Pollen Bakery is a brunch spot in Ancoats, Manchester.
Manchester's flagship Ancoats bakery and brunch room by the marina. Sausage-egg-hash buns, sourdough toast, brunch eggs, take-home cinnamon morning buns.
Must order: Sausage, egg and hash brown breakfast bun and a cinnamon morning bun
Address: Cotton Field Wharf, 8 New Union Street, Manchester M4 6FQ
Old corner-shop bakehouse on a leafy Levenshulme street, founded by a former Pollen baker. Listed in The Good Food Guide's Best Bakeries 2025 for imaginative pastries; takeaway with outside seating.
Order: Cardamom morning bun with a flat white
Sisters Laura and Hannah's Scandi-leaning Northern Quarter brunch room, opened 2013 on Oldham Street. All-day plates, whipped goat's cheese with truffle oil and figs, single-origin filter.
Order: Brioche French toast with berry sauce
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Order: Saffron and turmeric chicken bowl or confit chickpeas on toast
Manchester's eighty-cover American brunch room on the corner of Hilton and Tariff. Brunch crowd from 10:00; cocktail bar in the same room runs late nights.
Order: Buttermilk-fried chicken sandwich with a Bloody Mary on the side
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Order: Whipped feta on sourdough with a Kalita pour-over
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Order: Pic-niq sausage roll and a flat white
