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Dimitris Summary

  • Cuisine(s): Greek
  • Opening Times:
    Mon - Sun: 11:00 - 24:00
  • Avg Price: £28.00
 

(Avg Price is the average cost per person for a full meal, drinks/wine and service/tip.)

Dimitris Description

dimitris manchester restaurantDimitris is a well-established Greek restaurant with a strong Mediterranean influence, exercising a strong hold over the contemporary café society of central Manchester. Its location at the lower end of Deansgate in a clever conversion of an airy glass and iron arcade, is inspired and tends to encourage a feeling of exhilaration before the eating and drinking even starts. The interpretation of the cuisine is joyfully elastic and some wonderful variations on traditional dishes appear from time to time. The Greek tapas are particularly pleasing and help towards creating the right atmosphere in this buoyant restaurant.

For ease of choice, the menu is split into a number of sections, dippy, meaty, fishy, cheesy and veggy and chilli. Each dippy comes with two hot pitas, and could be taramasalata or tapenade. From the meaty selection, the chargrilled lamb chops or the pastourma, hot beef and garlic sausage with tzatziki are popular, whilst octopodi, octopus slowly cooked with onions in a red wine sauce, and mariscos, mixed seafood in a tomato and wine sauce seem to reach the parts that others may not.

The ever-popular patatas bravas, fried potatoes in a spicy sauce, and halloumi, grilled Cypriot cheese invoke well the flavours of the region, underlining the high quality of the food throughout, while the steak diablo, flash fried with chilli oil gives the intended diabolic twist.

Other substantial main courses include the char grilled lamb chops, or sirloin steak, and the kebabs of chicken, lamb, pork, fish or vegetables, served with Casablanca rice, salad and spicy sauce. Spaghetti and other favourites such as moussaka and tagine make their presence felt in the vividly designed menu while smaller portions of pasta and other dishes help children end their meal with a smile.

This is a restaurant where eating is made simple through ease of choice and food that is undemanding on the palate, leaving the challenge to come from the company and some agreeable drinking. If you like dessert wine, do not miss their Dulce de Pasas from Spain, described with some justification as liquid raisins.

Dimitris is easy to reach, with Deansgate Railway station a few minutes away and the Metrolink tram running close by. Round the corner is the Castlefield Visitors Centre.

They have a particularly comprehensive Website, with full details of their menu and all their special offers.

Fixed Lunch

  • £6.75 (soup & a huge sandwich), £10 (3 courses), Mon - Thurs

Fixed Dinner

  • £12.95 (10 item Kalamata Plata Meze), £21.50 (4 course Mega Meze)

Your Reviews of Dimitris

Ole (9 January 2008)

The decor, ambience, atmosphere and menu lean slightly more to general Medeterranian than pure Greek, which I hadn’t quite expected but that was fine. I found it reassuringly and surprisingly unpretentious, decent no nonsense service, good tasty food, generous portions and good value.

BlackDog (20 April 2007)

Dimitris is OK, nothing special and expensive for what you get. Food not bad, wine list is limited. Some staff are very friendly, ours had a face like a robber's dog and couldn't/didn't smile or speak much for that matter. The first thing she said was the time we'd have to be out by. Good Welcome! No comparison to El Rincon in terms of quality of food, value for money, wine list, atmosphere. For a memorable meal, take a short walk up the road to El Rincon.

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Additional Info for Dimitris

  • Yes Children welcome
  • Yes Groups allowed
  • Yes Air conditioning
  • Yes Outside seating
  • Yes Reservations
  • No Cover Charge
  • House red: £12.75
  • House white: £12.75
  • Service charge: Not included, 10% (optional) for 6 or more
 
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Special
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Roast Beef and half bottle of Rioja £15
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20% off your total bill.
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