The Jam Street Cafe, Whalley Range - pub details
Address: 209 Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 0BH [map] [gmap]
Trafford Park (1.8 miles), Deansgate (1.9 miles), Manchester Oxford Road (2.1 miles)
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> Current user rating: 6.0/10 (rated by 5 users)
other pubs nearby:
Hillary Step, Whalley Range (0.0 miles), Iguana Bar, Chorlton cum Hardy (0.4 miles), Pi, Chorlton (0.5 miles), Marble Beer House, Chorlton cum Hardy (0.5 miles), Proof, Chorlton cum Hardy (0.6 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Jam Street Cafe, Whalley Range
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| It used to be a nice place when it won the observer breakfast awards, but it's gone down the drain in recent years. There are four people 'working' there, but often no-one tends to take your order. The male waiter just hangs around, trying to look 'bohemian'. He's obviously waaaaaaay to cool to wait tables (I wonder what he thinks people think of him). Last time the cook waited till she had 4 breakfast orders so she could do 'em together. More time for chatting with the staff that way. Anyway, getting food took another 40 mins after finally placing an order at the counter. Bit long for a full english, anything over 15 minutes, methinks. It's not exactly Gordon Ramsay stuff, and small portions like that should heat up more quickly. As for the dinners, 22 quid for a bangers and mash or cheap stew menu with a bottle of beer? Decide for yourself, then go somewhere nice. It may be that the Chorlton crowd is still taken in with this, like the 6-strong family with baby that was there when coming in, and still going strong when we left 1.5 hrs later, without them placing any order in that time. Not economically viable, perhaps, so they'll disappear in these credit-crunched times. A pity, definitely, but you have to do better to keep your customers. I won't be going there nomore, and I will discourage anyone from doing so when I can. It is a pity - it was a genuinely nice place when it won the Observer awards, now 5 years ago. Now it is just another place, just about acceptable when you manage to get your plate of food in reasonable time. wuhwotwhere - 22 Feb 2009 17:26 |
| cafe by day, bar by night. does good food and has one cask ale, from dunham massey brewery. stoutoforder - 25 Jan 2009 17:56 |
| A decent enough place. Very cosy, lovely food, nice staff. Personally, though, i've always found it a bit more pretentious than it's neighbour 'The Hilliary Step'. It does attract a nice crowd, and i would recommend it, just stay off the San Miguel. BarryC - 22 Mar 2007 16:59 |
| beautiful staff, brilliant food, lovely floor tiles. music's not too shabby either.. go for taste bud titillation and happy times of an evening, or hangover-nursing breakfasts.. my favourite place in manchester! amyrose - 29 Mar 2006 14:28 |
| A god send in an otherwise bar-starved Whalley Range. Lovely down to earth yet funky feel, art on the walls, smiles on the staff, and rasberry beer in the fridge. They do food too - just ask what's for "tea" - only two choices a night but guaranteed great meals. Sarah - 2 Sep 2005 19:24 |
