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Roll with it: the best places for breakfast in Manchester

12 months ago

One odd feature of modern Manchester life is that the only time you see people queueing outside a restaurant is pre-11am. Going out for breakfast, or its late-rising relation brunch, has become a weekend ritual that’s worth standing out in the rain for, apparently. A habit that’s even more strange considering how many other great options you have in this city, no queue necessary.

Here we’ve listed 25+ of our favourite places for breakfast in Manchester (and we’ve still got more to add). From the bacon naan roll at Dishoom to the signature E&G omelette at Ezra and Gil to the freshly-baked cruffins at Albert’s Schloss, all of them hit the spot when it comes to the first, and best, meal of the day.

  • Roast dinner and a pint at 11 Central in Mediacity Manchester.
    Book Now Salford Quays

    11 Central

    Bars

    11 Central is another venture for Seven Bro7hers, only this time their Sis4ers are on board too so the bar is a fantastic mix of craft beer and craft gin.

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  • The Alan Breakfast
    Book Now Manchester City Centre

    The Alan

    Restaurant - Modern British

    With its neutral hues and natural foliage, stripped-back bricks and leather booths, The Alan is a tranquil space in which to enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner – the open-plan kitchen serves all day from first thing till late evening – or indeed coffee and cocktails in the bar.

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  • Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Atlas Bar

    Restaurant - Bar

    Atlas Bar is known as one of the originals of Manchester’s modern cafe-bar scene. And for its extensive collection of gins – over 570 varieties and counting.

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  • Deansgate

    Bruncho

    Restaurant - Mediterranean

    Bruncho is a relaxed brunch spot on Deansgate focusing on Turkish specialities. The food is healthy and satisfying with a feeling of sunshine thanks to the Mediterranean diet. Of course, if various healthy iterations of poached eggs just don’t do it for you, then stamp on your fitbit and order pistachio baklava French toast instead.

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  • Bottomless brunch at Brewdog Doghouse in Manchester
    Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Brewdog DogHouse Bar & Rooftop

    Restaurant - American

    There are two ways to eat at the Doghouse, at the ground floor BrewDog Bar or upstairs on the rooftop. Take your pick from everything from “monster burgers” to buffalo hot-wings, but whichever you choose, BrewDog’s Doghouse is a beer lover’s dream.

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  • Manchester City Centre

    Haunt

    Restaurant - European

    When Peter Street lost its Caffe Nero it gained Haunt, an independent coffee shop and wine bar. Stepping inside, you feel like this corner spot in the beautiful St George’s House, with its views of the Midland Hotel and Central Library, has finally got the classy occupier it deserves.

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  • Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Junction

    Restaurant - Global

    Junction is the new all-day destination at Manchester Central. It’s ideal for conference delegates but it’s also open to the general public and thank goodness. This bar, restaurant and social workspace does everything from coffee to cocktails with consummate flair.

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  • Book Now Piccadilly

    Malmaison Manchester Piccadilly Bar & Grill

    Restaurant - American

    Malmaison Manchester Piccadilly Bar & Grill isn’t just for overnight guests, its reputation for cocktails, quality beef and a buzzing atmosphere mean it’s respected as a restaurant in its own right.

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  • Book Now Northern Quarter

    The Pen & Pencil

    Restaurant - Global

    The Pen and Pencil is the Northern Quarter’s cool all-day hangout, modelled on the New York bar of the same name popular with the city’s journalists and ad men in the 1950s and 1960s. It has a reputation for great cocktails, quality food and an atmosphere that makes it stand out from nearby imitators.

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  • Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Piccolino Caffe Grande Manchester

    Restaurant - Italian

    With its terrace overlooking Albert Square and Manchester Town Hall, and a beautiful interior featuring a 40-seater private dining room, an open kitchen, and an oyster bar, Piccolino Caffé Grande Manchester is a real destination restaurant. (And, notably, it’s one that doesn’t price people out of the experience.)

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  • The terrace at Seven Brothers Middlewood Locks
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    Seven Bro7hers Middlewood Locks

    Restaurant - American

    Seven Bro7hers in Salford at the Middlewood Locks development is the ideal place for some al fresco eating and drinking by the canal, it’s scenic in a gentrified industrial waterside way. The inside is done out well too – handsome and high-ceilinged but with board games and a cosiness that bely the concrete and brick finish. It’s the perfect distance from town too as it’s short enough to be a pleasant stroll (about 7 minutes from Chapel Street) but far enough that you feel like you deserve a pint and a burger when you get there.

