“Confidential expects good things from this place. The Soup Kitchen’s Wine and Dine nights have been very well-regarded for some time. If Phillips can bring that level of cooking to the restaurant it should thrive. It should also lift the reputation of the Northern Quarter.”
— Manchester Confidential
“For the time being the NQ is, thankfully, fairly chain free, and still seems the place to be for the brave to open up a food or drink outlet. Thomas is certainly an upmarket addition to the area, without spoiling its hip vibe – the sort of restaurant if it was in NY would attract the Sex And The City girls after they’d been shopping “at all those great little boho places”.”
— City Life
“Thomas is good. Try it folks. It’s exactly what a sharp, bespoke – almost boutique – Northern Quarter restaurant should be, with on Saturday evening, exactly the sort of coolly casual crowd for whom it was intended. There was a nice mix of ages as well.”
— Manchester Confidential
“The fibrously fabulous ham hock terrine shows his deft touch with pork products but my melting main of Crisp Belly of Pork (£9.95) surpassed it. Wonderful crackling, sharp mustard sauce on parsnip mash were accompanied neatly by the sweet fruit of Banda Azulrioja (£5.90), recommended by a front of house fellow who prefers to be known as Spanish (honest, perhaps he has shares in the vineyard). On the first visit service was, at the kindest, dreamy. This time, under the Spanish Inquisition, staff were alert and engaged”
— Taste of Manchester