Nothing too stuffy. Preferably Chinese, Indian or Italian restaurants central to the city centre.

Any good pubs for folk in their late 30's also appreciated!

Check out some of the pubs on here.

That bad pub / good pub tread from the other day that a lot of Mancs posted on

Indian.. Shimla Pinks opp the crown court
Italian.. San Carlo next to Kendals
Turkish.. Cafe Istanbul Opp pub called the bridge (nice pub)
Gastro.. The Ox nr Science and industry.. good pub

The OX always smells of puke to me. Nice food though.

I've found The OX's food to be of variable quality recently – the same menu items coming out tasting completely different one week to the next…
Nice place though otherwise, although the staff always seem maybe a bit hungover or suchlike on a Sunday when i've been in.

Indian – East Z East and Akbars are also worth a visit.

Chinese – Yang Sing or Pacific (but I haven't been to either for a while)

Check out Manchester Confidential for reviews and offers for restaurants in town.

+2 Akbars.
Tai Pan is pretty good (but not central)
Best is http://www.tai-wu.co.uk/

The chop houses are good pubs with good food.

Re Yang Sing – my parents went recently and thought that it's gone downhill – poor service and very high prices.

ransos- could be something to do with them having to fold their city centre hotel development recently I guess.

Another vote for the chop houses (beer and food), and the Ox and Shimla Pinks…

For a proper pub, it's hard to beat Briton's Protection.

Dmitri's (greek tapas) is good for food too.

The Armenian joint near the Town Hall is ace if you like meat and waiters with facial hair.

Dmitri's (greek tapas) is good for food too. – Agree.

I'm still looking for a decent Jamaican and vegetarian place as well.

The grill on the alley is nice.

So is that new aregentinian one next to Cotswold.

Sam's CHop house is a great pub that does nice food. the excellent Thai restaurant Chaophraya is right above it, too

This and That for lunchtime curries.

Careful, though, you might bump into binners and hora…. 😉

This and That for lunchtime curries.

Too far away for me now. Plus you wont see binners for a week. Hes been detained by the Police after being identified as a political activist.

Sams Chophouse always seems to be very busy with a great atmosphere.

Not in the city centre but the Lime Tree out Disbury is good for a nice
evening meal

Top notch food, not stuffy or too pricy

Panama Hattys

+1 for the Pacific. Chinese downstairs, Thai upstairs, they do a great thai buffet at lunch time.

Hora: seek out the bhuddist center there is a good vegetarian restaurant there.

East Z East and Akbars are my favorite indians
Bem Brasil is the one TeeTooSugars means, and it's great if you're in a group.

pub/bar wise, there are a few good one's up in the 'northern quarter' Trof, TV21 & Odd Bar.

el rincon on st johns st (just off deansgate) if you like authentic spanish grub

then a pint in the bp

Italian – Piccolinos – just off Albert Square

el rincon? Always bloody booked up for my terrible planning skills 🙁

if its just a good pub and not food have a look at the grapes down a side street just off quay street, deansgate end, its liz dawns (vera duckworth)
we went in there a while back and the atmosphere was great we are a group of mid 30s to early 50s couples.

Dimitri's tis very good

San Carlo is very expensive and flash. I hate it. Cafe Istanbul is excellent. The Koreana on King Street West is good for something different. It does fab lunchtime takeaways.

The Armenian Harry refers to does good food and its atmosphere is very down to earth, the complete opposite of san Carlo.

Wasn't really impressed with the food last time I ate at Sam's but it may just have been my choices.

El Rincon used be very good but I have heard one or two bad comments about it lately. There is a wine shop/tapas bar on the opposite side of Deansgate that is supposed to be better.

Still haven't tried Bem Brazil despite working next door to it.