Eats

The sunny new Manchester cafe tucked beside a pottery studio

The plates you eat off are made right next to your seat.

Daisy Jackson - 9th July 2025

A sunny new brunch, lunch and coffee spot has opened in the Kampus neighbourhood in Manchester, wedged between a pottery studio and a beautiful lifestyle store.

Kolab Kitchen has opened as part of the Makers Quarter, a hub for creative businesses, workshops and studios.

You’ll be eating your brunch off plates made just next door in the pottery studio, with sun streaming in from those huge Kampus windows.

And now as well as fuelling your creative juices, they’re feeding you too, with a menu of top-quality brunches, lunches and coffees.

You’re going to be feasting on dishes like roasted mushrooms on toast with a homemade green hollandaise; butterbean grilled cheese with three different cheeses involved; and ‘The Copenhagen’, a wholesome plate of jammy eggs, roasted tomatoes, cheese and rye toast.

There’s also a gigantic truffle hash brown, with soft poached eggs on top. Yes, please.

Kolab Kitchen is also home to a salad bar and a hot plate bar, stuffed with seasonal, local platters you can mix and match from.

Even the plates you’re eating off are local – they’re made just next door in the pottery studio.

The Copenhagen breakfast — Roast mushrooms and green Hollandaise

Whether you perch inside the beautiful space, build a salad box to go, or take your lunch up to the sunny terrace, make sure you pay this one a visit.

Kolab Kitchen joins Markets Quarter’s lifestyle store and pottery studio, serving breakfast, lunch and speciality coffee six days a week.

Stephen Hobson, Co-Founder of Makers Quarter, said: “We’re excited to launch the next phase of Kolab. Our business has always celebrated independent creatives and producers.

“We’ve crafted a sustainable and localised menu — right down to the ceramics your food is served on, made in-house by our talented pottery team.

“Our guests can even add a pottery-making class to their visit, with sessions available all weekend and in the evenings.

“Our drive is to grow our creative community further, what better way than gathering for some great food?”

The open plan restaurant features 30 covers with a further 40 available on their expansive sun terrace overlooking Kampus gardens.

Featured image: The Manc Group