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Carluccio's was started by Antonio and Priscilla Carluccio as a small café and shop stocking Italian food and ingredients in 1991, and grew into a restaurant serving authentic cuisine at sensible prices in 1999. Antonio is an expert on food and has been a wine merchant, restaurant manager and owner, cookery expert on television and author of twelve cookery books. It is therefore not surprising, that today Carluccio's has over fourty-nine outlets across the UK.

Antonio believes Italian cookery involves minimum fuss and maximum flavour. This is exactly what his restaurants try to do by using fresh produce, and working largely with families who make things the traditional way - with care. Their passion also translates into special events like hands-on cookery classes and recipe sharing, Antonio and his team regularly organise for interested guests. They also offer takeaways and a catering service.

The breakfast menu offers croissants and breads served with butter and preserves or honey and free range eggs, either scrambled or fried and served with pancetta or ciabatta. They also have long cured Parma ham and healthier options like muesli and fruits. These are best had with coffee, tea or freshly squeezed juice. Carluccio's offers an impressive list of white, red, rosé and sparkling wines which complement your meal.

The restaurants offer a range of soup and salads which give your meal a nutritious start before moving on to the mains. If you like pasta, enjoy the small filled parcels served in a ham and cream sauce, or sample the Neapolitana spaghetti with whole fresh clams, garlic, herbs and chilli. The branzino con salsa e patate, fillet of pan fried sea bass served with tomato salsa and sautéed potatoes and Somerset rib-eye steak with rosemary potatoes, called bistecca di bue con patate, are good options too. If you are looking for something lighter, you could opt for the numerous sides called contorni and panini.

In the Tuscany region of Italy, meals end simply with almond biscuits dipped in a sweet local wine, Vin Santo and eaten. You can enjoy that experience at Carluccio's, or settle for a more conventional dolci of tiramisu, warm chocolate and kahlua pudding, your choice of Italian cheeses or gelatos in different flavours.

Located on Brown Street, close to the bustling boutiques of King Street, Panama Hatty's offers guests a quiet haven to relax with a drink from the well-stocked bar or dine from a menu that features international cuisine with an emphasis on America. The stylish dining area features booths with leather banquettes, perfect for an intimate dinner or tables for larger get togethers.

Customers have a variety of choices with the selection including dishes from Mexico to Malaysia, the Caribbean to Mediterranean. You could begin with appetizing starters of fall-off-the-bone baby rack ribs, chicken breast goujons or succulent crayfish tails and plump tiger prawns in a traditional Marie Rose sauce. Then proceed with main course of aromatic duck fajitas, fiery Caribbean jerk pork or jambalaya with tiger shrimp, juicy Atlantic prawns, mussels, marinated chicken and chorizo sausage. House specials include chicken pago pago, tender chicken breast supreme sautéed in garlic butter with paprika, white wine, cream, prawns and fresh pineapple, and a fragrant lamb sizzle, marinated leg of lamb pieces served on a skillet with a lemongrass, ginger, coconut milk and lime basil sauce.

Indulgent desserts include Belgian waffles, hot chocolate fudge cake and a home-baked traditional cheesecake. Panama Hatty's also offers an extensive choice of thirst quenchers including a great value cocktail list, a range of international beers and lagers as well as wines from around the world.

Slug and Lettuce has a chain of almost a hundred bars spread across the country sharing a common love of serving down to earth, undemanding food and drink.

The group prides itself on offering dishes prepared using quality ingredients, and you should be attended on by attentive staff in a safe, welcoming and cheerful environment. The Slugs have something for anyone - breakfast for a lively start to the day, lunch for busy people, family meals or even a relaxing glass of wine to bring a tiring day to an end - all in a variety of modern and stylish settings.

The menu features old time English favourites such as Gloucestershire Old Spot sausages in buttered mash or fish pie made with Dartmouth smokehouse haddock, in a Devon cream and leek sauce, although dishes look to Europe and further afield to Asia for inspiration. A good way to start the enjoyment is by sharing platters of Southern fried chicken breast pieces, crispy potato wedges, garlic ciabatta strips, half a rack of BBQ pork ribs, wasabi vegetables with onion rings or some Greek mezze

Hearty steak pies, Thai curry with sticky jasmine rice or butternut squash with goats' cheese lasagne are amongst the more popular main dishes. Sandwiches or wraps - warm tortilla with chicken and Parmesan or aromatic duck in plum sauce - provide for those who prefer something lighter. They also serve burgers as well as tempting salads like salmon, asparagus or tomato and mozzarella. For children they have good old British standby sausage and mash, or pepper pasta and ketchup among other choices, all of which never fail to delight, particularly as some of them seem to have come out of a certain celebrity chef's Book of Forbidden Dishes.

Desserts appear in the form of raspberry biscotti, hot chocolate pudding or a creamy strawberry cheesesake. The wine list is well compiled and substantial. There are not less than seven French, three from Italy and some from Spain, Chile, Australia as well as New Zealand. Slug and Lettuce can cater for events including birthday parties, fashion shows, hen nights, wedding parties or just an enjoyable night out with a few friends.

Prohibition in the buzzing city of Manchester is part an elegant chain of bars and grills that blend relaxation and fun in an exciting way.

Cocktails are taken very seriously at Prohibition; the ingredients are creatively infused to provide an interesting and experimental range of drinks, paying true homage to the speakeasies. If what you're looking for is not present on their menu, their bartenders gladly create it to your liking.