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Post by capybara on Nov 16, 2024 0:33:06 GMT
The one in Kingston, a stone’s throw from the Rose Theatre, is pretty decent without ever getting overly crowded.
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Post by n1david on Nov 18, 2024 10:33:14 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 18, 2024 11:22:28 GMT
Is Winter Wonderland in hyde park a market or just hell on earth?
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 18, 2024 16:21:03 GMT
It would be great if posters on here can tell us the cost of churro as a comparison, from around the country, my original post said the ones in Leicester Square cost a bargain £10, then on the weekend I noticed the ones at the 02 were £9.50. When churro are served they go into a large paper cone, what I did notice is that the first one that goes in is a bent one this fills out the whole bottom of the cone, they then put a large straight one in, then to fill the top they simply put small bits in, this fills the top, so it looks like you get more than you actually get, it’s smoke and mirrors. A complete rip off.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 18, 2024 17:14:30 GMT
Not a churro in sight on Manchester menus. These are the prices for the offer in Piccadilly Gardens. There are five more markets around the city centre all much of a muchness and NO CHURROS.
£6 a pint for beer 2hich is about average for the city … probably get one for a fiver in ‘ Spoons. Read it and weep Southerners.
Swing Bar & Grill
* Bratwurst, smoked sausage, cheese sausage – £8
Apres Ski Bar
* Off-piste lager, Alpine Ale, Weissbier, cider – £6
* Wine – £5.50
* Prosecco – £6.50 (plus £1 for shimmer)
* Spirits and mixers – £6.50 single, £8.50 double
* Baileys – £5
* Hot drinks – £2.50 tea, £3.50 coffee and hot chocolate, £3 hot Vimto (plus £2.50 for spirit)
* Boozy Choctails – £8.50
* Mulled wine and cider – £5.50/£6
* Mulled wine with spirit – £7.50-£8
* Hot cocktails – £8.50
Beer bar
* Krombacher lager, wheat beer, cherry beer – £6.50
* Sheppy’s Cider – £5.50 for normal, £6 for raspberry
* Mulled wine – £5.50 (plus £3 for a shot)
* Hot whiskey – £6.50
* Hot chocolate – £3.50 (plus £3 for a shot)
* Soft drinks – £2.50
North Star Gin & Cocktail Bar
* Mulled wine – £5.50 (£6 for large, plus £2/£3 for a spirit)
* Aperol Spritzmas – £8.50
* Prosecco – £6.50 (plus £1 to add shimmer)
* Standard spirits – £6.50 single, £8.50 double
Mr Crumble
* Build your own crumble (bases include apple, winter berry, chocolate caramel brownies) £7
Oi Dumplings
* Steamed dumplings with pickles and sauce – £8 snack size, £12 meal size, £13 box with rice
The Hip Hop Chip Shop
* Fish, chips and mushy peas – £8 kids, £12 medium, +£3 for large
* Vegan sausage and chips – £8 kids, £12 medium, +£3 for large
* Battered sprouts – £6
* Garlic and herb skin-on chips – £5.50
* Local craft beers (including Shindigger, Pomona Island, Manchester Union) – from £5.50
Wrap Up
* Burritos – £11 for chicken, chilli beef or halloumi, £10.50 for veggie/vegan chilli, £12.50 for chicken and halloumi
Continental Kitchen / Porkies Yorkies
* Chicken and chorizo, seafood, or vegetarian paella – £8 medium, £10 large
* Spanish meatballs and rice – £8 medium, £10 large
* Patatas bravas – £8
* Omelette burger – £8
Porkys Bar & Grill
* Roast pork barm with stuffing – £9
* Beef burgers – £8 (+£1 for cheese)
* Lamb, gourmet beef, venison burgers – £10
Porkys of Yarm
* Cumberland sausage – £7
* Lancashire cheese potatoes – £7
* Lager – £6 a pint, £3 for half
* Mulled wine – £5.50 (add a shot of rum for £3)
Tipsy Wheels
