Manchester has 2 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, Skof in Piccadilly and mana in Ancoats & Beswick. Both are tasting-menu rooms.
Skof in Piccadilly serves a Michelin-starred tasting menu from Tom Barnes in an open-kitchen setting. The room pairs drinks with an extensive wine list. The chef serves one course at the open kitchen.
mana in Ancoats & Beswick is a Modern British Fine Dining restaurant with a tasting-menu format. The open kitchen is visible from every table. The venue holds a Michelin 1 Star (2026). The wine list is extensive. It also has craft cocktails and sommelier-led service.
Adam Reid at the French in Deansgate holds a Michelin Plate (2026) and 4 AA Rosettes (2026). The Midland Hotel dining room serves modern British fine dining as a set menu and a tasting menu, with tableside service. The wine programme is exceptional, with an extensive wine list and sommelier-led service. The kitchen uses day-boat cod, Stichelton blue cheese and Sladesdown Farm duck.
Climat in Deansgate holds an exceptional wine programme, a 300-bottle cellar and sommelier-led service. Flawd and Erst in Ancoats & Beswick serve natural wine, and The Spärrows in Cheetham runs a wine list and a sake programme.
Climat in Deansgate is an eighth-floor restaurant with a wine-led format, a 300-bottle cellar and sommelier-led service. It also carries a World’s Best Wine Lists award and Star Wine List recognition.
Flawd in Ancoats & Beswick works as a wine bar, bottle shop and small-plates room on New Islington Marina. The drinks programme leans natural, with bottles from small producers, and the food is largely plant-focused, with a blackboard menu.
Erst in Ancoats & Beswick pairs robata-fired small plates with natural wines in a minimalist room. It holds a Michelin Plate and a Star Wine List award.
The Spärrows in Cheetham serves handmade dumplings, spätzle and filled pasta with a wine list. The list leans toward smaller producers and also includes sake. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand (2026).
Higher Ground in Deansgate holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand (2026). 10 Tib Lane in Deansgate, Stow in Deansgate and Winsome in Piccadilly each hold a Michelin Plate (2026).
Higher Ground in Deansgate serves produce-driven modern British cooking through small plates, tasting menu and a la carte formats. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the drinks programme includes natural wine alongside a kitchen focused on UK and Irish ingredients.
10 Tib Lane in Deansgate serves Modern French small plates and a la carte dishes. The wine programme has craft cocktails and an extensive wine list. The menu includes cured sea bream, slow-cooked lamb shoulder and spring beef tartare. It holds a Michelin Plate (2026).
Winsome in Piccadilly is a stripped-back modern British brasserie from chef Shaun Moffat. The menu runs through cold cuts, whole fish, pies and mixed grills. Craft cocktails are served.
Stow in Deansgate is a counter-dining room built around open-fire cooking. The short menu covers beef, whole fish and vegetables, with an all-French wine list and draught cocktails. It holds a Michelin Plate (2026).
Schofield's in Deansgate and Science And Industry in Piccadilly are cocktail bars, and Pip in Deansgate serves modern British cooking inside the Treehouse Hotel. Kallos Cafe & Wine Bar in Greengate holds a Michelin Plate (2026) and an extensive wine list.
Schofield's in Deansgate is a highly awarded cocktail bar with classic and craft cocktails and polished service. The bar has picked up major recognition across the UK and sits among the city’s most credentialled drinking rooms.
Science And Industry in Piccadilly is a bar on Thomas Street in the city of Manchester, in the north of England. Craft cocktails are served at the bar. The wine programme is minimal.
Pip in Deansgate, inside the Treehouse Hotel, serves modern British cooking from Mary-Ellen McTague. The menu uses local seasonal ingredients. Craft cocktails are served. It holds a Michelin Plate (2026).
Kallos Cafe & Wine Bar in Greengate moves from brunch to wine bar to meze restaurant. The evening menu leans Greek and Mediterranean, with an extensive wine list. It holds a Michelin Plate (2026).
