"We're not a chair, we're a herd" so says Giraffe. The herd already has a branch out at the Trafford Centre, but it's first city centre Manchester restaurant opened in November 2007 and it offers much of the same. Looking something like a modern Cuban refuge camp, the restaurant serves from a menu of world dishes, and a surprisingly solid collection of world wines. To cut a long story short Giraffe is similar to the nearby Ha Ha restaurant - it's supposed to be comfort foods in a relaxing environment, and it has worked rather well at their Trafford Centre branch.

The menu is on the right side of £10, with mains coming in at £8 or £9 and plenty of filling starts for less than a fiver. The Salad Bowls are particularly good value given what you get, and there's a quality breakfast/lunch menu that includes pancakes and blueberry and Giraffe's version of a full English - serviced through till 4pm.

I've lost count of the number of new restaurants in Spinningfields - this area is surely shaping up to be the chain-restaurant capital of the North West, and the addition of Giraffe is another example of faultless planning. Well worth a visit, and if you don't like the look of the place then there's plenty of choice within a few steps.


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