If you're wandering around the Northern Quarter and all of a sudden realize your sense of…read moreequilibrium is nowhere near as solid as you thought after a full evening out at the cluster of bars at Thomas & High Streets, don't worry. Because smack dab in the middle of all the pandemonium lies Hunters.
Think you're the only one with this equilibrium problem? Walk on in past midnight on Friday and Saturday night and look around. So many others inside to empathize with you! Oh wait, that girl's on the floor trying to Shazam her own singing into her iPhone. Ignore her.
And what is everyone besides the girl on the floor feverishly noshing on? So hungry, everyone is! Look closer. Anything from fish n chips to burgers to pizza to curry. All in one place, run by a friendly, and from what I've seen, very, very patient staff with a quick and efficient way of moving the line right along. I've only been here to grab something to go late at night, so I've only witnessed Hunters full of people as lit up as the sky on New Years. Including a short fellow who was super appreciative upon receiving his pizza:
"You don't understand. I thought you'd overlook me because I'm short and you'd give my pizza to someone else! And then I'd be standing here without a pizza. Thank you so, so, much. I am really happy right now."
"We would never overlook any of our customers, sir. You are very welcome."
How heartwarming was that interlude?
Anyway, I've had a few items here - chicken kebabs with chips, and chicken biryani. Both were serviceable and the prices very reasonable, which is pretty much all you could ask for after midnight.
That said, true to their name - they also serve something that differentiates them from most other ethnic late night joints: game curry. Partridge, pheasant, venison, quail, rabbit, and duck. All on offer. Now, I've had most of the game described above at one time or another in my life, but in a curry? Never even heard of the said lot being in a curry before. My mum's been holding out on me with the rabbit makhani all this time, apparently.
I am definitely intrigued, though. Intrigued enough to wander in at 1am and try some quail korma? We shall see.
3 stars for now.
PS. Girl on the floor is still mad her Shazam keeps returning "no match found." Don't have the heart to tell her she's not a singer.