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'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 December 2023.

2024 01 04 Plate Of Chicken At Firehouse Manchester Restaurant
Chicken at The Firehouse (9) Image: The Firehouse

1. El Gato Negro =

2. Ducie Street Warehouse ↑

3. Almost Famous Great Northern ↓

4. Grand Pacific =

5. San Carlo Manchester ↑

6. Climat =

7. The Refuge ↓

8. Hawksmoor

9. The Firehouse ↓

10. Atlas Bar


2024 01 04 Menagerie Manchester Brunch 1500X500 1 660X500 1
Brunch at Menagerie (17) Image: Menagerie

11. Bundobust Piccadilly ↓

12. Where The Light Gets In ↑

13. BLVD ↑

14. Erst ↓

15. Banyan Corn Exchange ↑

16. Sicilian NQ ↓

17. Menagerie ↑

18. Mackie Mayor ↑

19. Six by Nico Manchester ↑

20. The Pen & Pencil ↑

2024 01 4 Freight Island Christmas
Churros at Freight Island (26) Image: Freight Island

21. Yum Cha ↑

22. Royal Nawaab ↑

23. Albert's Schloss ↑

24. Namii Kitchen & Cocktails ↓

25. On the Hush ↓

26. Freight Island 🆕

27. Hispi ↑

28. Dakota Grill ↓

29. Dishoom

30. The 'Burbs ↑


2024 01 04 Gusto Christmas
Seasonal cocktails at Gusto (40) Image: Gusto

31. Ramona ↓

32. Brewdog Doghouse ↓

33. Garten Bar ↓

34. Gaucho ↓

35. Elnecot

36. Mughli ↑

37. MUSU ↑

38. El Rincon de Rafa

39. The Bay Horse Tavern

40. Gusto


2024 01 04 Ciaooo Garlic Bread Shop 1
Garlic bread from Ciaooo (46) Image: Ciaooo

41. Tokyo Ramen

42. Yard & Coop 🆕

43. Pasta Factory ↓

44. The Allotment Vegan Eatery ↑

45. San Carlo Cicchetti ↑

46. Ciaooo ↓

47. Eagle & Child 🆕

48. Nell's New York Pizza & Bar 🆕

49. Volta ↓

50. Ancoats Coffee Co. Piccadilly 🆕

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: BLVD (13)


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