Where to celebrate graduation in Manchester

Add some subterranean glamour to your graduation meal at Australasia.

With its mix of traditional pub architecture and a modern atrium that brings the outside in, The Black Friar is great for summer celebrations, whatever the weather. It has a very photogenic flower-filled entrance too – perfect for posing for a family photograph.

Home to a number of independent kitchens, Exhibition is a great choice if everyone has different tastes.

Grand Pacific adds grandeur to graduation dinners with its opulent styling. Perfect for feeling special – after all you deserve something fancy after all that hard work.

KAJI is a cool option for graduation meals with live fire cooking and global influences.

Location-wise, The Laureate Restaurant is the pick of the bunch, a mortar board’s throw from the University of Manchester.

If your parents are staying over for the graduation ceremony, why not book a meal at Loom & Ladle Bistro?

Malmaison Deansgate Bar & Grill is another good option if your graduation guests are also looking for a hotel. Celebrate with steaks and Champagne in the restaurant.

Keep it local with graduation celebrations in Didsbury. Namaste Nepal is a great option for a family curry.

If you want Italian food with some style and sparkle for your graduation celebrations, you need to book Piccolino Caffe Grande Manchester.

Sora Manchester turns graduation dinners into a real celebration with stunning city views from the rooftop restaurant.

A first class degree (in fact any degree) deserves first class cooking and that’s what you’ll find at this fine dining hotspot.

Wing’s is Manchester’s famous restaurant that takes Chinese cooking to another level. It’s the ideal place for a family celebration.

20 Stories is one for high achievers. The sky-high restaurant offers great views, cocktails and impressive dining.

You may have eaten plenty of curries during your time at university but Asha’s makes it really special. This is a high-end place for refined Indian food.

Get your parents to treat you to a quality steak at Blacklock Manchester – much better than subsisting on budget mince.

Climat is a grown-up restaurant with top service, top wine and top food as well as rooftop views. A good way to celebrate becoming a proper grown-up.

Louis is a traditional restaurant but not in a chintzy or old-fashioned way. It evokes NY glamour with Rat Pack cool.

Porta Didsbury is a classy option if you want to stay in South Manchester rather than celebrating your graduation in the city centre.

Sexy Fish offers an OTT glamour take on Pan-Asian dining that is a lot of fun. If you’re looking for accommodation over graduation, there’s also an unmissable deal with The Alan Hotel that also includes dinner at Sexy Fish.

Tender is located in Manchester’s Stock Exchange Hotel. It’s a sumptuous restaurant headed up by Michelin-starred Chef Niall Keating if you really want to graduate in style.