Mary & Archie — Restaurant in Manchester

This bar is a very authentic bar/restaurant which, if you are around; you should go to.

They have a wonderful selection of drinks (alcoholic and soft drinks) and with a nice foundation, which it has, it serves a great spot to stop in the local area.

We had drinks and food, both of which were good and also were complemented with a friendly atmosphere, which welcomes guests and makes you feel at home.

For starters, we had houmous which was smooth and creamy along with nice bread. Additionally, we had the salt and pepper deep fried cauliflower which was booming with flavour and in terms of cookery, it spoke to the customer a good start to what could be a great meal.

For mains, there was the aubergine burger, which is often something to be afraid of in the case of mushy aubergine which doesn't hold its shape and turns into a metaphorical mud pile of a burger. However, this burger was not that. The aubergine was crispy, and everything complemented eachother.

I had the chicken burger which was crispy and cooked well. One very important thing, that this restaurant did, was seasoning the flour which would dredge the chicken. This allowed for a very good flavour and didn't make the pickled overpower everything else.

The tacos that were served were very good, with a good balance of everything in the dish. However, there was a fair amount of residual oil left over. Along with this, the pickled cucumber could have been fresh if I were to be pedantic which meant that the dish, with a few tweaks can be a delicious dish.

Finally, a lamb wrap. This was well formulated and well executed and flavours worked well overall so no complaints there.

Overall Mary & Archie is a very good bar to stop if you are in the area; with very good service and our waitresses were absolutely lovely. The foods great, and the atmosphere aswell which makes this a good find. Also family friendly and holds quizzes on some days.

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25/04/24: Shindigger: Mango Unchained 4.2% 27/06/23: not much has changed although the atmosphere was better this time. We enjoyed the Milk Stout and Schoffenhofer: Watermelon & Mint radler.Sat inside whilst the weather was a little temperamental. Archie (not related) enjoyed his lunch! 08/01/22: quite disappointed with service from Mary & Archie. Had hoped for good things. Was quite busy when we arrived, but a few tables inside and a good few around the side as we entered. Whilst looking at the Craft Ale board, we were told to sit down and order via the QR code. Within a few seconds whilst still trying to decide on what craft ale to have someone else then said to take a seat. We did. Outside. Scanned the QR code and what I'd chosen wasn't on the list. Tried to catch the waitreses eye, but she averted gaze and carried on serving towards the entrance. We order a quick half of a different drink and moved on. Heating outside is potentially good, but only 2 buttons to turn on the infrared lamps. Each table should have a button, as opposed to one button servicing 3 heaters on the left and the other button for the 3 heaters on the right. Approximately 10 covers at the side and as table were quite close together, it would have been rude to keep asking someone else to press it. Our drinks took a little time to come, but tasted great. Service was terrible, rushed and too busy to welcome nee guests. The craft ale board looked quite good, but not represented on the QR menu, which also failed to load initially. As part of the Chorlton Ale Trail, I'd probably overlook here next time amd put it down to a cafe, as opposed to a craft ale stop, where good service and...

I used to have breakfast here twice a month on a weekend to catch up with friends. Over the last few months I'm not sure if there is just less staff or they are new but the service has dropped a lot. To the point where you're seated, they tell you they will come and take your order and then no one comes over for 20 minutes to take your order.... At one point I also heard a staff members say that they don't enjoy their job. On my recent trip there was a hair in my bacon... I kindly let the staff know and the waitress didn't even apologise and just said oh that's not good. They brought me a new breakfast out but it wasn't what I ordered originally...however as my friends had already finished their meal I cntemplated just eating it. However what makes it worse was I could hear the staff members talking about how I had the wrong meal, watching me to see what happened... and it wasn't until I looked at them that one came over and said oh the kitchen aren't great are they. I'd still probably come back in the hope that it improves and gets back to the old days of great service great food but members of my group are against coming here now so not likely anytime soon. To add we come on Saturday or...