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    Seven Bro7hers Media City

    Restaurant - American

    A stone’s throw from their brewery and taproom, Salford alemeisters Seven Bro7hers have a beerhouse and kitchen with outside space right in the heart of MediaCity, where they’re serving up “the best pints in town” alongside a choice of hand food with which to mop up the hop.

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  • Inside Albert's Schloss, the Bavarian-inspired cook haus and bier palace in Manchester city centre.
    Manchester City Centre

    Albert’s Schloss

    Restaurant - European

    Albert’s Schloss is a Bavarian-inspired fun palace of extraordinary dimensions and clever design. Behind the glistening tiles of the former Manchester and Salford Wesleyan Mission building (est in 1910) you’ll discover a vast bar, real fires, perfectly preserved original plaster, and a wall stuffed generously with flowers by floral artists’ Frog. You’ll also find a stage, DJ booth and network of beer pipes and tanks serving unpasturised Pilsner Urquell to hordes of adoring punters.

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  • All the Shapes - an independent coffee shop and bar in Prestwich, Manchester
    Prestwich

    All The Shapes

    Restaurant - Bar

    All The Shapes has that relaxed café-bar, all-day-eatery thing nailed. It’s the sort of place where you feel equally comfortable rocking up with toddlers in tow or drinking your way through the craft beer range until closing time.

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  • Chorlton

    Barbakan Deli

    Groceries

    The folks at Barbakan have been nose to the grindstone for over 50 years – they were here long before Chorlton became a hip coffee culture destination.

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  • California Coffee and Wine Altrincham Tacos
    Altrincham

    California Coffee & Wine

    Restaurant - American

    California Coffee & Wine is a ray of SoCal sunshine. The Cal-Mex flavours served up are fresher and sharper than typical Tex-Mex offerings and everything feels clean and wholesome – if you give the sausage and bacon mega stack a swerve.

    The food doesn’t take itself too seriously, it’s just there to be enjoyed. Expect dishes like San Fran salmon, all scrambled eggs and wilted spinach with some spectacular smoked fish from the Manchester Smokehouse or ranch beans with tortilla, smashed avocado, Cali salsa and plenty of zing from fresh chillies and spring onions.

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  • Sheer Khurmar at Dishoom Manchester
    Spinningfields

    Dishoom

    Restaurant - Indian subcontinent

    Dishoom is a legend in its own lunchtime and that’s exactly how it likes things. It’s not enough to serve up top-notch Indian dishes in grand surroundings; there’s a story behind the menu too. But when the food is this good it doesn’t need to hide behind tall tales.

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  • Ducie Street Warehouse
    Northern Quarter

    Ducie Street Warehouse

    Restaurant - Modern British

    Ducie Street Warehouse is all sorts of things, but one of those things is a restaurant. It’s an all-day affair with everything from classic brunches to late-night cocktails. On the menu you’ll find a good selection of small sharing dishes and large plates – it’s a sociable kind of place. And of course, you’ll also find Ducie Street Warehouse’s signature focaccia flatbreads.

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  • Roast squash with labneh and zhoug at Evelyn's in the NQ
    Northern Quarter

    Evelyn’s

    Restaurant - Global

    Evelyn’s is a very clever restaurant. It’s from the chaps behind Mughli so expect a quality operation although it is very different to the standout star of Curry Mile.

    It’s a light and leafy sort of place, both in the surroundings and on the plate. Evelyn’s offers a fresher, healthier take on dining out but despite that, it won’t leave you feeling like you’re at a well-being bootcamp. There are still things like apple crumble and custard on the menu.

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  • The almond milk porridge served at Ezra & Gil Peter Street - a coffee shop and brunch place in Manchester city centre.
    Manchester City Centre

    Ezra and Gil Peter Street

    Restaurant - Coffee

    The opening of Ezra & Gil Peter Street in 2021 was greeted with glee by brunch and coffee hunters this side of the city centre. Like their NQ venue, this new place is well-run and well-thought out, with a menu that suits weekend loungers and grab-and-go office workers. 

