Tempest on Tithebarn
MerseysideTempest on Tithebarn is a social space filling your days from early-morning Neighbourhood Coffee and freshly baked pastries and cakes...
The Pen & Pencil
Northern QuarterWhatever level of hunger you’re anticipating, you’ll not have a rumbling tum for long next time you head on up...
Escape to Freight Island
Manchester City CentreFood hall meets music festival is how we’d describe Escape to Freight Island to anyone confused about what they’ll find...
Seven Bro7hers Ancoats
Manchester City CentreThis bar on Cutting Room Square from the Seven Bro7hers Brewery clan is perfectly placed to cater for the craft...
Seven Bro7hers Middlewood Locks
SalfordSeven Bro7hers in Salford at the Middlewood Locks development is the ideal place for some al fresco eating and drinking...
The Deaf Institute
Manchester City Centre***Bar and kitchen currently closed***
Burgerism at Escape to Freight Island
Manchester City CentreStarting life in a pick-up-only kitchen just off West Ashton St and Eccles New Road in Salford, Burgerism’s “lean, mean...
Paratha Hut
ManchesterAs legend (or at least the song) would have it, it's always cool at the carwash, and nothing's cooler than...
Almost Famous NQ
Northern QuarterNow a few minutes walk from its original site on High Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter, Almost Famous Manchester NQ...
The Crafty Pig
Northern QuarterWhatever it is you want to eat, you can be sure you'll find it, or some approximation of it, in...
Impossible
Manchester City CentreFirst and foremost a bar and nightclub, Impossible’s Instagram account is filled with a bevvy of posing beauties enjoying cocktails...
Lost Cat
Northern QuarterDon't be distracted by the flowers – walk through the florists out front and follow the neon sign ("cheap food...
Lucky Foot at Escape to Freight Island
Manchester City Centre“Free range birds, first class serves” goes the strapline of this too-cool-for-school chicken shop dreamt up by three mates who...
Bird Of Prey
Manchester City CentreIf you "understand and appreciate the awesomeness of a properly fried bird", this is the place for you – and...
Honest Burgers Manchester
Manchester City CentreThe new wave of burgers came crashing over the food scene and then receded, leaving closures and acid reflux. So...
The Vurger Co Manchester
Northern QuarterInspired by a trip to California, The Vurger Co started out as a market stall in 2016, its success seeing...
Red’s True Barbecue
Manchester City Centre"A twisted fairground of worship", apparently, and if it's meat you put on a pedestal, then you've come to the...
River North
MerseysideRiver North describes itself as a neighbourhood pub, but, with its bottomless brunches and fancy steaks, branded crockery and comprehensive...
Tariff & Dale
Northern QuarterTariff & Dale is a Northern Quarter institution – one of the first to colonize the Rochdale Canal frontier, bringing...
Alley Cats
West YorkshireAlley Cats is a must for music lovers and, to set the tone, the menu screams American diner, but with...
Mary & Archie Didsbury
ManchesterWith colourful decor, eclectic knick-knacks, plenty of potted plants and a bit of a Seventies vibe, Mary & Archie does...
Vegan Shack
Manchester City CentreLocal hit Vegan Shack started life in owner Dimeji Sadiq’s one bedroom Salford flat where he used to cook up...
The Font Manchester
Manchester City CentreBest known for the creativity and double-take cheapness of its cocktails, The Font Manchester is perhaps the closest you’ll get...
Sweet Diner
TamesideWith a moniker like Sweet Diner, you'd think it'd be all about the desserts, right? But take out the 15...
Sam’s Chop House
Manchester City CentreThe acclaimed and atmospheric Sam's Chop House serves British classics from a kitchen where flavour is king. Part of the...
LEAF West Kirby
MerseysideLEAF has headed over the water, and its West Kirby outpost continues the theme, with over 60 varieties of loose-leaf...
Cork & Fork
MerseysideThere's always something going on at this bustling Allerton road wine bar, from steak night and Sunday roasts to live...
LEAF Smithdown Rd
MerseysideLEAF’s fairly new local, up Allerton way, continues the theme, with over 60 varieties of loose-leaf tea (the OG LEAF...
Down The Hatch
MerseysideDownstairs on Duke Street, DTH promises some hellishly good scran in its vegan and vegetarian-friendly brick-lined junk food bunker, where...
Viet Shack Manchester Ancoats
Manchester City CentreNelson Lam and Leo Tran's Viet Shack empire started with a humble takeaway stall in the Arndale Market which quickly...
