Hit Leeds ramen restaurant House of Fu is heading to Manchester

Leeds ramen and dumpling spot House of Fu is heading to Manchester. It will land on Portland Street, on the site formerly occupied by tearoom Leaf, and will also feature ‘state of the art’ karaoke rooms.

There will also be a late-night bar, with a licence application in for a 2.30am close, and a ‘secret outdoor terrace’. The new restaurant has been inspired not only by trips to New York, Portland and Los Angeles, but mostly by chef Ben Iley’s 10-year stint as a chef in Tokyo.

The project is coming from the team behind Leed’s Headrow House, the Ox Club and live venue and Belgrave Music Hall, where the first House of Fu opened as a pop up in 2014. It opened a standalone venue on The Headrow just under a year ago.

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“I think when we opened House of Fu in Leeds, we always had an eye on Manchester straight away,” he told the Manchester Evening News. “We always saw this thing as going to more than one city, and we’ve been scouting in Manchester for quite some time. We’re very friendly with Bundobust and we saw their success and that paved the way a little bit.

“At the House of Fu in Leeds, we’ve got the restaurant downstairs and the karaoke bar upstairs, and in Manchester it’ll be the reverse, with the karaoke down in the basement. We have early 2023 pencilled in. There are still a few hoops to jump through, but around January or February, we should be coming over.”

Charlotte Wild, head of retail and leisure for Bruntwood Works, which owns the building said: “We’re delighted that House of Fu are joining our West Village community. It will be a welcome addition to Portland Street bringing something new, vibrant and distinctive to this area of