Skof, Manchester M4: ‘Proof that fine dining can be magical’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

Clever, emotional – and well worth the hype I couldn’t get a table at Skof for ages: it was too full, too booked up and far too busy. It seemed there’d be no lightly set miso custard with hen of the woods mushrooms and dashi for me. Jersey royals cooked in chicken fat with pickled walnuts? I’d only be able to admire those from afar. It was like catnip: in the spirit of Groucho Marx, I want to be inside any restaurant that doesn’t want me as a customer. Skof opened in Manchester in May 2024 an...

By Grace Dent