Pacific Chinese Restaurant, China Town, Manchester

There are so many oriental restaurants in this area of the city, that it was hard to make a decision. Past experience tells us that those eat-all-you-can-for-£6 (or whatever) don't really benefit vegetarians as there's not as much choice for us and it can be hard to tell what actually IS vegetarian, so we're effectively subsidising the meat-eaters.
Decided on the Pacific in the end, because of the Thai food, but we didn't see the Thai section (it's upstairs) until after sitting down  and ordering, so had to settle for Chinese after all, but this turned out to be not in the slightest disappointing.
The place was very busy for a weeknight, with a good mix of clientele, including families. There was a good choice of vegetarian dishes available, and we chose tofu with sweet and sour sauce, stir-fried vegetables, fried rice, deepfried noodles and another vegetables dish with aubergine in it which was quite hot and spicy. Everything was really well presented, and the portions  quite large: five dishes were more than enough for the two of us. It tasted good too, though I always feel that Chinese tofu tastes a bit like eating bits of bath sponge. We also tried some Japanese wine, served warm, which looked like water but tasted like strong sherry and was served in egg-cups - one was enough for me! We spent under £30 for two.

I would recommend this place for vegetarians and would go again if visiting the area.

Dimitri's, Deansgate, Manchester

This is Greek restaurant with more than a nod to Mediterranean food generally. Restaurant was packed out on a weeknight just after Christmas - a good sign. Great surroundings, really atmospheric with frescoes on the wall and high ceilings. On the downside, tables were quite close together and the entrance was difficult to find.

There were 13 items in the vegetarian list of mezze dishes, plus more in the cheese list that would be OK for non-vegans. Aso quite a few vegetarian main courses, but we went for the mezze. The dishes are quite large; don't be fooled into ordering too many: we had three, plus garlic bread and a side salad, which was more than enough. The pastry triangles with cheese in were my favourite, but everything tasted good, looked colourful and was well presented, with the possibe exception of the garlic bread, which I found too soggy, but my partner didn't complain. We had no room for desserts, but there were the usual suspects; banoffee pie, ice cream, etc., and one appearing at a neighbour's table almost had me changing my mind.

I would definitely go there again and highly recommend this place for vegetarians.