A Bar that Has Something to Kro about Part 2
- August 11, 2009
- Rated 3 of 5 by
duskmaiden from London, United Kingdom
Kro has recently opened up a new branch in the new Piccadilly Gardens development in Manchester City Centre. I visited on Friday night for supper with a friend.
It is more like Kro2 as the building is very modern with very little personality. However it has big windows and thus is an ideal place to be seen or do a little bit of people watching. We arrived about 19:30 and the bar area seemed pretty full. Luckily re is a separate restaurant area which is more spacious and slightly quieter the music was certainly quieter and I could hear myself think.y. It was an ideal place for a good old gossip over a bottle of wine and nice food.
The menu was shorter and slightly more expensive than I remember the original Kro bar being. It has a real emphasis on fish dishes but there are also two vegetarian dishes and a couple of steak type dishes However it was still very nice. I had a big bowl of Moules Marinere (£7.99) which came with slices of fresh crusty bread. It was a lovely simple dish. We shared a bottle of nice rose wine which was about £13 and a side order of lovely crisp chunky chips I rounded it off with a shot of Countreua. This was the part of the meal I was most disappointed with as the ice had melted and it tasted watered down. The bill came to £37
The service was friendly and pretty prompt although I was bemused about how we would order at first as there were no staff in sight when we sat down for food.
Kro seem to have done it again offering stylish good food. The advantage is not having to trek down to Oxford Road and studentsville.
From journal A Taste of Manchester