Bangkok Bar and Restaurant

Manchester is home to a huge range of international flavours. From the Curry Mile to Chinatown, via the Greek joints down on Deansgate to the Caribbean grills of Hulme, Manc foodies are spoilt for choice. Keeping up the Thai end of the bargain in the city centre is Bangkok Bar & Restaurant, where the spicy, sour, sweet and salty elements that characterise Southeast Asian cooking come together on Princess Street to offer up yet another superb culinary option in this great city.

Thai food often plays second – or even third – fiddle in Manchester city centre’s dining scene, behind the city’s long-established Indian and Chinese restaurants, but to overlook it would mean missing out in a big way. Bangkok Bar & Restaurant on Princess Street is a welcome alternative to the curry-and-Cantonese cartel, offering up just as much flavour – and above all, spice – as these more recognised cuisines. Thai cuisine is a delicate mix of sweet, sour, salty and spicy, and all four are in full effect at Bangkok Bar & Restaurant.

Sandwiched between Chinatown and the Gay Village, but still on the main city centre thoroughfare of Princess Street, Bangkok Bar & Restaurant offers a menu that takes in all the best that Thai cuisine has to offer. From the sea that surrounds the South-East Asian nation we have a wide selection of prawns and seafood, as well as endlessly varying fish dishes. From the jungles of the interior there are coconuts, vegetables and fruits that are used for freshness and flavour and even bamboo and pandan leaves used to cook dishes. Their meat selection is also extensive, with chicken, pork and beef options to fill curries and stir-fries. The food is certainly causing a stir: try to get a seat without a reservation at your peril.