Food & Drink

You can get pizzas from Rudy’s, American Pies and Double Zero for 6p on Deliveroo today

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 5th May 2021

How does 6p pizza sound for lunch today?

As mad as it sounds, this is no joke, as in honour of six successful years in Manchester, leading food delivery service Deliveroo has partnered with three of the rainy city’s most popular and best-loved pizza places to supply an exclusive range of discount meals in one of the biggest promotions it has ever run in the region.

Rudy’s, American Pies and Double Zero are all offering 6p dishes as part of these unmissable celebrations.

Iconic neapolitan pizzeria Rudy’s will be serving up a wide selection of its most popular pizzas for less than the price of a plastic bag, as will the city centre’s newest Chicago-style deep dish pizza joint, American Pies, and Chorlton’s cult-favourite, Double Zero.

In case you missed it, popular Manchester-based burger joints Solita, Yard & Coop, and Gourmet Burger Inc all kicked off the delivery service’s 6p birthday celebrations yesterday – and it’s safe to say it was a pretty popular event, with hungry Mancunians snapping up the day’s burger allocations in just under three minutes.

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There’s only 200 pizzas available per restaurant today too, so you’ll need to be on it.

The selected dishes at each restaurant will be eligible for free delivery, and a service fee will be applied to each item (price varying depending on location). 

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All 6p menu items can be ordered via the Deliveroo app. 

After yesterday’s popular demand, it’s been confirmed that Rudy’s will be opening just after 12pm today, American Pies at 12:30pm, and Double Zero at around 3pm. If a restaurant appears closed, it’s either because the item is sold out or the restaurant has temporarily paused accepting new orders to give them chance to catch up.

And if the chance to bag yourself some 6p pizza wasn’t enough, there’s also a competition currently running over on The Manc Eats Instagram page to give three lucky winners £200 worth of Deliveroo order credit. 

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To be in with a chance of winning, all you’ll need to do is.

1. Follow @themanceats & @deliveroo on Instagram
2. Tag as many mates as you like, one comment = one entry
3. Share this post to your Instagram story and make sure to tag @themanceats so we can see it.

All terms and conditions apply, and the winners will be announced by The Manc Eats via DM in due course.

You can find more information via the Deliveroo website.

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Food & Drink

Five genuinely cheap eats and great value-for-money lunch deals in Manchester city centre

Danny Jones Danny Jones best lunch time deals in Manchester city centre

A daily dilemma for us seems to be deciding what to have for dinner (you heard), especially as we’re all trying to save more pennies nowadays, but luckily, Manchester does have some great lunch deals if you look hard enough.

You just need to know where, and in some cases, exactly when to find them…

That’s where we come in; we’re not talking about anything close to a tenner either, as that’s more of a monthly treat and few can feasibly afford to spend that kind of money on scran every day.

So, without further ado, here are some of the best and ACTUALLY cheap lunchtime deals and offers in Manchester city centre.

Five of the best lunch offers in central Manchester

1. Vanilla Fudge – Bridge Street

Up first is an old favourite of ours that doesn’t seem to have changed over the years, no matter how much the cost of living crisis continues to linger. We’ll be honest, we first tried this place after a night out in Mojos next door way back when, but we’ve been coming ever since we saw the specials board.

It may look like one of many standard Manc butty shops/kebab houses when the sun sets, but for our money, Vanilla Fudge still has one of the best lunch deals in Manchester to this day: TWO big, well-packed wraps ‘of the day’, complete with protein, plenty of salad and your choice of sauce for just £5.50.

You’ll always find a few in the know on their break.
We always hope to see Cajun chicken as the special.
You can add cheese for an extra quid, or chips and a drink for £8.50. Bosh. (Credit: The Manc Eats)

2. Zaytoni – Multiple

Any cheap eat in Manchester that starts from under a fiver in this day and age is a winner in our books, and with Zaytoni, you can get plenty for just that and no more than a ‘bluey’; better still, their menu – be it the low-end or stuff that creeps over that amount – always slaps.

With two regularly busy sites (hardly a shock) on Oxford Road and the edge of the Northern Quarter/Piccadilly, you can get some very solid pizzas and garlic breads from between £4.50 and £7, but our advice is to go for a super-filling fatayer, with loads of fresh salad, and split one with a mate.

3. Rustica – Northern Quarter

From one simply but satisfying spot to another, you can’t do a round-up of the best deals you can grab on your dinner in Manchester city centre without mentioning the local breakfast and lunchtime institution that is Rustica over in NQ.

