40 mid-range places in Manchester, editor-picked. The comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Manchester, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Manchester food.
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Order Margherita first, then a Diavola with Italian salami if you want heat.
Started as a 2014 Cotton Street pop-up in Manchester; now an AVPN-listed pizzeria. Dough ferments 24 hours, sixty seconds in the wood-fired oven.
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Manchester's modern brewing flagship since 2015, on the Piccadilly Trading Estate. Unit 9 taproom: 20 keg lines, walk-in cold store, weekend tours.
Try Rice and three curry
Manchester's original rice-and-three canteen on Soap Street since 1984. The Northern Quarter late-night pre-bar fuel until 19:00 daily, under ten pounds.
Bib Gourmand natural-wine room on Manchester's Murray Street since 2019. Short menu of seasonal plates, twenty natural reds and the same in whites here.
Order The Ezra benedict with smoked salmon; cinnamon French toast with bacon.
Open since 2014, the Hilton Street original is the brunch room locals queue for. Sourdough loaded with avocado, feta and poached eggs; fruit porridge bowls.
Order The Lily's thali, a daily-changing tour of Gujarati and Punjabi vegetarian plates.
P G and Lilawati Sachdev opened Lily's in 1972; pure vegetarian, family-run, packed with Manchester regulars. Best Vegetarian 2018 award winner.
Manchester taproom under Piccadilly Station arches. Twenty keg, three cask lines, freshest Track beer plus occasional guest pours, pizza served alongside.
Try Charcoal lamb chops
Manchester's Curry Mile classic since 1991, kitchen open until 00:30 on Friday and Saturday. Charcoal lamb chops, tandoori platters, mango lassi at all hours.
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Order Sausage, egg and hash brown breakfast bun and a cinnamon morning bun
Manchester's flagship Ancoats bakery and brunch room by the marina. Sausage-egg-hash buns, sourdough toast, brunch eggs, take-home cinnamon morning buns.
Order Pierogi of the day and the goulash; finish with poppy-seed dumplings.
Kasia Hitchcock and Franco Concli run a Bib Gourmand kitchen under a Manchester railway arch. Tyrolean spaetzle, Polish pierogi, Russian pelmeni.
Order Margherita first, then a Diavola with Italian salami if you want heat.
Started as a 2014 Cotton Street pop-up in Manchester; now an AVPN-listed pizzeria. Dough ferments 24 hours, sixty seconds in the wood-fired oven.
Order Banana bread with mascarpone; Turkish eggs with chilli butter.
Australian-style brunch room in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, packed from 09:00. Banana bread with whipped ricotta is the menu's calling card.
Order Vada pav with chilli butter, okra fries, and a pint of the Bundobust Mango Lassi sour.
Indian street-food and craft-beer hall in a basement off Piccadilly. Twelve keg lines pour Bundobust's own brewery beers alongside the snack plates.
Manchester's Royal Mills roastery, founded 2013. Warehouse City espresso blend, single origins from Ethiopia and Colombia; on-site cafe and bean shop.
Salford brewery on Coral Street. Pomona Island's pales and dark beers are the regulars' pour at Manchester pubs; taproom open Friday and Saturday only here.
Try 35-day dry-aged rump
Manchester branch of the British steakhouse chain on Deansgate, kitchen until 23:30 daily. Native-breed dry-aged beef, late dinners with bone-marrow gravy.
Try Margherita pizza
Manchester's Cotton Street Ancoats pizzeria, kitchen until 22:30 daily. Margherita pizza in sixty seconds, walk-ins only; Ancoats arrives here after the bars.
P G and Lilawati Sachdev opened Lily's in 1972 in Ashton-under-Lyne; pure vegetarian, family-run, daily-changing thali, no meat ever on the menu, ever.
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. Two-course set lunch at sixteen pounds, ambitious for price.
Order Pizza of the week; the Italian-style Sunday roast on a Sunday afternoon.
Levenshulme neighbourhood Italian on Stockport Road that grew from a market stall. Kitchen leans regional italian. At 847-849 Stockport Road.
Order Flat iron steak kebab with whipped blue cheese, truffle and pickled raisins.
60-cover Northern Quarter room just off Stevenson Square from The Pen and Pencil team. Theatre-style open chargrill kitchen, flatbreads from scratch.
Manchester Coffee Company runs a roastery-and-cafe arch on Hewitt Street behind Deansgate. Roastery one side, coffee bar the other, single-origin focus daily.
Bundobust's own brewery, taproom and restaurant on Oxford Street, Manchester. Located in Oxford Road. At St James Building. Booking recommended.
Try Dim sum
Manchester Chinatown basement dim sum room, kitchen open until 22:00 weekdays. Har gow, siu mai, char siu pork and chiu chow dumplings late into the evening.
Speciality coffee roaster cafe tucked under Deansgate Mews. Slayer espresso, single-origin filter and pour-over, plus in-house pastries from a tiny bakery.
Manchester Ancoats bakery run by Baneta Yelda and Neil Large. Cardamom buns and cheese-filled doughs; locals queue outside before opening hour.
Order Banana bread with whipped ricotta and a Turkish eggs main
Australian-style brunch room in Manchester's Northern Quarter, packed from 09:00 daily. Banana bread with ricotta, Turkish eggs, single-origin coffee here.
Order Cardamom morning bun with a flat white
Old corner-shop bakehouse on a leafy Levenshulme street, founded by a former Pollen baker. Order the cardamom morning bun with a flat white.
Order Whipped feta on sourdough with a Kalita pour-over
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.
Order Parmesan and truffle scrambled eggs on sourdough
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.
Order Mushroom and stilton pie with a flat white
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.
Order Pulled lamb shoulder flatbread; crispy pork belly.
Neighbourhood bar and kitchen on Cutting Room Square in Ancoats. Order the pulled lamb shoulder flatbread; crispy pork belly. Kitchen leans modern british.
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. Pub classics, one AA Rosette, the best beer garden in the city.
Piccadilly East taproom five minutes from Piccadilly station, run by Cloudwater alumni James Campbell. Hop-forward pales and IPAs the house style.
Try Steak and kidney pudding
Manchester's 1867 Victorian pub and chop house on Cross Street, late kitchen until 23:00 every day. Cask ales, steak and kidney pudding, tilework all around.
Jack Fields's Urmston tasting-menu room in Manchester. Six-course tasting from regional produce, vegetarian set holds its own on the menu. At 218 Church Road.
Order Brioche French toast with berry sauce
Sisters Laura and Hannah's Scandi-leaning Northern Quarter brunch room, opened 2013 on Oldham Street. Order the brioche french toast with berry sauce.
Order Pic-niq sausage roll and a flat white
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.
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