home sweet home

the first thing that caught our eye about this place was their selection of cakes! they looked so good! we didn't try any because we were going for breakfast so it was too early on in the day! i had the veggie aynault, which was a vegetarian version of eggs benedicts! so good! staff was also really friendly but there was a bit of a long wait so we decided to sit on the tables near the bar rather than inside the diner!

i'm not going to lie, the cakes look phenomenal but i wasn't to impressed by the taste. they were very very sweet and sickly! milkshakes are good although also not suitable for diabetics 🙈
the main menu is what really bumps up the rating! although i haven't had the delight of sampling the breakfast menu i have eaten at dinner time and thoroughly enjoyed it. there's something to suit every taste and appetite and if it's something a little bit greasy and comforting that you're after then this is most definitely the place to head to!

a huge selection of great, fun cakes. anything as classic as chocolate cake to a pretty epic cookie monster or jammy dodger cake. tucked away from the main high street, perfect coffee and lunches.

very cute setting with that nq hipster vibe we all love

took the boyfriend before a concert and he said it's the best pulled pork nachos he ever had

he intermittently bugs me to take him back.

considering how hard to please he is it's safe to say our meal was a success

a very cute little cafe with a very warm vibe. the five dollar shake was just simply too good, and the main courses were also great, although a bit on the pricey side. the cakes look beyond amazing, i shall come back to try them out in the near future. the atmosphere was very comfy, the perfect place for a cute date. staff were very friendly and accommodating. definitely coming back for many more times 👍🏼

home sweet home

the name just strikes a good note with you. you get a vibe which says that this place will make you feel at home and fill your bellies with food made with love and perhaps we experienced just that.

from the moment you enter, no matter how many tables are already taken and how busy the servers might be, they will ensure that they greet you with a smile and guide you personally to your table.

on a hungry morning, we mapped our way to home sweet home and were instantly enchanted by the feel good vibe of the place.

what did we eat?

breakfast waffle: very pretty looking dish arrived at our table and i was ready with my weapons to cut through the waffle. i had a moment of pause here though, why is the waffle not crispy! well i got over that soon as the eggs, bacon and maple made up for this. i hope they are not supposed to be like this? all my life i’ve known waffles to be slightly crispy? or no?

eggs cali: beautiful looking, brilliant tasting!

sun devil scrambler: yummy. just loved the bits of chorizo spread unevenly across the dish.

strawberry, nutella, kicker shakes: very filling and thick shakes as i like em!

well done, will definitely visit again if given a chance :)

love this place in nq! in my role as an older brother, i thought i’d take it upon myself to show my little sister somewhere better to eat than you can get down in stocky and took her up to home sweet home whilst i was back in town for a weekend.

it’s pure comfort food designed to have you slouch in your seat as you stuff your face with loveliness. we shared some brisket, fries and a couple of massive milkshakes – the rainbow cake we got toward the end proved a bridge too far but i regret nothing, it was amazing! highly recommend and will definitely return next time i’m up.

i find all of the cakes and sweet things here to be sickeningly sweet and slathered in artificial tasting butter icing. i personally believe that i could make a much better cake or dessert at home and for probably half of the calories! some of the savoury items that i've tried i've enjoyed, especially the salad which taste fresh and clean.

great little cafe in the heart of manchester's trending enclave. nice reminder of melbourne , australia. good coffee, friendly staff and fresh quality food. for those discovering the high st chain coffee is actually tasteless rubbish, then take a wonder down to the northern quarter to enjoy this and many other quality cafes.

finally enjoyed the home sweet home 'signature bake' - the apple pies baked inside a cake. the amount of calories this must contain is terrifying, the pie was a sweet pastry mr kipling style pie with those ultra sweet pieces of apple and the thick rich apple sauce all baked within a sponge cake baked to the usual high standards of home sweet home. the thick red icing (just look at how much there is in the middle!) and various sweets on top all added to a pretty ultimately over the top brilliant cake

...eggs benedict was great, i do believe a muffin makes all the difference. i particularly liked how instead of ham there was really crispy bacon, it gave the saltiness the eggs needed, with everything bathed in a delicious creamy hollandaise sauce.

continuing with the comforting theme, ‘jalapeño mac ‘n’ cheese’ was essentially a mug of liquid cheese with penne pasta and jalapeños floating around inside. it was by far the cheesiest mac ‘n’ cheese i’d ever eaten, i dread to think how many calories it contained but i loved every single mouthful, especially those with jalapeños.

as always when we go there, jon ordered pulled pork pile up (£9.50) which contains slow cooked pork on sweet potato fries covered in bbq sauce, jalapenos, salad and apple slaw as a main. although he thinks the menu is a little bit boring for meat eaters, he thoroughly enjoys this dish.

when i was looking for cool places to eat at in manchester, home sweet home was recommended few times , so we decided to try this place out for a breakfast. located in the colourful northern quarter, home sweet home itself had a very charming vibe to it. the wallpapers are very 'homely' and the decor quirky.

the service is quite slow from the go (we got our menu late, food late and even bill late) but that's the only negative. the waitress was quite friendly and the food is worth all that it's praised.

we ordered a full breakfast and it was made to perfection. it had something called the black pudding (also known as blood pudding) which i loved the most)

we also ordered a blueberry and maple syrup milkshake - fantastic again! we finished it with a chocolate mint cake, which was just okay - although they are famous for their cakes - may be we should have tried other flavours.

in the end, i ordered a coffee - they serve it in a huge cup and i had to leave half of it, but the coffee was quite good.

we paid £17 pounds for all this, not a very cheap place, but then quality is great!

also, they have a funny twitter feed, worth following them!

and there's always somewhere new to go, although i have to say, i don't often go at peak time, i enjoy it most in the early evening or in the day when it's more chilled and i'm too old to queue anyway.
this time it was time to visit home sweet home. it's not new at all, but it's owned by the same people as almost famous, so i knew it'd be pretty good - it was.
we shared their house specialities cheeseburger toastie and a pulled pork bun and fries. they were both simply ace for what they were. we especially relished the cheeseburger toastie, i just regretted sharing it. next time i'm having one on my own. to follow, some lovely banana and avocado cake, and coffee. it was all good, i really couldn't fault it at all. most importantly it cost us about £20 for lunch for two of us which is decent value for the area. so, where to next?