Barbakan Delicatessen in Manchester

Disappointed with the whole experience,the Bratwurst was like rubber!

Only had carrot cake, tea and coffee, but was nice, friendly and efficient service / staff

Went on a Saturday. Service was chaos and hostile. Cafe services but no toilet.

the best bagels i’ve ever had ( i’m american )

Wonderful selection of food.A nice place for a coffee outside.

Fantastic place So much on offer Only went for bread came out with allsorts of stuff Very friendly knowledgeable staff Well worth a visit or 2 be prepared to que at a weekend

No butter on my butty. Missed the egg to. Sure everything else is good though. Deli vibes

The burgers are absolutely delicious, the place is super friendly, and the staff are really kind and helpful, a must go if you like proper food!!

I pop in Barbakan most Fridays to pick up stuff for lunch and stuff for my mum too. Always a great atmosphere, lovely friendly staff and great food on offer. Probably the best beigels and tomato bread I've ever tasted.

Outstanding service and PROPER cold meats which are FAR cheaper than Tesco or Sainsbury's or Waitrose. An AMAZING selection of traditionally baked goods that are fresh each day. This place is wonderful. A great asset to South Manchester. Get some cash. Support a local business that employes local people and provides an authentic and superior service.

I ordered uber eats. Food was fantastic. They rang me to tell me that they run out the sandwich i ordered and if i wanted to change it in a very polite way. It wasnt a problem for me, and they gift me 2 croissants. Brilliant

Delicious food products and affordable fresh bread

A Chorlton institution with a great variety of high quality foodstuffs especially breads. Always queues but plenty of staff serving.

This place offers wide variety but fails in quality. I was just so disappointed. From stale croissants, and doughnuts, through green tomatoes on sandwiches, overbaked baguettes (a baguette is not meant to stab your gums with hard crust), to inaccurate cheesecake. Y'all, Polish cheesecake is not made with this kind of cheese (the cheese is ground thrice and the sour flavour comes from sour cream, not from american style soft cheese), topping is meant to be plain or thin and delicate instead of overbaked crust (e.g. a thin layer of jelly). The quality of this place is simply lacking, the price is grossly high, the service is rude ladies that do not know how to communicate with customers politely (actually annoyed that I made a big order?! And that i had to pack it in my bag before moving across the whole shop to pay?!)

Great Delicatessen, lots of fresh delicious breads, sweets and accompaniments. Perfect for a drop in breakfast or lunch. A must visit when you’re in the area

My friend and I enjoyed a little browse of the shop as well as a breakfast pastry from the counter- the pecan one I chose was nice and sweet!

My friend and I enjoyed a little browse of the shop as well as a breakfast pastry from the counter- the pecan one I chose was nice and sweet!

Waste Off Time Most Staff Don't No Wot They Doin Make An Order Give SomeOne Else & It's Not The First Time Service Is Poor Few Off The Staff Need There P45 & It's Allways 5 Mins U Still Waitin 20 Mins Later

Consistently brilliant, has been for years. Beigels are the best

Excellent Deli. Great sandwiches and lovely staff

Lovely food, especially the cheesecake

Great selection of fresh bakery products, deli items and foods from across Europe.

Friendly staff and loads of amazing freshly baked breads and pastries. A local institution

Great selection, but very confusing why there isn't any form of ticketing queueing system. They have a ticket system for the sandwiches when you order. So why not have it for People? Similar to traditional butchers. Queues are a free for all. Feels like you are at a bar instead of a bakery. Even when its not busy, it is awkward to get served. As They all seem to be busy.

Finest bread around. Lovely well-stocked deli. Friendly and helpful staff.

I have shopped regularly at the Barbakan for years. It has its own bakery and an extensive range of breads cooked to Polish, French, German, Greek and Uk recipes. The pastry counter is equally varied. For lunch there are hot ciabatta based sandwiches for both vegitarians and meat eaters. There is also an extensive deli counter with a range of meats, salads, olives etc.

A decent bakery. Nice products, good range and value, friendly staff.

Generally very goodand reasonably priced

If you haven't been, you need to go... SERIOUSLY. The local(ISH) honey is amazing, and if you eat meat the sausage Saturdays are worth the queue. The freshly homemade olive ciabatta is delicious. So is the chocolate bread (but you have to order that now). The drink and juice selection is a "yea please", even more so with the new addition of some Turmeric shots.

