Cafe North in Manchester

Breakfast, tough prices in Manchester

Beautiful atmosphere. Amazing food. We had a Ceaser Salad and the Egg Benedict with Smoked Salmon on Sourdough. People are friendly. Highly recommend this place. Chicken is halal.

A very nice café that invites you to linger. I was in Manchester for a city break for two days and had breakfast here on both days. From waffles to porridge to bacon and egg, you can get everything here. Only the peppermint tea is not recommended, it was very bland. The service is extremely friendly and attentive. I would recommend this cafe to everyone!

was told place for breakfast last year

Superior experience. We came for a soft brunch around 11am since we had some small bagels earlier in the morning. First we were waiting around 10 mins while being seated. Order was instant. We followed advice from waitress and got pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. Fantastic combination. Flat white and English breakfast tea is a must have option. Restaurant has temperament atmosphere; staff is friendly; served food looks excellent every way I was looking at; and important thing premises are clean. For me nice place for tasty morning breakfast or late morning brunch.

Excellent option for breakfast in Manchester. I recommend trying the classic breakfast, otherwise there are several sweet and savory options.

Lovely place for breakfast! We had the French toast and the full English breakfast and both were great! Will be coming back!

I've been to Café North before and had a great experience, so not sure what went wrong this time round. We were asked by three different staff members in the span of about two minutes what we would like to order, despite mentioning to them that we'd barely sat down and had hardly looked at the menu (I still had my jacket on). The eggs benedict had solid yolks, a hollandaise sauce with barely any acidity, spinach that tasted off and a "toasted" sourdough muffin that was soft and, as you can guess, didn't seem toasted whatsoever. The bacon was either 90% fat in a cold lump, or rock hard and burnt. The only good thing was the hash brown ordered on the side, except that had taken the brunt of the chilli flakes sprinkled on top of the dish, and was therefore covered in them. It felt rushed, we felt pushed to order and get out, and it was an extremely disappointing experience after such a good first visit last year. I can only hope they work their way back up to the standard they had prior.

Great little cafe/restaurant near the bus/train station. Service is good and prices are fair.

Best avo on toast ever ... Additional bacon no problem... Tiny bits of chili and coriander micro herbs adding unexpected tiny bursts of flavour. Best and most generous breakfast of this type ever. And I have eaten lots of this over the years!! Great value and superb staff service. What's not to love. Shame we don't live in Manchester or they would see me a lot!

Super breakfast, friendly staff

I have been a few times when visiting my daughters who are at Manchester Uni. It’s our favourite place, fantastic club sandwich for me and delicious pancakes for my better half, all served with a smile by their friendly staff and very reasonably priced. Parking across the road or at Arndale shopping centre around the corner. 5 stars.

My Partner and I attended Cafe North this morning to grab a quick bite before catching the train and ordered 2 x Sausage, Mushroom and Cheese on toast and 2 x Cappuccinos - what arrived was a cheese on toast and two sausages and a portion of mushrooms 😣. The toast was white, not even toasted properly, tasted like hard bread rather than toast. I called the server over and asked who it came as it did and he said “we don’t do what you asked for on the menu” - surely they do a Sausage on toast and you can add mushrooms or cheese????? Anyway, we didn’t have time to re-order so we asked for the bill immediately as we didn’t have a long wait before the train and when it arrived £28.50!!!! I called the server over and question why it was so expensive he said we only asked for cheese on toast and sausages and mushrooms - I said I would never have ordered that - we eat out for breakfast all the time and would never ask for that all separate!!!! He proceeded to claim we did with no apology or anything! We asked for sausage, sausage mushroom and cheese on toast - not sausages and mushrooms and cheese on toast separately!!! He clearly misunderstood but chose to bill this all individually rather that offering to re-bill as a full portion not three separates! We are far from tight and have no problem paying best part of 30 quid for a breakfast but for a sausage on toast with two extras is disgusting, this is nown to be one of the expensive cafes but that’s ridiculous and to top it all off he was very vocal to other members of staff in from of other customers. We are pretty much the other side of the cafe and could her him as well as all the other patrons in there! Embarrassing! No apology, no rectification, just plain rude service - another member of the team was sent over to take payment so we paid and left! Will not be going back again!!

Great place. We were greeted by the friendly owner and they arranged two tables together for our group of six. The food was just wonderful. We had the English breakfast and everything was cooked to perfection. I recommend the sourdough bread, since it was a perfect addition to an already exquisite breakfast. Not too pricey either. Worth your time!

