The Lion and Antelope

Wasn’t impressed by this bar at all. As its an airport and most people enjoy a drink before they fly the ques were BIG. When we eventually got to the front we asked the price for a bottle of prosecco. We got told one price then got charged another. In the end we spoke to the manager and he said we could have it for the first price. Non of the staff had a clue

Of course its an airport eatery so one doesn’t expect too much, and its not like you have many alternates for hot food, but i’d skip this place and get a cold sandwich from Smith’s or Boots.
Horrible.

Wehhhh so bland and mediocre and really high prices :(Ino its an airport but can nobody do good food in these type of places?! I should have just gone to Burger King! Staff are friendly but spend more time talking to each other than looking at the customers. They only take euros if it’s small notes no fiftys or twentys.

The Lion and Antelope is quite a cool bar in Manchester’s T3, it serves food and alcohol too and is one of the better places to go before your flight from the dreaded, evil Terminal 3 alongside Trattoria Milano, as I was heading to Italy and I didn’t want Italian food until I got there (I hate having too much of one cuisine), I decided to call in here as it is more British cuisine.
I ordered egg and beans, as I wanted to get a breakfast, with my flight being at about 6:30am, it was priced at a reasonable price, especially for an airport costing £6. I also grabbed an Apple juice, which was pretty standard.
The staff seemed okay and has basic knowledge of gluten and told me it will be okay, as egg and beans should be.
My food took quite a while to come, which was frustrating, with me being in a rush to get to my gate, eventually I had to get my food packaged to go, I shouldn’t have to do this, especially for something as simple as 2 fried egg with beans. They did fill my request and it was served in a box.
My food was quite nice, but it is hard to mess up eggs and beans (Tesco Café can do it though!) The beans tasted good quality and I did like the eggs too.
They could do with more seating here, as people use this as a cut through and it can feel quite hard to get a seat, even at 6am in the morning and before that, so with it not having a store and just being in empty space in the airport, that can be a problem but overall this is a nice place and something to be cheerful for, when having to travel in the dreaded terminal.