26 upscale places in Manchester, editor-picked. Occasion restaurants in Manchester: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Manchester food.
26 places
Order The set sharing menu at lunch, fifteen pounds cheaper and fast-paced; pasta and grilled seafood lead.
Started as a 2020 pop-up; now Manchester's flagship Bib Gourmand on Faulkner House. Produce comes from the team's own Cheshire market garden.
Order Whatever the kitchen lists on the chalkboard; the wine list rewards exploration.
Bib Gourmand on Murray Street since 2019. Short menu of seasonal plates, twenty natural reds and the same in whites, most bottles under fifty pounds.
Order The 35-day dry-aged rump with bone-marrow gravy and triple-cooked chips.
Manchester branch of Will Beckett and Huw Gott's London steakhouse. Native-breed British beef dry-aged in cellar; weekday Steak and Sides at nineteen.
Drink Old fashioned
Joe and Daniel Schofield's Art Deco cocktail bar on the corner of Sunlight House, Manchester. Top 50 Cocktail Bars list since opening. Walk-ins welcome.
Order Whatever protein is hung in the room that week; ask the pass.
The upstairs kitchen earned a Top 50 Gastropubs spot in the UK; Gabe Lea took over as head chef in late 2024. Located in Ancoats. Priced at £££.
Drink Rotating taps
Northern Quarter craft beer pub in Manchester since 2011. Eighteen keg, seven cask lines, hundreds of bottles, RateBeer's top Manchester bar most years.
Canalside Manchester wine bar by Ancoats Marina. Light, brick room, communal tables, leafy courtyard, low-intervention bottles from small European growers.
Order Whatever is grilled over the open coals upstairs; sherry by the copita with it.
Simon Shaw's tapas room landed on King Street in 2016 and held its Bib Gourmand through the 2026 guide. Three floors: bar, counter kitchen, roof terrace.
Order The vegetable plate the kitchen builds that week; sourdough comes with cultured butter.
Max Yorke and Julian Pizer run a 24-seat Michelin-listed bistro on Deansgate Mews in Manchester. Vegetable-forward plates, low-intervention wines.
Order The six-course tasting; vegetarian version is the kitchen's strong second.
Neighbourhood tasting room in Urmston; Michelin Guide listed. Small kitchen, regularly changing menu, walking distance from the Metrolink stop.
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Order Iberico pluma; papas arrugadas with red and green mojo.
Family-run Canarian-Spanish restaurant on Ridgefield off Deansgate, in central Spinningfields. Tapas counter, seven-course tasting at the chef's table.
Drink Vegan signature cocktails
Brick-lined Manchester speakeasy on Jackson's Row off Albert Square. Hip-hop soundtrack, vegan-friendly cocktails, sustainable in-house ingredients.
South Manchester wine bar in Heaton Moor with 450 bottles on the wall. Hundred-plus by the glass, Mediterranean snacks, sister site in Sale on the same model.
Drink Pint of Boddingtons
Tiny converted public toilet on Great Bridgewater Street in Manchester, now one of the city's most loved dive bars. Steps lead down to a one-room basement.
Drink Bespoke cocktail flight
Speakeasy hidden behind a laundrette front on Shudehill in Manchester. Book by phone, then tell the phone operator inside you have dirty clothes to wash.
Drink Cask ale
1867 Victorian Manchester chop house and pub on Cross Street. Cask ales, steak and kidney pudding, original tilework and the city's oldest dining room.
Drink Tomato Vine Margarita
Cocktail bar in a corner of the Mackie Mayor food hall, opened November 2023 and named in the UK Top 50 Cocktail Bars, with house-infused spirits.
Wine shop and bar inside Manchester's Mackie Mayor food hall. Hundreds of bottles, keg wines, glass pours, regular tastings and Sunday cheese pairings.
Prestwich neighbourhood bar and pizza room on Bury New Road. Low-intervention wines, sourdough pizza, small plates and a daytime coffee programme.
Order Sunday roast on the dining-room side; the bar terrace handles cocktails.
Nineteenth-floor restaurant and rooftop terrace above Hardman Square. Modern British menu against panoramic Manchester views; DJs play weekend evenings.
Drink Rum Old Fashioned
Thomas Street, Manchester, three-floor bar: rum and tiki at the top, cocktails on the middle, ribs and craft beer on the ground floor below.
Drink Fishbowl tiki cocktail
1950s-inspired tiki bar in a basement under Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, with a tropical fish tank and fishbowl cocktails; open Friday and Saturday.
Italian wine bar on Tib Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Italian-leaning list, Burgundy by the glass, antipasti and pasta plates daily.
Drink House cocktail flight
Manchester basement games bar on Dale Street with ping-pong and beer pong tables and cocktails, over-18s only; a late Northern Quarter standby.
Drink Pomona Island guest tap
Edge Street stalwart in Manchester's Northern Quarter since 2009. Pub plates, craft beer, a chalkboard of guest taps that changes weekly. Locals' bar.
Drink Black Jack stout
Brewery taproom on Gould Street in Manchester's Green Quarter. Black Jack's own range plus rotating guests, dog-friendly, opens at 16:00 weekdays.
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