Brutti Ma Buoni at The Brunswick Hotel

Eating lunch at work can offer a terrible choice between twenty minutes surfing at your desk while dropping crumbs in the keyboard or half an hour in the staff room listening to Bob from HR detail his DIY plumbing plans for the weekend.

Alternatively, you could give a chum a Brutti call, head to the Merchant City and make a much more enjoyable choice between a great range of different pasta and pizza dishes.

Lively bar and kitchen

‘Brutti ma buoni’ means ‘ugly but good’ in Italian and it is the name of this colourful bar and kitchen on Brunswick Street.

Having visited several times, we get the ‘good’ bit. ‘The ‘ugly’ is more of a mystery as Brutti ma buoni is rather stylish in its own quirky way.

Part of the vibrant Brunswick Hotel, it is a quietly cool place for a morning coffee, quick lunch, after work drinks or candlelit evening meal with friends.

Spice up your lunch hour

Available Monday to Friday, from noon to 4pm, this offer is for two people to have any main course pasta or Brutti bread from the Brutti ma buoni menu.

Med-inspired menu

Cooked in an open plan kitchen, delicious dishes from around the Mediterranean make up the majority of the menu.

Brutti breads are the chefs’ twist on pizza. Individually handmade with a fresh dough Italian flatbread base, they come with five different topping combinations:

Margherita – olives, mozzarella & basil

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Fagioli – Italian bean, rosemary & parmesan_

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Pimento – roast peppers with blue cheese or feta_ 


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Antipasti – Margherita with prosciutto & salami_

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Diablo – hot & spicy with chorizo, chicken or prawn_

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Nero – Stornoway black pudding & tapenade_

There are also five pasta options:

Fergusoni – house speciality with prawns & chillies 



Carbonara – pancetta or chorizo in rich, creamy sauce 



Bolognese – ground mince in a rich, meaty sauce 



Arrabiata – spicy, fresh & full of flavour

Milanese – breaded chicken breast with a tomato spaghetti

Happy diners

Visitors have not been slow to share their views of Brutti ma Buoni on TripAdvisor:

‘Great food, great atmosphere. Was staying in the hotel and ate here at night, food was excellent and love the atmosphere, really friendly staff.’

‘Lovely food, lovely service, lovely vibe. We wandered in here on a Sunday afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. The waiter was a model of friendly efficiency and made us very welcome within seconds and we had our first drinks brought to the table within two mins. Food service was quick. Food was hot and tasty, just what anyone would want from a restaurant. Great decor, the bar is a sight to be seen. Recommended.’

This offer would be great for a leisurely lunch catching up with a friend.

You could also use it as a refuelling break in a shopping trip and, as we mentioned, it would be a great alternative to yet another lunch in the office.

Bag today’s Big Deal from Brutti ma buoni and give your lunchtime some welly.