What an awful experience we just had at Cafe North... so I asked for two sausage, mushroom, and cheese on toast and two cappuccinos to be asked how many sausages, which I thought was a bit unusual when all we wanted was them three items on toast. When the food arrived, it was literally cheese on toast, 2 separate sausages, and a portion of mushrooms.. fair enough, not what I meant, but we were fine with it. Then we asked for the bill because we were in a hurry to which we were charged £28.50 for this..! When we said to the waiter (Mark) that almost £30 for two sausage on toast with added mushrooms and cheese.. with two coffees is extortionate he then decided to make me out a liar and said that is what I asked for! After going backwards and forwards with him he then said they don't do what we asked for on the menu so decided upon himself to charge separately for each item... it would've been nice to have been told this prior to ordering. To make the whole situation worse, he then wanders off and chats to a girl who works there (not sure of her name) blatantly about us who then came over and took payment off us.. no apology or anything at all! This was not a pleasant experience at all and I will NOT be going back there again. Avoid unless you have a bank loan.

Food and drinks are spot on! Salmon comes in generous portions as well as the soup. They’re both flavourful Also they make the best smoothie and milkshakes! Will definitely go back for different menu Service is okay but atmosphere can be loud during peak times

This place is 🔥🔥 We visited Cafe North for breakfast with our boy who has a serious sweet tooth! We had such a lovely breakfast with a multitude of choices on the menu there is something for everyone. The staff and atmosphere is absolutely lovely here. We could not get our son to try anywhere else and i was in full agreement 😀 10/10 and i highly recommend the waffles and various juices/smoothy!!

An easy favourite! Lovely food, great atmosphere when not packed. It can take a while to get your order or your bill, especially on a Saturday morning, but you’ll easily forget that when your gorgeous plate or bowl of fresh, tasty food arrives. I happily travel a little over 30 minutes for brunch there on payday weekends or lattes on my way to the office when I have the time.

Read lots of reviews bigging up Cafe North, but sadly for me it is highly overated. Staff were excellent but the all important food was not. My wife had pancakes with caramelised bananas s and the pancakes were dry, the banana had hardly seen the caramel so it made the dish very dry and unpalatable. Also, as I’d seen so many positive and the place was empty which is never a good sign.

The food is amazing staff are friendly and it has a warm and welcoming atmosphere

Staff were very accommodating with our 1 year old son. When having breakfast, we asked for a slice of toast on the side for him (which wasn’t on the menu) and this was done with no hesitation. Food was wonderful

Lovely breakfast and super friendly staff. Would definitely recommend.

Had to wait to get seated which was fine so I thought the food was going to be nice. Pancakes were dry and French toast was hard and dry. How can you go wrong with bacon also?

Really nice place with amazing food! Definitely recommended

Great ingredients, fair price and really good staff. Highly recommend.

Good food and plenty of it including a good range of breakfast choices.Service good

Fantastic restaurant with an amazing menu, definitely can get busy but don't let the queue put you off it moves fast and the food is defined worth it.

Modern cafe. Stopped for coffee, stayed on for lunch. Attentive waiter. I had philby steak baguette.

We ate here twice this weekend & it was perfect both times.

This is my second time here and the food quality and service attitude are both satisfactory. We will definitely come back again.

Great food, good service! Bit of a queue but went down pretty fast, worth the wait

We came with some friends who have been living in Manchester for a couple of years and by far it is the best place we have had breakfast. Very good service, good quantities and everything very delicious. I recommend savory over sweet, but I've tried the pancakes and they are very good.

Lovely food. Really friendly staff. Quick, efficient…. Perfect really

I like everything here especially the service that we get from Mark and other staff, of course I will come again 🩶👍🏻

Great place for brunch, nothing special, but just good.

Best english breakfast in town. Everything was really good and the service was excellent too. Highly recommended.

Food: delicious and varied, and the ingredients used are excellent Ambience: beautiful and comfortable Service: Fast and helpful Prices: average All of our dishes were delicious.

What a lovely little place. Staff are friendly and the atmosphere was relaxed. Coffee was a god send after a long journey and the bacon bagel was the best I've tasted

Amazing young ambitious lady's. Amazing people and food . Thsnk you to the young lady's £££. May I wish you fortune and good health 🙏

Coffee + smoothie were amazing!!! As was my brunch.. I had poached eggs. Will definitely return when back up north.

Good food , good polite service. Great start to the day.

It’s a nice place to have a breakfast, food is good, they have great and quick service, granola and English breakfast were really fine.

Excellent food i will come again i come again i like this coffee my favorite i will come with my family

Service and setting was good, however the food (Philly cheese steak and eggs Benedict) seriously lacked flavour and was really dry.

