Mackie Mayor
- ★ 4.7
- £
- Northern Quarter
Try Multiple vendors: pizza, ramen, dim sum, mezcal
Smithfield Market hall in Manchester, restored 2017. Vendors: Honest Crust pizza, Tender Cow burgers, Pico's tacos, New Wave Ramen, Reserve wines.
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Manchester.
Don't-miss vendors
9 places
GRUB Mayfield
- ★ 4.5
- £
- Deansgate and St John's
Try Rotating street-food traders
Rotating Manchester street-food fair at the Mayfield depot. Pizza, burgers, Vietnamese banh mi, dumplings, vegan; vendor lineup changes each weekend.
Hello Oriental
- ★ 4.4
- £
- Deansgate and St John's
Try Pan-Asian street food hall
Three-floor East Asian street-food hall under Symphony Park at Circle Square, off Oxford Road. Vietnamese pho counter, Cantonese roasts, dim sum bar.
Eat your way around Northern Quarter
6 of the street food on this list are in Northern Quarter. So are these tours and tastings.
This and That
- ★ 4.6
- £
- Northern Quarter
Try Rice and three curry
Manchester's original rice-and-three canteen on Soap Street since 1984. Pilau plus three curries served from the heated counter, under a tenner the lot.
Mughli Charcoal Pit
Try Charcoal lamb chops
Curry Mile Manchester institution since 1991. The focal charcoal pit produces lamb chops, paneer and chicken tikka the crowd orders by the platter daily.
Honest Crust
- ★ 4.4
- £
- Northern Quarter
Try Sourdough pizza
Sourdough pizza stall inside Manchester's Mackie Mayor hall. Forty-eight-hour ferment, wood-fired oven, the queue is the longest in the room at lunch.
Chilli B Thai
- ★ 4.3
- £
- Northern Quarter
Try Thai green curry
Thai street-food counter inside Manchester's Mackie Mayor food hall. Green and red curries, pad thai and salads to take home; the queue is short on weekdays.
New Wave Ramen
- ★ 4.3
- £
- Northern Quarter
Try Tonkotsu ramen
Ramen counter inside Manchester's Mackie Mayor hall. Tonkotsu and shio ramen, takoyaki and bao buns; steam from the pots fills the room daily.
Pico's at Mackie Mayor
- ★ 4.3
- £
- Northern Quarter
Try Al pastor and birria tacos
Mexican counter inside Manchester's Mackie Mayor hall. Soft corn tortillas pressed in-house, three filling options on rotation, agua fresca jugs by the door.
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