Which restaurants have our readers been visiting in May?
What are the hottest fifty restaurants in Manchester?
We have a way of finding out. It’s called Confidential Guides and it launched back in August 2021 with a view to providing our readers with a powerful and infinitely useful tool to find the best places to eat, drink and be generally merry all across the north of England. There is an individual page for each restaurant with a description, buttons to book a table and tags to make searching easier. We also publish curated restaurant guides to give our readers inspiration.
The restaurant guide everyone's talking about
Our new Greater Manchester restaurant directory took off like a rocket and thousands of people every month now use it to decide where to eat, with over thousands of tables being booked as a result.
Every month, we will publish the top 50 most visited restaurants on ConfidentialGuides.com. The restaurants you, the people, are most interested in, the ones you’re choosing for celebrations and special events, the ones everybody is talking about.
We’ve been watching the stats closely and are excited to show you the results.
The hottest restaurants in Manchester
Want to keep on top of what’s hot and what’s not? Bookmark this page and check back on the first Thursday of the month, every month for the updated Hot 50 chart.
Here is our Confidentials Guides Hot 50 - the most popular restaurants in Manchester in May 2022.

1. El Gato Negro =
2. Albert’s Schloss ↑
3. The Refuge ↓
4. Hawksmoor ↑
5. On the Hush ↓
6. The Alchemist, Salford Quays ↑
7. Banyan, Spinningfields ↓
8. Where the Lights Gets In ↑
9. Ducie Street Warehouse ↑
10. Bundobust, Piccadilly ↓
11. Sicilian NQ ↓
12. Another Hand ↑
13. Hispi ↓
14. Rudy’s Pizza, Ancoats =
15. Volta, Didsbury ↓
16. Ménagerie ↑
17. The Firehouse ↓
18. Baratxuri, Ramsbottom ↑
19. District ↑
20. San Carlo Cicchetti ↑

21. The Bay Horse ↑
22. A Tavola ↓
23. Crazy Pedro’s, Bridge Street =
24. Tokyo Ramen ↓
25. Cottonopolis ↑
26. Fress ↑
27. San Carlo ↓
28. Six By Nico ↑
29. Oystercatcher ↓
30. Sugo Pasta Kitchen, Altrincham ↓

31. Levenshulme Bakery ↓
32. The Pasta Factory↑
33. Porta, Altrincham ↓
34. Salvi’s, NQ ↓
35. Elnecot ↑
36. Mughli ↑
37. Belzan Pasta Kitchen at Escape to Freight Island ↑
38. Escape to Freight Island ↓
39. Gaucho ↑
40. Ramona ↑

41. The Pen & Pencil ↑
42. Rosso ↓
43. Double Zero ↓
44. Jimmy’s ↓
45. Zena
46. 20 Stories ↑
47. WowYauChow 🆕
48. Bar San Juan ↑
49. The Thirsty Korean ↓
50. Lupo 🆕
Remember, if you don't see your favourite restaurant in this month's Hot 50, make sure to search it out on ConfidentialGuides.com. It might make next month's list.