Which restaurants have our readers been visiting in January?

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 January 2024.

2024 02 01 San Carlo Fumo 120 A3485 770 660X500
Steak from San Carlo Manchester (9) Image: San Carlo Manchester

1. El Gato Negro =

2. Ducie Street Warehouse =

3. Almost Famous Great Northern =

4. Firehouse ↑

5. Grand Pacific ↓

6. The Refuge ↑

7. Climat

8. Atlas Bar ↑

9. San Carlo Manchester ↓

10. BLVD


The Black Friar Pie
Pie from The Black Friar (12) Image: The Black Friar

11. Menagerie ↑

12. The Black Friar 🆕

13. The Pen & Pencil ↓

14. Hawksmoor ↓

15. On the Hush ↑

16. Erst ↓

17. Bundobust Piccadilly ↓

18. Where The Light Gets In ↓

19. Banyan Corn Exchange

20. Mackie Mayor ↓

2024 01 05 Rigatonis Quattro Formaggi
Quattro Formaggi from Rigatoni's (25) Image: Confidentials

21. TNQ 🆕

22. The Bay Horse ↑

23. Sicilian NQ ↓

24. MUSU ↑

25. Rigatoni's 🆕

26. Ramona

27. Namii Kitchen & Cocktails ↓

28. Elnecot

29. Gusto

30. Hispi


2024 02 01 The Burbs
Beetroot burrata from The 'Burbs (32) Image: The Burbs

31. Dishoom ↓

32. The 'Burbs ↓

33. Gaucho ↑

34. Brewdog Doghouse

35. The Beeswing 🆕

36. The Allotment Vegan Eatery ↑

37. Luck, Lust, Liquor & Burn 🆕

38. Yard & Coop ↑

39. Albert's Schloss

40. Eagle & Child ↑


29 01 29 Dakota Restaurant 1
Fish dish from Dakota Grill (42) Image: Dakota Grill

41. Ciaooo ↑

42. Dakota Grill ↓

43. Royal Nawaab ↓

44. Pasta Factory ↓

45. Mughli

46. Fress 🆕

47. Cicchetti

48. Bab NQ 🆕

49. Yum Cha ↓

50. Nell's New York Pizza & Bar ↓

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: The Beeswing (35)


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