Ancoats & Beswick and Deansgate hold the exceptional wine programmes and the natural-wine rooms. Flawd in Ancoats & Beswick has an exceptional natural-wine programme, and Erst in Ancoats & Beswick serves natural wine and holds a Star Wine List (2026). In Deansgate, Climat has an exceptional programme with a 300-bottle cellar and sommelier-led service, and Adam Reid at the French has an exceptional programme with an extensive wine list and sommelier-led service.
There are 2 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide for Manchester Area. Both are in Manchester: Skof in Piccadilly and mana in Ancoats & Beswick. Skof serves a tasting menu with an extensive wine list. mana serves a tasting menu with an extensive wine list and sommelier-led service.
Piccadilly, Ancoats & Beswick and Deansgate are the main tasting-menu neighbourhoods. Skof, mana and Adam Reid at the French all serve tasting or set-menu formats, and The Walled Gardens Underground Restaurant adds a plant-based tasting menu in Whalley Range.
The Walled Gardens Underground Restaurant in Whalley Range holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence (2025). It serves a 12-course plant-based tasting menu and a set menu, with BYOB and corkage allowed.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Manchester, United Kingdom
In a reborn textile warehouse, Skof in Manchester pairs Tom Barnes’s precision cooking with a relaxed, music-led vibe—think tasting menus that bridge local produce and global nuance, closing with the heartfelt “Barney’s Tiramisu.”
Manchester, United Kingdom
Mana ended Manchester's 40-year wait for a Michelin star in 2019, one year after opening in Ancoats. Chef Simon Martin runs a multi-course tasting menu built on British produce and Asian technique, served in a double-height open-plan space where the kitchen and dining room share the same floor. The 'Complete' menu runs to £175 per person, with lunch available from £70.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Higher Ground operates from a corner of Faulkner House on New York Street, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a place on Opinionated About Dining's European casual list. The kitchen draws much of its produce from Cinderwood, the team's own Cheshire market garden, and serves sharing plates that run from air-dried culatello to Scottish turbot. It is one of the more considered mid-price options in Manchester's city centre.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A natural wine bar and small-plates restaurant on Murray Street in Ancoats, Erst has held a Michelin Plate since 2024 and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list three years running. Patrick Withington's kitchen produces sharply constructed dishes from prime seasonal materials, while the drinks list skews heavily toward natural wines. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 1pm.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Occupying the Belle Époque dining room of Manchester's grade II-listed Midland Hotel, Adam Reid at The French translates northern English culinary tradition into a focused multi-course set menu. Reid's cooking draws on regional provenance, Sladesdown Farm duck, day-boat cod, Stichelton blue cheese, within a darkly romantic, mirrored interior that frames the meal as occasion. Holders of a 2025 Michelin Plate and ranked 604th in the Opinionated About Dining Europe list.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Under the railway arches of Manchester's Green Quarter, The Spärrows holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for its house-made dumplings, spätzle, and filled pasta, a format that draws on Alpine and Eastern European tradition while keeping prices firmly at the accessible end of the city's dining spectrum. The wine list leans toward smaller producers, with a sake selection and an attached bottle shop rounding out a programme that runs well beyond the kitchen.
Manchester, United Kingdom
On the eighth floor of a Parsonage office block, Climat earns its place in Manchester's serious dining conversation through a wine-led approach and a concise fixed-price menu the kitchen describes as 'Parisian ex-pat'. A Star Wine List award-winner in both 2023 and 2024, it pairs thoughtful sourcing with panoramic city views, making it one of the more considered rooftop dining propositions in the city centre.
