{"id":5166,"date":"2023-07-20T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatmcr.co.uk\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:08:08","slug":"hawksmoors-refusal-to-dine-out-on-the-past-makes-it-manchesters-most-irresistible-dining-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatmcr.co.uk\/featured\/hawksmoors-refusal-to-dine-out-on-the-past-makes-it-manchesters-most-irresistible-dining-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawksmoor\u2019s Refusal to Dine Out on the Past Makes it Manchester\u2019s Most Irresistible Dining Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is not long before half past six in the evening. Outside Deansgate heaves with Friday\u2019s post-work revellers, darting decisively from one bar to the next so as not to lose their early weekend momentum. On the other side of the brickwork, inside Hawksmoor, however, the scene is<\/strong> serene and satisfied.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s bustle. Of course there’s bustle. It’s Friday evening and this is one of the finest restaurants in Manchester. Reservations are chocker and the staff are reacting appropriately. But their’s is a drift rather than a dart. Swiftly between dining room and bar, servers, bar staff and various levels of what appear to be management are operating effortlessly. The chatter between themselves and the coming-and-going customers perfect punctuation to accompany a thoroughly contented sit with a majestic dirty Martini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I slide each Belvedere and Fino soaked kalamata from my drink via a stainless steel cocktail pick into my mouth, breathing in every ounce of atmosphere from the surrounding brass, mahogany and parquet. The bar lamps sit charmingly low, glowing up my ‘Don Draper is done for the week’ bullshit that I appear to be on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, truth be told, the building that houses Hawksmoor’s Mancunian outpost could quite believably be hosting sordid sixties Madison Avenue shenanigans. It could have a piano’s ivories being tickled by an undone bowtie sporting lad who’s watched La La Land too many times. The staff could be bedecked in starched whites and enough Brylcreem to make an FBI agent blush. There could be cherries jubilee on the dessert menu and a fully stocked cigar humidor presented to each table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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