Run by Manc mum to many, Jeanette, she and her team have literally been given a lifetime achievement award not only for keeping their food affordable for more than 25 years now, no matter what state the economy is in – and with lines around the block almost every single day without fail, it’s no wonder.

@the.manc This spot is – and we don’t say this lightly – a Manchester institution, serving fuss-free sarnies to the people of the Northern Quarter for decades. Do you reckon anywhere does a better-value lunch than Rustica? #themanc #themanceats #manchester #nq #northernquarter #rustica #butties ♬ original sound – The Manc

4. Meridian – Spring Gardens

Next up is the still incredibly best and well-kept secret, Meridian Cafe and Bar, tucked down the side streets not far from Market and King Street, and just around the corner from Pall Mall. Well, we say ‘secret’ – it’s not really anymore, sorry… But this is some of the best halal Asian fusion in town.

That being said, it never fails to surprise us how many people haven’t heard of this place when we bring it up, and the weekly midday crowd is still relatively manageable given just how good their offer is: a massive lunch box starting from just £5.80. You can add more if you want, but trust us, you won’t need it.

‘Manchester’s best lunch deal’ that’s only available for two hours a day
The catch is, it’s only up for grabs during a specific window – find out when right here.

This and That – NQ

Last but not least, it would be nothing short of a crime to overlook one of the most legendary lunch deals in Manchester: the original rice and three offer from the storied This and That Cafe on the otherwise unsuspecting Soap Street, just around from NQ’s bustling Thomas St strip.

This place should need no introduction, really, and it may not be the only place that does this kind of offer, but with nearly four whole decades of serving up some of the tastiest curries in the city centre for cheap, this is the epitome of what we want from the Manc foodie scene on our dinner hour. Iconic.

Honourable mention

Bunny Jacksons

Last but not least, to round things up to a nice even half dozen in case none of these takes your fancy, how could we possibly forget Bunny’s? Arguably the best dive bar not just in Manchester but the entire world, this place is built on serving up great value-for-money scran, especially in hard times.

Wings from just 20p have kept us going until the end of many a long month waiting for payday, and while this place truly comes into its own come the evening when the playlist gets even louder, and the likes of bandaoke get going, it’s still a great place to nip at noon. Six is plenty, and 12 is more than enough.

We’ll cheers to that.

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Food & Drink

A new restaurant serving seafood boils is opening at Printworks in Manchester

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Shrimp Shack is opening at Printworks in Manchester

Shrimp Shack is set to open its first restaurant outside London this summer, with a new site in Printworks in Manchester.

The new restaurant will be serving seafood boils, as well as huge £19.95 platters, £10 lunch deals, and cocktail pitchers.

Shrimp Shack is set to open in the former Frankie & Benny’s site, beneath Printworks’ dazzling digital ceiling.

The restaurant is already cult-followed with its London locations, where it’s built a solid reputation for generous portions and bold flavours.

Shrimp Shack favourites include various seafood boils, a dish with its roots in the Southern states of the USA, including their shrimp boil, seafood boil, and the lux lobster boil.

Each boil is loaded with shrimp, seafood, sausages, corn on the cob, boiled eggs, spiced rice and peri chips, in the brand’s signature secret sauce.

There’s also set to be a Shack Savers Selection, with five huge dishes (battered fish and shrimps, a 12oz Wagyu steak, grilled salmon with prince shrimps, surf and turf, and grilled shrimp and calamari) priced at just £19.95, including two sides and a choice of sauces.

At lunchtimes, there’ll be £10 dishes like the Sprimp Rich Po’ Boy sandwich, the double cheese smash burger, and a veggie option (or you can upgrade to a lobster roll for £5).

And there’ll be refillable soft drinks, freshly-blended smoothies, milkshakes, mocktails, and sharing pitchers.

Shrimp Shack opens in Printworks this summer, serving seafood boils and platters
Shrimp Shack opens in Printworks this summer, serving seafood boils and platters

Rish Gola, co-founder of Shrimp Shack, said: “Shrimp shack was born in London to redefine how people enjoy premium seafood; served fresh and fast, where bold flavours are brought together with everyday dishes.

“Shrimp Shack has a strong appeal with ethnic communities, family diners, and groups of friends who come together over big flavours and generous seafood feasts.

“Our accessible pricing and high-quality dishes create apremium fast experience that welcomes everyone.”

Dan Davis, general manager at Printworks, said: “We’re delighted to have secured Shrimp Shack as Printworks’ latest tenant, its first location outside of London and another exciting restaurant to add to our offering.

“Shrimp Shack’s unique and distinctive offering is perfectly aligned with our aim to deliver high quality experience-led concepts right in the heart of Manchester.”

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