Manchester, United Kingdom
MAYA brings Richard Sandoval's Mexican-modern format to Manchester's Canal Street quarter, earning a Michelin Plate and La Liste recognition in 2025. The kitchen works across Mexican and modern cuisine registers, with a wine list running to 500 selections. Open for dinner from Monday through Sunday, with weekend lunch service added on Saturday and Sunday.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Eddie Shepherd's Whalley Range underground restaurant operates on a strict limited-capacity format, sending twelve plant-based courses through a sequence of technical precision that has drawn visiting chefs from across Europe. Ranked #520 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe for 2025, it sits in a narrow tier of serious vegetarian tasting menus in the UK. Book well ahead, seats are genuinely scarce.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder since at least 2024, El Gato Negro occupies three floors on King Street, running from a street-level tapas bar through an open-kitchen counter to a rooftop terrace above. The cooking leans on Spanish classical technique, Josper-grilled meats, charcuterie boards, and a Iberian-led wine list, at a price point that sits well below Manchester's tasting-menu tier.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Michelin Plate-recognised bistro on Deansgate Mews inside Manchester's Great Northern development, Another Hand serves vegetarian-led sharing plates sourced from local and ethical growers, paired with low-intervention wines and craft beers. Expect punchy, inventive flavour combinations at a mid-range price point (££) in an approachable, lively room.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A reconditioned late-Georgian pub on Blossom Street, Edinburgh Castle sits at the heart of Ancoats, Manchester's most closely watched regeneration district. The cooking moves well beyond the building's pub origins, with market-driven seasonal dishes drawing from Roman, coastal, and British farmhouse traditions. Sunday lunch draws a crowd, but the weekday menu is where the kitchen makes its sharpest arguments.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A counter-dining room tucked behind a cocktail bar on Bridge Street, Stow is one of Manchester's most committed open-fire kitchens. The short, regularly changing menu puts ex-dairy beef, whole fish, and coal-roasted vegetables through live-fire technique, watched close-up from a compact chef's table. The all-French wine list and excellent draught cocktails complete a format that punches well above its cramped square footage.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Occupying a listed Victorian courthouse on Deansgate, Hawksmoor Manchester has anchored the city's serious steakhouse tier since 2015. British-bred, grass-fed, dry-aged beef drives the menu, backed by a cocktail program and a wine list that climbs into four-figure territory. Opinionated About Dining has ranked it among Europe's leading casual dining rooms in both 2024 and 2025.
Manchester, United Kingdom
On Princess Street, Winsome occupies the more direct end of Manchester's dining spectrum: a stripped-back brasserie where cold cuts, whole fish, hearty pies, and mixed grills arrive with obvious ingredient quality and none of the fine-dining ceremony. Compared to the tasting-menu tier that dominates Manchester's Michelin conversation, Winsome reads as a deliberate counter-position, confident in its gutsy cooking and youthful service.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Grade II-listed townhouse just off Albert Square, 10 Tib Lane runs across three levels with two dining rooms above a natural wine bar. The kitchen produces a seasonally shifting menu of sharing plates, spring beef tartare, cured sea bream, slow-cooked lamb shoulder, anchored in current British produce culture and delivered by staff who draw consistent reader praise. Sunday roasts with Bloody Marys and Jersey oysters round out the week.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Perched on the twentieth floor of No 1 Spinningfields, 20 Stories pairs panoramic views stretching to the Pennines with a kitchen that takes North Country produce seriously. The à la carte runs from braised lamb shoulder to pan-roasted cod, while a wine list drawing from 600 bins across five Eurocave fridges gives the room genuine depth. Set lunches and pre-theatre menus make the altitude accessible at different price points.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Step off the Northern Quarter’s lively streets into a quietly elegant enclave where Parisian classics meet Manchester’s modern verve. At 63 Degrees, a French Chef-Owner crafts escargots, chou farçi, and silken crème brûlée with precise, classical technique, while a surprising burger chapter—think lobster and pigeon alongside prime beef—signals playful luxury. This family-run hideaway marries warmth and savoir-faire, with the Chef’s son leading the floor and an atmosphere that whispers of neighborhood intimacy. Expect layered sauces, impeccably judged textures, and a menu that rewards curiosity—a rich refuge for informed travelers seeking authenticity, skill, and an unmistakably French soul.