Manchester’s Piccolino is a capacious, contemporary Italian restaurant. The Clarence Street establishment serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, with cover for up to 200 guests. There’s a lot going on at the upmarket restaurant: a wine boutique, cocktail bar, juice bar, theatre grill, pizzeria, oyster and caviar bar, food hall and al fresco terrace overlooking Albert Square, to be precise. The Victorian listed building is a grand, regal space in which to house the multi-purpose restaurant. No expense has been spared in kitting out Piccolino: the marble is imported from Italy, the brass is antique, the oak English and the chandeliers handmade. Blue leather, inspired by the Italian yacht-builder Riva, completes the look. The decor may be pleasing, but it’s the food that has the wow factor. Meat and seafish feature prominently, the latter including such delicacies as line-caught sashimi-grade tuna, lemon sole, wild seabass and Arctic salmon. The shellfish is of a similar pedigree: Blackwater wild oysters, hand-picked wild crab, rope-grown mussels and wild Paloude clams. From Monday to Saturday diners can enjoy a quick lunch between 12pm and 5pm with one or two courses available for a fixed price. When evening falls, Piccolino’s charcoal and wood-burning grill is cranked up to full capacity, to create such succulent dishes as ‘Burning fingers’ grilled and marinated lamb cutlets and Rose veal escalope served with Parma ham and sage. For red meat connoisseurs, the steak is pretty special. Selected from Aberdeen Angus cattle and dry aged on the bone for at least 35 days, it makes for a tender and juicy steak, whether plumping for the rump, ribeye or sirloin. From salads to antipasti and from pasta to pizza, Piccolino does Italian with flair and pizzazz.
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Address:
8 Clarence Street
Manchester
M2 4DW
Telephone:
0161 835 9860
Website:
www.individualrestaurants.com
Since its recent refurbishment, Cafe Grande Piccolino has a beautiful marble and gilded dining room. Various kitchens and counters are all open with meat, fish, patisserie, gelato and juice bar counters as well as full bakery out the back, there's a lot to see (and smell) here. I had a fantastic breakfast, coffee and smoothie here which puts Carluccios to shame. Would definitely come back for lunch or dinner here!
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Elliot Griggs -
10-08-2016