The best bakery and delicatessen in Manchester. In fact their bread is available in many of the others.

Part of my weekly shop, very good cheese and deli meats.

Great variety of products, I love this place the staff is super friendly and helpful, donuts were super tasty and the bacon and egg sandwich was delicious, we will be coming back for sure!

It's a 60 mile trip for my daughter and I to go here. It's worth it. I always order and buy 10 loaves of protein bread. It is a wholegrain bread with seeds and does not affect my blood sugar at all and I can't get it anywhere else. I have a slice every morning with egg.

Barbakan is an amazing space, it's like many corners of Europe and so much variety to bring your heart and mind such joy, sharing food and the love it brings is excellent. Barbakan has all the ingredients for that everyday use and special meals too. Great staff with excellent advice and product knowledge.

The pastries are not tasty a bit stale also don't see where the hype comes from

This Deli has such a place in Chorlton - the Onion Bagels, Freshly Baked Breads, Bacon & Egg Barms and Mediterranean sides and Meats are delightful. Prepare for a long interaction when paying but the staff are nice so I hardly mind.

Exceptional! Ordered the Reuben sandwich (with extra onions and extra cheese) and was not disappointed. The bread was as fresh as it can be, nice crunch to the crust, the fillings equally delightful. Such a treat on a rainy day. Fair price and good size. The smoked salmon bagel on an onion bagel very good as well – everything fresh, full of flavour, nicely and neatly put together and packaged. Highly, highly recommend!

It does seem small but paying an extra 15 for having it sliced when it used to be free seems like a proper kick in the bread basket! When I first came to chorlton this place was an institution really homely and a lovely part of the community but there little changes are really sad and the atmosphere seems to have gone more tense, real shame. breads still nice apart from the tuscana which has gone down hill. And the tori touches may get me to bake my own

Great if you feel like waiting over 20 minutes for a sandwich even when it's not busy

It was the Friday before Christmas I enjoyed my drink but it was so busy to get another drink we would have had to queue for another hour. So maybe they could invest in some table service staff for exceptionally busy times.

Legendary place. Consistently excellent.

I buy my Polish bread here which is very good however the poppy seed cakes taste like dry sweet buns - year by year less poppy seeds - can’t taste them at all !!!

The array of bread on offer is second to none. The sandwiches and melts are delicious. They also do fantastic salads and patisseries. Add to that the meat and cheese counter and all the different pastas and the hot dog stand. The staff are both knowledgeable and highly courteous. This long standing business is truly one of the great jewels in Chorlton's crown. Well worth a visit!

Amazing place grocery's forniture excellent quality , home bread very nice 🙂

Charging an extra 15p to have the loaf sliced! Ridiculous bye bye barbikan, I'll go elsewhere

A Chorlton institution and for a good reason!! 10/10 in every department, from the amazing selection of cheese and cured meats, the better than Gregg's pasties, too much good bread, unbelievable sweets and pastries! Sugared ring donut is my favourite, but anything you get is great!

food is great n affordable but tall blonde curly haired guy with moustache making the sandwiches keeps scratching his nose with his fingers every minute then proceeding to pick up bread and make sandwiches without hand washing

Fabulous food and excellent service

Great sevice from freindly staff and amazing fresh baked produce. The only problem I had with my visit was finding somewhere to park . the horrendous ongoing roadworks are a nightmare and don't look like the work will be finished soon. It must be having a huge impact on the small business. People of chorlton must be so fed up with it. I parked in the tesco garage nearby risking a fine so had to be quick.

The Barbakan is a wonder bakery/deli full of many delights plus at the same time amusing and annoying. Warning to vegetarians and vegans....you have to queue which isn't a problem but you will be waiting next to a monster sausage barbecue right by the door, then once you get inside all of the delicious breads are clearly visible giving you lots of time to make a decision. However there will always be a number of people in front of you being served that have no clue as to what they want even though they have had an age to decide whilst waiting. Always worth a visit.

Wonderful food, different types of freshly baked bread. And so so delicious. Wonderful place to visit

Cakes were a miss. But the salad was good. I think I will stick to Didsbury for the artisan cakes.

Wonderful shop with a variety of fresh breads, meats & other items. Highly recommended visiting. The staff are friendly, helpful & welcoming

I chose their hot meat loaf sandwich which I found tasty however it's hard to justify the price of £5.80, I couldn't even taste the meat loaf as the slice is quite thin which looks like just a slice of ham. They have a good selection of olives, breads and meats.

