Sam's Chop House

Manchester


This Victorian classic serves food seemingly borrowed from a Dickens novel. The highlight is the crispy corned beef hash cake starter, which is salt-cured for 10 days on the premises. The gravy-loving Mrs Todgers from Martin Chuzzlewit would certainly approve; 21st-century palates mightn't be as convinced.


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