Bowlers

Bowlers Cafe and Sandwich Bar on Mount Street is a classic city-centre workers' cafe serving the commercial district between Albert Square and Deansgate. The kitchen is known for its signature beef, egg and mushroom sandwich and for breakfasts that TripAdvisor reviewers describe as excellent value. Home-made soups and hot pots are mainstays alongside the barm and sandwich selection, with huge portions at prices that stand out even in this busy office quarter. The premises are clean and unpretentious — a genuinely old-fashioned English cafe experience. Weekday trade only, closing in the mid-afternoon once the lunchtime crowd has been fed.