Ok, Manchester teatime Friday with kids, best restaurant cheap but proper food not crap(and not ****** pizza!!)?

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We're spending an evening in manchester on our way home tomorrow night. kids will need to eat early 5-6pm, want to go somewhere with decent food but not spend a fortune and not somewhere hideous like that pizza place , you know the one I mean!!! Suggestions please?!

la tasca on deansgate and have tapas? lots of small dishes with different tastes , so something for everyone.that is popular with my dss'.

erm..is the hideous palce hut or express?

I'd go to Hard Rock cafe (although not really that cheap).

The Trafford Centre has a wide range of restaurants - Frankie & Bennies, Ma Potters, La Tasca, etc (the website has the full list)

the ox noble pub in castlefield (although you might have to book)
Tampopo in Albert Square (noodle bar - have a special kids menu thingy which is lovely)

Kroma is really nice (off Albert sq) but it is pizza and pasta (although very yum).

cafe rouge on deansgate too

pizzas are on the menu but you don't have to choose them and the staff are brill with kids.

oh there is a frankie and benny's in central manchester too-near gap.off deansgate. cheap and very child friendly with crayons etc.