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Cicchetti Manchester
House of Fraser
Ground Floor, M3 2QG
0161 839 2233
The plates might be small at San Carlo Cicchetti,
but the portions are generous and the flavours
exceptional. The chic eatery is located on the
ground floor of Manchester’s House of Fraser.
Whether you’ve just finished shopping your way
through the department store from top to bottom,
or are merely passing through Deansgate, the
restaurant forms a welcome stopping point where
you can kick back and enjoy a well-deserved meal.
Part of the San Carlo Group of Italian restaurants,
San Carlo Cicchetti forms a contemporary space
where the decor looks every bit as good as the
food. Light grey Italian marble, warm colours and
touches of silver and gold lend the restaurant a
sophisticated air. Each season, Cicchetti unveils
a new menu made using the freshest ingredients,
many of them sourced directly from Milan. With
everyone from its director to its chefs hailing
from Italy, there’s no disputing the restaurant’s
authenticity. There’s no disputing the quality of
the small dishes that are the restaurant’s stock in
trade either. The action starts early, with breakfast
served from 8am on weekdays, 9am at weekends.
Eggs are a speciality – choose from Eggs Benedict,
Florentine or Norwegian – or try The Great
Cicchetti Breakfast, complete with Lancashire farm
pork and leek sausages and Bury black pudding.
Afternoon tea is a real highlight at the restaurant:
whether you choose a traditional cream tea or
a more indulgent champagne tea, you’re in for
quite a treat. Cicchetti’s main menu is when the
small but perfectly formed dishes are rolled out.
Gamberoni Piccanti sees Sicilian prawns served
with chilli lemon and garlic; Spiedino di Pollo is
chicken wrapped in pancetta with rosemary. The
bruschetta is oily, indulgent and full of crunch,
while the seafood is a particular highlight. As an
introduction to Cicchetti, try Fritto Portofino, in
which deep fried prawns, scallops and calamari
are paired with garlic aioli and spicy Calabrian dip.
SAN CARLO CICCHETTI