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Bangkok Diners Club in Manchester serves contemporary, Isaan-focused Thai cuisine with a fire-driven twist. Must-try plates include raw bass with calamansi nam jim, salt-aged beef nam tok salad with bone marrow aioli, and battered pickled onion rings with curry salt. Set on the first floor above the historic Edinburgh Castle pub in Ancoats, the restaurant pairs smoky barbecue techniques with authentic northeastern Thai flavours for lively, shareable dining. Praised by The Good Food Guide (April 2025) and led by chef Ben Humphreys with Bo Humphreys guiding front of house, the kitchen offers neat, lively plates that deliver bright citrus, smoky depth, and textural contrast in every bite. Reservations are recommended for peak evenings.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A compact, tiled tapas bar on Beech Road in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Bar San Juan delivers a textbook Madrid-style spread in a room that earns genuine reader loyalty. Tables are hard to come by given the size of the place, but the payoff is a Spanish-speaking team, proper papas bravas, and a short wine list that holds its regional nerve. The kind of neighbourhood bar that Manchester's inner suburbs do well when they commit to the format.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Michelin Plate holder tucked into a Market Street kiosk, Bell operates at the accessible end of Manchester's modern cuisine scene without conceding on ambition. Small in footprint, serious in intent.
Manchester, United Kingdom
On the waterside at New Islington Marina, Flawd is a compact bottle shop, wine bar and sharing-plate room that combines a regularly changing blackboard menu of largely plant-focused dishes with a serious natural wine programme. Expect Lancaster smoked mackerel, Garstang Blue, and sourdough from neighbouring Pollen bakery, alongside low-intervention bottles sourced from small producers across the globe.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Gary Usher's Didsbury bistro trades ceremony for confidence: clothless tables, exposed brick, and a menu that runs from black olive arancini to dry-aged beef fat Eccles cake without ever losing its nerve. Lunchtime and early weekday sittings offer strong value, while wine-pairing evenings add a more structured format. A neighbourhood restaurant with genuine cooking behind it.
Salford, United Kingdom
Part of Salford's Greengate development, Kallos Cafe & Wine Bar moves through the day from brunch spot to wine bar and meze restaurant with quiet confidence. The evening menu draws on Greek and broader Mediterranean traditions, with flatbreads, chickpea stew, and high-end tinned fish anchoring a format built for return visits. Caring service and an all-day format make it one of the more coherent neighbourhood operations in the area.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Manchester Area.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A MICHELIN Selected hotel on Piccadilly, ABode Manchester occupies a converted Victorian building that places it squarely in Manchester's heritage-conversion tier.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Dakota Manchester occupies a converted warehouse on Ducie Street in the Northern Quarter's southern fringe, selected by the Michelin Guide Hotels 2025. The property brings the Dakota brand's signature dark-toned interiors and considered service to one of the UK's most energetically reconfigured city centres, sitting in a tier of Manchester hotels that prioritise atmosphere over ceremony.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Forty-Seven occupies a converted address on Peter Street, one of Manchester's most architecturally layered streets, and carries a 2025 Michelin Selected designation that positions it among the city's more considered hotel options. The property trades on atmosphere and location rather than scale, making it a useful reference point for travellers weighing character-led stays against the larger branded options nearby.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Victorian Gothic landmark on Oxford Street, the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel occupies one of Manchester's most architecturally significant buildings. The hotel sits at the intersection of heritage preservation and contemporary hospitality, with a dining programme that reflects the city's broader shift toward serious food and drink. For visitors who want proximity to the city centre without forfeiting character, it positions itself firmly in the upper tier of Manchester's independent-spirited luxury options.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Michelin Selected hotel occupying a Victorian bank building on one of Manchester city centre's most architecturally coherent streets, King Street Townhouse places guests within walking distance of the civic quarter, the Northern Quarter, and Spinningfields. The address does most of the work: history above, the city's commercial and cultural pulse immediately outside. It sits in Manchester's upper-mid hotel tier alongside properties like Hotel Gotham and Kimpton Clocktower.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Leven Manchester occupies a considered position in the city's boutique hotel tier, holding a MICHELIN Selected distinction for 2025. Located on Chorlton Street in the heart of the city centre, it offers an alternative to the larger branded properties nearby, compact in scale, deliberate in format, and suited to guests who prioritise the quality of the room itself over amenity sprawl.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Malmaison Manchester occupies a converted railway building on Piccadilly, placing it at the intersection of the city's industrial heritage and its contemporary hotel offer. A Michelin Selected property for 2025, it sits in the mid-to-upper tier of city-centre hotels, distinguished by its moody, design-led interior and a food and drink programme built around sourcing from British producers.