Earlier this week, a list of the Top 100 restaurants was announced by the prestigious National Restaurant Awards for 2024.
Dubbed the 'the definitive guide to the UK's best restaurants' we were lucky enough to see three Manchester additions on the rundown.
Simon Martin’s high-reaching restaurant, Mana, came in at number 14. The joint won Manchester its first Michelin star in 42 years, and with good reason.
The cooking at Mana is described as being 'highly technical and precise' with a 'Nordic feel' to its culinary approach with Martin very respectful of his British and often wild and foraged ingredients and use of techniques designed to let the primary ingredients shine.
Be sure to try out Mana's ‘beef tartare that tastes of beef tartare’ dish made using 120-day dry-aged beef from 15-year-old ex-dairy cattle.
Just a couple spots down at number 16 is Higher Ground.
Picked for its 'impeccable sourcing, creative cooking and low intervention wines', it was no surprise that this modern and thoughtful Manchester bistro made it in the top 20.
Run by Joseph Otway, Richard Cossins and Daniel Craig Martin, the 'proper neo bistro' is famous for its experimental dishes including acorn-fed pig cooked in milk; pea fritters with Quicke’s cheddar; a superbly tart dish of thinly sliced celeriac with salted blackcurrants and bay leaf; house-smoked beetroot with brill roe; and fried pig’s head with lovage mayo.
And the final Manchester eatery to make it on the list is none other than Erst.
Hailed as the 'perfect neighbourhood spot', Will Sutton and Patrick Withington’s low-key Ancoats restaurant is definitely worth raising a glass to.
The restaurant and wine bar offers a tiny but regularly-changing menu of Mediterranean dishes designed to share alongside an exclusively natural wine list.
The full list of winners at the National Restaurant Awards 2024
The Ledbury
Mountain
Moor Hall
Bouchon Racine
Ynyshir
Kiln
Da Terra
Opheem
The Devonshire
Ikoyi
The Glenturret Lalique
Restaurant Pine
The Ritz
Mana
Endo at the Rotunda
Higher Ground
Myse
Kitchen Table
A. Wong
L'Enclume
Dorian
Paul Ainsworth at No.6
Akoko
Josephine Bouchon
Sabor
Solstice
Kolae
Lyla
The Sportsman
Hjem
Chishuru
Core By Clare Smyth
Trinity
Brooklands by Claude Bosi
BiBi
Sollip
The Angel at Hetton
Woven by Adam Smith
SOLA
Frog by Adam Handling
The Black Swan at Oldstead
Inver
Fallow
Luca
The Little Chartroom
Upstairs by Tom Shepherd
Brat
Cycene
Kol
Erst
Parkers Arms
Solo
Morchella
The French House
Ugly Butterfly
The Unruly Pig
Heft
The Midland Grand Dining Room
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Lumiere
Crocadon
The Fordwich Arms
Manteca
Osip
The Cedar Tree
Grace & Savour
Annwn
The Clove Club
Restaurant Sat Bains
Chez Bruce
Singburi
Wilsons
Hide
Northcote
Forest Side
Lyle’s
St John
Restaurant 22
Lisboeta
The Harwood Arms
The Muddlers Club
Aulis by Simon Rogan
Interlude
Manifest
Maison François
Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons
Sune
Smoking Goat
Evelyn’s Table
Trivet
Etch
The Grill by Tom Booton
Gymkhana
The Palmerston
The Quality Chop House
Updown Farmhouse
Planque
The Seahorse
Sette
Camille