Mackie Mayor ★ 4.7
Manchester's restored 1857 Smithfield Market hall, reopened 2017. Twelve vendors including Honest Crust pizza, Tender Cow burgers and Reserve wine bar.
Go for: Pizza, Tacos, Steak, Ramen
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Manchester shops, snacks and lunches.
Markets to wander
Altrincham Market ★ 4.6
Greater Manchester's pioneering food market hall in Altrincham, model for the city's later halls. Eighteen traders, communal seating, the kids' shift is loud.
Go for: Italian, Vietnamese, Pies, Cheese
Manchester Arndale Food Hall ★ 4.0
City-centre food hall inside the Manchester Arndale shopping centre. Twenty fast-casual traders, communal tables, the lunch shift packs out at noon daily.
Go for: Asian street food, Burgers, Vegan
Bury Market ★ 4.6
Lancashire's most famous market, seven miles north of Manchester. Three hundred stalls, the original Bury Black Pudding Co stand, pies and Lancashire cheese.
Go for: Black pudding, Pies, Cheese, Tripe
GRUB Mayfield ★ 4.5
Rotating Manchester street-food market at the Mayfield depot. Fifteen-strong vendor lineup, pizza, burgers, banh mi, vegan; line-up changes each weekend.
Go for: Burgers, Pizza, Vietnamese, Vegan
Levenshulme Market ★ 4.4
South Manchester's Saturday community market on the Levenshulme station forecourt. Fifty traders, hot food, local cheese, bakery and craft beer producers.
Go for: Levy local food, Vegan, Pies
Chorlton Makers Market ★ 4.3
South Manchester monthly market on Wilbraham Road in Chorlton. Forty traders, local cheese, vegan, bakery; runs on the second Saturday of each calendar month.
Go for: Local cheese, Pies, Vegan
Eccles Market ★ 4.0
Lancashire's Eccles market square in Salford, four miles west of Manchester. Pie and Eccles-cake stalls keep the bake tradition alive on weekdays.
Go for: Eccles cakes, Pies, Black pudding
Stockport Market ★ 4.3
Hilltop market on Stockport Plaza, eight miles south of Manchester. Forty stalls, Sunday vinyl-and-vintage; Eastern European food vans run weekends.
Go for: Pies, Cheese, Eastern European
Campfield Market ★ 4.4
GRUB-curated weekly market that opened November 2025 at the historic Campfield campus in St John's. Twelve high-quality food stalls plus an indoor Euro-style food hall with oysters, tapas, sourdough, cheese, sushi, charcuterie, and a European wine bar.
Go for: Oysters, Tapas, Sourdough, European wine
Manchester Christmas Markets ★ 4.5
Three-hundred-stall European Christmas market across ten sites in Manchester from Albert Square to Cathedral Gardens. Albert Square returned in 2025 after a five-year break, with a 50-metre Ferris wheel and a Taste of Christmas chalet village running into early January.
Go for: Mulled wine, Bratwurst, Cheese, Crafts
The Makers Market Ancoats ★ 4.3
Monthly Manchester market on Ancoats' Cutting Room Square. Fifty traders: hot food, cheese, local crafts; runs the last Saturday of the month all year round.
Go for: Local crafts, Hot food, Cheese