I popped into Folk having gone down to Didsbury for a meeting and a change of scene and thinking it…read morewas time to actually do this on all fronts, I plumped for Folk having never actually been before (I know - it's been there forever!) First off I really liked the bar as it's a good, chilled out and welcoming sort of cafe bar. It's a bit like the Odd bars in that it's got random shizzle everywhere but it doesn't seem too over the top which is nice. There's a great selection of beers on tap and as well as all the usual standard crafts and lagers that you get nowadays, there's also a pretty sweet selection of local beers like Ticketybrew on tap. Alas I was driving and had a meeting so beer wasn't my thing on this occasion but I did plump for a tasty Moroccan lamb wrap with salad and flatbread (£9) to keep me going. It was quite nice but 3 days on I'm still unsure whether I enjoyed the taste of the lamb - it was a strange mix and I'm not certain the spice mix was quite right but I saw enough of the fresh ingredients on offer to go back and try more menu items another day - and of course stop for a pint!

Cafe bar with great interior and good food…read more Let's start this review with me saying I'm pretty biased about Folk - it was the location of my first 'date' with Dan. They were amazingly kind and on our first anniversary let me have a menu to put in with his present. It's one of my seriously happy places. They have booths at the back, a fair few tables round the bar and then a good sized outside space with seating too. The menu is good classic with a range of breakfast options served until 4pm. They also have sandwiches, a burger option, soup and a specials board. The food is freshly cooked and really good. Their bar is well stocked with great beers and spirits plus some excellent non alcoholic options their coffee is also fantastic. They also have a selection of cakes which is always changing, check out the blackboard for the options. Today they have sticky toffee, chai, honey & cinnamon, cookies & cream and berry crumble! Great relaxed atmosphere in the day and nice and lively in the evening this is a great place to try if you are in the area.

I was looking for a place to work on a cold dreary day in Chorlton. I decided to hit up Tea Hive as…read moreI've heard lots of good about it. Had a scone with jam, a latte and a flat white (I was there for a while), and was buzzing in no time. Thought the coffee drinks were good, the scone better and the space even better than that. Perfect amount of people and ambient noise. The decor is quaint and inviting. Servers were nice and helpful. All in all a great place to post up for a bit. Next time will come back and try the teas and maybe a cake.

Found myself in Chorlton the other day (as you do) and my trusty companion (the Yelp app) prompted…read moreme towards Tea Hive. Good choice old friend! I had a Flat White that was a little over £2, and for that I got a lovely Caffeine kick and nice place to do some work. The place was quiet, not as in empty, but as in noise was at a minimum, which I love! A lot of places these days are all about the hustle and bustle and you can barely hear yourself think. Not sure when my next visit to Chorlton will be, but this is a brilliant little spot for drink, and the food smelt amazing too, though I didn't sample on this occasion!

Passion Fruit coffee roasters has been on my radar for a little while, due to the fact that it…read moresupplies coffee to places such as the coffee shop in Altrincham Market, but for some reason, I hadn't realised that they have a shop of their own in Chorlton. We were however lucky enough to stumble past the Barbeque coffee shop (apparently the sign is still up from the previous tenant- a meat shop) on a rainy Saturday afternoon. As you walk in past the fabulous brass roaster placed royally in the window, the wooden counter and tree trunk lampshades give a little twist on the usual third wave coffee shop, that I like. With retro tables and a second level with comfy chairs, I immediately felt relaxed and like this was a place that I would certainly be visiting frequently...if the coffee was good. And by jingo, it was. So good in fact that I had 2 of their flat whites. We also grabbed some home roasted beans to take home, and not only did we leave feeling warm and fuzzy from the coffee, but also from the feeling at supporting such a great local business.

Great addition to Chorlton, infact something which has been sorely missing. There's a bunch of good…read morecafes if you're after a tidy breakfast, but little to no focus on really good coffee. I can think of one or two places but they are a bit of a walk from the 4 banks hub, and yes you're damn straight I'm not counting the Costa. They've retained the shops original signage so look for the big BARBECUE sign if your not familiar with the location on Wilbraham Rd in Chorlton. Passion Fruit Coffee Roasters have been on the scene for a while appearing at lots of festivals and market stalls, but as far as I'm aware this is this first permanent store front. The focus here is on the drinks. They have a few tidbits like slices, cakes and lite bites style food, offering specials of the day. The place is done out in exposed brick, reclaimed wood and corrugated metal and there is a great feel that you've walked into their work space. The large roastery is set right in the window and their plank and construction frame shelving is used for equipment storage as well as selling their selection of beans (ground in store if required) and home brewing accouterments. There's some outdoor seating if the weather is fine and a window bench if it turns a little as Manchester is want to do. There's also a small seating area out the back if you want more privacy. This is likely to become a regular stop whenever I'm in Chorlton during the day, hell, I've already left work early once to stop by on the cycle home to grab a bag of beans before they shut at 5:30pm

Visit the place last month. Amazing coffee with amazing staff service. I will visit again when i…read morewill back in town

One of the top spots I found in Manchester. they have a huge selection of single origin beans from…read moreall over the world which they take pride in preparing for obtaining optimal flavor profile. Super friendly and knowledgeable staff with the cafe on one side and a short walk next door to the roaster. Spoke with the roasters and they were very passionate about their beans. I highly recommend this place to any coffee aficionado.

