrangle. We haven’t yet been to the Quadrangle, in fact I’ve never even heard of the Quadrangle, never mind knew that there is a Wasabi there. Both the Printworks and the Chinatown venues are much of a muchness when it comes to interior fixtures ...

I’ve been frequenting Mei Dim for over a year now and can honestly say it serves some of the best Chinese food that I have ever tasted in Manchester and I have tried a lot of Chinese food. Situated in a basement on Faulkner Street in the heart of Chinatown, these  premises have been home to a variety of restaurants over ...