Manchester: Northern Quarter Food Walk with Tastings
Explore Manchester’s Northern Quarter on a guided food walk. Sample four small plates at top eateries, discover street art, and hear local stories.
15 brunch in Manchester, editor-picked for brunch open sunday. The sunday brunch destinations editors return to. All brunch in Manchester.
Pollen Bakery ★ 4.7
ancoats · Cotton Field Wharf, 8 New Union Street, Manchester M4 6FQ
Hours: Mon-Tue closed, Wed-Fri 08:00-16:00, Sat-Sun 09:00-16:00
Manchester's flagship Ancoats bakery and brunch room by the marina. Sausage-egg-hash buns, sourdough toast, brunch eggs, take-home cinnamon morning buns.
Ezra & Gil ★ 4.5
northern-quarter · 20 Hilton Street, Manchester M1 1FR
Hours: Mon-Sun 07:30-18:00
Open since 2014, the Hilton Street original Ezra & Gil is Manchester's Northern Quarter brunch room. Sourdough, avocado, eggs benedict, single-origin filter.
Federal Cafe ★ 4.5
northern-quarter · 9 Nicholas Croft, Manchester M4 1EY
Hours: Mon-Fri 08:00-16:00, Sat-Sun 09:00-17:00
Australian-style brunch room in Manchester's Northern Quarter, packed from 09:00 daily. Banana bread with ricotta, Turkish eggs, single-origin coffee here.
Long Boi's Bakehouse ★ 4.5
levenshulme · 40 Forest Range, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 2HP
Hours: Tue-Fri 08:30-16:00, Sat 09:30-15:30, Sun 10:00-14:00
Old corner-shop bakehouse on a leafy Levenshulme street, founded by a former Pollen baker. Order the cardamom morning bun with a flat white.
Just Between Friends ★ 4.5
northern-quarter · 56 Tib Street, Manchester M4 1LG
Hours: Mon-Sat 08:00-17:00, Sun 09:00-16:00
Northern Quarter speciality bar on Tib Street, hosting the Manchester heat of the Northern Filter Championships. Open mon-sat 08:00-17:00, sun 09:00-16:00.
Pot Kettle Black ★ 4.5
deansgate · Unit 14, Barton Arcade, Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BW
Hours: Mon-Fri 08:00-19:00, Sat 09:00-18:00, Sun 10:00-17:00
Antipodean-style coffee and brunch in the Grade II listed Barton Arcade off Deansgate. Opened 2014, dedicated eggs benedict bar at sister Angel Gardens site.
Idle Hands ★ 4.5
northern-quarter · 35 Dale Street, Manchester M1 2HF
Hours: Mon-Fri 08:30-17:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-17:00
Manchester's Northern Quarter speciality coffee shop on Dale Street with brunch pies. Excellent flat whites, freshly baked pies as the centre of menu, daily.
Fig + Sparrow ★ 4.4
northern-quarter · 20 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JN
Hours: Daily 08:00-17:00
Sisters Laura and Hannah's Scandi-leaning Northern Quarter brunch room, opened 2013 on Oldham Street. Order the brioche french toast with berry sauce.
Siop Shop ★ 4.4
northern-quarter · 53 Tib Street, Manchester M4 1LS
Hours: Wed-Sun 09:00-15:00
Welsh-influenced bakery cafe on Manchester's Tib Street. Pic-niq sausage rolls, bara brith, brunch plates and excellent espresso from 09:00 Wednesday-Sunday.
Ezra & Gil Peter Street ★ 4.4
deansgate · 57 Peter Street, Manchester M2 3NQ
Hours: Daily 08:00-17:00
Ezra & Gil's larger Peter Street site in Manchester serves the Spinningfields and Deansgate office crowd. Same Hilton menu, more sit-down covers.
Off the Press ★ 4.4
ancoats · 3 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5DL
Hours: Tue-Fri 07:30-16:00, Sat 07:30-15:00, Sun 09:00-15:00
Independent artisan cafe in one of Ancoats' landmark buildings on George Leigh Street, with an in-house bakery. At 3 George Leigh Street. Booking recommended.
Evelyn's Cafe Bar ★ 4.3
northern-quarter · Smithfield Building, 44 Tib Street, Manchester M4 1NB
Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-24:00, Sat-Sun 09:00-24:00
Tib Street all-day kitchen in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Brunch through dinner, global menu with vegetable-led plates, weekend tasting flight on the bar.
The Allotment ★ 4.3
deansgate · 6 Lloyd Street, Manchester M2 5AB
Hours: Daily 09:00-21:00
Manchester vegan and vegetarian restaurant on Lloyd Street. Bottomless brunch available all day, local sustainable produce on every plate here daily.
Common ★ 4.2
northern-quarter · 39-41 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HW
Hours: Mon-Thu 09:00-24:00, Fri-Sat 09:00-01:00, Sun 10:00-24:00
Manchester's Edge Street Northern Quarter pub serving brunch through to late night. Reuben sandwich, sourdough grilled cheese, craft pints on rotation.
The Pen and Pencil ★ 4.1
northern-quarter · 85-89 Hilton Street, Manchester M1 2EH
Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-23:00, Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 10:00-18:00
Manchester's eighty-cover American brunch room on the corner of Hilton and Tariff. Brunch crowd from 10:00; cocktail bar in the same room runs late nights.
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