Every year The Oast House becomes Spinningfields go-to winter hub as the venue rolls out its signature festive teepees. This year, it’s given things a serious upgrade as the venue celebrates ten years in the city.
Complete with roaring fires, twinkling fairy lights and cosy faux fur throws to snuggle up in, 2022 sees the festive destination’s set-up reimagined.
With three tents joined together by a huge open hub, allowing guests to see into the main bar and soak up the party atmosphere, the teepee feels roomier than ever.
Image: The Manc Eats
Image: The Manc Eats
A festive utopia of firepits and live music, the new lodge is open from now right the way through to January.
Inside, you can enjoy chunky pork and apple pies loaded with Bury black pudding scotch eggs, Hendersons gravy, mustard mash and piccalilli – and that’s just for starters.
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As part of the new pie menu, launched especially for winter, there’s a tempting-sounding chicken madras pie topped with pilau mash, onion bhaji, mint raita, mango chutney and toasted almonds, and a steak and ale version loaded with roast mushroom, roast tomato, onion ring and peppercorn sauce.
The Oast House kitchen will also be cooking up everyone’s favourite festive snack, the Yorkshire pudding wrap: each filled with your choice of chicken, beef, or vegetarian meatballs, hot stuffing, triple-cooked potatoes, roasted vegetables and homemade gravy.
Another menu newcomer is the buffalo chicken macaroni cheese topped with crispy chicken fillets, tossed in Frank’s hot sauce and served with a blue cheese dressing.
As for drinks, alongside big steins of beer and all the usual favourites, from next month you’ll find steaming mugs of mulled wine and a selection of show-stopping seasonal cocktails throughout the season.
Open from now through to January with a packed roster of live musicians playing everything from pop to rock to funk and soul in the evenings, we have a feeling it’s going to be a popular hideaway during the colder months.
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Glitzy Spinningfields bar famed for its bottomless deals shuts down
Daisy Jackson
Popular cocktail bar group Banyan has suddenly closed its glitzy bar in the heart of Spinningfields.
The restaurant and bar, which is part of the Arc Inspirations group that also operates Manahatta and Box, has shut down with immediate effect.
A sign has been posted in the window of the Spinningfields site of Banyan confirming its closure.
Banyan opened in 2018 and was the second site for the brand, which has been operating out of the Corn Exchange since 2015.
Inside, the huge 7,000sq ft space was split into spaces for drinking, dining and dancing, including a large mezzanine and a huge white marble bar.
Banyan is famed for its bottomless deals, whether that’s a classic bottomless brunch or their bottomless Sunday roast (endless Yorkshire puddings, gravy, wine, and roast potatoes).
It also offered two-for-one cocktails, all day every day.
The bar stands on the side of Spinningfields, directly opposite The Ivy and alongside The Alchemist.
Banyan in Spinningfields has shut downThe note in the window of Banyan
But now it has permanently closed its doors, thanking people for their custom over its almost-decade in Manchester.
The sign on the door says: “Banyan Spinningfields is now permanently closed.
“Thank you so much for your custom over the years, we’ve loved being part of this wonderful city and have made so many friends.
“Don’t be a stranger, we’d love to continue to welcome you to our Banyan bar in the Corn Exchange. Team Banyan.”
Bangkok Diners Club moves out of Ancoats just months after Michelin Guide win
Daisy Jackson
Bangkok Diners Club, the critically-acclaimed restaurant above the Edinburgh Castle pub, has closed its restaurant space.
The Thai restaurant was added to the Michelin Guide last October, not long after taking over the upstairs of the popular pub.
It also received a rave review in The Guardian from restaurant critic Grace Dent, who said it would be ‘one of Manchester’s hottest dining tickets’.
But now Bangkok Diners Club has decided its time in Ancoats is up, and has closed its beautiful restaurant space with immediate effect.
In an email sent to customers with reservations, they wrote that Bangkok Diners Club ‘sadly won’t be returning to Edinburgh Castle’.
Owners and husband-and-wife team Ben and Bo Humpheys aren’t leaving things there though, announcing plans to move into the Exhibition food hall on Peter Street.
Co-owner Ben Humphreys outside Bangkok Diners Club. Credit: The Manc GroupThe food earned them a place in the Michelin Guide. Credit: The Manc Group
They’ll be joining MoreJoy and pasta concept Anatra in the space, but bidding farewell to their own dedicated restaurant for now.
The email sent to customers reads: “We have just noticed that the system has allowed you to make a reservation during a time that we are closed. We apologise that this has happened.
“Ben and Bo are cooking at Exhibition during 2026 and Bangkok Diners Club sadly won’t be returning to Edinburgh Castle.
“Sincerest apologies for all the inconvenience caused.”
Georgina Pellant -
12th October 2022 
