Cafe56 in Trafford

Great wines, great product. I am coeliac and it is a safe place for gluten free! Delicious GF pasta, bread and deserts - they are so accommodating. Go to if you are in the area

BOB CATERED FOR OUR JOINT 70 TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. HE CAME TO OUR HOUSE TO DISCUSS REQUIREMENTS AND HE 'GOT US' IMMEDIATELY. NOTHING WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIM. THE BUFFET WAS BEAUTIFULLY LAID OUT AND EVERYTHING TASTED WONDERFUL. ALL OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WEREVERY IMPRESSED. I WOULD RECOMMEND BOB AND HIS TEAM TO EVERYONE AND ANYONE .

For a small restaurant out in the suburbs, there’s ambitious cooking going on here. Food is by way of a shortish tasting menu and, at its centre, is the aptly named “Core Menu”. That runs to six courses (they count bread as one of them) plus a couple of snacks to start and sweets with your coffee, priced keenly at £55. There’s a shorter, cheaper version and, also , a longer more expensive one. And they can also tweakr them into a gluten free version, shellfish free version and a vegetarian (but not vegan) version. We had the core version last time and that’s what we ordered again – of course,, the dishes have been seasonally adjusted since we were here in the spring and were all completely different. Those snacks are a cracking way to start. A single bite version of “Nan’s cheese & onion pie” and a deep fried “doughnut” of soft pulled belly pork. I’d have happily eaten a bucket load of the latter. And then on to the bread course. There’s a mini truffle flavoured loaf for each of us, with butter and chicken liver parfait for slathering over. And a little bowl of chicken soup for sipping or dipping (both work). Cubes of roasted (?) smoked celeriac sat in a puddle of a tasty sauce, along with cubes and thin strips of pear and a dab of what I think was a tarragon puree. I thought it a tad too sweet but nice enough. Coley is a very sustainable fish and is an easy choice to replace cod. Here a small fillet is roasted and served along with a parsnip puree, cubes of bacon, and the almost celery like flavour of lovage. The final savoury course features chicken breast cooked with Brightside Brewery’s Mancunian IPA beer from 12 miles away in Radcliffe. Long cooked leg meat goes into a mini pie (yes, that’s two pies on the menu – this is Greater Manchester, after all). And very seasonal Jerusalem artichoke makes an appearance as crisps and puree. The first dessert, described as a palate cleanser, is a mix of plum sorbet, tangy yoghurt and mint caramel. It’s delicious – fetch me another bucket. But it’s not as delish as the second dessert – milk chocolate ganache, pistachio mousse, an orange cream and an orange flavoured cracker. We finished with good espresso . It came with a couple of sweet nibbles – a sharp raspberry jelly (too sharp to work well with coffee) and a coconut, chocolate fudge – think the flavours of Bounty. Service is smiley and very on the ball.

Cheeky little win... I came here with my uncle and auntie and my 2 Year old for lunch and it covered all the bases, went in on there recommendation and was more than pleasantly surprised. We got two portions of spaghetti and meatballs, , the salmon tagliatelle and a simple pasta with butter and cheese for my daughter. Authentic, big flavour, fresh and not greasy at all, I would discribe it as simple food done well with a pleasant point, if you want to try something different that isn't just egg on toast this is your little Italy in a little village. I believe if you ask and they aren't busy they will make any core pasta dish. Staff are really nice but does get busy at lunch time so don't wait around support local and tantalise those taste buds. Coffee was also good....

Lovely and clean but the room would have benefited from table cloths. The waiters were not very attentive. We had to draw the attention of the lady in charge on two occasions. We do realise this is a training restaurant and we are only pointing out these items as a training guide. This did not distract from the lovely food.