What are the hottest fifty restaurants in Manchester?

We have a way of finding out. It’s called Confidential Guides and it's a powerful and infinitely useful tool for finding 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

Every month, we will publish 50 of the top restaurants most visited on ConfidentialGuides.com. The restaurants you, the people, are most interested in. 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 every month for the updated Hot 50 chart.

Here is our Confidentials Guides Hot 50 - the top restaurants in Manchester in April 2023.

Gunieafowl Vol Au Vents — **Guinea Fowl vol-au-vents at Climat (5)** Image: Confidentials

1. El Gato Negro ↑

2. Another Hand ↑

3. Climat 🆕

4. Banyan Spinningfields ↑

5. Alchemist, Salford Quays ↑

6. Refuge ↓

7. San Carlo Manchester ↑

8. On the Hush ↓

9. Dishoom ↑

10. Ducie Street Warehouse ↓

2023 05 04 Gyoza At Yum Cha — **Gyoza and steak at Yum Cha (13)** Image: Yum Cha

11. Namii Kitchen & Cocktails ↑

12. Ménagerie ↓

13. Yum Cha ↑

14. Crazy Pedro's Bridge Street ↑

15. Hawksmoor ↓

16. The Bay Horse ↑

17. The Firehouse ↓

18. Bundobust Piccadilly ↓

19. Baratxuri ↓

20. Cottonopolis ↑

2022 07 11 Grand Pacific Main Menu 16 Cauliflower Cod — **Cauliflower cod at Grand Pacific (29)** Image: Confidentials

21. Sicilian NQ↓

22. Elnecot ↓

23. Sud Pasta Ancoats ↑

24. Where The Light Gets In ↓

25. The Pen & Pencil ↓

26. Fress ↑

27. Gaucho Manchester ↑

28. Ramona ↑

29. Grand Pacific 🆕

30. Rosso 🆕

20170607 San Carlo Cicchetti New Menu 18 — **Decadent desserts at San Carlo Cicchetti (38)** Image: Confidentials

31. Erst 🆕

32. Gooey Bakery & Cafe ↓

33. Six by Nico ↓

34. Tokyo Ramen ↓

35. Pollen Bakery KAMPUS ↓

36. Volta ↓

37. Ancoats Coffee Co. Piccadilly ↓

38. San Carlo Cicchetti ↓

39. The Pasta Factory ↑

40. Eagle & Child ↓

2023 05 04 Musu Sample Dish — **Beautiful bites at MUSU (41)** Image: Confidentials

41. MUSU 🆕

42. Oystercatcher ↑

43. Hispi ↓

44. Mughli ↓

45. The Goods In 🆕

46. The Allotment Vegan Eatery ↑

47. Double Zero 🆕

48. El Rincon de Rafa 🆕

49. The White Swan at Fence ↓

50. Pull Up =

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.

Header image: Small plates and cocktails at Volta