These are pictures of two different steak restaurants and they have caused a bit of a stir on Twitter.

The image on the left (above) is new Manchester restaurant Featherblade and the other is Flat Iron, a steak restaurant in London.

Twitter users have been quick to point out the striking similarities, including the identical side dishes, steak price (£10), menu design and even the inclusion of the mini meat cleaver in promotional material.

Both restaurants also run an identical concept with just one cut of steak on the menu.

The companies are in no way affiliated and Featherblade has dismissed the concerns as 'an unfortunate coincidence'.

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Cheshire-based food blogger Hungry Hoss (@hungryhoss) slammed Featherblade as 'embarrassing', adding that Manchester 'used to be known as a city of invention', in a tweet to the restaurant, which opened last week .

Guardian food critic Marina O'Loughlin also waded into the debate on social media, simply tweeting 'think there's a name for this.'

But Featherblade manager Lee Brennan has defended his restaurant's concept and claims he is simply trying to 'deliver a great deal to the people of Manchester'.

He said: "We've worked hard to create the concept and are just trying to provide a great deal, which is of course what others have done, including London, Australia and New York.

"We've had no negative feedback from our customers and it is very unfortunate people have made the connection - it is just an unfortunate coinicidence. I think the pure suggestion of it [Featherblade copying another restaurant] is narrow-minded.

"We are Featherblade, our own brand and brand new.

"We have not been approached by any London restaurant and if we are, we will deal with it appropriately."

Featherblade, which has a choice of side dishes on its menu to accompany the steak, offered the first 500 diners to sign up to their mailing list a free steak.

The venue also offers free bottled water, popcorn and ice cream for dessert.

Lee, who also runs Panama Hatty's, which is housed in the same building in the King Street area of the city, added: "Manchester shouldn't be deprived of a good deal just because London has also provided a good deal.

"Ideas can be duplicated, but we haven't come from that place.

"I have been doing this for forty years and in that time I have had my own ideas used elsewhere and not had a problem with it.

"We have been serving our steak on a wooden plate since 1977."