* Lager, ale and cider – £6
* Prosecco – £6.50
* Spirits – £6.50 single, £8.50 double
* Baileys – £5
* Hot chocolate – £3.50 plus £1 for toppings
* All cocktails – £8.50
* Glass hire – £3.50 for mug, £2 for glass, £3.50 for cocktail glass, £7 for a stein glass
The Dirty Chicken Co
* Burgers from £7
* Chicken strips and fries £9.50
* Dirty fries £6.50
Kaiser Schmarrn
* Traditional scrambled pancakes – £7
* Coconut macaroons – £2 for one of £7 for four
BangGa BangGa
* Korean hot dogs (various flavours) – £6 individual, £10 meal
* Stretchy mozzarella – £6
* Soft drinks – between £1.50 and £3
Loaded fries
* Loaded fries – £10 or £11
* Manc poutine – £10
Brook’s Mill
* Coffee – £4, or £7 with a shot
* Seasonal lattes – £4.50
* Hot chocolate – £4, or £7 with a shot
* Gin and tonic – £6.50 single, £8.50 double
* Mulled wine – £5.50
* Hot rum or cider – £6
Vegan bratwurst
* Plain – £7
* Cheezy, katsu curry bratwurst – £8
* Chilli cheeze bratwurst – £10
* Fries – £4.50
* Black cherry brownie – £4.50
* Loaded hot chocolate – £5
Ma Cuisine Francaise
* Garlic potatoes – £7
* Garlic mushrooms – £9
* Tartiflette – £9
* Garlic prawns – from £5
The Flat Baker
* Croissant with warm dipping sauce – £7.50
* Signature cookie hot chocolate – £7.90
* Brazilian mince roll ice cream – £6.50
Little Piece of Bahia
* Feijoada and all other stews (w/ rice n beans) – @13.99
* Cheese bread (six pieces and sauce) – £6.50
* Dumplings – £6.50
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 18, 2024 18:27:07 GMT
Sure I saw the Bratwurst in Leicester Square for £12
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 18, 2024 18:32:22 GMT
Sure I saw the Bratwurst in Leicester Square for £12 You can get one in soho for free |
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Post by jake on Nov 18, 2024 18:55:04 GMT
Not a churro in sight on Manchester menus. These are the prices for the offer in Piccadilly Gardens. There are five more markets around the city centre all much of a muchness and NO CHURROS. £6 a pint for beer 2hich is about average for the city … probably get one for a fiver in ‘ Spoons. Read it and weep Southerners. I don't know which Wetherspoons you've been in! If you're not fussy you'd have little trouble getting two pints for a fiver in most of the ones I've visited. I'm more familiar with Merseyside but I lived in Manchester for a couple of years and, unless things have changed radically since then, Mancunians wouldn't be spending that much more for their ale than Scousers. I don't drink myself but I keep my eyes open and whenever I'm in a 'Spoons for a cheap breakfast, or to meet people, there seems to be at least one beer around £2 a pint. £5, if they sell beer that dear, would definitely be a premium brand. I'm not going to post a link in case I fall foul of advertising rules on the board, but if you google you can see that they currently have a promotion on Angelo Porretti lager (4.8%) at £3.99 even in that London. Back on topic: I haven't visited a Christmas Market since before the pandemic. To be honest I've always found them dreadfully dull but Manchester sticks in my mind because they were not so much crowded as cramped. St Ann's Square (back of the Royal Exchange) was bad enough but Albert Square was ridiculous. The stalls were so close together that you couldn't stand back far enough to see what they were selling. |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Nov 18, 2024 19:22:57 GMT
BurlyBear doing some impressive research there ....
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 18, 2024 19:55:37 GMT
Thank you! Recognition at last.
