The Hinchliffe Arms
West YorkshireThe Hinchliffe Arms delivers full-on British food with flair and imagination. Putting the goodness of earth, river and sea on...
The Black Friar
Manchester City CentreThe Black Friar stood empty and unloved for almost 20 years before reopening in summer 2021 after a substantial renovation...
Seven Bro7hers Ancoats
AncoatsThis bar on Cutting Room Square from the Seven Bro7hers Brewery clan is perfectly placed to cater for the craft...
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...
Mr Thomas’s Chop House
Greater ManchesterThomas Studd and his wife Sarah established their Chop House in booming Cottonopolis in 1867, and it's still going strong,...
Freemasons at Wiswell
LancashireCooking goes from strength to strength at the Freemasons at Wiswell in Lancashire's Ribble Valley. Roaring fires, cast-iron fireplaces and...
The Oast House
SpinningfieldsFrom the same stable as The Botanists around town, The Oast House boasts those "famous" Hanging Kebabs and, with its...
Cosy Club Manchester
If it's all-day eating you're after, all-day eating you'll get at Cosy Club Manchester, and as you study the menu...
The Fountain House
Manchester City CentreThe Fountain House is the newest lodger of the Gothic-arched Memorial Hall sitting one corner of Albert Square, and its...
Eagle & Child
RamsbottomThe Eagle & Child is famous for offering excellent Sunday lunches and award-winning pub grub in the hills above Manchester.
Trof
Northern QuarterTrof was the OG Mission Mars bar in Manchester and it’s still got ‘top Manchester night out’ written all over...
The White Hart at Lydgate
LydgateThe White Hart at Lydgate is a rustic dining pub with an excellent reputation and wine list. Located 700 feet...
Parker’s Arms
LancashireThe Parker's Arms is a homely pub, serving and baking extraordinary, modern European food.
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...
The Cartford Inn
LancashireThis historic coaching house serves adventurous British pub food in poetic configurations. Cooking is by mushroom forager and head chef,...
The Church Green
CheshireThe Church Green is Aiden Byrne's countryside pub where excellent meat comes as standard. Fifty ounce tomahawk, for example, and...
Sticky Walnut
CheshireLocated in Hoole, just outside Chester, this contemporary bistro falls under the Elite Bistros empire of chef-turned-restaurateur, Gary Usher. Having...
Pieminister Manchester Northern Quarter
Northern QuarterPieminister was born in Bristol in 2003, the not-so-pie-in-the-sky idea of two mates, Tristan Hogg and Jon Simon, who decided...
The Botanist Salford
Media CityPart of a UK-wide chain bringing the outdoors in with its signature English country garden style, The Botanist in Salford...
The Waggon at Birtle
BirtleLovingly restored from, by all accounts, a wreck of a pub, The Waggon at Birtle now finds itself listed in...
The Clarence
BuryThe décor doesn’t stray far from the original in The Clarence - a large, comfortable pub dating back to 1905....
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...
Hearth of the Ram
RamsbottomHearth of the Ram offers extraordinary pub food that reinvents classic local flavours. Head here for confident cooking in a...
The Monro
MerseysideFollowing a mammoth spruce-up a few years back, The Monro touted itself as a gastropub, but it's gone back to...
The Metropolitan
DidsburyCavernous yet cosy with its open fires, separate book-lined rooms and lots of leather sofas, wood panelling, stained glass, pot...
The Baum
RochdaleSituated in Rochdale’s Toad Lane conservation area, The Baum is a traditional pub that has one foot firmly in the...
The Klondyke Club
LevenshulmeNo round-up of Levenshulme’s social spaces could exclude The Klondyke Club AKA The Levenshulme Bowling and Social Club. This century-old...
The Reliance
West YorkshireHead to The Reliance for Modern British dishes and homemade charcuterie in a relaxed dining room and pub, with craft...
