One of Manchester’s best-loved restaurants for cheap eats is slashing its prices even further today, with meals for just a quid.
Bundobust has announced a promotion where you can get a pot of their delicious Indian street food for £1.
It’s in honour of Indian Independence Day, marking 76 years since the country became independent of the UK.
You’ll have to be quick though – the £1 pots are only available to the first 76 customers dining from 12pm on Tuesday 15 August, The Hoot Leeds reports.
Indian Independence Day is a public holiday celebrated annually to commemorate the end of a fight for freedom, honouring the sacrifices of those who fought, and celebrating non-violent civil action.
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Celebrated across India, the important day is filled with joyous ceremonies, singing, dancing and of course, heaps of delicious food and drink.
And now, the wonderful team at Bundobust are inviting you to join in on the celebrations and offering £1 pots to the first 76 customers through the door from 12pm.
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Taking place at every Bundobust location, customers can get stuck into classic dishes such as Bundo Chaat, Tarka Dhal and Rice, Okra Fries, Egg Bhurji and Bhel Puri.
Basically, if it’s served in the iconic Bundobust branded pot, then it will be sold to you for a measly £1.
This might just be the best Tuesday ever, don’t you think?
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Announcing the brilliant news on social media, Bundobust wrote: “This Tuesday, India celebrates 76 years of freedom from British Colonial rule in 1947 – Since then, August 15th has symbolised the end of a fight for freedom, honouring the sacrifices of those who fought, and celebrating non-violent civil action.
“Independence Day is a massive deal all over the country – recognised as a public holiday and celebrated with a packed day of ceremonies, singing, dance, and naturally, food and drink, with plenty of the Bundo team holding great memories of celebrating it in-person.”
So from 12pm today, if you fancy a cheap but incredibly tasty lunch then head to Bundobust on Piccadilly Gardens or on Oxford Road and cheers to Indian Independence Day with some traditional street food.
Glitzy Manchester restaurant KAJI has quietly shut down
Daisy Jackson
A glamorous Manchester restaurant famed for its Japanese cooking and sushi has quietly closed its doors for good, it seems.
KAJI, on Bridge Street, has pulled table reservations and repossession notices have been stuck into its windows.
The glitzy, futuristic restaurant made a pretty big impact on the city’s dining scene since opening in 2022 – but not always for the right reasons.
It first launched as MUSU, and hit headlines when vandals smashed the windows and threw paint all over the restaurant space in the middle of a busy Valentine’s Day service.
It attracted other famous faces too, including Man City boss Pep Guardiola, and Jason Derulo.
Then in 2024, the restaurant rebranded to KAJI, promising dishes cooked over fire in ‘homage to ancient Japanese cooking techniques’.
And last year it received a review in The Telegraph, where William Sitwell said that KAJI was ‘all tummies, bald heads, tattoos and heat’, describing the experience of eating there as ‘brash (and pricey) torture’.
KAJINotices in the windows of KAJI
But now, it appears the business – which launched a new menu concept just weeks ago – has oh-so-quietly shut its doors for good.
When you try to book a table, no availability is showing.
And walking past its glamorous Bridge Street location now, you can see repossession notices have been displayed in the windows.
It appears that the landlords of the building took possession way back on 10 April – and KAJI has been silent on social media ever since.
Michelin-recommended rooftop restaurant Climat has closed its doors with immediate effect
Daisy Jackson
One of Manchester’s top-rated restaurants has announced its shock and immediate closure.
Climat, which is set way up high in Blackfriars House with staggering views of Manchester city centre, has said that the Michelin-recommended restaurant is now permanently closed.
In a heartbreaking statement, founder Christopher Laidler said that Climat is ‘yet another casualty of the times we’re living in’.
Laying out the brutal reality of running a hospitality business, Chris wrote about ‘rampant food inflation’, an ‘ever-increasing tax burden’, and ‘the persistent cost of living crisis’, describing it as a perfect storm against hospitality.
Then delving deeper into the numbers, he shared that Climat has faced an eye-watering £112,000 electricity bill for its first 13 months in business – that’s 400% more than they’d budgeted.
That was chased by a 33% increase in staff wages, then a jump in business rates from £12,000 a year to £38,000 a year.
Couple that with reduced footfall and it’s ‘spelling disaster for so many’.
Climat has closed its doors with immediate effectClimat has laid their finances bare in their closing statement
He wrote: “Whilst I wanted to highlight these reasons for closure, in the naive hope the Government will start to listen before it’s too late for others, I want to acknowledge the fantastic work of our team over the last 3.5 years.
“The closure does not do justice to their efforts and dedication. I’d also like extend a huge debt of gratitude to our guests for their support, enabling us to build a nationally recognised wine list – our raison d’être.”
Signing off, he said: “I wish everyone the very best of luck in these challenging times. Bye for now, Christopher.”
Climat opened in late 2022, with an impressive wine list and a beautiful restaurant space overlooking Manchester.
It didn’t take long before it was added to the Michelin Guide, which wrote: “An open kitchen is the focus of the room, with its aromas filling the air, and the concise fixed-price menu includes well-executed dishes such as halibut with spinach and sorrel velouté, where the ingredient quality shines through.
“Wine is a feature with one side of the room acting as a bar and the carefully curated list deftly mixing traditional and modern styles.”
Clementine Hall -
15th August 2023 
