Nice restaurants Manchester?

[TigerDroveAgain]

DH and I are going to Manchester for a Friday and Saturday night. We’re staying very centrally: where would be a great place to eat. We like all sorts of cuisines: Friday night we have more time, Saturday we need to eat early- out by 7.30 as going to a gig

Oh I really like Cottonopollis

It’s not too fancy and the food is nice and it has a nice vibe

Mana is amazing if you like a tasting menu

Thank you: great ideas! I don’t trust Tripadvisor and all that stuff as so biased, so lovely ideas!

Merangie do a lovely roast. Not sure what the food is like on a Fri

A bit boring but disjoin is good. We also really liked San Carlo for Italian and canto for tapas. Not high but not quite pizza express.

I went to Rosso with friends and it was a lovely place and fab food - it’s Rio Ferdinand’s restaurant

The Ivy
Twenty Stories - they have amazing views
Duke 22

And Mowgli

TNQ
Pho Cue
Indian Tiffin Room
Samsi

Brilliant ideas, thank you all!

There's a lot of unique places in the Northern Quarter worth trying.

Oh and The Ivy garden terrace is bloody gorgeous, lovely food

Happy Seasons in Chinatown - looks like a dive, food is fantastic.

Erst - small so need to get booked in, excellent food (flatbreads to die for), good value, organic wines

Stay away from Dirty Martini on Deansgate. The food was frozen in the middle. It's more of a bar that serves food, so may not be suitable anyway.

Second for Rosso.

El Gato negro, great tapas.

Albert schloss great atmosphere and food.
Mackie Mayer

Goodness! I have a lot of research to do! Thank you all so much!

TNQ for me too. Lovely lunch. Really gorgeous well cooked food
I had lancashire cheese soup with Parmesan crisps, a mushroom and chestnut wellington and a pumpkin panna cotta. Bloody lovely

Lunch was £16 for 2 or 20 for 3 courses

El gato negro and Habas are both very very good

63 degrees lunchtime set menu till 5pm bargain

Launderette, Chorlton. Great cocktails and comfort style food. The truffled macaroni cheese is amazing.

Sapporo is a teppanyaki restaurant with show cooking so that's a cool experience. Also the ivy is nice for breakfast.

Ivy Asia is my absolute favourite
Australasia
20 Stories
El Gato Negro

All fab, have a lovely time!