Thomas Rigby’s
MerseysideOf humble beginnings, Alderman Thomas Rigby came to Liverpool in 1830 – a wine and spirits dealer, he made quite...
Owens Restaurant & Bar
RamsbottomOwens Restaurant & Bar is a popular place in Ramsbottom, just opposite the train station and handy for a family...
The Roebuck Inn
CheshireMulti-award-winning pub in the Cheshire countryside. Winner of countless ‘best pub’ awards, and established in 1708, the latest incarnation of...
The Rivals Bar & Restaurant
Manchester City CentreWhen The Rivals opened in 2017, it was the first time in a long time that The Royal Exchange Theatre...
The Bay Horse
Northern QuarterThe Bay Horse Tavern, to give it its full moniker, describes itself as "a modern take on a Victorian Pub"...
The Crown & Conspirator
BramhallSouth Bramhall's Crown & Conspirator is a Cheshire Pub Co gaff, so you're promised a warm welcome, an honest pint,...
Edinburgh Castle
AncoatsThe Edinburgh Castle is a fortification for fortifying yourself, full of hearty British fare. This defence against hunger has two...
The Ink in the Well
MerseysideYou can't miss the bright blue facade of The Ink in the Well on the iconic Lark Lane. This 2021...
The Smugglers Cove
MerseysidePart of The New World Trading Company stable of eateries and drinkeries, and appropriately sited in the Albert Dock's foodie...
The Pack Horse
DerbyshireHumbly describing itself as a "community gastropub", The Pack Horse is raking in the glowing reviews, including by food critics...
The Elephant Woolton
MerseysideSubheading "pub and bakehouse", The Elephant is a Grade II-listed building (with sunny beer garden) in the leafy village of...
The Caledonia
MerseysideIf it's a knees-up you're after, and eating is an aside, then The Caledonia has you fixed, offering live music...
Three Piggies Alehouse & Canteen
MerseysideThe Three Piggies Alehouse & Canteen looks like a transplant from a Cornish surfer town with its flaking driftwood walls,...
The Strawbury Duck
BoltonThe Strawbury Duck is a traditional country pub near Entwistle reservoir with a solid reputation amongst Boltonians for its home-cooked...
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...
The Old Bell Inn
OldhamThis striking 18th-century coaching house overlooking the moors offers traditional charm and 18 bedrooms, while the brasserie restaurant has daily...
Pieminister Liverpool
MerseysidePieminister was born in Bristol in 2003, the not-so-pie-in-the-sky idea of two mates, Tristan Hogg and Jon Simon, who decided...
The Botanist Manchester
Manchester City CentrePart of a UK-wide chain bringing the outdoors in with its signature English country garden style, The Botanist on Deansgate...
Bird At Birtle
BirtleThe big, first-floor window at the rear of Andrew Nutter's Bird At Birtle frames the moors – and this gastropub,...
The Botanist Didsbury
DidsburyPart of a UK-wide chain bringing the outdoors in with its signature English country garden style, The Botanist in Didsbury...
Holcombe Tap
RamsbottomHolcombe Tap Bar & Kitchen, as it sometimes goes by the name of, is all about small plates. It's also...
The Blackburne Arms
MerseysideLovingly renovated by born-and-bred Scouser Stephen Sinclair – formerly of Marco Pierre White's parish – and his wife Lina, the...
The Club House
MerseysidePart of The New World Trading Company stable of eateries and drinkeries, The Club House sits on the edge of...
Pieminister Manchester Deansgate
Manchester City CentrePieminister was born in Bristol in 2003, the not-so-pie-in-the-sky idea of two mates, Tristan Hogg and Jon Simon, who decided...
The Refinery
MerseysideWith Moroccan tiling, concrete flooring and filament lighting, The Refinery is certainly on-trend with its decor. This chilled-out bar and...
Ma Boyles
MerseysideMa Boyles, a self-described 'ale house and eatery', has been around in various guises since the mid 19th century. As...
