Barbakan Delicatessen Ltd in Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester

This place can get really busy but it's worth the trip! The bread and all the deli are fabulous. If you go there when you're hungry you'll spend a fortune!! So many mouth watering specialties all in the same place. This place simply can't be improved, 5 stars.

Smells delicious from the outside, but it's even better inside! Usually go to the Barbakan on Saturday mornings as I work during the week and come back when it's already closed. I always intend to buy a ciabatta and leave, but always end up buying a the cream-filled doughnut or some other pastry or cake, they are way too tempting!! Only downside is it can get really busy, but I guess that's the price to pay when a place is this good..

I absolutely adore their norlander rye bread! So many different types of bread to choose from. I pop in twice a week and and pick up a loaf on the way to my piano class. Best bread ever!

We had a huge portion of polish sausage with onion and sauces last Saturday, absolutely delicious! Great variety of bread, cheese and olives, plus I love the smell of fresh baking that comes out of this place! They also hold a weekly barbecue out front, with garlic sausage, roasted potatoes, paella and more. Outside seating is lovely even in the winter. Much like Frosts do with meat. Excellent.

Having heard wonderful things about Barbakan I decided to give it a try. I must say I was a bit disappointed with my cappuccino-and-doughnut breakfast. The doughnut was bland, the cappuccino was very with hardly any coffee flavour.
I have had better breakfasts in other less advertised places, I don't think I will come back.