16 editor picks in Manchester.
Food experience in Salford and MediaCity
A Taste of Manchester and Salford with Meals , Drinks and Guide
The Black Friar is in Salford and MediaCity
Manchester's modern British cooking spans the spectrum from the tasting room to the corner pub, and the city wears both registers comfortably. Mana in Ancoats leads the produce-driven contemporary end, with Adam Reid at The French holding the grand-hotel tradition in Spinningfields. For the older pub idiom there is The Edinburgh Castle in Ancoats and Mr Thomas's Chop House by Deansgate, two rooms that keep the pie-and-pint side of the story alive.
16 british gastropub places in Manchester we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Manchester · British Gastropub across every city.
The upstairs kitchen earned a Top 50 Gastropubs spot in the UK; Gabe Lea took over as head chef in late 2024.
Order Set lunch with featherblade and the parkin pudding with butterscotch.
Gary Usher's Didsbury bistro is the southern outpost of his Sticky Walnut group in Manchester.
Order Sunday roast with beef rib; the deep-fried mac and cheese starter.
1886 Salford pub, derelict for fifteen years, resurrected 2021 with chef Ben Chaplin.
Order The reuben on rye; a pint of whatever Pomona Island sent that week.
Edge Street stalwart in Manchester's Northern Quarter since 2009.
Simon Martin, formerly of Noma, opened Mana in Ancoats in 2018.
Adam Reid took over the Midland Hotel's restaurant in 2016.
Daniel Scott runs the nineteenth-floor rooftop room over Hardman Square in Manchester since 2021.
Mary-Ellen McTague returned to Manchester to run Pip in the Treehouse Hotel.
Luke Payne, who also runs The Pack Horse in Hayfield, opened Almanac on Glossop High Street in July 2025.
Top 50 Gastropub in Ancoats, Manchester.
24-seat Michelin Guide bistro on Deansgate Mews in Manchester.
Open-fire restaurant on Bridge Street in Manchester from the Trof team.
Try Reuben sandwich
Manchester's Edge Street Northern Quarter pub serves food until 02:00 every night.
Try Steak and kidney pudding
Manchester's 1867 Victorian pub and chop house on Cross Street, late kitchen until 23:00 every day.
Manchester's Green Quarter brewery on Gould Street.
Try Reuben sandwich
Manchester's Edge Street craft beer pub on the Northern Quarter.
