Browse Modern restaurants in Manchester

About Bella Italia

Just minutes from The Royal Exchange Theatre and Opera house, Bella Italia in Deansgate is the ideal location for a pre or post theatre meal. Their menu includes all the Italian favourites such as pizza, pasta and desserts. The restaurant is child friendly and offers a separate kids’ menu. The bistro style decor is bright and cosy in the trademark style of Bella Italias throughout the UK.

About Bistro-156

Bistro-156 is a small family run restaurant in West Didsbury. Owners Philip and Rachel, alongside chef David, cook honest, traditional, French and European country food. Dishes are uncomplicated and full of flavour and each are carefully attended to, from the soups to the fillet steaks. Philip’s love of wine is reflected in his carefully selected wine list. The atmosphere is cosy and informal, with rustic decor and changing local art displays. There are tables outside for sunny days.

About Cardoon

Described as “the fantastical meets British whimsy” The Botanist’s decor features reclaimed wood, garden furniture, and quirky chandeliers made up of jumble of vintage lamps. Their menu features deli style dishes, a rotisserie, a barbecue, and main courses mostly made up of comfort food dishes, including fish and chips, gammon cutlet and Cumberland bangers and mash. Drinks offered include a well stocked cellar of cask-conditioned ales, more than 40 bottles beers and ciders from around the world, a selection of Champagnes, and cocktails.

About Exchange Food and Drink Lounge

Exchange Food and Drink Lounge at Novotel hotel is a casual dining setting where you can enjoy both local and international cuisine. The chic, quirky decor includes plenty of wooden surfaces, exposed stonework and even a gleaming piano in the corner. Because of the central location, this would be a great spot for a business lunch, bite to eat while shopping or relaxed dinner before a film or concert.

About Gino D'Acampo My Restaurant

The celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo’s first restaurant is based in Manchester’s Corn Exchange looking out onto Selfridges and Harvey Nichols. The menu reflects D’Acampo’s passion for his native Italian cuisine and includes many of his favourites dishes from his books and tv shows. No compromises are made with the ingredients, which are well sourced, seasonal and artisan. A huge range of pizzas and pastas are available, as well as main courses such as slow cooked pork ribs and herby veal meatballs.

About Grafene

Named after Graphene, the 2D material discovered at Manchester University, Grafene is a stylish, modern British restaurant and bar on King Street in Manchester city centre. With an open pastry kitchen, two private dining areas, cosy booths and an al fresco dining area, the 190 seat restaurant has a table for every occasion. Customers are welcome to drop by for an experimental cocktail at the island bar or settle in for the seven course tasting menu.

About Greens Restaurant

Greens is a vegetarian restaurant in West Didsbury co owned by tv chef Simon Rimmer. With the ethos “It’s not your lifestyle, but your tastebuds we care about,” Greens aims to entice vegetarian and non vegetarians alike with their globally inspired imaginative dishes cooked using local produce. Examples may include the spinach, pistachio and feta filo pie with tomato and cinnamon sauce and roasted plum tomatoes or the Lancashire cheese and basil sausages with confit garlic mash, beer gravy and tomato chutney. The wine list is carefully selected by Simon himself.

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About La Vina

Situated just a few minutes walk from Victoria and Piccadilly Train and Metro link Stations, La Vina serves Spanish cuisine prepared by experienced chefs from all regions of Spain. The menu has a huge variety of meat, fish, cheese and vegetable dishes, as well as paellas and hand carved Jamón ibérico The two level restaurant is ideal for a quick bite to eat before hitting the town as well as a place to celebrate a special occasion.

About Liquorice

Liquorice is a stylish cocktail bar in Manchester city centre. It is suitable for either grabbing a bite to eat or an evening out on the town. Their food menu is made of up Italian pizzas, pastas, salads and starters. Liquorice have a particularly impressive cocktail menu that features old favourites, cocktails created in house, and Prosecco cocktails. There is an outside area with awnings, speakers, heaters and comfortable cushioned sofas.

