Pan-Asian Restaurants in Manchester

Dining in Thai, Malaysian, Nepalese, Singaporean, Mongolian & Korean Cuisines.

Thai Restaurants

Manchester boasts many first class Thai restaurants - many are award-winning restaurants, and some even offer on-site workshops in Thai cookery. Thai cuisine emphasises lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic features, and can often be very spicy. Traditional Thai food at its best balances four basic taste senses in every meal - sour, sweet, salty and bitter.

Alphabetically listed:

Aruno Thai Restaurant
337 Palatine Road, Didsbury, Manchester M22 4HH.
Tel: 0161-998 6460. Website: http://aruno-thai.tripod.com.
Buddha Lounge
14 Radcliffe New Road, Whitefield, Manchester M45 7GY. Tel: 0161-766 8822.
Website: http://buddhalounge.co.uk. Formerly known as "The Thai Lounge", serving authentic Thai and Cantonese cuisine.
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10-12 Railway Street, Ramsbottom, Bury BL0 9AL. Tel: 01706 821 821.
Chaophraya
Chapel Walks (Above Sams Chop House)
Off Cross Street, Manchester M2 1HN.
Email: manchester@chaophraya.co.uk.
Website: www.chaophraya.co.uk. Tel: 0161-832 8342.
Award winning restaurant voted "Favourite Restaurant" in the Pride of Manchester Awards in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Dalat
Hatro House, 397-401 Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester M22 4JR.
Tel: 0161-945 4624. Thai-Vietnamese restaurant and takeaway .
Jati
73 Cavendish Street, Manchester M15 6BN. Tel: 0161-232 0600.
Website: www.jatirestaurant.co.uk. Thai and Malay cuisine.
Lemongrass Thai Restaurant
19 Copson Street, Fallowfield/Withington, Manchester M20 3HE.
Tel: 0161-434 2345.
Ikan
98 Portland Street, Manchester M1 3LA. Tel: 0161-236 1313.
Good Thai food from this Thai and Chinese restaurant - specialities include soups, salads and noodle dishes. Buffet lunches daily. Website: www.ikanmanchester.com. See also: Gay Village.
Koh Samui
16 Princess Street, Manchester M1 4NB. Tel: 0161-237 9511.
Koh Samui serves a variety of popular Southern Thai dishes at their restaurant "...in a relaxed and intimate environment".
Mai Thai Restaurant
321 Chorley New Road, Bolton BL1 5BP. Tel: 01204 492 723.
Pacific
58-60 George Street, Chinatown, Manchester M1 4HF. Tel: 0161-228 6668.
A Thai-cum-Chinese restaurant, one-time voted Restaurant of the Year, with Thai and Chinese foods served on deferent floors. Large number of vegetarian dishes on the menu. Families welcome.
Phetpailin
46 George Street, Manchester M1 4HF. Tel: 0161-228 6500.
Prestbury Thai Restaurant
New Road, Prestbury, Cheshire SK10 4HP. Tel: 01625 828 423.
Email: info@prestburythai.co.uk. Website: www.prestburythai.co.uk.
Rice Bars
1a-1b Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester M1 1RG.
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Unit 5A, The Orient, Trafford Centre, Manchester M17 8EH.
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Unit 4, The Quadrangle, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5QS.
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St Ann Street/79 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BW.
Website: www.RiceBars.com.