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Moxy Manchester City sits in the affordable-design tier of central Manchester hotels, earning a place on the Michelin Selected Hotels 2025 list at 8 Atkinson Street. The property positions itself against louder, pricier city-centre options with a format built around social common spaces and compact, well-considered rooms. For travellers who want Michelin-acknowledged quality without the rates of the boutique independents, it is a credible anchor in the city.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Michelin Selected aparthotel occupying a converted Victorian warehouse on Ducie Street, Native Manchester sits in Manchester's emerging Northern Quarter fringe, where industrial heritage and contemporary hospitality overlap. The property offers apartment-format accommodation within a building whose bones predate the city's modern reinvention, making it a reference point for travellers who want architectural context alongside practical space.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Michelin Selected hotel occupying a Victorian Gothic mansion at the edge of Bruntwood Park in Cheadle, Oddfellows On The Park offers a design-led alternative to Manchester's city-centre hotel circuit. The setting trades urban density for parkland calm while keeping a credible aesthetic position, enough character to read as a destination in its own right, not merely a suburban fallback.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A Michelin Selected hotel occupying one of Manchester's most architecturally significant financial buildings, the Stock Exchange Hotel sits at the intersection of heritage preservation and contemporary hospitality. The dining programme anchors the property's identity, drawing visitors as much as overnight guests. Located on Norfolk Street in the city centre, it competes in the upper tier of Manchester's independent luxury hotel set.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Occupying the Grade II*-listed Free Trade Hall on Peter Street, The Edwardian Manchester sits at the intersection of nineteenth-century civic architecture and contemporary five-star hospitality. Following a multi-million-pound redesign, the hotel houses Peter Street Kitchen's Japanese and Mexican small-plates programme alongside a Champagne afternoon tea bar, spa with pool, and suites with city-facing outdoor space.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Sitting on the Irwell riverfront at Chapel Wharf, The Lowry Hotel holds MICHELIN Selected status in the 2025 guide, placing it among Manchester's most consistently recognised addresses for overnight stays. The hotel occupies a sharp modernist building in Salford, minutes from the city centre, and draws both corporate and leisure travellers who want proximity to Manchester without the noise of the core.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Velvet Hotel sits on Canal Street in Manchester's Gay Village, earning Michelin Selected recognition in 2025. The address places guests within walking distance of the city's most concentrated dining and nightlife corridor, while the hotel's independent character sets it apart from the branded properties that dominate Manchester's upper-mid tier.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Didsbury House Hotel occupies a Victorian townhouse on Didsbury Park, one of south Manchester's most composed residential addresses. The property sits apart from the city centre hotel cluster, trading urban proximity for a quieter, more residential character that suits guests arriving for rest as much as activity. Its position in Didsbury places it within walking distance of the village's independent restaurants and green spaces.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Hotel Gotham occupies a landmark Art Deco building on King Street, one of Manchester's most architecturally considered addresses. The property sits in the upper tier of the city's independent luxury hotels, where heritage fabric and considered service count for more than chain-hotel uniformity. For travellers who want a base with genuine character in central Manchester, it warrants serious attention.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Nobu Hotel Manchester sits in a city where hotel design now carries as much weight as postcode, service model, and restaurant access.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Whitworth Locke occupies a converted Victorian warehouse on Princess Street, placing guests within walking distance of Manchester's Civic Quarter institutions and the Northern Quarter's independent scene. The aparthotel format, full kitchens, generous floor areas, sits in a different tier from conventional hotel rooms, drawing longer-stay visitors and those who prefer space over hotel-service formality. Among Manchester's design-led options, it reads as the city's most address-conscious extended-stay proposition.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Manchester Area.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Ranked #95 on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2023 and #224 in the Top 500 Bars for 2025, Schofield's occupies a handsome corner of Sunlight House in central Manchester, positioning itself among the UK's most credentialled cocktail addresses.