What could be better than a cafe that does a very decent coffee, a great selection of teas and…read moreserves some cask ales as well? It ticks all the boxes and does so in a very casual modern atmosphere. I've been to The Spoon Inn several times now and I've always had a pleasant time. My wife is very happy with their tea selection, they make a good drop of coffee and the vietnamese coffee is bloody lovely and the only place I've found it in Manchester. If you've found any others that do this let me know. Most of the food on offer is a variation of a sandwich making the most out of their four hot panini presses / grills. We ordered veggie breakfasts with everything, it arrived steaming hot on panini bread piled high with mushrooms, halloumi and seasonal veg (courgette, peppers etc.) with a lovely runny egg on top. They even had worcestershire sauce when I asked which is something that can't be said about most cafes and breakfast spots, most only have brown or tomato sauce. The staff are all pleasant and welcoming. There are papers for the customers and free wi-fi. Could you even ask for more from a spot to while away a lazy weekend? Perhaps a beer or wine if you end up hanging around for a few hours? They have you covered here with a range of wines, keg beers and even rotating selection of 3 cask ales, hallelujah! I've never been disappointed by their guest beers and they have always had them on unlike a few places in Chorlton who regularly having nothing running on their cask taps. A very good cafe come bar come night spot which would definitely be a local haunt of mine if I lived in Chorlton.

I had visited The Spoon Inn while house-hunting before my move to Manchester, and had fond memories…read moreof bagels, Czech beer, an extensive range of loose tea, and friendly staff who welcomed me to the city. Since then it fell mostly off my radar - there was always somewhere newer, with better reviews, closer to me, etc. When I spotted an online voucher deal for two burgers & two beers for £10, and so happened to have a Friday off work, I knew it was too good a coincidence to pass this up. So off I went. I turned up at around 2pm on a sunny Friday to find The Spoon Inn busy but not packed, with all kinds of locals young and old. The staff were immediately cheery, happily taking my voucher code from me and giving me the option to sit out the front, inside or out the back. We took two menus, two delicious pints of Kozel, and headed out back. Amazingly, the deal included anything from the regular menu. My companion went for the advertised burger and I chose a Polish sausage hotdog. Both were delicious, great quality meat with nice toppings, and with a salad and a handful of tortilla chips on the side, a nice light lunch rather than a belly-busting challenge of a meal. One of the things I like most about The Spoon Inn is that it seems as though everything they do, they do well. Definitely somewhere I'll head back to, even without a voucher.

Brownie a a bit too sweet for my taste but it pretty good…read moreThe vegan banana chocolate cake was amazing Art of tea signature is Pretty good Service was fast and the people who works there are really nice Ambiance is relaxing even if it next to the road

This place is a little further out of the centre, in Didsbury, but is well worth a mention…read more Designed much like a cosy cottage, it's a real home from home where you'll feel welcome to spend hours and hours. During the day you can lounge around here, work on your computer (as there's free internet access) or just sit back and read the paper or browse the bookshop. They offer a full range of teas and cakes as well as a homely food menu and in the evening there's wonderful music, world beers served and special events including art exhibitions. One thing I would say is the choice of teas are quite limiting. In fact i find their coffee much better. I'd still be in here every day though if I lived locally.

BBs is an instituation in the NW or so I have discovered. Its located in a lot of the shopping…read moreMalls in the smaller towns around and in Manchester. Its got great Coffee and a lovely choice of Muffins. Its all par baked and tastes very fresh. This place has a lot of seating all around the central kiosk and it gets quite busy at Lunchtimes .

At 8am on the drizzliest most depressing of Manchester mornings this place never failed to put a…read moresmile on my face. I started off going in here to buy some breakfast when I'd overslept or when my bread was mouldy. I would always get a deliciously fresh croissant. They are freshly baked every morning on the premises and only cost 50p each - cheaper than a slightly crisp round the edges Tesco equivalent. If you buy a coffee then a croissant comes for free (before 11am I think). This is not a pretentious deli. It's certainly no Barbakan. It can't really afford to be in the location it is in (among takeaways and next to Aldi and Iceland). However, it does do very tasty sandwiches which are very popular with the office workers from nearby British Gas. The management are absolutely fantastic. The guy is always ueber-cheerful even if it is drizzly, depressing and 8am, and the woman (his wife?) is also friendly. They often gave my housemate a free pot of soup with his sandwich at lunchtime and seem to genuinely enjoy everything about this business, which rubs off on the customers. The only negative point is that they don't open until 8am, which meant I could only go there if I was already late for work!