Absolutely brilliant food here. Their breakfast is the best I've eaten in many years.

Great food, reasonably priced and lovely staff. What's not to like?!

One of the best cooked breakfasts I've ever had. We got a full English and a vegan breakfast and both were great. The best fried mushrooms I've ever had on a fry up. We went twice in a row on a short break in Manchester, service was quick even when busy and food came out quickly even after saying a 10 minute wait on foods. Not loads of vegan options but the vegan breakfast was very good.

Nice place to have breakfast, shakshuka is must.

Offers everything you can think off.... And it's amazing....

The staff are friendly and helpful highly recommend and the food was delicious 👌👌

Really nice cafe, gets very busy especially at weekends. A large selection of food on the menu, only ever been for breakfast and had an omlete, which was well filled with you choice of extras.

Staff were friendly but service was a little slow (even had to ask for the bill a second time after nearly 10 mins after the first ask despite queues outside waiting for tables). Sausage sandwich on sourdough bread was lovely, really enjoyable. Poached eggs on toast came to the table cold. They brought out another plate, put salt on but the salt pot wasn’t crushing the salt, so ended up over the food as rock salt. As food already replaced once wasn’t going to say anything a second time, so picked off what we could and ended up leaving half. Toilets not very clean. The checklist in there says they are checked once a day (not hourly), but the toilet in question hadn’t been checked for over 48 hours, which explained the state it was in. Would happily come back for the sausage sandwich mind.

Been looking forward to going to this place. Always looks busy. Have to say I was really disappointed. Firstly the girl who initially seated us and took the order didn't seem to like her job or us. The other staff who served us were lovely. Food really tasteless. Scrambled eggs looked like raw chicken and were done in the microwave. Grandads sausages were the size of my little finger. I am quite greedy but did not eat a lot of it.

Lovely find just minutes away from the arndale centre. Always come here when visiting Manchester. The coffee is lovely too. V friendly staff. Definitely recommend.

The food was delicious and portions were enough and more than expected. The atmosphere is busy.

,great friendly staff very friendly and polite, great choice of drinks and food ,great atmospher highly recommend if you are after great food and service

Food is very nice and staff is very attentive, atmosphere is good great place for breakfast.

Always go here when we stop over in Manchester. Always crowded but service is always spot on. Food is great.

Busy Saturday morning but we was seated quickly. Juices were fresh and food was delicious. Only disappointed was the coffee it tasted like they was form vending machine which was quite surprising.

In Manchester for Peter Kaye gig, saw this was recommended on trip advisor so thought we'd give it a try. Brilliant vibe in there, excellent food served hot, friendly staff and friendly customers too, everyone seemed to be enjoying this place! Would highly recommend!

Been here a few times and never fails to please me. We had the bacon sausage and egg on sourdough toast and it was yummy as always! The staff are attentive and friendly and food is fresh and tasty.

My partner and I stumbled upon this and were so glad we did. It was a lovely little find and we will be back again. It offers everything you could want for breakfast and brunch and it's all day too. If you have a late check out and miss breakfast like we did, just go here. I ordered huevos rancheros and it was delicious. The prices are excellent and I was extremely pleased to see there was no service charge forced on us. It gets the full 5 stars from me. 🙂

We've been there several times for breakfast. The food was delicious, the staff friendly and the service was quite good. There's a few tables to sit outside too. Definitely recommended. ☺

Pleasant café with a very good choice of healthy and tasty breakfasts, from omelettes to granola, available in the squares with benches. Fast and efficient service

5 out of 5 for everything. Service was impeccable. Quick, attentive and good recommendations. Clean and bright, although rather generic decor. Food was amazing. Pancakes were one of the best in Manchester. Will definitely come again and won’t hesitate to bring others. Cafe North highlights that you don’t need to be special or have any insta pull- just serve amazing good quality food and people will come.

Incredibly delicious & beautifully prepared.

Lovely Oreo French toast with flat white. I'm Deaf and communicate using app, but made my visit worthwide when member of staff (Mark) Will tell my friends about it.

Wow! Came after a friend had a brilliant experience here with an accessible waiter called Mark who knew BSL Level 2. It was just mind blowing! Food was tasty and really hot. Perfectly cooked and friends really enjoyed the food!

Absolutely outstanding!! Good prices, great service and above all else, absolutely amazing food! Just go!

Beautiful place with great atmosphere, tasty food and nice service 😋

Great restaurant in the heart of Manchester, delicious food :)

Lovely atmosphere, quick service. Food and drinks were great.