They have no respect… making false promises to the employees. Promising a job then say its a trail after waiting 5 weeks to start. Then get paid £40 for 5 and 1/2 hrs work, insult…..

Super friendly staff. I love going here.

Barbakan Delicatessen Ltd adalah tempat yang luar biasa untuk pecinta daging dan produk-produk gourmet. Saya memberikan peringkat 4,7/5 untuk pengalaman berbelanja di sini. Kualitas Produk (5/5): Produk daging dan daging olahan yang mereka tawarkan sangat berkualitas. Daging segar, ham, salami, dan berbagai produk daging lainnya semuanya lezat dan autentik. Varietas Produk (4/5): Barbakan memiliki beragam produk, terutama dalam hal daging. Namun, dalam hal produk-produk non-daging seperti keju dan makanan penutup, pilihan mereka sedikit terbatas. Layanan Pelanggan (5/5): Staf di Barbakan sangat ramah dan berpengetahuan. Mereka dengan senang hati memberikan rekomendasi dan menjawab pertanyaan Anda. Layanan pelanggan mereka sangat mengesankan. Harga (4/5): Sementara kualitas produknya tinggi, harganya juga cenderung lebih tinggi. Namun, ini adalah tempat yang bagus untuk membeli produk-produk istimewa atau untuk acara khusus. Lokasi (5/5): Barbakan terletak di lingkungan yang nyaman dan mudah diakses, membuatnya sangat nyaman untuk berbelanja. Atmosfer (5/5): Toko ini memiliki atmosfer yang sangat berkelas dengan dekorasi yang menarik dan tata letak produk yang rapi. Secara keseluruhan, Barbakan Delicatessen Ltd adalah tempat yang fantastis untuk menemukan daging berkualitas tinggi dan produk-produk gourmet. Meskipun harganya mungkin sedikit lebih tinggi, kualitasnya sebanding dengan nilai uang Anda. Saya sangat merekomendasikan Barbakan kepada siapa saja yang mencari pengalaman berbelanja kuliner yang istimewa.

Beautiful delicatessen, quiche are amazing, new York ciabatta the best.!!!!

Brought back fantastic memories and didn't disappoint with fantastic food.

Really nice deli, lots of fresh cakes, biscuits, pastries. Nice salad selection and coffee is good too. Has ample seating under outdoor roof. Good customer service too

On paper, a winner. In reality, just a bit underwhelming. To be fair the pan cooked sausages and other stuff looked great on the way into the main shop. But we had lunch planned elsewhere. The goods in the shop are OK. Curated from Italian and Polish wholesalers and marked up a little steeply. We queued at the deli meat counter for 6-7 mins while the guy in front was being served. Only to be told we should have queued a different way. Fair enough - no signs or anyone telling you this. Also, apart from the guy in front there wasn’t a queue when we first started waiting. Bad attitude and unfriendly vibes so, we put our stuff back on the shelf and went for lunch.

Went there especially one Saturday, using two separate buses to try the food. Was disappointing. Heard good things. Threw most of it away. Doubt I'd go back.

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Delicious! Wish they still had coconut macaroons.

Loved the choices available and the breads are great. Staff very friendly, even when busy, which it was when I visited. Would definitely recommend

People travel miles to come here me from Yorkshire (I'm on a nostalgia fest, I used to come here in the 1950's through 1970's when I lived locally). Polish and Italian food and drinks, I note there is now an outside seating area for hot drinks and eats, plus a BBQ area. I bought a selection of Salads; Nutty Ham and Polish Sausage for friends (I'm a veggie) and Poppy Seed Cakes to take back with me, all yum (carnie friends loved the meat). Accessibility: Ramp to the right, then level. Car Parking: On street, however, there are extensive road works for installing cycle lanes. I was however able to park on a side street. Bus: Chorlton Library stop very close. Staff: Very friendly and helpful. The store was quite busy, but I did not have to wait too long to be served! Definitely worth a visit!

Everything here is always delicious and amazing, the service is excellent, you can never go wrong with something from the Barbican 😋

Very good bakery, and it's very reasonable priced. I would highly recommend this place

We ordered for a party and the whole experience was great. The food, the service and the presentation were all excellent.