Founded in 2005 and serving "...palate authentic savoured rice based dishes".
Sawasdee
12a Churchgate, Stockport SK1 1 YA. Tel: 0161-429 0488.
Locals maintain that the Sawasdee is the finest Thai restaurant in Greater Manchester. The food is very authentic and prices are reasonable. Ingredients are freshly flown in weekly. Distinctive and spicy eastern cuisine, with takeaways available.
Siam Orchid
52-54 Portland Street, Chinatown, Manchester M1 4GU. Tel: 0161-236 138..
This, the very first Thai Restaurant in Manchester, was mentioned in the Good Food Guide 1994, for its hot spicy food. Excellent fish dishes and creamy Thai curries.
Simply Thai
91a Macclesfield Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 6DT.
Tel: 016625 879 900 and 01625 856 985. Website: www.simplythairestaurant.co.uk.
Sunuk Thai House
810 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6UH. Tel: 0161-445 3993.
Red Hot World Buffet Manchester
48 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2EG. Tel: 0161-819 1240.
Website: www.redhot-worldbuffet.com/redhot_manchester.html.
Opened in 2011 with seating for 700 and offering Thai cuisine as well as Indian, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and many others.
Royal Orchid
36 Charlotte Street, Manchester M1 4FD. Tel: 0161-236 5183/9757. Fax: 0161-236 8830.
Extensive authentic Thai menu, in attractive surroundings. Selection of wines. Vegetarian dishes available. Dancing on last Friday of each month. Executive business lunches arranged.
Royal Siam
121 Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford M27 4AA. Website: www.manchesterthairestaurants.co.uk.
Thai restaurant in Swinton, opened in 2010 opposite the Civic Centre, and some 4½ miles out of Manchester city centre.
Thai Banana
262 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester M14 6JR. Tel: 0161-248 7752.
Thai E-Sarn Classic
210 Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2LW. Tel: 0161-445 5200.
Fully licensed 70 seat Thai restaurant with speciality North Thai cuisine. Large parties catered for. Occasional live entertainment.
Thai Orchid
458 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AX.
Tel: 0161-798 8897. Website: http://thai-orchid-prestwich.co.uk.
Try Thai Restaurant
52-54 Faulkner Street, China Town, Manchester M1 4FH. Tel: 0161-228 1822.
Website: www.try-thai.co.uk. Thai restaurant located in the heart of Manchester Chinatown.
Vermilion
Hulme Hall Lane, Lord North Street, Manchester M40 8AD. Tel: 0161-202 0055.
Website: www.vermilioncinnabar.com. Located some 2 miles south of Manchester city centre near to the City of Manchester Stadium.

Malaysian Restaurants

Manchester has just a few Malaysian Restaurants. Malaysian cuisine reflects the multicultural aspects of the various multicultural and ethnic groups in the country, each having their own dishes, with spices, aromatic herbs and roots the basis of all Malaysian cuisine.

Alphabetically listed:

Jati
73 Cavendish Street, Manchester M15 6BN. Tel: 0161-232 0600.
Website: www.jatirestaurant.co.uk. Thai and Malay cuisine, authentic menu, prepared from family recipes brought along through the generations, which makes our food available to every way of life and flavour. Family Restaurant, eat in or take-away, free home delivery. Halal.
Lotus
289 Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester M22 4ET. Tel: 0161-956 2292.
Self-professed to be "...the only Malaysian and South Indian fusion restaurant in the UK". Malaysian and South Indian cuisine with classic dishes like Satay and Rendang curries, as well as a wide selection of noodle dishes. Alaso offers tropical fish caught off the coast of Vietnam, Nasi Goreng, Nasi Lamak with Roti Canai. Malaysian breakfast served eaten throughout the day.
Ning Canteen
Urban 8 Limited, The Burton Building, 92-94 Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1LJ.
Tel: 0844 414 5484. Mobile: 07809 566558. Email: info@ningcatering.com.
Website: www.ningcatering.com. Malaysian restaurant also serving Thai and other south east Asian cuisine. Halal, vegan and vegetarian dishes available.
Penang Village
56 Faulkner Street, ChinaTown, Manchester M1 4FH. Tel: 0161 236 2650.
Red n Hot
56 Faulkner Street, China Town, Manchester M1 4FH. Tel: Tel: 0161-23 62650.
Reputedly authentic Malaysian cuisine with some Sechuwan dishes.

Singaporean Restaurants

Manchester has just a few Singaporean restaurants whose cuisine is a product of centuries of cultural interaction owing to its strategic location with influences of Malay, Chinese, Indonesian, Indian, Peranakan and Western traditions including English and Portuguese or Eurasian style cooking.

Listed alphabetically:

Cachumba Café
220 Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2LW. Tel: 0161-445 2479.
Food from all over South-east Asia is available here. Specialities are fish, chicken and vegetarian dishes. Vietnamese dishes. It is small and unlicensed, but small parties can bring their own drink (corkage charge).
Happy Seasons
59 Faulkner Street, Chinatown, Manchester M1 4FF. Tel: 0161-236 7189.
This is Manchester's only true Singaporean restaurant. Also serves traditional Chinese dishes. It offers a rather limited but good Singaporean menu. Singaporean cuisine is very similar to Malaysian and Thai food (midway between Chinese and Indian), perfumed and spicy.
Singapore Garden
1276 Ashton Old Road, Manchester M11 1JJ.
Singapore Garden in Manchester offers you a delicious choice of Oriental cuisine as well as some traditional desserts for the perfect finish to your meal.

Nepalese Restaurants

The cultural and geographic diversity of Nepal has allowe a wide variety of cuisines to emerge. Spicy lentil soup (dal) is popular, served over boiled grain, (bhat) or with vegetable curry, (tarkari). Typical condiments include an extremely spicy fermented pickle chutney (achaar).

