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Three-floor pan-Asian food hall on Oxford Road's Circle Square. Vietnamese pho counter, Cantonese roast counter, dim sum bar, Chinese bakery and Korean fried chicken; most plates under twelve pounds.
Try: Pan-Asian street food
Akbar's Castlefield is a budget eat in Deansgate, Manchester.
Bradford-founded Kashmiri chain on Manchester's Liverpool Road in Castlefield. Signature hanging naan suspended from a metal frame over the table at dinner.
Address: 73-83 Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4NQ
Three-floor pan-Asian food hall on Oxford Road's Circle Square. Vietnamese pho counter, Cantonese roast counter, dim sum bar, Chinese bakery and Korean fried chicken; most plates under twelve pounds.
Try: Pan-Asian street food
Mexican counter inside Manchester's Mackie Mayor. Three tacos around eleven pounds; soft corn tortillas pressed in-house, three filling options on rotation.
Try: Tacos
Tib Street Welsh-influenced bakery cafe in Manchester. Pic-niq sausage rolls around five pounds, brunch plates under nine; tiny room, walk-in seating only.
Try: Welsh sausage roll
Ramen counter inside Manchester's Mackie Mayor. Tonkotsu and shio bowls around twelve pounds, takoyaki five, bao buns four; steam fills the hall.
Try: Tonkotsu ramen
Manchester's original rice-and-three canteen on Soap Street since 1984. Pilau plus three curries from the heated counter, under a tenner for the lot.
Try: Rice and three curry
Three-floor pan-Asian food hall on Oxford Road's Circle Square. Vietnamese pho counter, Cantonese roast counter, dim sum bar, Chinese bakery and Korean fried chicken; most plates under twelve pounds.
Try: Pan-Asian street food
Manchester Chinatown's basement dim sum room. Har gow, siu mai, char siu pork buns, chiu chow dumplings; most plates between three and six pounds.
Try: Dim sum