Lazy Sundae, one of Manchester’s most popular ice cream parlours, has opened a brand new site within the Manchester Arndale.
The Northern Quarter dessert spot is famed for its adventurous ice cream flavours, bubble teas and jiggly Japanese souffle pancakes.
It’s now finally taken over the site in the centre of Halle Place, the £11m food hall in the heart of the shopping centre.
The unit, sandwiched between those two controversial escalator/staircase hybrids, was previously home to Kiosk coffee shop by the team behind General Stores.
Lazy Sundae, a Tib Street favourite, is now open for business in the Manchester Arndale, where it’s serving up its legendary cereal-encrusted cones topped off with colourful scoops of ice cream.
There’s also bubble tea, with incredible flavours like brown sugar crème brûlée milk tea, classic strawberry bingsoo blueberry smash fruit teas.
There are six flavours exclusively available in the Arndale site too, from a Thai favourite of mango sticky rice, Jasmine milk tea, and Matcha KitKat.
The space has been turned into a soft peach-coloured kiosk space, with plenty of rattan details and plants.
Lazy Sundae’s Manchester Arndale flagship is serving bubble and milk teasLazy Sundae has opened a new ice cream parlour in the Manchester Arndale. Credit: The Manc GroupDelicious ice cream desserts at Lazy Sundae in Manchester Arndale. Credit: The Manc Group
The beautiful new ice cream parlour has plenty of seating for people to make use of while working through the extensive menu of sweet treats.
Lazy Sundae joins existing Halle Place food and drink operators like Archie’s, PizzaLuxe, and Doner Shack.
Sharing the news on Instagram, the dessert shop wrote: “Paradise has officially arrived. Our NEW FLAGSHIP store is now OPEN in the heart of Manchester Arndale!
“With 6 ARNDALE EXCLUSIVE ice cream flavours that are not one to miss: Mango Sticky Rice, Avocado Coco, Peach Yakult, Jasmine Milk Tea, Matcha Kitkat and Honey Butter Corn Crunch.”
Manchester favourite Nell’s to open new site for New York-style pizza, karaoke and shuffleboard
Daisy Jackson
Much-loved New York-style pizza joint Nell’s has announced big plans for a brand new location – they’re heading to MediaCity.
Nell’s are stepping things up a notch with the move, adding in private karaoke booths, shuffleboard tables, and a huge outdoor terrace in their new site.
Nell’s MediaCity is set to open this autumn, promising 22-inch New York-style pizza (also served in gigantic slices), frozen margs, and ice cream sandwiches.
There are already several spots around Manchester where you can get a slice of Nell’s, including their restaurants at Kampus and in Altrincham, the OG Northern Quarter site in Common, and at The Beagle in Chorlton.
And now it’s Salford’s turn, with plans unveiled for the team to expand over to MediaCity’s quayside Orange Building.
Nell’s co-founder Jonny Heyes said: “We’ve been thinking about MediaCity for a long time, it’s such a great area and we’ve seen what brilliant operators like Kargo have achieved so when this space came up, we jumped on it!
“The venue is huge which has given us the chance to really play with the experience.
“This idea of karaoke and shuffleboard accompanying our made-for-sharing pizzas and great cocktails feels like a natural next step for us as a brand.”
Nell’s have also partnered with Deliveroo and Slerp to send 14-inch and 22-inch pizzas far and wide.
The new opening is expected to create more than 35 new jobs, and as Common & Co has twice been named in the Times 100 Best Places To Work list, you might want to check those out HERE.
These viral sensations are a plush toy created by Hong Kong-born, Netherlands-raised designer Kasing Lung, who drew inspiration from his love of fairytales to create a character with bunny-like ears, large eyes and big smiles.
They’re swinging off handbags all over the UK at the minute and people are queueing for hours for the latest Labubu drops.
At Sweet Dreams, they’re making edible chocolate Labubus using a special mould flown in from Japan.
Each one has a pistachio kunafa filling and is painstakingly painted by hand.
And that brings us neatly to the next viral craze at play here – Dubai pistachio chocolate.
An army of pistachio chocolate LabubuInside a chocolate pistachio Labubu
Kunafa is a staple in Middle Eastern bakes and pastries but hit the global mainstream last year when thick chocolate pistachio bars stuffed with it went viral online, spawning countless dupes and inspired specials.
And finally, chocolate covered strawberries – hardly a new invention, but this simple dessert has rocketed in popularity especially in food hotspots like Borough Market in London.
Head into Sweet Dreams and you can build your treat from the base up – choose white or milk melted chocolate for your strawberries, layer on pistachio kunafa, then top with either a milk or white chocolate Labubu.
A slightly daft novelty? Yes. But that doesn’t stop them being delicious.
This is the only place in the UK currently selling Dubai pistachio chocolate Labubus.
Daisy Jackson -
16th October 2023 
