Browse Bar Food restaurants in Manchester

About Burger & Lobster

Decorated with the restaurant group’s signature red leather seating and exposed brickwork, Burger & Lobster is a stylish dining option on King Street. Instead of a menu, diners can cheese between burger, lobster, or lobster roll with fries and salad, while those looking for indulgence can plump for the giant lobster feast. There is also a selection of cocktails, draught beers and wines, as well as a DJ spinning each evening.

About Cane & Grain

Cane & Grain is a hip New York style bar in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. It is set over three floors, each have a slightly different feel, but all serve The Rib Shack menu. The Rick Shack menu is made up of burgers, sandwiches, ribs and snacks, with sample dishes including the pork rib meat burger with BBQ sauce, and the baby back ribs. The sauces to accompany the dishes are particularly unusual and include Dr Pepper, Tangy BBQ and Hot as F*ck. Their drinks menu has an impressive list of cocktails and beers.

About Dive

Situated right in the heart of Manchester’s vibrant Northern Quarter, Dive NQ is a late night basement bar and kitchen. Open seven days a week and until 5am at the weekend, Dive is dedicated to good times. From the ultimate casual dining experience to DJs, live bands, big screen sports, movie nights and plenty of dancing, this a lively social hub.

About Impossible

Impossible is a £3 million bar, restaurant and theatre spread across three floors. Inside, you will be whisked away to another world that is one part speakeasy, one part fantasy laboratory and one part chic dining space. Highlights include a hidden gin palace on the mezzanine floor that’s accessed via a retro telephone booth; a machine spouting champagne bubbles and cryogenically frozen, edible cocktails. Impossible’s unusual layout also means that there are various private corners and booths to enjoy a whimsical cocktail or three after dining.

About Lammars Restaurant & Bar

Voted The Best Bar in Manchester two years in a row, Lammars is a popular choice for a night out. Its restaurant is ideal for dinner with friends, a special occasion or a romantic meal for two; its stylish decor of plush sofas, red velvet booths and low lighting making it an inviting spot to dine. Its menu is filled with comfort food classics such as fish and chips, burgers and mixed grill. There is also an extensive cocktail menu.

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 Missoula Piccadilly

Missoula serves a selection of burgers, pizzas, grill dishes and mains in Manchester city centre. By day it is a relaxed bar to grab a bite to eat while at night it becomes a stylish venue to party while still offering food until 10pm. Missoula also opens at 9am for breakfast. There is a outdoor terrace which is popular on sunny days. To accompany your meal you could choose one of Missoula’s much boasted of cocktails.

About Neighbourhood

Casual fine dining with luxury ingredients and an industrial chic aesthetic, Neighbourhood is a slice of NY cool in Manchester’s Spinningfields. Inspired by New York’s neighbourhoods, the menu reflects the diversity of Manhattan’s restaurants. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, there is a huge selection of brunch dishes, sandwiches, salads, sushi rolls, and meat and fish dishes to choose from.

About Revolution

Set the distinctive converted railway arches of Deansgate Locks, Revolution is party central, with five bars, a restaurant and a relaxing lounge area. Their food menu aims to offer twists on bar food classics, with crispy goat’s cheese bon bons and the Bourboun bad boy burger examples. The outdoor terrace is popular spot to enjoy a drink, especially one of Revolution’s many cocktails, on sunny days.

About Shack Bar & Grill

Located in what was formerly a clothing warehouse, Shack Bar & Grill’s decor of reclaimed wood, cosy booths with personal tv screens, and vintage celebrity prints, results in a cool and welcoming vibe. Their menu includes an extensive range of grill dishes, with their forte being their range of homemade burgers with speciality glazes. Their hot sauce is not for the faint hearted.

About Simple Bar & Kitchen

About SoLIta

SoLita serves up American style burgers and grill dishes in the Northern Quarter. Their indoor barbecue and charcoal oven ensures the meat is cooked to the optimum flavour. Al fresco diners can enjoy the outdoor terrace. A huge range of starters, wings, grill dishes, burgers, hot dogs, salads, sides and desserts are available. Adventurous diners can try SoLita’s famous “The Big Manc” burger which is two seven ounce minced chuck steak patties, with lettuce, pickles, Monterey Jack cheese and Big Manc sauce.

About Splendid Kitchen

Splendid Kitchen in Manchester city centre’s John Dalton Street describes itself as serving a “British take on the best of American cooking” as well as “Northern Soul Food.” From 1kg ham joints to burgers and fried chicken and ribs, their menu features something to suit everyone. Notable dishes include their chicken marinated for 24 hours in their buttermilk mix before before being fried in their signature crumb, their slow cooked fall off the bone ribs, and their Coca Cola battered chicken wings. Splendid Kitchen’s drinks’ list includes over 20 wines and a guest beer list.

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 The Alchemist

Located in Spinningfields next the Manchester Opera house, it is ideally located for a pre theatre meal. Their menu features dishes from around the world, including fish and chips, crispy pork skewers, fajitas, Thai fish cakes, and steak frites. Their cocktail menu is not to be missed, with a huge selection of handcrafted cocktails available.

About The Bay Horse Pub

The Bay Horse Pub is a bar and venue in the bohemian Thomas Street in the Northern Quarter. Spread out over two floors, the downstairs is their stylish cocktail bar, Saddle Club. The menu at The Bay Horse features wholesome pub food including a selection of hearty pies, pizzas, sandwiches, and snacks. The drinks menu includes rotating cask ales, international and local craft beers, whiskies, rums, and premium house spirits. Live music plays a big part of The Bay Horse and there are regular open mic nights, rotating DJs, gigs, and vinyl evenings.

About The Blue Pig

The Blue Pig, a hip bar in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, serves a food menu filled with burgers, small plates and mains. It also includes a section of British classics with a twist: fish and chips is transformed into masala battered fish with Bombay spiced chips, and sausage and mash becomes Mexican chilli beef sausage with avocado mash and sour cream. The Blue Pig has an impressive drinks menu featuring cocktails, popular and lesser known spirits, and craft beers.

About The Castlefield Bar & Restaurant

Situated in the 4 star Castlefield Hotel, the Castlefield Bar & Restaurant overlooks the scenic Canal Basin area. Freshly prepared dishes are served here from morning to night, plus a selection of wines, spirits and beers, including cask ales. The Castlefield offers a relaxed dining experience amidst minimalist blonde and cream decor, with comfortable booths, lovely canal views and a terrace area for warmer days. This is a great spot for a business lunch, post-shopping stop-off or relaxed meal before heading to the cinema or a concert.

About The Deansgate Taverns Ltd

If you’re looking for a cosy traditional pub in Manchester City Centre, The Deansgate Tavern is for you. It’s menu features pub food classics, from homemade pies of the day to a range of paninis and tasty sandwiches. To wash down your food a range of different ales change daily, and there is also wine and spirits available. A secret garden roof terrace is the perfect spot to soak up the Manchester sunshine.

About The Knott

Tucked under a railway arch in Deansgate, The Knott is a highly thought of pub, winning CAMRA’s regional pub of the year in Greater Manchester. It is known for its extensive selection of beers but their food menu is a winner too, with fifteen gourmet burgers to choose from, as well as hot sandwiches and classic pub meals. There are also daily specials, Sunday roasts, and veggie options. It is just a few minutes walk from Deansgate Railway Station.