Manchester is the perfect place to spot a celebrity. You might see Jared Leto method acting in a Northern Quarter doorway, or a Real Housewife peddling her jewellery range in Menagerie. On any given day ...
Reviews
What to order – The Alan
The Princess Street entrance of Manchester’s new design-led hotel leads you directly into the neutrally hued lobby which serves as a ground floor dining area, a toned-down reception and a work/hang out space. The industrial-chic ...
What to order – 20 Stories, Spinningfields.
Manchester’s highest dining room got a new executive chef in February. Chester-born Daniel Scott’s culinary career is well into its third decade, and he counts Michelin star earners Michael Caines, Tom Kerridge and Mana’s Simon ...
What to eat - MOTLEY Manchester
In case you missed it, MOTLEY, the hotel restaurant and bar opened on the corner of Deansgate and John Dalton Street around this time last year. It’s an eccentric social space on the ground floor ...
What to order – The Bull & Bear at The Stock Exchange Hotel
Tom Kerridge’s Manchester restaurant, The Bull & Bear, has a new head chef. Well Connor Black is not new to Kerridge. The 25-year-old has worked for him for over ten years. When he was fifteen ...
Review – Wood Restaurant, Manchester
While the hospitality industry was crashing down over lockdown, some chefs got creative and used the time to improve their skills, refine their dishes and create new concepts. When restaurants re-opened, a few were not ...
Review – Haunt, Manchester’s new cocktail, wine and coffee oasis
There’s a reason coffee shops choose the sites they set up in. They need decent footfall obviously to fuel commuters with a caffeine top up on their way to work. But they also want to ...
Review - Mount Street Dining Room and Bar at The Midland Hotel
Mount Street is the ‘other’ restaurant at The Midland; cheaper and more accessible than it’s fine dining sibling, Adam Reid at The French. It was supposed to open back in April 2020 as part of ...
Review – Afternoon Tea in The Winter Garden at The Refuge
Afternoon tea was originally designed as a meal to keep you going in between an early lunch and a late dinner, but the best ones contain a parade of deceptively small items which collectively hold ...
Hickory’s Smokehouse finally opens its smokin’ hot Wilmslow site
After almost two years in the making, Hickory’s Smokehouse has finally opened its new restaurant in Wilmslow.The venue is the latest addition to the group who opened their first BBQ restaurant in Chester in 2010. ...