Manchester
The Original Third Eye

The Original Third Eye

661 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M206RA, M20 6RA, United Kingdom

Asian • Indian • Nepalese • Vegetarian


"A recent discovery for me is this beautiful Indian restaurant, which I rank up there with the best in Manchester, situated in the heart of Didsbury Village. Curries are without doubt my favourite food, so I've had a good few and since working for Yelp I have set myself the task of really locating the finest curry houses in Manchester. The Original Third Eye fully deserves to enter in at the top, alongside my other favourites, Punjab in Rusholme, Moon in Withington, and The Original Lal Qila on Deansgate. See my list for the run down. The name Original Third Eye comes from one of the finest restaurants in Kathmandu, though it is also a reference to the concept of the all Seeing Eye, a central emblem of Buddhist thought that is depicted on many temples and shrines throughout Nepal. The restaurant itself is large, and spacious, with authentic decoration and a smart, but still nicely informal, table arrangement. The food is literally unbelievable. Needless to say they sell all the usual traditional curry dishes, including an extensive fish list, but the main specialties are something new and unusual, a curry with a little something extra, taking it to that next level of joy and producing happiness and glee in their very consumption. The kidney kebab starter for example, combines classic kebab spices with beautiful marinated lamb kidney. Also beautiful is the Third Eye Tangri, which mixes chicken with minced lamb and nuts, a surprising and beautiful combination. In terms of mains, go directly to either the seafood menu or the Third Eye Specials section, on which everything is gorgeous. The piece de resistance, is the Murghi Masala, a whole chicken marinated in wonderful spices. This dish is so precisely crafted, that you in fact need to give 24 hours notice, and at least two people need to share it. I think that epitomizes this restaurant's absolute class. So I end on that note."

63 Degrees

63 Degrees

104 High Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Full • Steak • French • Burgers


"I was expecting fine dining. I ate Fois Gras and Fillet Steak with Sauce Perigeux My husband ate Lobster Salad and Pigeon Burger. We were seated in a gloomy and frankly shabby back corner. The Fois Gras was actually the best component of the meal. Soft, well seasoned, delicious. It was served with a heavy fruit and nut bread (quite nice), balsamic glaze and very tired looking pea shoots. My husbands Lobster Salad consisted of two chewy pieces of lobster on a MINUSCULE amount of dressing and a very large and dominant quenelle of grain salad (no greens included). When ordering our main course, I asked what green veg were available. The answer is none What veg DO you have? Shrug... Pan fried vegetables what pan fried vegetables turnip and carrot !!!! I ordered Green Salad as my side and my husband ordered Dauphinoise for us to share. I asked for my steak to be medium rare. The steak arrived almost well done, certainly more than medium, NOTHING like medium rare. It was dry. The sauce bore no resemblance whatsoever to Sauce Perigeux which is meant to contain Madera and Black Truffle. I could taste none of either. It was also a strange texture. The salad was brown around the edges and the dauphinoise was the size of a small cup cake and dry, dry, dry. Nothing oozing and unctuous there!!! To top off our experience the head waiter disappeared outside in his suit as we were eating our main course and when he reappeared he came straight to our table to clear absolutely STINKING of cigarette smoke. Mm mmmm. The barman was charming and professional. We didn't stay for desert and drank a bottle of nice red wine."