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Best restaurants in Manchester
Published 20 April 2024

Looking for the best restaurants in Manchester? Manchester's restaurant and dining scene has now matured beyond the days of drinking food only. If you're out and about in Manchester you'll find a plethora of locally sourced, seasonal menus to tuck into alongside brilliant bakeries and natural wine bars a plenty. Find below some of our recommendations and favourite places to eat in Manchester.

27 restaurants
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Manchester , Greater Manchester

Another Hand

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Manchester, Greater Manchester

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A modern version of an old idea: The best food halls in Manchester

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? A food hall or a market hall? Indoor street stalls, micro-restaurants or a posse of static food trucks lined up like a covered caravan park? Takeaways that are not-takeaways. Eating in or eating out, food vendors or food shops, boundaries and definitions are increasingly blurred. Whatever you call it, this hybrid way of grazing-cum-eating (and shopping) has become increasingly familiar in cities such as Manchester. Clarissa Hyman enjoys a tour of the best Manchester has to offer.