About Mi and Pho

Mi & Pho in Northenden might just be Manchester’s best foodie secret. Winning Restaurant of the Year for the North at the Food Awards England just eleven weeks after opening, it quickly made its mark on the Manchester restaurant scene. Run by a Vietnamese family, the food is authentic, created in their words, just as they know it from home. Dishes include Pho, a noodle soup which is the national dish of Vietnam, Banh Mi, a Vietnamese style sandwich, as well as rice dishes like Bo Ko (beef stew).

About Phetpailin

Phetpailin is a Thai restaurant in Manchester’s Chinatown. The menu has a range of Thai dishes, as well as a Traditional Thai specials board. Main course dishes include the Thai red curry with prawns, slices of pineapple and coconut milk, tamarind duck, and sweet and sour pork. Examples of starters on the menu are spring rolls and Thai spare ribs. The dishes can be customised to suit each diner’s individual preference. The restaurant is unlicensed and offers a free BYOB service.

About Piccolino

Situated in a Victorian listed building, Piccolino is an opulent dining experience, with the decor including marble imported from Italy, antique brass, English oak, and handmade chandeliers. The cavernous restaurant boasts a wine boutique, cocktail bar, juice bar, theatre grill, pizzeria, oyster and caviar bar, Harrods style food hall and alfresco terrace overlooking Albert Square. Open for breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, dishes on their extensive menu are created using artisan ingredients. There is a separate children’s menu.

About San Carlo

San Carlo is a stylish Italian restaurant in Spinningfields. Part of the Italian family owned San Carlo group, it is popular with Mancunians and celebrities alike for its luxurious surroundings and authentic Italian food. Popular dishes include the scallops San Carlo, tagliatelle Monte Carlo (pasta served with sauteed shallots and diced monkfish in a creamy tomato and white wine sauce) and traditional spiced Italian sausages cooked with Borlotti beans. San Carlo’s impressive wine list compliments the food.

About Tariff and Dale

A former cotton spinners and warehouse, Tariff & Dale is a stylish bar and restaurant in the now thriving Tariff Street in the Northern Quarter. With exposed brick, stripped wooden flooring and metal beams, Tariff & Dale’s decor is both a nod to its history and an example of industrial chic. A woodfire oven cooks their sourdough pizzas. The menu also has a selection of salads, sides and bites, as well as Chef’s Plates, which include chicken and ham hock terrine with smoked tea mustard and pickled cauliflower, and wood-fired fig with goat’s cheese and port.

About Tattu Restaurant and Bar

Tattu is a stylish Chinese restaurant in Manchester’s Spinningfields. The stunning cosmopolitan interior is designed with dark wood and leather curved banquettes, with a spectacular four metre high cherry blossom tree at its heart. Tattu serves a modern take on Chinese food, which combines traditional Asian flavours with contemporary presentation.

About The Deli

The Deli is a bright and colourful casual restaurant in Didsbury which serves Italian deli style dishes. They have an extensive breakfast and brunch menu as well as a main menu served for lunch and dinner with dishes such as traditional lasagna and their own recipe beef burger. Specials change regularly, utilising seasonal ingredients. The Deli is fully licensed with a selection of wines to compliment the food. Dogs are welcome.

About The Laughing Buddha

The Laughing Buddha is a neighbourhood restaurant in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury. It serves Oriental food with a modern twist, with influences from Malaysia, Thailand, Shandong, Szechuan, Huiyang and Guanngdong. The Laughing Buddha is committed to serving authentic Oriental dishes and claim to never soften or dilute their recipes. They encourage guests to order something unfamiliar.

About The Laundrette

The Laundrette believes that the restaurant experience should be served with a big dollop of fun. With its tongue-in-cheek approach to dining and a menu celebrating ‘cocktails and carbs’, this is a great place to dine out with friends or colleagues.

About The Lime Tree

Owned by farmer Patrick Hennessy, The Lime Tree serves a regularly changing menu which focuses on seasonal and local produce, much of which comes from Patrick’s own farm in Macclesfield Forest. Patrick is joined in the kitchen by a long established team of chefs including his son Sam who has worked at Michelin star restaurants. The Lime Tree also have their own in house baker who bakes their fresh bread and pasta.