Alphabetically listed:

Ayo Gurkhali
13 Bank Square, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 1AN. Tel: 01625 538 800.
Website: www.ayogurkhali-restaurant.co.uk.
Great Kathmandu
140 Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 1JQ. Tel: 0161-434 6413.
Email: info@greatkathmandu.com. Website: www.greatkathmandu.com.
Top chefs deliver top quality Nepalese food at this restaurant, and offer a takeaway service too. Rather small, but very cosy and accommodating. Good vegetarian dishes available.
Gurkha Grill
198 Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2LH.
Tel: 0161-445 5444. Website: www.gurkhagrill.co.uk. Email: info@gurkhagrill.co.uk.
Small, friendly and cosy, this Nepalese and Northern Indian restaurant offers a complete set dinner and has venison kebabs on the menu. Takeaways available.
Himalayas
945 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3NP. Tel: 0161-248 8882.
Lavish authentic Nepalese dishes, some require 24 hours notice to prepare. Set menus and vegetarian options available.
Indian Valley
36 Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester M27 5AF. Tel: 0161-728 3093. Fax: 0161-282 2499.
Email: indianvalley@gmail.com or pavankshrestha@gmail.com.
Nepalese and Indian cuisine. Outside caterers for all occasions: weddings, birthdays, office parties to business promotions - a unique and personal service.
Kailash
34 Charlotte Street, Chinatown, Manchester M1 4FD. Tel: 0161-236 1085.
Authentic Nepalese dishes served in most elegant surroundings. Exotic food in an altogether pleasurable experience.
Kantipur
238 Wellington Road South, Stockport SK2 6NW. Tel: 0161-476 2688.
"Nepalese food cooked by highly qualified chefs. Authentic and freshly prepared dishes. Lunches only by prior arrangement for groups more than ten people".
Namaste Nepal
164-166 Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 1LH. Tel: 0161-445 9060.
Email: info@namaste-nepal.co.uk. Website: www.namaste-nepal.co.uk.
New Tabak
199 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester M14 5AQ. Tel: 0161-248 7812.
Large Nepalese restaurant, with other more-Indian dishes available. Fully licensed. Sunday buffets - all you can eat - for under a tenner. Popular with vegetarians.
The Original Third Eye
661 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6RA. Tel: 0161-446 2300.
Email: info@originalthirdeye.co.uk. Website: www.originalthirdeye.co.uk.
Nepalese and Indian cuisine about 5 miles out from the city centre in Didsbury Village.

Korean Restaurants

Korean cuisine is largely based upon rice, noodles, tofu, vegetables and meats. Traditional Korean meals are noted for the number of side dishes that accompany steam-cooked short-grain rice. Kimchi is served often, sometimes at every meal. Commonly used ingredients include sesame oil, fermented bean paste, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes and fermented red chili paste. Manchester has just a handful of Korean restaurants as listed below:

Baekdu
77 Shudehill, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 4AN. Tel: 0161-834 2227.
South Korean restaurant next to Shudehill Interchange in the Northern Quarter.
Ban Di Bul
77 Princess Street, Manchester M2 4EG. Tel (mobile): 07415 106 616.
Eat Goody
1 Hillcourt Street, Manchester M1 7HU. Tel: 0161-274 3000.
Koreana
40a King Street West, Manchester M3 2WY. Tel: 0161-832 4330. Website: www.koreana.co.uk.
Beautifully served and presented food of a high quality, also serves Chinese and Japanese dishes. Reasonably priced. Good Food Guide recommended since 1994. Stylish.
Seoul Kimchi
257 Upper Brook Street, Manchester M13 0HR. Tel: 0161-273 5556.

Mongolian Restaurants

Mongolian cuisine primarily consists of dairy products, meat, and animal fats and vegetables and spices are very limited. Due to geographic proximity and deep historic ties with China and Russia, Mongolian cuisine is also influenced by the cuisines of these countries.

Genghis Khan's Mongolian Grill
16 Chorlton Street, Manchester M1 3HW. Tel: 0161-228 1631.
Food cooked on a giant open hotplate with dishes containing "...up to 15 sauces and 17 spices". Described as a unique dining experience. World beers, cocktails and pitchers on offer. Childrens and vegetarian dishes. Corporate bookings available.

Note: Entry in this listing does not in any way constitute a recommendation from the authors - while every effort is made to keep information contained herein as accurate and up-to-date as possible, we cannot guarantee that this information will not change over time - therefore, potential visitors must draw their own conclusions and make personal judgements as to value and quality.

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