Stick with the tapas style starters. Much better value than the mains. Grab a few of those! Drink prices what you expect from the northern quarter. Service average, but friendly. Nice building. Clean toilets. Recommended.
Very friendly and welcoming waiting staff. The atmosphere is great for a cosy snack and a few drinks with friends.
The chilli nachos are awesome, I will return, however it drops a star as food took a little too long to arrive even though the place wasn't packed.
Great place awesome food amazing staff. The decor is so inviting. Congrats to the person designing the cocktail menu it's great. And the food... sooo delicious. I do thing the portion size of the sides is quite big for 3.5 pounds and the size of the plates is a bit too small. But taste and presentation wise the food was awesome. I love that you have Bulgarian wine - something different. Will be back ASAP!
Newer 2nd review:
The tall guy with the beard and the girl are nice and pleasant to talk to.
I like this place but for feedback I'd like to ask if they can get some more cheaper dry white wines. Their current pinot is over £8 for a 175ml glass.
Also we tried the tapas for the first time and overall they tasted good but felt a bit expensive for the quantity and what they were. For example the salad cost £6 and there were few salad leaves. The roasted almonds were wet with oil and felt strange but good filler along with olives.
Older Review:
Lovely pleasant staff and relaxed place to have a pint.
Cant wait for them to start serving some food.
![5]( "Recensione")
Wasn't quite what I expected, but still really enjoyed it.
Seems I didn't read enough food reviews and didn't quite grasp this was a vegan/veggie only place (there are pics of meat in previous reviews!). So I pop in for some Sunday lunch last week and they say there is a new Sunday lunch set menu. Great I think... but there is only 3 dishes on the menu, one for each course, all veggie but sound interesting so I think OK let's do this (really could have done with a little more choice, what if you hate one of the key ingredients?). I'm not vegetarian but I enjoy all types of food, and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the whole lot. Tomato soup for starters was tasty and accompanied by nice fresh bread, beatroot en croute with many nice sides (heritage carrots, red wine lentils, gravy etc) was all very good too, finally managed to also fit in rice pudding and roasted Plum jam - creamily coconutty, just a tad too sweet. Special mention to the delicious gin cocktail I had at the same time! The ambiance of the place is cosy and laid back and the staff were really nice and friendly.
So I would definately come back here for drinks, and bring a veggie friend out for dinner, but definately not one for the devout carnivores.
Excellent Cocktail Bar, really great staff, really well decorated, really great music, amazing happy hour prices AND you can use Confidential's deals outside of happy hour. literally couldn't recommend Alvarium enough, it is my Go-to bar in Manchester. and the drinks are so 'instagrammable' and unique, really going well with the theming of the bar. and their Long Island Ice Tea is insanely good!!!
Black Leaf is a beautiful restaurant in the basement of Alvarium, serving all vegan food - though I think you can sit outside with it if you like. The staff were super friendly and the food was delicious. As much as I like vegan junk food, it's so nice finding somewhere serving something a bit more grown up without it being intimidating.
Came here tonight on a staff night out. Was fairly busy, and we all ordered different cocktails. Venue was understaffed which increased the wait time for the full venue. Drinks were sweet, food was okay. This little cocktail was very interesting though!
Their high stars review said it all, you won’t be disappointed!
You must try the Oyster mushroom burger when you visit. The chef works wonders on this humble mushroom to make it the star of this vegan mouth explosion....cocktails aren't bad either!
We're going on an adventure
+4
Very basic venue but service was good & loved the food from Lazy Tony's
Nice bar with good drink choice and friendly service. A good replacement for the old cord bar.
Had a fabulous meal in the Black Leaf. All 3 courses were delicious and substantial too. The wine was lovely and the staff were excellent. Can't wait to return. I'm not a vegan or even vegetarian, to all you fellow meat eaters I urge you to try the food here I think you'll be very pleasantly surprised.
Great food and strong cocktails what more do you want from a plant based bar! :) (oyster mushrooms in Sesame sauce)
Lovely place for a few quiet drinks! The cocktails are so delicious & there's guaranteed to be a drink you like. Super cosy atmosphere but perfectly lively too. Can't go wrong, staff are all super chill and lovely - it's becoming a regular for my partner and I!
The food at Black Leaf is wonderful (king oyster mushroom calamari and the chickpea meatballs were a personal favourite) and the team are so lovely, but the tables are tiny and squashed together and the subterranean room just isn't a very pleasant space overall.
I really hope that Black Leaf move to a better location in the future where the dining experience can be more comfortable because Manchester needs great vegan food options and the team deserve to do really well.
We came for Sunday roast and although the food was very nice, the portions were extremely small for the price. I paid £15.50 for the cheezy leek bake and it came with 1 potato (cut in half) half a carrot a small handful of cabbage and a Yorkshire pudding. I’m sure it wouldn’t have run them out of business to give me the other half of my carrot!
We ordered the cauliflower and red cabbage sides which are £3.50 each, so by spending about £22.50 on the meal I was somewhat full.
I will say again, the food itself was excellent, but please give more!!!
We also waited almost an hour for the food, but I know they were having some complications earlier in the day so I won’t hold that against them.
Pretty standard bar, nice service but you can feel a bit in the way depending on where you sit. I've been a few times and it's been nice for a quick drink. I haven't tried the food there yet but might do in the future!
An error has occurred! Please try again in a few minutes