Southern Eleven has been in Manchester for a while now, but recently it closed for a refurb and a relaunch. Last Thursday Mr W and I were invited to preview the restaurant, before it opened at the weekend. Upon arrival we were greeted with fizz and a giant bear! Isn’t he cool?! (Just checked Twitter whilst writing this I’ve now found out his name is Hercules!)
#HelloHercules
Southern Eleven now definitely plays to it’s theme. The new look restaurant houses rustic hard-wood tables, tube lights, exposed hanging light bulbs and comfy chairs that fit with an American BBQ style, but without being too contrived or gaudy. The lighting and seating arrangement also allows for an intimate meal in an open planned room.
Mr W and I sat on down on the comfy sofa seats to the side of the restaurant and enjoyed plenty of fizz top ups. The place filled very quickly with people cooing over the refurb and getting their pictures taken with Hercules!
Whilst we were sat down and being treated to fizz top ups, canapés of the new Southern Eleven menu were brought around too. From brisket, to BBQ bean filled potato skins and pulled pork sliders we tried them out. The brisket definitely won Mr W and I over, not too smokey with a hint of a sweet BBQ flavour, the corn bread was delicious too (much to my surprise as I’m usually not a big fan). We eventually managed to try some mini brownies, but not any other desserts as we just weren’t quick enough! I must apologise for the lack of food photos, it was so dark and flash makes food look awful!
Pulled Pork Slider
Reading the full menu there are a lot of staple American BBQ delights on offer. But what we really liked was the customisable Southern Eleven Burger that starts naked so you can can add whatever you want from pulled pork to burnt ends and even fried chicken (plus LOTS more). Mr W really liked this idea and I’m sure we will be back to check it out properly!
We were also given plenty of the Boston Iced Tea cocktail to try out. This delicious drink is a bourbon, cherry and iced tea mix, we really enjoyed it! The rest of the drinks menu looks pretty good too with cosmopolitans, Dr Pepper cocktails and many more on offer.
I just want to thank Nathan from Southern Eleven and Eleri from Rococo Group MCR for the invite, as well as all the staff which made the evening such a fun event. We will definitely be back soon!
MissPond x
All food and drink provided was free of charge, however this doesn’t ensure a positive review. In this case what we sampled of Southern Eleven was good, Mr W and I will be back in the future.
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Oh wow, I used to go to Southern Eleven quite a bit but haven’t been for a while- I had no idea it had relaunched! Will have to check it out xxx
Omg I’ve been wanting to try Southern Eleven forever!!! I had no idea it re-opened, def going to try it out now 🙂