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The Best Restaurants in Manchester |
We've compiled our list of the
best restaurants in Manchester from the reviews submitted by Restaurants
Of Manchester's team of Trusted Reviewers.
Unlike other websites offering Manchester restaurant reviews,
our secret questionnaire is more complex with each restaurant
being reviewed on 100 different criteria which also takes into account value-for-money, as well as the food, service, decor and ambience.
Restaurants can not pay for positive reviews and we do not
show them the criteria they are being scored on.
Of course, all reviews are only a reflection of individual
experiences or specific visits and we're always looking for
more Trusted Reviewers to ensure our list of Best Manchester
Restaurants remains reflective.
If you are a well travelled foodie, and would like to become
a Trusted Reviewer, contact
us here.
You can also find the best restaurants in Manchester listed by cuisine. |
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Having triumphed in the final of the BBC's Great British Menu 2016, Mancunian chef Adam Reid takes over the reigns at the historic dining
room of The
Midland Hotel. A choice of six
or nine course Tasting Menus showcase modern British dishes
which use only the very best seasonal produce available. It
has remained the Pride Of Manchester Award-winning
"Best Restaurant in Manchester" since opening
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Living Ventures' £3m fine-dining restaurant located on the second floor of a non-descript office block in Spinningfields. Head Chef Nathaniel Tofan, promoted in November 2017, serves up truly Mancunian informal, funky fine dining with entertaining dishes. An afternoon tea with matching cocktails is served in the stunning lounge bar, ten floors higher. An intimate chef's table gives you an up close experience of the 24 chefs for just 76 covers. Opened in 2013 and featured in the BBC TV series "Restaurant Wars". |
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Located next to Spinningfields and the Opera House, on the ground floor of the stunning Manchester Hall, this cosy restaurant serves up exceptional high quality, yet fantastic value for money, fine-dining twists on traditional British dishes, made with locally sourced ingredients, from breakfast meetings to romantic evening meals. Located inside the former Freemasons Hall, you’ll notice a few nods to the building’s past in the plush interior. |
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Opened in July 2016 on the quiet thoroughfare between King Street and Chapel Walks, this fantastic fine dining restaurant and creative cocktail bar offers a modern take on British cuisine with chef Ben Mounsey taking over the kitchen in February 2018. Formerly Head Chef at 2 AA Rosette The Lawns at Thornton Hall, and Sous Chef at Michelin Star Fraiche in Birkenhead and 2 Michelin Star Andre in Singapore, he has taken the menu to another level with a la carte, tasting menus and British Tapas options. |
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Opened
in Spinningfields in
April 2015, this
incredibly stunning Oriental restaurant
takes its influence from different styles of body art, and
this is reflected in everything from the captivating Edwin
Pickett designed interior to the expertly crafted Andrew
Lassetter created menu. Both the Head Chef and Head Dim Sum
Chef have been sourced from London's
renowned Hakkasan Group and the whole dining experience is,
without doubt, one of the best in Manchester city centre. |
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This relaxed yet stylish restaurant, bar, food market and wine shop inside Harvey Nichols Manchester offers all-day dining, overlooking the expansive views of Exchange Square. The fashionable and tasty modern- European style menu has seen the restaurant awarded an AA Rosette and popular regular tasting nights and special events give you plenty of reasons to keep revisiting. Within Manchester's main shopping area, it is next to the Arena and Royal Exchange. |
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After residing for eight years inside the Manchester235 casino, "the best Chinese restaurant in Manchester" have relocated across the road, to the first floor of their sister restaurant Sakana Pan Asian. Executive Head Chef 'Milky Boy', who has led the kitchen team since its inception, has stepped up the menu, whilst retaining the restaurant's famous signature dishes, keeping a focus on healthy eating Cantonese dishes with extensive seafood, vegetarian, vegan, wheat free, gluten free and Halal menus. |
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This
authentic family ran Spanish
restaurant is already popular
with the footballers of Manchester
United and Manchester
City despite opening quietly under the radar in December
2014. Executive Chef Josetxo Arrieta hails from a background
which includes two 3 Star Michelin restaurants in San Sebastian,
(Restaurante Akelarre and Restaurante Martín Berasategui)
and the 2 Star Michelin Restaurante La Galupein in Urt, France.
