Which restaurants have our readers been visiting in December?

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 December 2022.

Alberts Schloss Fry Up Breakfast In Manchester
Breakfast at Albert's Schloss (1) Image: Confidentials

1. Albert’s Schloss =
2. El Gato Negro =
3. The Refuge =
4. Hawksmoor ↑
5. Another Hand ↓
6. Ducie Street Warehouse =
7. Where The Light Gets In ↑
8. Baratxuri ↑
9. Sicilian NQ ↑
10. Bundobust, Piccadilly ↓


Kameer Per Eedu From Dishoom Manchester
Breakfast at Dishoom (17) is always popular Image: Confidentials

11. Wright’s Fish & Chip Shop 🆕
12. Six By Nico, Manchester ↑
13. On The Hush ↓
14. Rudy’s Pizza, Ancoats ↑
15. San Carlo, Manchester ↓
16. Tokyo Ramen ↑
17. Dishoom ↑
18. Elnecot ↑
19. San Carlo Cicchetti
20. Volta =


Broccoli With Romseco Close Up At Porta Altrincham Manchester
Broccoli at with romesco at Porta, Altrincham (25) Image: Confidentials

21. BAB NQ ↑
22. Mughli ↓
23. The Pasta Factory ↓
24. 20 Stories ↑
25. Porta, Altrincham =
26. The Allotment Vegan Eatery
27. The Firehouse ↓
28. Oystercatcher ↑
29. The Alchemist, Salford Quays ↑
30. Sugo Pasta Kitchen, Altrincham ↓


Rosso Dinner Set Table
Rosso (35) Image: Confidentials

31. Ménagerie =
32. MUSU 🆕
33. The Pen & Pencil ↓
34. Hispi ↓
35. Rosso ↓
36. The Black Friar 🆕
37. Banyan, Spinningfields ↓
38. The Goods In ↑
39. Grand Pacific ↑
40. Pull Up ↑


An Anchovy Pizza At Double Zero In Chorlton Manchester
Anchovy pizza at Double Zero (50) Image: Confidentials

41. Cottonopolis ↑
42. Society 🆕
43. Crazy Pedro’s, Bridge Street ↓
44. El Rincon de Rafa ↑
45. The Bay Horse ↓
46. Escape to Freight Island ↓
47. Salvi’s, NQ ↓
48. Honest Burgers 🆕
49. Pollen Bakery, KAMPUS ↓
50. Double Zero 🆕

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.


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