Iberica Spinningfields

Great Chefs, Great Causes at Ibérica, Manchester. I had the pleasure to be invited along to the 'World 's Best Chefs ' press launch at Ibérica a couple of weeks ago and what I experienced was fantastic.

When I walked through the entrance of Ibérica’s Manchester restaurant on Easter Sunday afternoon, I was feeling pretty special. And so I should have done, being my 30th birthday and all. After winning a little Instagram competition over on Ibérica’s page, I decided to use my £50 voucher prize towards a tasty tapas birthday lunch – and it turned out to be the perfect choice.

we had four meal times on Saturday night, we were warmly welcomed at the door and while we waited for one of our party to have a drink at the bar, we have dined up where the service was excellent, the tapas dishes were amazing, we had a wide and varied selection of brot and olive oil to black rice, lamb, huh, calamari, potatas bravo all were so! we all enjoyed it so much, and although we are not local, we would return again. View menu

only table available was for bar snacks that we happily accepted. as bar snacks go the choice was good and they were quite delicious. the personal seemed to be undermined. we waited twice for a drink. waited for the bill a long time asked twice. table water was warm, it is not really rocket science to put ice into it. no season on the table I thought standard so they don't have to ask. everything I would go back yes! decor was beautiful and the dame that served us made the experience worth while very knowledgeable and helpful. I had caught her name to give her something deserved praise.

In all my trips to Manchester I've somehow never noticed Iberica...ridiculous I know. After seeing the pics of the octopus it seemed only fair we go and enjoy this for ourselves. The decor is nice and modern, and as our table wasn't ready, we were sat at the bar. I had a delicious cava sangria. The menu has a lot of choice, including various cheeses and hams. We went for a mix up to share-chorizo lollipops, octopus, calamari, pork sliders and ham. I can't tell you how good those chorizo lollipops are...and the octopus was as good in real life. All washed down with a hefty pitcher of sangria...job done.

we were before, but that was one of them, and they had squeezed us in because we had not booked. this time booked, came 30 minutes early, no problem and nice table top. fabulous service, not know its name, but very good. one of the courts was very slow to get out, old after the other tapas. what wait (two boiled lamb) and was thrown bill without asking, but we would have been happy to pay for it. only on the bottom is the service fee added in the bill, regardless of the table size. Moreover, the toilets are crazy - the mirrors are very disturbing and the sex labels are almost unreadable, so it is really unclear where to go. View menu

It’s not everyday you get the chance to eat dishes from several of the world’s best chefs in the same place at the same time. But a few weeks ago I did exactly that after being invited to the press launch of ‘Great Chefs, Great Causes’ at Ibérica in Spinningfields. Of course, Albert Adrià and Joan Roca of El Celler de Can Roca didn’t rock up in Manchester to cook for us personally. But along with 12 other chefs from the World’s 50 Best Restaurants they each provided a signature recipe which will be available on a rotating basis from Ibérica until 6th September, with profits shared amongst the chef’s chosen charities. After a couple of drinks at the bar we were seated upstairs and the first d...

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Favourite is not always the same as 'the best regarded ' or the grandest. Favourite for me, covers places that we 've loved, often smaller, perhaps less well known restaurants. They all have excellent cuisine (some have Michelin stars) and can represent superb value for money. Many of these restaurants are highly regarded in Spain but maybe unfairly overlooked by foreign food tourists and don 't appear on the 50 Best Awards. In most cases they 're well underrated but are at the top of our favourite lists.1. Aponiente, El Puerto de Santa Maria near Cádiz.I never tire of championing this revolutionary seafood restaurant. If you google it, there are few English reviews outside of mine. It 's st... View menu