The food could easily have been phoned in at this outrageous German diner… But in fact it’s the star of the show
Albert’s Schloss 27 Peter Street, Manchester. (0161 833 4040). Meal for two, including drinks and service: £50-£80
If you didn’t pay proper attention, you might dismiss Albert’s Schloss as Dante’s third circle of hell, only with less glamour. Or, even worse, as akin to a beer warehouse on a Friday night in Guildford. This is not casual prejudice towards the drinking culture of Guildford. It’s pre-meditated prejudice. I once spent a Friday night with the Surrey police, watching them crowbar drunks into vans. If I breathe deeply I can still smell the sick, overlaid by the dizzying waft of Lynx Dark Temptation.
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