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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bethan Kapur

Bruco, Manchester, restaurant review: The Ancoats Italian serving small plates with supersized flavour

Where Ancoats’ industrial past meets playful Italian energy – Bruco’s counter is the best seat in the house for watching the drama unfold - (Carl Sukonik)

Last week in Manchester, I met a local in a bar who insisted that Oasis once wrote a song about lasagne that’s better than anything Blur has put out. Little did he know that, that very night, lasagne would become a dish worth singing about.

Bruco arrived on Manchester’s north west dining scene a year ago and has quickly become a favourite in Ancoats, the once-industrial district now reborn as “Little Italy”. Housed in the former home of popular bakery Trove, it had big shoes to fill – but Bruco has quickly carved out its own identity.

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