Globe Chorlton
ManchesterGlobe Chorlton describes itself as a world kitchen with cocktails. Think some of your favourite foods from far-flung places served...
Honest Burgers Liverpool
MerseysideThe Honest Burgers chain chose well when it selected the top end of Bold Street for its Liverpool branch; a...
Three Piggies Alehouse & Canteen
MerseysideThe Three Piggies Alehouse & Canteen looks like a transplant from a Cornish surfer town with its flaking driftwood walls,...
Al Dente
MerseysideAl Dente is a Mediterranean restaurant with an extensive, far-reaching menu that just about makes sense when you consider the...
Folk Didsbury
ManchesterFolk is a bit of an institution in Didsbury, having been on the scene for over a decade now. Even...
The Oast House
SpinningfieldsFrom the same stable as The Botanists around town, The Oast House boasts those "famous" Hanging Kebabs and, with its...
MerseyMade Gordon Smith Cafe
MerseysideThis unique cafe – housed in the Grade II-listed 19th-century former Gordon Smith Institute for Seamen (providing support and assistance...
Slim’s
MerseysideSlim’s is an American-style diner in the heart of Liverpool's eating and drinking district (not to be confused with the...
Peaberry
MerseysideDescribing itself as a "coffee house and kitchen", independent family-run business Peabody's does a bit of everything since first opening...
63 Degrees
Northern QuarterRan by husband and wife team Eric and Florence Moreau, 63 Degrees is a classic chef-proprieteur French restaurant with roots...
Chez Mal Brasserie
Manchester City CentreChez Mal Brasserie Manchester sells exactly the sort of European classics you might expect from a well-thought of boutique hotel...
The Marble Arch
Manchester City CentreThe Marble Arch is a pub. George Orwell may have named his ideal (and imaginary) pub The Moon Under Water...
Viet Shack Manchester Arndale
Manchester City CentreThere’s almost always a small crowd gathered around Viet Shack’s counter in the Arndale Food Market. Their menu of flavour-packed,...
Pippin’s Corner
MerseysidePippin’s Corner is a charming, family-friendly cafe-bistro that makes the most of its handsome corner spot on Lark Lane. Head...
Bill’s Liverpool
Bill’s began life as a quirky East Sussex market cafe before transmorphing into a crowd-pleasing chain and colonising city centres...
Fress
Northern QuarterEstablished in 2017 in what was then the outer reaches of the Northern Quarter, Fress remains resplendent in chic black-and-white tiles...
Quarter House
Northern QuarterQuarter House is the place to go for some good old American BBQ flavours. Yes, so it’s a trend that...
Mary & Archie Chorlton
ManchesterMary & Archie Chorlton is a well-loved neighbourhood cafe bar, sourcing the best local ingredients for their famous 'all-day' brunch...
Dovedale Towers
MerseysideFreddie Mercury lived here for a year, in what is now the events space, and John Lennon and Paul McCartney...
Six Trees Kitchen & Bar
TraffordPop in on your way back from the Trafford Centre – there's plenty to watch go by, and plenty of...
HOME
Manchester City CentreOne of Manchester’s flagship buildings, HOME is many things including cinema, theatre, art gallery and, of most interest to Confidential...
Frost Burgers Liverpool
MerseysidePlant-based burgers and dairy-free shakes from a tattoo-covered Instagram star: Frost Burgers was the most zeitgeisty place in Liverpool when...
The Alchemist Manchester New York Street
Manchester City CentreThe Alchemist on New York Street is the second of three Manchester venues and nicely turned out, with bags of...
The Baltic Social
MerseysideOne of many indies in the now buzzing Baltic Triangle creative district, you go to the Social for "quality food, boss...
The Gas Works Brewbar
Manchester City CentreThere’s no shortage of open kitchens on display in restaurants nowadays but few places can offer a working brewery as...
Trof
Northern QuarterTrof was the OG Mission Mars bar in Manchester and it’s still got ‘top Manchester night out’ written all over...
Jimmy’s Liverpool (kitchen closed)
MerseysideThis glam rock and roll boozer on Bold Street is a bar, music venue, and upstairs, a restaurant. And while...
Mustard
TraffordAmericana comes to Sale courtesy husband-and-wife team Gavin and Jane Gosnell's neighbourhood diner and bar Mustard with its all-day NYC-inspired...
The Clarence
Greater ManchesterThe décor doesn’t stray far from the original in The Clarence - a large, comfortable pub dating back to 1905....
