The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over £40)
$$$ (£30 to £39)
$$ (£20 to £29)
$ (up to £20)
These prices are based on the cost of a three-course meal for one, including a half-bottle of house wine or equivalent (where available).
Le Mont Located in the architecturally stunning
Urbis building, this restaurant serves up exceptional food with stunning views Manchester’s urban landscape from the fifth and sixth floor tables. Exquisite modern French cuisine and the
unique and impressive ambience make Le Mont a very attractive place to dine.
Urbis, Corporation Street, Cathedral Gardens
Tel: (0161) 605 8282.
Website:
www.urbis.org.uk Price: $$$$
Gaucho Grill
Gaucho Grill is a stylish and spacious Argentinian eatery housed in a former Methodist hall that has been transformed into a striking and opulent restaurant with two mezzanine areas and a bar. While it specializes in wonderfully succulent Argentinian beef, all the items on the menu are flavorsome representatives of the Argentinian kitchen at its best.
2a St Mary’s Street
Tel: (0161) 833 4333.
Website:
www.gaucho-grill.com/restaurants Price: $$$$
The Obsidian Bar and Restaurant The ultra-modern look of
The Obsidian earned it
Time Out’s best newcomer of the year award in 2004. The style is sleek uptown New York, and the cuisine is a mix of local, North-West elements and impulses from modern European cooking generally. Guests can choose between the a la carte menu and several set menus.
18-24 Princess Street
Tel: (0161) 238 4348.
Website:
www.obsidianmanchester.co.uk Price: $$$-$$$$
Café Istanbul This is a lovely family-run restaurant which has a great atmosphere and a reasonably priced menu to match. The cuisine is classic Turkish, and the lamb dishes are wonderful. The mixed chargrill dishes offer delightful experiences for any meat lover.
79/81 Bridge Street
Tel: (0161) 833 9942.
Website:
www.cafeistanbul.co.uk Price: $$$
Panama Hatty’s Restaurant
Global cuisine is on offer at this restaurant, which opened in 2005 in central Manchester. There are dishes from all corners of the world and plenty of exotic ingredients and combinations. The colorful and vibrant interior complements the food perfectly. An interesting restaurant with spark and spirit.
43a Brown Street (off King Street)
Tel: (0161) 832 8688.
Website:
www.panamahattys.co.uk Price: $$$
Love Saves The Day This award-winning café bar, wine merchant and deli provides quality food and drink to eat in, take away or buy online.
53-55 Thomas Street
Tel: (0161) 839 0470.
Website:
www.lovesavestheday.co.uk Price: $$
Cornerhouse Café A short walk west of Piccadilly Gardens at the Cornerhouse Cinema, this café serves a good range of snacks and meals at reasonable prices.
70 Oxford Road
Tel: (0161) 236 6184.
Website:
www.cornerhouse.org Price: $
Nightlife:With its distinct urban flavor, Manchester has a plethora of traditional pubs, trendy bars and clubs liberally scattered around the city. Catering to young urbanites, a 60,000-strong student community and legions of traditional drinkers, Manchester really is a city with everything to choose from and you don’t have to walk far before you find something that suits your mood.
Although now becoming something of a tourist attraction, Manchester’s Gay Village along Canal Street is a thriving area that is busy throughout the day and really comes to life at night. Bars and clubs abound and are popular with the both the gay and straight scenes. Many venues on Canal Street serve meals during the day and early evening before the space is turned over to dance floors for the evening crowd; try
Velvet for its good atmosphere and great service. West of here is the bustling area of Castlefield and Deansgate Locks that are awash with trendy bars and clubs. Set along the picturesque canal, Castlefield has lots of outdoor drinking venues so is great for summer drinking; try
Dukes 92, 18 Castle Street (website:
www.dukes92.com) for its large outdoor area. Several of Deansgate Lock’s lounge bars have late licenses and keep open well past midnight. Popular places include
Loaf, Arches 3a & 5;
Revolution, Arch 7; and
Baa Bar, Arch 11. Heading south out of the city along Oxford Road into ‘Student Land’, the
Sand Bar, 120 Grosvenor Street, is a great place for a drink that is popular with the city’s trendy folk and the more discerning student clientele.
Clubbing is an integral part of the city’s nightlife. Modern day clubbing institutions include
Sankeys, Radium Street (website: http://sankeys.info) and
Dry Bar, Oldham Street (website:
www.drybar.co.uk), both in the trendy Northern Quarter close to Piccadilly Gardens. There are several good places at
The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove.
Paparazzi is a sexy, stylish club with great music and variously themed party nights,
Pure offers dancing until daybreak, and
Norwegian Blue, a chill-out coffee place during the day, has a good party atmosphere at night.
With a rich musical heritage that spawned such bands as the Smiths, the Happy Mondays, the Stone Roses and Oasis, needless to say the city supports a thriving live music scene. Larger acts perform at the
Manchester Academy, Oxford Road University (website:
www.manchesteracademy.net), the
Apollo, Ardwick Green, the
MEN Arena, Victoria Station (website:
www.men-arena.com) or the massive
G-Mex, Whitworth Street (website:
www.g-mex.co.uk). For smaller, more intimate venues try the
Night and Day Café, 26 Oldham Street (website:
www.nightnday.org) with its mix of funky bands or the
Roadhouse, 8 Newton Street (website:
www.theroadhouselive.co.uk) for indie and rock acts. And although currently closed until 2007 for major building refurbishments,
Band on the Wall, 25 Swann Street, Northern Quarter (website:
www.bandonthewall.org) is a great venue that has a distinguished 30-year reputation for putting on some of the best live music from around the world. Jilly’s Rockworld, 65a Oxford Street (website:
www.jillys.co.uk/rockworld) has a reputation as one of the best rock clubs in the UK, with a repertoire including classic rock, nu-metal, emo, ska, punk, indie and thrash.
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