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  • Federal Northern Quarter, Brunch, French Toast, Eggs, Coffee
    Northern Quarter

    Federal Manchester NQ

    Restaurant - Global

    Keeping the Northern Quarter fed and watered since 2014, the first Federal is a daytime destination a stone’s throw from the Shudehill transport hub. Dishing up brunch stalwarts the likes of smashed avo and smoked salmon bagels, alongside bigger plates such as steak and eggs, it’ll set you up alright.

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  • Grandpa Greene's sells ice cream by the canal in Diggle
    Diggle

    Grandpa Greene’s Luxury Ice Cream

    Restaurant

    Perched by the canal in the picturesque village of Diggle, near Oldham, Grandpa Greene’s is best known for its award-winning homemade ice cream. It’s also a warm and inviting licensed cafe with glass fronted terraces and indoor dining. 

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  • Northern Quarter

    Idle Hands

    Restaurant - Global

    Idle Hands have a super-tight following – who helped by setting up a crowd-funding campaign in their honour when the chips were down – and, as a result, there’s a strong community focus at this coffee shop and kitchen, which started life on Piccadilly Station Approach in early 2015.

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  • A bowl of soup at Jackalope, a cafe bar in Sale
    Sale

    Jackalope

    Restaurant

    The Jackalope may be a mythical beast but fortunately a top-notch brunch at Sale’s relaxed café bar is reassuringly real.

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  • Northern Quarter

    The Koffee Pot

    Restaurant - Coffee

    This greasy spoon with indie cool is a true Mancunian institution. Established in 1978, the Koffee Pot used to live on Stevenson Square before it moved round the corner to Oldham Street. Nowadays it’s a café by day and taco bar by night. Think bar that does fry-ups and you’re on the right track.

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  • One of the brunch dishes at Leo and Roobs - a neighbourhood cafe in Salford.
    Blackfriars

    Leo and Roobs

    Cafes

    Named after the owner’s kids, Leo and Rubes is a neighbourhood cafe from the folks behind The Black Friar. It’s all about fresh, healthy, and comforting food, whipped up from scratch by head chef Morgan Lane (formerly with Pot Kettle Black).

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  • Steak from Tender Cow at Mackie Mayor, a food hall in Manchester.
    Northern Quarter

    Mackie Mayor

    Restaurant - Global

    Mackie Mayor is a cosmopolitan food hall located in an 1858 Grade II listed market building on the edge of Manchester’s Northern Quarter.

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  • Coffee and pastel de nata at the Old Fire Station, Salford.
    Salford

    The Old Fire Station

    Bakeries

    The Old Fire Station is a café, bar, bakery and brewery tap with a real community feel. It’s a part of the University of Salford but it’s open to everyone.

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  • Greater Manchester

    Pollen Bakery

    Bakeries

    After an initial stint tucked away in an archway near Piccadilly, this airy bakery and cafe moved to a spot overlooking New Islington’s marina. Since then Pollen Bakery has bagged Best Food and Drink Retailer at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards, and been listed in the Sunday Times top 20 UK bakeries.

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  • Northern Quarter

    Siop Shop

    Restaurant - British

    Head to this Welsh-inspired daytime cafe for “gwasanaethau coffi a thoes”, or coffee and pastry services. It’s known primarily as a donut shop but it offers a little more on the sweet treats front, including a number of specials, plus a few baked savoury snacks.

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  • Sugar Junction, a cafe in the Northern Quarter, Manchester
    Northern Quarter

    Sugar Junction

    Restaurant - Global

    With a very vintage vibe, homemade cake and cocktails, and tempting hot and cold plates dished up all day every day in the heart of the Northern Quarter, Sugar Junction is the perfect go-to for ladies who brunch.

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  • Brunch at Wilson's Social in the Northern Quarter, Manchester.
    Northern Quarter

    Wilson’s Social

    Restaurant - Global

    NQ bar and eatery Wilson’s Social is equally popular with daytime brunchers, co-workers and late night drinkers. Situated on the corner of Stevenson Square and Oldham Street, this glass-fronted space is light and airy in the daytime and buzzing at night with DJs and live music every weekend.

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