Niche Indian Delights - Fantastic Indian food made in a traditional way. Can eat in or take away.
Nice and Spicy - An award winning takeaway. Also Delhicious is another excellent Indian takeaway.
The Gregson is a unique institution, hippy-style food and drink, with jazz, folk, salsa, etc in the bar and in the dance halls
Soupanova - Excellent home-made soup, very friendly service.
The Whale Tail - A fantastic veggie cafe which is famous for its salads and specials.
The Gatehouse - Excellent restaurant near the canal.
The Water Witch - An award winning pub on the canal. Famous for its cheese boards and great for sitting out in the summer.
Merchants - In an old cellar of the building which is now the tourist information centre, quite near the castle. Nothing flash, but decent cheap pub food. Smoking and non smoking areas are in separate cellar vaults.
Quite Simply French - An upmarket dinner location specializing in fish and meat. Veggie options used to be uninspired but have recently improved. Very good seafood (including oysters). Now also run Quite Simply Food deli/restaurant on Moor Lane by the Dukes.
Pizza Margherita - A cult pizza restaurant, on Moor Lane opposite the Dukes. Excellent for a quick bite before a play.
The Sun Cafe - A lovely cafe/art gallery on Sun Street; in the evening it's a restaurant serving food made from local ingredients and particularly fabulous pasta
The Sultan - Award-winning Indian restaurant housed in an old church and famous for amazing Islamic decor as well as the fab vegetarian selections. It now has a cafe and deli downstairs, which is very comfortable and does Mediterranean and Middle Eastern as well as Indian food. The Indian sweets are particularly good.
The Golden Dragon - Chinese restaurant. Speciality is crab.
Lancaster is also home to the regular chain eateries: Litten tree, Wetherspoons (The Sir Richard Owen is generally better than the Green Ayre), Bella Italia, McDonalds.
There is a good supermarket with local food, Booths (this small regional chain recently came 2nd in a poll of the world's best stores), to the south of the city on the A6 at Hala.
Antony's cafe, ((just opposite the market, across the road and through the Ginnel or via Middle Street)). It is a friendly place. Tastefully decorated where the staff do not rush you and your food is well cooked and tasty. Prices are fair. �
Flames, (just round the corner from the Sugarhouse, on the road back to the bus station. It is on the corner.). Only after a night out! �
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