Skof is chef Tom Barnes’s first solo restaurant, located at 3 Federation Street in Manchester’s NOMA district. The small dining room rejects formal dress codes and tablecloths while maintaining the careful pacing and detail of a modern tasting menu experience.
Seasonality, locality and exceptional produce guide the cooking. Ingredients from Our Farm and small regional suppliers are used in precise combinations that may bring together British meat, fish and vegetables with fermentation, preservation and subtle influences from farther afield.
Two tasting menus offer different lengths at lunch and dinner, while a shorter four course lunch is available later in the week. Sample dishes have combined trout with beetroot and hot sauce, scallop with kohlrabi and oyster, duck with seasonal fruit, and Manchester honey with ice cream.
Wine pairings are joined by mixed and fully alcohol free options, and the restaurant has created its own beer with a local brewery. Advance reservations and dietary notice are important, making Skof best suited to a planned meal where the kitchen determines the sequence from snacks through dessert.
Address: 3 Federation Street, Manchester M4 4BF, England
Skof Menu
Sample Lunch Menu
Four course lunch menu. Price: 55. Please note ingredients are subject to change.
SMOKED MARAN YOLK
Herdwick lamb belly, pea, broad bean, black garlic
VEGETABLES FROM 'OUR FARM' & CINDERWOOD
Isle of Mull cheddar, pickled walnut
STUFFED LEG OF SLADESDOWN DUCK
bitter leaf salad, beetroot and kale
SUMMER BERRY SPONGE CAKE
strawberry, honey, floral herbs
Sample Tasting Menu One
Tasting menu. Price: 130. Please note prices and ingredients are subject to change.
TARTLET OF CHALK STREAM TROUT
golden beetroot, hot sauce, pine
SPENWOOD CHEESE BISCUIT
broad bean, pike roe and shiso
DEXTER BEEF TACO
black pepper, broccoli, roasted yeast
ORKNEY SCALLOP
BBQ kohlrabi, fried oyster and preserved tomato water
LIGHTLY SET MISO CUSTARD
hen of the woods mushroom, truffle, mushroom dashi
OUR FARM OSCAR PEAS
Herdwick lamb, pickled walnut, sunflower
STEAMED WEST COAST COD
Zaino courgette, smoked eel and roasted shrimp
ROASTED SLADESDOWN DUCK
Boltardy beetroot, cherry, fig leaf, citrus
AMASAKE SORBET
milk oolong tea
COMPRESSED MALWINA STRAWBERRIES
jasmine cream, rose geranium and almond
MANCHESTER HONEY ICE CREAM
floral herbs, conference pear, chamomile
BARNEY’S TIRAMISU
Sample Tasting Menu Two
Tasting menu. Price: 175. Please note prices and ingredients are subject to change.
TARTLET OF CHALK STREAM TROUT
golden beetroot, hot sauce, pine
SPENWOOD CHEESE BISCUIT
broad bean, pike roe and shiso
DEXTER BEEF TACO
black pepper, broccoli, roasted yeast
SPICED CORNISH TUNA
salted plum condiment
GLAZED LANGOUSTINE
grilled sourdough soaked in it’s own emulsion, cured pork cheek
ORKNEY SCALLOP
BBQ kohlrabi, fried oyster and preserved tomato water
LIGHTLY SET MISO CUSTARD
hen of the woods mushroom, truffle, kombu, mushroom dashi
CONFIT CHICKEN WING
girolle, dark beer, artichoke and ramson
OUR FARM OSCAR PEAS
Herdwick lamb, pickled walnut, sunflower
STEAMED WEST COAST COD
Zaino courgette, smoked eel and roasted shrimp
ROASTED SLADESDOWN DUCK
Boltardy beetroot, cherry, fig leaf, citrus
AMASAKE SORBET
milk oolong tea
COMPRESSED MALWINA STRAWBERRIES
jasmine cream, rose geranium and almond
MANCHESTER HONEY ICE CREAM
floral herbs, conference pear, chamomile
MILK FROM GREENOAKS FARM
salted brown butter rum and raisin toffee, black truffle
BARNEY’S TIRAMISU
Cocktails
Skof x Atelier Pip. Our Martini, Gimlet and Old Fashioned can be enjoyed short and punchy or long for a lighter serve. Each cocktail is crisp, balanced and made to pair with our snacks.
HEDGEROW ROYALE
Blackcurrant Leaf Liquer, Bee Tree Blanc de Noirs
DAMSON NEGRONI
Tanqueray Gin, Campari, Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, Damsons
SHISO MARTINI
Shiso Stoli Vodka, Blackcurrant Liquer, Cocchi Extra Dry. *Served long with Fevertree Tonic Water
APRICOT GIMLET
Reinas Gin, Apricot Liquer, Pineappleweed Syrup. *Served long with Hop Water
HONEY & MALT OLD FASHIONED
Benromach 10, Caramalised Honey, Hopped Grapefruit Bitters. *Served long with Skof Sidney Lager