Burns Night rolls around once a year on the 25th January and Manchester never misses the excuse to put on a proper good spread. Some spots keep it classic, others have a bit more fun with it, but all of them understand the brief. Good food, decent whisky, and enough ceremony to make it feel like an occasion.
Dishoom
Not a formal Burns Supper, but still one of the smartest ways to mark it. Dishoom’s Haggis Pau returns for a short breakfast-only run, layering pork haggis with eggs, bacon, chilli chutney and cream cheese inside soft, buttered pau. It’s rich, comforting and ideal before the day has any expectations. Available from 19th January to 15th February.
Browns
Browns sticks to the classics and does them well. Smoked salmon to start, haggis with neeps and tatties at the centre, cranachan to finish. You can dip in à la carte or go all in with a set menu, with whisky pairings chosen to behave themselves. Running 24th and 25th January.
Winsome
This one’s all about comfort. Chef Shaun Moffat’s Burns Night feast pulls from the Scottish playbook with Arbroath smokies, clapshot and a properly treated haggis main. It’s generous, unfussy and built for slow eating. The whisky flight makes a lot of sense. Taking place 25th January.
Higher Ground
For something more involved, Higher Ground hosts a Burns Night collaboration with Edinburgh’s Timberyard, bringing Scottish seafood, Cullen skink and a full wild hare haggis ceremony into the room. Add a fiddle player, serious bottles from the cellar and optional rare whisky pairings, and it turns into a proper occasion. Taking place 25th January.