Beautiful food. This shop has exceeded its self the staff are fantastic the food is out of this world so much so I've treated 3 friends too from the Barbakan. Its so fabulous I really don't want to tell anyone about it because they'll be more queues lol. I love this place. You can have hot polish sausage & many more, they also do all sorts of bread, cakes & doughnuts (ohhhh amazing), cheesecake, cookies, meat & so many other things to many to mention but I would guarantee once you've been there you will be addicted. Hope you'll love it as much as I do. I don't eat ham ever but omg!!, when I go here I love the Hot Club Ciabatta 🥪 Fantastic. Love this place so much I was there for 8am this morning 😄

A fantastic deli with everything you could ever dream of. Really nice toasted sandwiches and good coffee. Incredibly busy yet friendly staff. Good atmosphere. Will definitely be visiting again to try some pastries and sliced meats. Parking is a bit hectic due to all the roadworks, so I would suggest taking the tram/ bus etc.

Lovely food great selection nice staff

Was served by Christine. Absolutely lovely and went the extra mile. She is a credit to the place

Possibly the most perfect bagels and donuts ever made

Friendly staff, great quality bakery, the bagels and cakes are outstanding! The barbecue is well worth trying on a Saturday… authentic and reasonably priced.

Really lovely deli with fresh meats, cheeses, spreads and sandwiches! Always love the food here, sandwiches freshly made in front of you with quality ingredients. Staff very friendly. Today I had the caprese sandwich with fresh basil and mozzarella. It was delicious, came out super hot and toasty! Was very happy and prices very reasonable for the high quality. The staff gave us a taster of the potato salad which was very flavourful. We also tried some of the homemade cannoli. We tried a vanilla and a pistachio, both were delectable. Could have eaten a few more (and I think I will!) We sat outside on the patio in the sun. Great places to watch the world walk by. I got an iced coffee, while my friend had an americano. Coffee was lovely. Recommend this deli highly!

Very good for tour bakery needs

I love this place. Hard to choose from the food at the counter. All of it please?!

The best chorlton has to offer. Their baked cheesecake is some of the best I have ever had, but I especially enjoy popping in for their selection of bagels, which are the best I've had. The onion bagel is is worth the trip alone. I am also aware that the Barbakan donates a large amount of whole bread loafs and rolls to local schools for the kids to take home to their parents, which is something I am glad I discovered. It makes me all the more enthusiastic to shop here.

Had the tastiest bagels, buttered and toasted for breakfast! Great selection of everything! Friendly staff too. Will defo come again! Thank y’all.

Amazing selection of foods,fresh cakes, coffee, tea and soft drinks

Best bakery in Manchester. Good place to call in on your bike ride for a coffee and croissant 🥐😊

This place doesn't change and I don't get why people rave about it. Snooty staff who answer questions patronisingly but the food is half decent.

Good things but prices are so high

Little bit of heaven!! We had the ciabatta, it was delicious. And nice coffee

Lovely food here and staff are very helpful. I hope to be back in near future.

Lovely place and awesome staff. Food is amazing, tasty and fresh. You cannot go wrong with a lunch at Barbakan or try one of their freshly baked breads!!

Good deli. Stylish products. Suitable as presents as well

Nothing special. Pre made sandwiches. Just warmed up. Won't be going again. Expensive for what you get in cardboard packaging .

That handsome young man named Tom made me feel so special when I was buying my meats and couscous, I will return

Long standing chorlton establishment that I've been going to for around 30 years that has always sold fantastic produce!

Great freshly prepared food. Staff are very friendly. Will be visiting again very soon.

Really good food not cut but High quality

I was served here the other day by a handsome young man named Tom. His bread slicing skills were out of this world. I will definitely be returning.

Good choice of food, nice staff and great outdoor to sit and chill!

The handsome young man Tom served me today such a polite man will definitely return if he is there 10/10 experience

Love the Barbakan, I always bring friends here when they visit Manchester. Fantastic bread, pastry's and sandwiches as well a great selection of cold meats and cheeses. It can be busy at weekends but the que moves fast and staff are always helpful.

Being a tourist, I didn't have a clue about eateries in the area and randomly chose Barbaken. I made a very good choice. The hot beef sandwich and coffee did the trick. And, it they were made better by being to outside in a covered area, in the sunshine. I'm looking forward to eating the bread and pork pies I purchased to take away.

That handsome young man named Tom sure knows how to make a good coffee! Will defo be returning!

Very nice had a nice breakfast as well also coffee thank