Banish the disappointment over badly made pancakes and celebrate Pancake Day in Manchester with some of the most delicious pancake stacks you’ve ever seen. From traditional crepes to huge American-style stacks, you’ll want to try them all. Here are the best places to hit up for pancakes in Manchester this coming Shrove Tuesday.
1. The Shack
Serving bottomless pancakes for just £15 per person, guests at The Shack can fill their tummies with delicious buttermilk pancakes topped with a choice of soft scoop with crushed flake, 100s & 1000s and strawberry syrup; smooth peanut butter, M&Ms, cream and chocolate sauce; or vegan cream and crushed Oreos with chocolate sauce. The deal will also feature returning topping favourites like crispy bacon and maple syrup (vegan version available) with the option of adding fried chicken for £2.50 or vegan-friendly pancakes topped with mixed berries, berry compote, crushed Biscoff and chocolate sauce. The Shack, 69 High St, M4 1FS.
2. Moose Coffee
Moose Coffee is a popular place for pancakes in Manchester, so it wouldn’t be a pancake list without them. Now with two sites in the city, Moose serves up some of the thickest, most filling pancakes in the whole of town. Think heavenly toppings such as apple and salted caramel, chocolate peanut butter, banana and pecan and berry compote with mascarpone. Each stack comes with three whopping pancakes, all finished off with maple syrup and butter. Mmm. To celebrate Pancake Day in Manchester, you can also enjoy a special stack of Moose’s homemade buttermilk pancakes, generously covered in chocolate spread, crumbled biscuit, and toasted marshmallows between February 12 and 18. Moose Coffee, York House, 20 York St, Manchester, M2 3BB | 8a Gateway House, Station Approach, Piccadilly Station, Manchester, M1 2GH.
3. Hampton & Voúis
Serving quite possibly the most Instagrammable pancakes in Manchester, Hampton and Voúis is a brunch-lover’s paradise. The pancakes and French toasts in particular are decorated with plenty of finesse and pops of colour making the dishes almost too pretty to eat. Their Biscoff pancake stack is a stunner and served with Lotus biscuit sauce, caramel sauce, Lotus biscuit crumble and vanilla ice cream, with optional berries. Hampton and Voúis, 31 Princess Street, M2 4EW.
4. Ducie Street Warehouse
To celebrate Pancake Day, Ducie Street Warehouse will be offering pancakes for £7 on February 13. Each stack will be adorned in toppings such as flambé orange, strawberries and cream or candied hazelnuts and chocolate. Pancake-lovers are invited to mix and match toppings to create their own unique stack of pancakes. You can even add extras like bacon and egg. Vegan options are also available. Ducie Street Warehouse, Ducie St, M1 2TP.
5. 19 Cafe Bar
19 Cafe Bar is pancake royalty here in Manchester, serving pancakes every day – not just pancake day. On the menu, guests will some extra special American stacks available to order, including bacon and maple syrup, fresh fruit, Lotus Biscoff and even Kinder chocolate. A sweet tooth’s dream. 19 Cafe Bar, 19 Lever St, M1 1BY.
6. The Botanist
The Botanist is at it again – this time, with a hanging kebab consisting of little pancakes. A best-seller in previous years, the hanging kebab comes with different flavours, including chocolate brownie chunks and a hot chocolate sauce or marshmallows and strawberries with a lemon drizzle. It’s certainly a feast for those with eyes bigger than their bellies, and one we can totally get on board with this Shrove Tuesday. The Botanist, 78 Deansgate, M3 2FW.
7. Black Milk
An absolute go-to in Manchester when it comes to desserts, especially pancakes, Black Milk will be flipping stacks like nobody’s business on Shrove Tuesday. This dreamy dessert shop on Oldham Street knows how to do pancake toppings and nothing is too sweet or extravagant for them. From Kinderella to Biscoff, lashings of either pistachio chocolate or peanut butter, cookies and cream or caramel, the pancakes at Black Milk are the ultimate indulgence and the perfect sweet fix whether it’s Pancake Day or not. Black Milk, 88 Oldham St, M4 1LF.
8. Albert’s Schloss
Join Albert’s Schloss this Pancake Day to revel in a special all-day Pancake Haus, plating up loaded pancakes from 9am onwards. The ultimate in indulgence is the limited edition, one day only wünder; Banoffee Pie– a fluffy, thick pancake stack, topped with lashings of delicious, caramelised bananas, a scoop of creamy, artisan vanilla ice-cream and generous drizzling of sweet caramel sauce. If that isn’t taking your fancy, the classic Pancake Haus is stacking up sweet and savoury options to fix your cravings. Go extra sweet with fresh berries and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, topped with maple syrup. For the savoury pancake lovers out there, load up yours with maple streaky bacon, fried Burford Brown eggs and maple syrup. Albert’s Schloss, 27 Peter St, Manchester M2 5QR
9. Bar Moxy
With a coffee-shop-by-day-cocktail-bar-by night vibe, you can never really go wrong with Spinningfields spot Moxy. Lovers of pancakes can get flipping excited because Bar Moxy are offering free pancakes to anyone buying a drink on February 13. From a coffee to a cocktail, customers can purchase any drink to redeem up to three free pancakes per person. From classic lemon and sugar to a Nutella and marshmallow stack, customers can pimp up their pancakes with whatever toppings they desire from Moxy’s pancake topping station. Yum! Moxy Manchester, 8 Atkinson St, Manchester, M3 3HH.
10. Fluffy Fluffy
Bringing a hint of Japanese style to Manchester, Fluffy Fluffy provides a little bit extra when it comes to pancakes, with their signature souffle style. The toppings are endless, but what’s special about Fluffy Fluffy is the pancakes themselves. You just have to try soufflé pancakes at some point! Fluffy Fluffy Japanese Pancakes, Carding Building, Whitworth St, Manchester, M1 3NR.
11. Papa Dutch
Popular in the Netherlands, Dutch mini pancakes (better known as Poffertjes) are an absolute staple and it’s hard to not pass a shop selling them within a small radius. Luckily for Mancs they can get a taste of these adorable sweet treats at Papa Dutch in Altrincham. The pancakes are cooked to fluffy perfection on a traditional copper stove then covered in toppings like fresh fruit, whipped cream, lemon, chocolate sauce, syrup and Lotus Biscoff, all of which are given a good dusting of icing sugar for a sweet finishing touch. Papa Dutch, 3 Goose Green, Altrincham, WA14 1DW.
12. The Koffee Pot
The Koffee Pot is a Northern Quarter stalwart serving the breakfast of champions. The fry ups at this Manchester brekkie spot are top notch but so are their pancakes. Enjoy American-style buttermilk pancakes stacked high with a sausage, streaky bacon, fried egg and hash brown then laced with maple syrup. Plant-based eaters needn’t miss out either as The Koffee Pot serves up vegan pancakes with a Moving Mountains brunch burger, cheesy and bacon, tofu scramble, potato rosti and maple syrup – phwoar! The Koffee Pot, 84-86 Oldham St, M4 1LE.
13. Fress
If there’s one place in town that knows how to satisfy a sweet tooth, it’s Fress. Servin’ up the sweet stuff all. day. long, Fress offers mouthwatering dishes such as fluffy buttermilk pancakes for breakfast with their pistachio stack being a crowd-favourite, as well as an array of fruity brunch cocktails to wash it all down with. Enjoy toppings such as Oreo cookies, whipped cream, cheesecake frosting, dark chocolate and Biscoff, alongside a ton of savoury items for the boring folk among us (just kidding!). Fress, 62 Oldham St, M4 1LE.