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The Ginnel (Manchester)

Description: 18-22 Lloyd Street / Off Albert Square / Manchester / England. This 8,000-square-foot-shop offers an extensive ... more

The Ginnel (Manchester) ... collection of antiques and collectibles covering periods from 1200BC to 1970AD, including a huge inventory of Fi

Newest Review: ... They are all genuinely friendly and the John Hurt look-a-like Keith just exudes charm and worldly wisdom as he sits with his everlasting cig only being interrupted to casually and graciously serve the food. (For the non-smokers, the café is split into non- and smoking areas, and the non-smoking is situated near the windows and the light.) One of the qualities I love best about The Ginnel ... more

... is its ability to cater for most (but all of mine) occasions. In the week, it serves the lunch-time city-centre workers crowd turning them into civilized beings and even a...more

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The Ginnel (Manchester): Manchester's Most Charming Cafe (960 words)
by - written on 26/04/02 (Very useful, 186 readings)
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This secret hideaway is just off the beaten track in Manchester’s constantly changing city-centre. In a cappuccino-soaked city-centre full of chains of plastic coffee bars and trendy expensive sandwich shops, The Ginnel is an oasis – one of the few diminishing places left that has real charm, excellent service and delicious food for a reasonable price. The Ginnel covers a vast area (larger than you realise on your first visits) in the basement of Lloyd’s House, Lloyd Street which runs off one of the corners of Albert Square, the city’s centre of government, law and finance. The Ginnel itself comprises of The Ginnel Gallery, a huge ... Read the complete review