Love this cafe, such a cozy place to relax and have breakfast etc. The staff are amazing and you don't have to wait for the food too long. Definitely recommend their pancakes 🥞😋😉

Very tasty breakfast and very good quality for the price love the coffee as well

It was all fine, but nothing special. The smoked salmon had a noticeable defrosted quality which unfortunately impacted the texture, and the eggs were IMO a bit over poached. The servers were completely overwhelmed - not their fault, it was Good Friday and very busy, management should have anticipated and called in more staff. It did mean that the wait times to be seated, order and pay, were longer than you'd hope. Everyone was friendly and it was a nice, bustling spot to sit. I'd consider coming back for just a coffee.

lovely place to eat, food is very nice

Good place for a coffee, delicious cappuccino. Good service

My family and I visited for brunch following a stop over locally. It’s an unassuming cafe in a great location. I defy anyone not to find something they like on the menu. We had French toast with strawberries and Nutella, pancakes with fruit, toast with bacon, a fruit bowl and a panini. All lovely. No complaints over the drinks either. My cousin likes her americano very strong and I like my cappuccino weak - the staff were accommodating 😊 The walls were covered with pictures of bands and local areas - all reasonably priced in nice frames - I bought one the remember our trip by. Will revisit

Excellent English breakfast, nice staff.

Best place for breakfast in Manchester Been again and still as good as ever best breakfast in Manchester

They have an radio station on and it's too loud. Other than that cool place, good internet. Happy to change my rating if next time I am in.

I have been going to this place since it opened. No nonsense caffe with good food and pleasant staff. Don’t know why people. Queue round the corner at federal this place another level spot on brekky again.

Recently visited this cafe for breakfast and appreciated the variety of breakfast options available. We tried the egg benedict and shakshuka, which were decent but not particularly memorable. The coffee was also average. Overall, it's a decent spot for breakfast with a couple of options to choose from.

First visit, had a great impression. Went on Monday morning so it wasn’t busy. I ate the granola bowl and it was yummy. The yoghurt was very thick. And the cappuccino was actually hot. I usually don’t trust independent cafes with making good coffee but this one was well made. The music choice is good too; not too loud, nor too quiet. I’d be open to coming here again in the future to try another food.

Amazing food, chilled atmosphere, and quick service.

Tasty hot fresh vegan breakfast, good coffee, friendly service

Didn't have food just coffees and other drinks. They were nice coffees and other drinks. I think my sister in law had a peppermint tea or something weird. She liked it very much.

Very friendly place with delicious food, reasonably priced. And the best Americano in Manchester.

Got the vegetarian breakfast. Lovely apart from the veggie sausages which are just carrots peas and sweetcorn mashed into a batter shaped like a sausage 🤢 grim babe x Lovely staff and nice vegan pattys- just don’t get the veggie sausages

Tasty food, great location,nice ambience, descent prices.

The cappuccino coffee is very smooth and sweet. The restaurant is equipped with a full-length floor-to-ceiling glass window on the triangular window on the road. The wide view adds a lot to the restaurant. The entire restaurant is not crowded, and the arrangement of tables and chairs adds to the texture of the restaurant.

We met friends here for breakfast. Our first visit. The large breakfast, poached eggs on toast, sausage muffin and poached eggs and smoked salmon were excellent. The staff were friendly and there was a good atmosphere. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Will definitely call again

Nice food as always with more choices than other cafes in the area while prices were reasonable. Value for money indeed. The cafe was busy but not as busy as some others with long queues. This was good as we could stay there long and no staff would urge you to check the bill. Cafe north has always been and is still my favourite.

I would like to say how very kind the staff were today iv been struggling to make ends meet and I haven't eaten in 48 hours the staff gave me a sandwich and I can't express how grateful I am I hope you all have a wonderful life and I am truly grateful for them thanks so much . Thomas

Service was really good here, despite being busy. Food pretty good too

Had a lovely brunch yesterday. Such friendly and prompt service. Simple bacon and egg sandwich on bloomer toast for the hubby and eggs benedict for me. Both were excellent 👌 We would definitely visit again.

One of the best places to have breakfast at Manchester. We had veg & vegan breakfast. Very courteous staff & food service. The ambience too is superb.

Came here for brunch. The food was delicious but unfortunately the same could not be said for the service. We was sat ignored for ages. Don’t think I will return.

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Saturday brunch hot spot. We were queuing out the door for a good 15 minutes, but it was worth the wait. Excellent menu selection. I went for the poached eggs with spinach and added halloumi and a hash brown. It was very tasty. Also helped my friend finished off the pancakes with blueberries, maple syrup and bacon. The pancakes were so light and tasty, would definitely have those myself on a future visit! 👌🏻