Manchester, United Kingdom
A reconditioned late-Georgian pub on Blossom Street, Edinburgh Castle sits at the heart of Ancoats, Manchester's most closely watched regeneration district. The cooking moves well beyond the building's pub origins, with market-driven seasonal dishes drawing from Roman, coastal, and British farmhouse traditions. Sunday lunch draws a crowd, but the weekday menu is where the kitchen makes its sharpest arguments.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Sexy Fish brings its London-born formula of high-energy dining and theatrical interiors to Deansgate, occupying a position in Manchester's premium restaurant tier where spectacle and substance are expected to coexist. The Manchester outpost carries the brand's reputation for gracious service alongside its appetite for bold, immersive environments, placing it firmly in the upper bracket of the city's destination dining scene.
Manchester, United Kingdom
APT Disco belongs to Manchester’s late-night bar conversation rather than the formal cocktail-counter tier.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Manchester's seafood bar scene has a focused, no-frills tier that prioritises the produce over the theatre, and Bar Shrimp sits squarely in that bracket. Positioned in a city where casual dining has sharpened considerably over the past decade, it offers a seafood-led format that suits both counter eating and a longer session. Check current booking availability before you visit, as walk-in capacity can be limited.
Manchester, United Kingdom
On Dale Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter, Fell occupies the intersection of neighbourhood bar and craft-focused drinks venue that defines the area's current drinking culture. The room rewards those who arrive without a fixed agenda, and the program draws on both local sensibility and technique borrowed from further afield. Sit at the bar and let the list do the talking.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Matt & Phreds Jazz Club on Tib Street has anchored Manchester's live music and late-night drinking scene for years, occupying a Northern Quarter address that places it squarely within the city's most concentrated stretch of independent bars and venues. The format combines live jazz programming with a full bar, making it one of the few places in the city where a milestone evening can run from early drinks through to a late set without changing postcodes.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Science And Industry occupies a corner of Manchester's Northern Quarter where the city's industrial past and its current obsession with considered drinking converge. The bar sits on Thomas Street, a stretch that has quietly become one of the more serious addresses for craft cocktails in the north of England, drawing a crowd that arrives with intention rather than impulse.
Manchester, United Kingdom
On Tib Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter, The Daisy occupies a stretch of the city's most concentrated independent bar scene. The cocktail programme draws from the neighbourhood's appetite for technique-led drinking, placing it alongside the small cluster of bars that have quietly shifted how Manchester approaches the glass. An address worth knowing before the weekend crowds arrive.
Manchester, United Kingdom
The Ivy Spinningfields Brasserie occupies a glass pavilion on Byrom Street in Manchester's Spinningfields quarter, bringing the brand's recognisable all-day brasserie format to the north of England. The space trades in theatrical dining room design, a broad menu that runs from brunch through late-night, and a cocktail list pitched at the area's professional crowd. It sits in the mid-to-upper tier of Manchester's brasserie circuit.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Manchester Area.
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