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26 February 2007

Dutch Pancake House: farewell

Click to see ‘Dutch Pancake House: farewell’ in a variety of different sizesWith the rather ugly building that was home to the Dutch Pancake House on the corner of St. Peter’s Square cleared for redevelopment, a Manchester institution has bitten the dust. But few will miss it.

The Dutch Pancake House was almost a great success. Huge plates of savory pancakes followed by huge plates of sweet pancakes. As cheap and simple as pizza.

But the decor seemed unchanged since the 1970s. The menu unimaginative. The giant plates were chipped. The service poor as could be.

Some places survive best in affectionate memory.

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  1. Richard Fair says:

    I’m told that the Dutch Pancake House is back – but on a much smaller scale inside the newly refurbished Manchester Ardale Market.

    February 27th, 2007 at 6:56 am
  2. Stephen Newton says:

    I’ll have to check it out… it must be a very different offer given the changed environment.

    February 27th, 2007 at 10:36 am
  3. Nick Marsh says:

    Gutted that the pancake house has closed after all of these years. Yes, the menu hadn’t changed much, and no, the atmosphere wasn’t be best, but whoever I took there just loved it.

    Any news on the Arndale Centre recreation?

    June 11th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
  4. Stephen Newton says:

    The Dutch Pancake House is trading as a stall in the Arndale Market.

    June 12th, 2007 at 7:59 am
  5. Nigel Thornberry says:

    but are the pancake as big as before? :O

    June 27th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
  6. Stephen Newton says:

    I’ve not tried it I’m afraid. Perhaps a review is due.

    June 28th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
  7. Craig says:

    I do not care that the plates were chipped or that the service was poor,the pancakes were huge and amazing? Anyone know where you can buy a machine to make them like that?

    February 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
  8. Stephen Newton says:

    I don’t think you need a machine… you’ll find plenty of pancake pans and griddles here.

    February 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
  9. Mary Dearden says:

    I am very upset that the pancake house is shut
    it was my favourite restaurant.
    and i shall be looking to see if they bring it back.

    February 7th, 2008 at 11:42 am
  10. Blaze, Kelly and Graham says:

    They were the best pancakes we’ve ever had. The critic at the top of the page knows nothing. They are indeed a cold abstraction totally devoid of all passion

    February 7th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
  11. M Mouse says:

    I loved those Pancakes. I could use them for ear warmers on those cold Manchester winter nights

    February 7th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
  12. Stephen Newton says:

    ‘favourite restaurant,’… ‘I loved those pancakes,’… ‘they were the best’.

    Okay. But it’s taken you more than a year to notice the place has closed!

    February 7th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
  13. anna says:

    those were the best pancakes i had ever eaten – even better than the ones in holland!
    i am gutted that it has gone

    February 8th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
  14. M Mouse says:

    Actually, Donald, Goofy and I ate at the restaurant on its last day of trading so we know it has been closed for over a year! But the memories don’t fade on them morsals of heaven.

    The staff always used to play looney tunes in the background for us to make us feel more at home. We miss it a lot!

    February 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
  15. Anonymous says:

    The pancakes sold in the arndale are not from the same company, i had one from the andale and got mild food poisoning so i wouldn’t bother. I did however have the best pancake in ages from a stall on the fine food market at st Ann’s square in october,i think its there in the summer also.

    February 24th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
  16. phill says:

    the guy that wrote that piece about the pancake house sucks balls.
    i used to be a chef there and everything about the place was excellent!!
    the plates were chipped cause we used to throw them at picky cunts like him!

    June 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
  17. Anonymous says:

    it was a shithole,i was a chef there and i still hate students

    July 28th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
  18. tash and nikos says:

    the place itself was the best of the worst however the pancakes were to die for!

    August 21st, 2008 at 1:33 am
  19. Roxy says:

    I cant beleive the dutch pancake house has gone!! devo’d admittedly I’ve only just found this out but it was a childhood memory of my family going there as a treat as it was my dads favourite place but we didnt live local.

    It will be sorely missed and yes this didnt look lik the best place but it was all about the pancakes and the whole thing was awesome!!!

    I wanted to take my dad there again as a treat but now im gutted that thats never gonna happen now =0(

    March 2nd, 2009 at 7:49 pm
  20. MArk says:

    used to go there many years ago and loved it there, shame it gone now tho

    April 27th, 2009 at 2:58 am
  21. Christopher Bingham says:

    Never went but heard it was good!

    August 8th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
  22. Anon says:

    The DPHouse had the ability to be a truly fantastic restaurant. The staff attitude was split some were pleasant and welcoming and others looked at you as if you were spoiling their day as you went down the steps into the place. The menu improved towards the end of its existence offering extra’s as well as the excellent pancakes. However, the decor was tired and grubby and you could almost hear the owners thoughts which must have been “I don’t care how the place looks, or about the customers…. I’m not spending any money on it” Maybe a wise move seeing as though the building is earmarked for redevelopment but no excuse for all the years they were there previously… Shame on the owner to let such a unique restaurant run down so much… =( I would have rather paid a bit more money to help pay for the upkeep of the aesthetics for this establishment which had great potential.

    September 3rd, 2009 at 12:39 am
  23. Anonymous says:

    im really hungry now. im going to make pancakes, with bacon and tomatoes and cheese and ham and lettuce and onions and sweetcorn!

    December 4th, 2009 at 12:05 am
  24. chlick says:

    omg im so sad its pancake day and no pancake house, i last went when i was 13, and i loved it sooooo much =’( and now i have a child and he is missing out big time!!!! bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    March 8th, 2011 at 3:10 pm

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