The opening
Abdullah Albaydar moved from Jordan and opened on the Curry Mile when the strip was still mostly South Asian curry houses. He was looking for somewhere "our kind of food was available." He built it.
Charcoal-grilled, since the year the Curry Mile found Levantine fire.
Twenty-two years on the strip. Lebanese-Jordanian roots, Iranian kebabs, Afghan qabuli, retained tikka — fusion we built before "fusion" was a word.
Today · 11:00 – 02:00
Abdullah Albaydar · founder
I serve only what I would buy for myself.
— Hyphen, on the transformation of Manchester's Curry Mile (2022)
What we do
A grill, a story, a strip of Wilmslow Road.
The charcoal
Open-fire grill, every service. Faham chicken on the bone, sea bass charred whole, kobeda from the tandoor, qabuli rice with sweet carrot and raisins. Not the easy way — the right way.
The kitchen
Eleven in the morning to two in the night, every day of the week. The cabbies, the students, the Gulf families on a Friday — a Curry Mile institution open to all of them.
Plate №1 · Grilled sea bass on qabuli pilau
The signature plate
Chicken Al Faham. The reason people remember us.
Marinated whole chicken, grilled slow over open coals until the skin is lacquered and the meat falls. Served on qabuli pilau — basmati rice cooked with sweet carrot, raisins, cardamom — and a plate of pickles, salad and laffa.
Our customers come for it on a Tuesday when no one else is open, and bring their family on a Friday. It's the dish that built the place.
See the grill menuFrom the menu
Plates that have been on the strip since 2003.
Find us
22 Wilmslow Road.
The original Curry Mile.
Walk in. Order direct. No app, no commission. Pay in the shop and take it with you, or order online for fast delivery to Rusholme, Fallowfield, Hulme, Withington, the city centre.
- Address22 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester M14 5TQ
- Phone0161 257 3337
- Hours11am – 2am · every day
- Hygiene4 / 5 · Food Standards Agency · 28 Dec 2025
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