pieminister

it’s 3.5/5 for me!
staff is really nice. location, ambience quite good for the money. unfortunately, thegravyis not tasty. might rather have my pie just by itself. £5 for just the pie? fine taste-wise. also, it’s sort of filling enough to the point where you want more but you should not eat more.
would i recommend? i guess so, for the variety.
till then, i’ll look for a better pie place.

first time to manchester and we were looking for somewhere close to city apartments, church street to eat. came across this place and so pleased we weren't put off by a few couples infront of us waiting to be seated. we were given a table very quickly by the friendly, super efficient staff.

we shared the pigs in blankets to start with and ordered 2 different pies to halve and share. absolutely delicious. thin, crispy pastry with plenty of filling andgravyto accompany them.

great value for money. the whole lot plus a bottle of wine was £37.

their chicken and mushroom pie is excellent and thegravyis out of this world. the place is really tiny though and you can almost miss it while passing by. so keep an eye out for it.

there are a lot of choices for lunch around my workplace in the northern quarter, but i get so busy and generally just grab a sandwich and work and munch at the same time. a bad habit that i am trying to break and focus on enjoying lunch in the future. feeling rather more peckish than usual, i wanted a little treat, something different from sandwiches.  i decided on pieminister since it is literally about 2 minutes’ walk from work. once inside i chose the pietantic fish pie which consisted of smoked haddock, salmon, pollock and prawns with a side order of mash. as the pie was presented to me without any sauce i was worried that it would be too dry, and i didn’t fancygravywith my fish pie. i don’t usually go for pies, but this was actually the best pie i have ever had. it was not dry as the filling was moreish, with just enough sauce so the pie wasn’t swimming in sauce, and enough bite in the chunks of fish. the pastry was perfect too, freshly made and not too thick, just how i like m

i've been a fan of pieminister pies since first sampling the matator pie at pi in chorlton some years ago. (that's a lot of pies!). the heidi pie with goats cheese and sweet potato takes some beating and i really like the chicken of aragon pie too, so i was excited to try out the restaurant on church street in the northern quarter. inside is casual. exposed brick, school chairs, wooden tables. a few essential condiments. i chose the deerstalker pie (venison, dry cured bacon, red wine and puy lentils) and turned this into 'the mothership' with the addition of mash, peas, cheese, crispy shallots andgravyfor only £7.95. i'm not sure the grated cheese was necessary but it did not detract from the overall taste and my enjoyment. although, this was huge and i almost had a stitch when walking home afterwards! i must try pie & ale @ bakerie soon too for comparison.