The best restaurants in Flixton Trafford North West

A very welcome return visit to this hidden gem for the tapas evening. Exquisite food with an inventive small plate menu and excellent service. People of Manchester give it a try, you will not be disappointed 😋

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.

This is the first time I had been to the bistro. I found the young lady friendly to me a total stranger. I ordered a latte and bacon on toast. Totally enjoyable and I will return when I am next in the area.

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I stumbled across this cute cafe, and I’m so happy I did! The vibe inside is cozy, stylish, and totally aesthetic. It’s the kind of place that makes you want to settle in and hang out for a while. The coffee was good, and the scone I had was fresh and delicious.

Barrows catered an event for us at Urmston Conservative Club recently. The food was excellent, very fresh, tasty and good value, the quiche was very good, the best I’ve ever had. I would defiantly recommend them if you need catering l ally.

Had a very nice afternoon here. The greek stew was excellent washed down with an Efes.

Really good choice , pricy but you get what you pay for , so well worth it

Pretty poor all round unfortunately. No flavour in the meal, noodles were dry and the prawn crackers were stale. Chippy food was passable but still worst than most in Urmston, I guess since it’s the only chippy open on a Sunday that’s how they survive with so much competition in the area. Edit for reply: I did not mention the oil or the appearance of the prawn crackers, just that they were stale (soft, not crunchy).

Absaloutly love the atmosphere & the banta of this cafe although im vegan they always do their best to cater for me excellent

Fantastic pub Weekly entertainment Pool table Darts board Juke box Lots of tvs and 1 outside Beautiful beer garden Lovely friendly staff and landlady

Amazing burgers, quick delivery the house sauce is delicious the mildly spicy sauce has a reasonable bit of heat. Definitely will be ordering again.

Absolutely LOVE this place. This is mine and my friends brunch venue of choice. The food is unreal. The service and the staff are so nice We’ve had various items from the breakfast / brunch menu but the poached egg, bacon & avocado on toasted sour dough is to die for

I’ve been going to Nikkis for years, very handy for me and I’ve never been let down. Nikki is very friendly, always have a chat and some good banter with her. Food never disappoints, quality is consistently good and is excellent value. I recommend to anyone for breakfast and lunch time eats.