I came, I saw, I conquered that banoffee cheesecake. I tell you, the sheer volume of treats they…read morehave here... Take a closer look at Deli on the Grove and you'll come face to face with a hybrid, a beautiful and dangerous one, kind of like the creature in that scary movie Splice. Only... less frightening. When I encountered this place for my second visit one rainy, grey weekday lunchtime following the depressiveness that is the nearby SafeStore (seriously, drag!) I witnessed a first. A Deli lunchtime. Yep, the queue was snaking, *snaking* out of the door. Those sarnies sure are popular! And no wonder when I heard orders being taken - everyone was making up their 'wich bespoke, choosing the bread and the ingredients. When my turn came I was served by the loveliest and friendliest of young girls, and amongst all the available sweeties (Vienna almond cake, take note Andreas R, New York cheesecake, pastries, puffs, tarts and sponges as far as the eye can see) the banoffee wonder stood out for me. I had to partake. So it was wrapped expertly, gooey mess that it was (I'd have screwed that up for sure), and served up alongside my kick-ass awake-til-4am black coffee. I happily whiled away half an hour picking away at my cheesecake and reading OK. Guilty. But what a lovely half an hour - my noggin was truly rested afterwards. Anyway, clearly you want to know about the cheesecake. Disclaimer: ELH's pet hate is refrigerator cheesecake masquerading as real cheesecake. Anyone can mix Philadelphia with icing sugar and throw it on top of some crushed Digestives. Baked, please. This didn't disappoint. Banana check? Ripe and flavourful. Toffee sauce check? Rich and ridiculous. This cheesecake was epic, and I continued to pick away at it on the 84 bus (which stops right opposite), despite my lack of cutlery and the fact that I never eat on buses. That's how good it was. SafeStore boredom begone - any excuse to nip to Deli afterwards and grab a delicious salad pot, a bespoke butty or a naughty cake. And have I mentioned how awesome their coffee is?

I popped into this cozy cafe/bistro/tea bar late Sunday afternoon to find some caffeine and fight…read moretrans-Atlantic jet lag. I took up residence in the dimly lit back area, where the cheerful waitstaff promptly took my order of a blood orange hot chocolate made with almond milk (!) The drink came out frothy and light, with a cloud of chocolate-dusted milk foam atop subtle, smooth chocolate. No bitter or artificial aftertaste. While bopping along to the background music and working on my laptop, I was informed that Leaf would close early at 19h instead of 20h, so I seized the opportunity to order dinner as well: the jerk lamb rump, and an order of jasmine pearl tea. The waiter helped me verify that the lamb was free of dairy, and soon I was chowing down on succulent roast lamb and garlicky roast beans. The mango jam was a perfect accompaniment to the meat, but I found the coconut/coriander rice too mushy to my taste. It helped me to imagine them as mashed potatoes instead, haha. The tea was sensuously fragrant, and I welcomed the scented fog clouding my glasses. I wish I could have stayed there longer, but I might return for brunch or tea - Leaf is truly a serene, wonderful establishment.

J love thus place, mostly because I live tea, and I'm really not a coffee drinker, where so many…read morecoffee shops tea is an afterthought, leaf is clearly dedicated to my fave, with a vast list of choices. Id also like to give props to the brownies. So many are disappointing and dry, but these are lovely and a generous square

A really enjoyable lunch at an excellent price in a spacious and peaceful cafe. The food was…read morebrilliant and the staff were really friendly. There was a nice shelf of buddhist books to read and a little gift shop of beautiful smelling incense. The coffee was also really nice and they had an extensive selection of tasty cakes with lots of gluten free and vegan options. Thoroughly recommended :)

The brand-new cafe in the Buddhist Centre on High Lane in Chorlton I should say, one of the…read moreBuddhist centres, which tells you everything you need to know about the area is a lovely, light-filled space and a very pleasant place for lunch or just a drink. I had the spinach and coconut dhal there last week and it was delicious beautifully served with three onion bhajis on the side, some rice and sweet chilli sauce. A light, healthy but filling meal, which I also thought was very good value at £4.95. You can help yourself to tap water, and the papers are available, making this a very peaceful solo lunching spot. They serve very nice Tea Pig teas as well, and the hot chocolate I had was lovely. There are plenty of tables for eating, or you can grab a spot on one of the sofas at the back and while away an hour or two with a book. The whole atmosphere is very peaceful and relaxing the music is kept low as well. I think you can really tell this place is run by Buddhists something in the attention to detail and simplicity of the whole approach. The staff are volunteers, so presumably are there because they want to be, which adds something to the atmosphere as well. Highly recommended.