Thomas Restaurant & Bar opened this March, offering a completely different environment to eat and drink in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The menu is a collection of everyone’s favourite dishes and drinks with an emphasis on mouth watering flavours, quality and value for money.

Behind the venture are Paul Astill, Nicky Rybka-Goldsmith and Yvonne Goldsmith-Rybka who between them own Cord, The Bay Horse and Soup Kitchen. Yvonne has an extensive background within the restaurant industry (including Reform, The Restaurant Bar & Grill and Lounge 10) and along with Head Chef Gareth Phillips (Greens in Didsbury, Atul Kochhars’ Benares in Mayfair and most recently Soup Kitchen) have designed a menu they feel will appeal to everyone yet inhibit no-one. Through monthly Wine & Dine evenings held over the past year at Soup Kitchen, recipes have been created, refined and enjoyed by many loyal attendees!