The Room Manchester

I really enjoyed dinner at The Room in King Street Manchester. Our party of eight went there a couple of weeks ago.  The web site accurately describes the brasserie atmosphere as a mix of antique and retro and the food as classic dishes with a contemporary twist.

www.roomrestaurants.com/

This gothic style Victorian building was opened by Gladstone in 1871 as The Reform club with political significance as it was from the balcony that a young Winston Churchill addressed jubilant crowds in 1907.

Inside the restaurant the ceilings are high, the mood of the place is relaxed and the staff friendly and attentive.

The menu has plenty of interesting options, in fact for a greedy person like me it was pretty difficult to choose. To start I wavered between the Scotch Egg - rare breed pork, home made black pudding, crispy hens egg and Coronation Chicken which I settled on.

This was billed as Reg Johnsons chicken (there were other dishes on the menu from this Lancashire source www.jandsgoosnargh.co.uk) curried pea puree, mango, poppadoms and pickle. It was beautifully presented, and very tasty.

For main course I chose the Surf and Turf - Grange Farm Pork, scallops and tandoori spice and very good it was too