The menu changes daily and covers many Spanish favourites,
including tapas and rice dishes, alongside fresh fish and
meat. |
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Legendary Bollywood singer and cook, Asha Bhosle (who inspired the Cornershop hit "Brimful of Asha"), opened her first Modern Indian restaurant in Dubai back in 2002, spawning ten further branches in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Birmingham and, since 2015, this stunning £2m high-end restaurant on Peter Street, Manchester. Spread over two floors, it is sultrily lit with boudoir-style drapings, gold finishings and deep okras, whilst the menu offers classic curries, tandoor kebabs and creative dishes, all created using spices which are grinded using Asha's family's traditional Masala recipe. |
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This
very stylish Pacific Rim restaurant from Knutsford's Living
Ventures group offers a fantastic choice of sushi, sashimi
and tempura dishes. The menu combines modern Australian cuisine
with Pacific Rim flavours underpinned by European cooking
traditions, a blend of Indonesian, Southeast
Asian influences
and Australia's strong ties with Japan are reflected. Located
underneath the Armani store in Spinningfields, you enter
via a glass pyramid on Deansgate. |
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Opened in August 2017, MasterChef 2015 winner Simon Wood's first restaurant offers unintimidating high end dining with a creative menu that delivers playful authenticity. Located in the new First Street development, next to HOME, The Bridgewater Hall and Palace Theatre, the kitchen is headed up by talented former Grenache owner chef Mike Jennings. |
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A
stunning restaurant from BBC TV's Saturday Kitchen host James
Martin, one of Britain’s top celebrity chefs, located
inside the plush Manchester
235 casino. Delicious British dishes, steaks and desserts showcase the Yorkshireman's signature
style, which is evident throughout the menu with each meal
crafted using only the finest seasonal and locally
sourced ingredients. |
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Opened in Spinningfields to
rapturous reviews in April 2015, this stunning restaurant
offers Halal dishes inspired by the street food vendors
of India, Pakistan and Southern
Asia. The specialties and signature dishes from the
theatrical open planned kitchen are made using a variety
of cooking styles, recipes and methods from the different
regions, with an emphasis on sharing plates. The homestyle
Desi Dhaba, an authentic Indian way of cooking, is a speciality,
served in a hot metal balti. Private dining and an outdoor
veranda with Shisha is also available. |
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The
out-of-this-world £4.5 million Thai influenced
Asian fusion restaurant near the Etihad Stadium in
Miles Platting, just 10 mins taxi ride from Piccadilly Station,
is the most spectacular restaurant and bar to have ever opened
in Manchester. Like something out of a James Bond movie,
the incredibly impressive dining arena is without doubt one
of the best in Europe and was designed by Miguel Cancio Martins,
the design house behind the famous Buddha Bar in Paris,
the Alain Ducasse Crystal restaurant in Marrakech and Johnny
Depp, Sean Penn, John Malkovich and Mick Hucknall's Man Ray
in Paris. |
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This casual neighbourhood bar and restaurant opened in September 2017 in the upcoming Ancoats area of the Northern Quarter. Called after the original name of the historic area, the Industrial Revolution is reflected throughout, from the furniture to the menu, with all ingredients sourced from within a few miles of the restaurant. Chef owner Michael Clay's menu focuses on small plates and a weekend brunch. |
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Ferdinand's plush Italian restaurant and celebrity haunt
stands proudly at the top of Manchester's prestigious King
Street, j ust round the corner from The Royal Exchange, in a stunning 120-year-old Grade II listed building.
Given the number of Rolls Royces and supercars that
sit outside, you'll not be surprised to find a menu of top quality ingredients and fine wines, alongside a wide selection of pizzas, pastas, steaks
and freshly prepared fish dishes, including some named after
the Manchester
United legend himself. |
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The Abode Manchester hotel is home to the first Brasserie Abode in the UK, offering a more relaxed, informal, yet sophisticated, dining experience to the Michael Caines restaurant which it replaces. Having undergone an expensive makeover, the stylish cocktail bar on the ground floor leads down to the plush basement restaurant where you can enjoy a selection of fish, meat, salad, pasta and egg dishes, together with half a dozen oysters, fresh seafood, a Plat Du Jour and one of the best Sunday roasts in Manchester. |
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A multitude of different dining settings under one roof, this
incredible value-for-money casual dining restaurant
inside the plush Midland
Hotel offers a unique setting
with an inside garden, birdhouses, a gazebo, cascading
wall of plants and even a 30ft tree. Combining modern touches with the history and heritage of Mr Cooper himself, whose house and famous gardens sat on the site back in 1819. |
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This remarkable value-for-money Castlefield restaurant was opened in 2004 and has remained a Mancunian food and drink institution ever since. Still family-ran, it is named after the uncle of owner Jim Ramsbottom, who used to store his tools in the original canalside stable block as they converted the adjacent Dukes 92 together. Today, quality British dishes, with additional favourites from Italy and around the globe, together with a great Sunday lunch, are served in a sharp, modern space with one of Manchester's most beautiful summer terraces. It's just a short walk through the heritage zone to The Opera House and a pleasant stroll along the canal to both The Bridgewater Hall and Old Trafford. |
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Opened in August 2016, this American fine dining restaurant, close to Spinningfields, introduces experience at every level through beautiful bespoke cocktails, carefully crafted dishes, and live performances showcasing dancers, acrobats, singers, musicians, drag acts, burlesque artists, and contortionists on the catwalk in the middle of the restaurant. Dishes offer a U.S. interpretation of mainly Japanese dishes like Tempura Sea Bass, Open Temaki Tacos, Torched Scallop Aburi, and Sashimi Grade Tuna, alongside sushi boxes, gourmet burgers, steaks, and seafood. |
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