Hit Thai BBQ restaurant Neon Tiger is to close, owners have confirmed. In a post to social media, headlined ‘Thank you Manchester’, the restaurant said that it will be shutting up shop on Sunday.
“We’re sad to announce that Neon Tiger will be closing our doors for the final time on Sunday April 30,” they said. “We’d like to thank everyone who has come to see us, raised a glass with us and made this place so special [to] us.
“We’d like to thank all of the staff for being so wonderful and for all their hard work. We’ll see you for a send-off drink or two this week…. remember when it’s gone, it’s GONE!
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“Then, we might just see you again, only in a different form. Keep your eyes peeled, but for now, thank you again. X.”
The restaurant opened last June and was run by brothers Dan and Ben Morris, Dan also being the managing director of Escape To Freight Island and a veteran of the Manchester hospitality scene. With a focus on Thai BBQ on the menu, they created small plates and cocktails in the ‘baan yang’ style, Thai for ‘grill house’.
Opened on the site of the Grindsmith coffee shop on Bridge Street, the Morris brothers aimed for the restaurant and bar to be a ‘neighbourhood spot’ inspired by travels to New York.
Ben told the Manchester Evening News on opening last year: “Manchester feels a lot closer to the culture of New York, very open and liberal. So we wanted to try and create some of that here.
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“There are lots of places we’d go to, the neighbourhood places where people would really get to know you, with a local atmosphere and ethos, and they just want you to have the best experience.”
The menu featured dishes like homemade turmeric and lemongrass sausage, king oyster mushroom skewers with black vinegar dipping sauce and coal roasted aubergine with soft boiled egg and a sweet soy dressing.
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