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 August 2023.

2023 08 31 Plate Of Chicken At Firehouse Manchester Restaurant — **A chicken dish at The Firehouse (5)** Image: The Firehouse

1. El Gato Negro =

2. Climat =

3. Yum Cha =

4. Ducie Street Warehouse =

5. The Firehouse ↑

6. Cottonopolis ↑

7. The Refuge ↑

8. Banyan Spinningfields ↑

9. Dishoom ↓

10. On the Hush ↑

2023 08 31 San Carlo Gelato 660X500 — **Gelato at San Carlo Manchester (14)** Image: San Carlo Manchester

11. Alchemist Salford ↓

12. Ménagerie ↑

13. Grand Pacific ↑

14. San Carlo Manchester ↓

15. Namii Kitchen & Cocktails ↓

16. Ramona ↑

17. Bundobust Piccadilly ↓

18. Crazy Pedro's Bridge Street ↓

19. Sicilian NQ ↑

20. The Bay Horse ↓

2023 08 31 Musu Dish 660X500 — **A dish from the tasting menu at MUSU (27)** Image: MUSU

21. Hawksmoor =

22. Erst =

23. Where The Light Gets In ↑

24. El Rincon de Rafa ↑

25. Six by Nico ↓

26. The Pen & Pencil ↑

27. MUSU ↓

28. Rosso ↓

29. Royal Nawaab ↑

30. Fress =

2023 08 31 Yard Coop Food 1 1 660X500 — **Chicken and sides at Yard & Coop (37)** Image: Yard & Coop

31. Albert's Schloss ↑

32. Hispi ↓

33. Elnecot ↓

34. Yellowhammer ↑

35. Gaucho ↑

36. Mackie Mayor ↓

37. Yard & Coop ↑

38. Pasta Factory ↓

39. Sud Ancoats ↓

40. Tokyo Ramen ↓

2023 08 31 Bab Pork Souvlaki Lunch 2 660X500 — **Pork souvlaki at BAB NQ** Image: BAB NQ

41. Eagle & Child ↑

42. Volta ↓

43. Mughli ↓

44. Wright's Fish & Chip Shop ↑

45. Piccolino Caffe Grande ↓

46. Allotment Vegan Eatery ↓

47. Porta Altrincham ↓

48. Ancoats Coffee Co. Piccadilly ↓

49. Another Hand 🆕

50. BAB NQ 🆕

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: Lions mane a la plancha at Another Hand (49)