Almost Famous Great Northern
Manchester City CentreAlmost Famous Manchester Great Northern is a local legend. It’s OTT in every way. It’s brash, bold and doesn’t seem...
Slyce
OldhamLike its sister restaurant Muse next door, Slyce brings a taste of the city to the bucolic surroundings of Uppermill.
The Banyan Tree
Manchester City CentreSituated on the Castlefield-Hulme border, The Banyan Tree is a neighbourhood eatery that’s much appreciated by the people living in...
The Bull & Bear
Manchester City CentreTom Kerridge has brought his Michelin-winning brand to Manchester's old Stock Exchange, and he's on the money with a menu...
Overdraught MCR
ManchesterOverdraught MCR opened its doors in October 2019 with a name that's a cheeky nod to the previous incarnation of...
Society
Manchester City CentreDoes Manchester need another hipsterish food hall? Probably not. But do we want one? Judging from the peak-time busyness of...
PINS Social Club
MerseysideAs the name suggests, PINS Social Club is more than just a bar – and it's more than just a...
Another Heart To Feed NQ
Northern QuarterAnother Heart To Feed in Manchester's NQ is one of our top brunch spots. It's a coffee shop inspired by...
The Church Green
CheshireThe Church Green is Aiden Byrne's countryside pub where excellent meat comes as standard. Fifty ounce tomahawk, for example, and...
Chakalaka
Northern QuarterChakalaka is a South African bar and kitchen in Manchester’s NQ. The food is relaxed, offering everything from quick snacks...
Off The Hook
TraffordStarting out as a pop-up, as so many of the region's best-loved brands did, Off The Hook is now a...
Market House Indoor Food Hall
Greater ManchesterSetting a precedent for the likes of Mackie Mayor and Stockport Produce Hall, many have hailed the revamping of the...
Oh My Glaze
TraffordFans of The Spinn in Gatley will be glad to hear that besties Scott Graham and actor Adam Thomas have...
The Blues Kitchen Manchester
Manchester City CentreThe Blues Kitchen Manchester is the first opening outside the capital for Columbo Group, which also owns the Jazz Cafe...
V-Rev
Northern QuarterThis diner selling vegan fast food made dreams come true when it first opened in the Northern Quarter back in...
Herd NQ
Northern QuarterWith friendly staff and bags of atmosphere, team Herd NQ, headed up by Joe and Christiee, bring to the table...
Red Dog Saloon
MerseysideIf you like getting your hands dirty, then Red Dog Saloon is probably right up your street. Part of a...
Herbivorous
WithingtonFresh from the roaring success of its first venue down at Hatch on Oxford Road in Manchester, Herbivorous opened its...
Indigo Greens
MerseysideWhen Indigo Green owners Patti Bullock and Mark Aston announced their plan to open on Queens Drive, the reaction wasn’t...
Ma Boyles
MerseysideMa Boyles, a self-described 'ale house and eatery', has been around in various guises since the mid 19th century. As...
Pattersons
MerseysideFried chicken in a bar setting with a big emphasis on music, beer and cocktails - Liverpool independent Pattersons has...
Etçi Mehmet
Manchester City CentreOpen since the end of 2018, Etçi Mehmet's carefully prepared, predominantly meat dishes are flame grilled or oven roasted for...
Cane & Grain
Northern QuarterDon't mind getting your hands dirty in the name of filling your belly? There's plenty to pick up and run...
LEAF Bold St
MerseysideHoused in a former tea room over two floors of an art deco building, LEAF's name and USP was meant...
Gorilla
Greater ManchesterGorilla is tucked under a railway arch, it has a slightly industrial vibe but it’s comfortable for all that. The...
Sixes Manchester
Manchester City CentreFollowing successful innings in London, and now also Birmingham, this Mac & Wild-owned venture is aimed squarely at the cricket...
Hope & Smoke
MerseysideHope & Smoke, an independent ‘smokehouse, bar and grill’ on Allerton Road is a local go-to for barbecue food, burgers,...
Triple B
PrestwichTriple B was born in the midst of the pandemic when the Eat New York crew left the NQ and...
Toast Withington
WithingtonThere’s no shortage of cafes along this stretch of Wilmslow Road, but by all accounts, family-run Toast of Withington is...
Manahatta Manchester
Manchester City CentreManahatta is a New York-inspired cocktail bar on Deansgate. It’s well known for its party atmosphere, great drinks and bottomless...