Hours spent in Piccadilly Gardens studiously noting the price of Yorkshire Pudding wraps and gluwein. The things I do for this board 😉
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Post by hannechalk on Nov 19, 2024 14:31:51 GMT
Went to Stratford upon Avon last year. Advertised as a Victorian market it was very bad, like a cheap market as it did include a sheets, towels, duvets shop and vapes and lighters. Had a very tacky funfair with very loud modern music. It wasn't tip top hip hop by any means. Unimpressed I was looking at the local press and someone had written in saying a world heritage site and this is what we get for our market at Christmas. Anyway, trying Bath and Bristol this year Skip Bristol, Bath is far better. Bristol is just the chalets spread out over the shopping streets, lots of food and sweets. Bath has a better variety. |
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Post by blamerobots on Nov 19, 2024 14:51:48 GMT
Not a churro in sight on Manchester menus. These are the prices for the offer in Piccadilly Gardens. There are five more markets around the city centre all much of a muchness and NO CHURROS. £6 a pint for beer 2hich is about average for the city … probably get one for a fiver in ‘ Spoons. Read it and weep Southerners. Thank you for your lovely list. Clearly a hobby you hold close to your heart 
Heading up to Manchester this weekend to see people... we'll see what happens there.
That crumble though does sound awfully nice on a Friday slated for -1c...
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 19, 2024 14:57:55 GMT
That build your own crumble idea, along with a lot of what’s on offer, has migrated from a place on Borough Market if I’m not mistaken. I’ve seen it on Instagram.
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Post by kallyloo on Nov 19, 2024 17:38:06 GMT
Duke of Yorks Sq has always been lovely at Christmas, if expensive. Last year they had free horse and carriage rides but I don’t think that’s happening this year.
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 20, 2024 10:55:41 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 23, 2024 13:30:42 GMT
At Sheffield's poor excuse for a Christmas market, chirros are £6 with sugar and cinnamon and £7 with everything else. Crumbles are £6.50, or £7.50 for the weekly 'special'. A Yorkshire pudding wrap is £10. Like the market itself, I can only apologise for such a pathetic attempt at a price list. After spending all afternoon stuffing his face, supposedly in the name of research, it's no wonder BurlyBeaR didn't have his dinner until right late t'other night. When I was waiting for the free city centre bus a few days ago, the woman in front had a few chirros left in her cardboard tub. The bus driver wouldn't let her board with "hot food". Poor love had to put £2.50's worth in the bin!  |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 23, 2024 13:55:35 GMT
I was worried it might spoil my fish supper but I had the small chips and it was fine  |
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Post by david on Nov 23, 2024 16:59:46 GMT
Having a wander around the Manchester Market sampling the products (strictly for quality control purposes). The build your own crumble stall is doing really good business and I have to say was very nice indeed and hit the spot on a cold winter’s evening.
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Post by kallyloo on Nov 26, 2024 11:19:33 GMT
Sod Churros, give me crumbles!
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Post by SilverFox on Nov 26, 2024 11:31:56 GMT
As a visitor, I had a wander around Winter Wonderland in Nottingham yesterday, and it was passable, although I am certain if I lived / worked in the city I would be sick to death of it after a day!
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Post by ladidah on Nov 26, 2024 11:44:39 GMT
The worst market is the tiny one shoved in Leicester Square. It's about £15 for a hot dog and still had tourists lining up.
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 26, 2024 11:54:59 GMT
The worst market is the tiny one shoved in Leicester Square. It's about £15 for a hot dog and still had tourists lining up. I referenced the Leicester Square market in my OP, same as the one in front of the National Gallery that is really expensive too. They used to have a funfair every Christmas but hey more money is raised by Xmas markets - William Shakespeare would be spinning in his statue. |
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Post by smallperson on Nov 26, 2024 18:15:41 GMT
As a visitor, I had a wander around Winter Wonderland in Nottingham yesterday, and it was passable, although I am certain if I lived / worked in the city I would be sick to death of it after a day! Too late for this year but the Nottingham Goose Fair was a childhood favourite for me and is apparently still a thing! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Goose_Fair |
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Post by blamerobots on Nov 27, 2024 0:19:48 GMT
Was in Manchester last weekend (on the 23rd, same as david ) and can report that Mr. BurlyBear's table is 100% accurate and I had a very nice apple crumble; a shame that it was maybe the worst time of the week to go as it was raining constantly but I found it not that busy. |
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Post by SilverFox on Nov 27, 2024 8:48:10 GMT
as it was raining constantly . That's Manchester for you! |
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