Night out in Manchester

Me and the boy have been together a year now so to celebrate we decided to go into Manchester, stay over, go for a meal and have a few cocktails.


We booked an apartment at Roomzzz on Princess Street next to the Yang Sing. I had stayed there before in a Grande Studio and it was really nice so I was expecting good things. We booked a Liberty Suite (Room 404) as it was a special occasion but we weren't that impressed and I thought that the lower grade of room was much better. The bed was situated in the middle of the room and was reasonably comfy but faced the kitchen and squeaked every time anyone rolled over in the night (very annoying!) The lighting in the room was poor and was difficult to find a good spot to put my make up on to go out in the evening, there were cracks in the paint work and the skirting board behind the bed was loose. There was also a vent that was open throughout the night and in the early hours of the morning it sounded like there was a baby elephant having a party above us! There were some good points about the room, there is free internet and an imac in the room which we used to find out directions to the restaurant etc and the double shower in the bathroom was pretty impressive. We didn't complain as we had got a very good deal for the room but all in all we were disappointed as I had stayed there before and the room was gorgeous.


We went to one of our favourite restaurants in Manchester, Choaphraya on Chapel Walks. We got there a little early so we had a cocktail in the bar and was brought free prawn crackers which was a nice touch. We shared a vegetarian starter which consisted of spring rolls, mushroom skewers, sweetcorn fritters and tempura vegetables. It was gorgeous and had plenty of dips for the tempura vegetables and anything else we fancied dipping in! I had the vegetarian thai green curry with sticky rice for my main which was beautiful but very hot. The boy had sea bass with red curry sauce and sticky rice which he said was gorgeous (he ate every last bit!) The decor and atmosphere of Choaphraya is great and the food is delicious hence why we always go there. If we are being picky we had to wait a while for our order to be taken but it was definitely worth the wait and was a great choice for our anniversary meal. 


We then went to Epernay for a cocktail on Watson Street. It is a very modern cocktail bar but has a lovely relaxed feeling about it and isn't pretentious at all. In the evenings it is always candle lit and the music isn't so loud that you can't hear yourself think. The cocktails are quite expensive but there is a great selection and the bar staff are great, so if there is nothing you like they will make you pretty much anything :)


The next morning (following not much sleep!) we went for spa treatments at the Lowry Hotel as a treat to each other for putting up with the other one for so long! I had a body scrub, full body massage and a manicure and the boy had a facial and an indian head massage. The spa is lovely and relaxing and the beauticians were excellent. After we had been pampered we went to the River Cafe within the hotel for some lunch, we both ordered sandwiches and added soup for an extra couple of quid. The food was delicious but the soup was too big and would have been ok on it own! 


Overall we had a great time - don't think we will be staying at Roomzzz again but everything else was brilliant!