My OH and I are having a very low key wedding- we're going to the registry office with no more than a dozen people (immediate families and a handful of guests) and then, instead of a traditional reception, we'd like to book a private room in a restaurant or book the restaurant out (for 40-50 people). Does anyone have any recommendations of nice restaurants in Manchester? (Neither OH or I are from Manchester, but it's where we live now, and we don't usually eat at "nice" restaurants- despite what my OH says, we can't have it at Nando's- and Google isn't helping) We kind of want to avoid "wedding" places because we explicitly don't want a "reception", and we'd like something a little bit different.
I'm willing to leave things pretty open, but I think what we're after is English or European food, in a place with reasonable parking (and ideally some public transport links), that's reasonably easy to get to from the south of Manchester (Stockport and surrounding areas is fine too). The one real idea we have at the moment is the Lime Tree in West Didsbury, for some idea of the style/ calibre we're after.
Thanks for reading, and I greatly appreciate any advice.
