Manchester, International Restaurant Guide

“A truly brilliant addition to the Manchester dining scene, Altrincham Market’s bigger, better sibling” arrives in “a beautifully converted market in Manchester’s Northern Quarter” (a former meat market, empty for decades), providing a “fantastic selection of street food vendors all under one roof”. “It’s a little pricey, but choose from any of a number of cuisine stalls, from Asian buns to fish ’n’ chips, washed down with good wines or Manchester’s own Blackjack craft beers”. It’s “always buzzing”.

“Probably Manchester’s grandest dining room (and bar)”, this (sometimes “very noisy”) venue in a refurbished Victorian office building is run by DJ partners Luke Cowdrey and Justin Crawford, aka The Unabombers (and owners of Volta in West Didsbury). The menu of eclectic small plates mostly earns a solid rep from reporters, but results can also be “workmanlike”; “nice Negronis” though.

"A new restaurant every six weeks." This mini-chain from chef Nico Simeone opened in Manchester in Summer 2019 (there are sites also in Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh) serves a signature six-course tasting menu, which changes every six weeks in style, cuisine and inspiration, served to 66 diners.