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 May 2023.

2023 06 01 Pancakes At On The Hush — **Pancakes at On The Hush (7)** Image: Confidentials

1. Climat ↑

2. El Gato Negro ↓

3. San Carlo Manchester ↑

4. Ducie Street Warehouse ↑

5. Banyan Spinningfields ↓

6. Alchemist, Salford Quays ↓

7. On the Hush ↑

8. Ménagerie ↑

9. Dishoom =

10. Refuge ↓

2023 06 01 Pasta Sicilian Nq — **Pasta at Sicilian NQ (17)** Image: Confidentials

11. Cottonopolis ↑

12. Namii Kitchen & Cocktails ↓

13. The Firehouse ↑

14. Bundobust Piccadilly ↑

15. Crazy Pedro's Bridge Street ↓

16. Yum Cha ↓

17. Sicilian NQ ↑

18. Grand Pacific ↑

19. Hawksmoor ↓

20. The Bay Horse ↓

2023 05 04 Pen Pencil Salmon — **Pan seared spicy salmon at The Pen & Pencil** Image: Confidentials

21. Erst ↑

22. Where The Light Gets In ↑

23. The Pen & Pencil ↑

24. Rosso ↑

25. Six by Nico ↑

26. Another Hand ↓

27. Fress ↓

28. Ramona =

29. MUSU ↑

30. Sud Pasta Ancoats ↓

2023 06 01 Gooey Donuts — **Donuts from Gooey Bakery & Cafe (37)** Image: Confidentials

31. Gaucho Manchester ↓

32. Pollen Bakery KAMPUS ↑

33. Ancoats Coffee Co. Piccadilly ↑

34. San Carlo Cicchetti ↑

35. Elnecot ↓

36. Gooey Bakery & Cafe ↓

37. The Pasta Factory ↑

38. Tokyo Ramen ↓

39. Eagle & Child ↑

40. Volta ↓

2023 06 01 Pork Cheek Loin Hispi — **Pork cheek loin at Hispi (43)** Image: The Vain Photography | Carl Sukonik

41. The Allotment Vegan Eatery ↑

42. Hispi ↑

43. Mackie Mayor 🆕

44. The Roebuck Inn 🆕

45. Oystercatcher ↓

46. Porta Altrincham 🆕

47. La Bandera 🆕

48. Corner & Bloom 🆕

49. The White Hart at Lydgate 🆕

50. The White Swan at Fence ↓

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: Octopus at Rosso