Which restaurants have our readers been visiting in May?

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.

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Here is our Confidentials Guides Hot 50 - the top restaurants in Manchester in May 2024.

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Chimichurri steak from Gaucho (4) Image: Gaucho

1. Freight Island ↑

2. Ducie Street Warehouse ↓

3. Almost Famous ↓

4. Gaucho =

5. Climat ↑

6. The Firehouse =

7. Sora Manchester ↑

8. San Carlo Manchester ↑

9. Atlas Bar ↓

10. The Refuge


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Loaded garlic bread from Ciaooo (17) Image: Ciaooo

11. Sicilian NQ ↑

12. Grand Pacific ↓

13. Mackie Mayor ↑

14. Bundobust Piccadilly ↓

15. The Pen & Pencil ↓

16. Ramona

17. Ciaooo

18. Happy Seasons 🆕

19. Kambuja =

20. The Pasta Factory ↓

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Dhal from Dishoom (23) Image: Dishoom

21. Hawksmoor ↑

22. The Allotment Vegan Eatery ↑

23. Dishoom ↑

24. Little Yang Sing 🆕

25. BAB NQ ↑

26. Where The Light Gets In

27. Menagerie

28. Gusto

29. Yard & Coop ↑

30. Brewdog Doghouse ↓


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Katsu ramen from Yane (33) Image: Yane

31. The 'Burbs ↑

32. BLVD

33. Yane ↑

34. Mei Dim 🆕

35. The Bells of Peover 🆕

36. Albert Schloss ↓

37. Banyan Corn Exchange ↓

38. On The Hush ↓

39. Dakota Grill ↑

40. Elnecot


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41. Bill's Spinningfields ↓

42. Eagle & Child ↓

43. Mana 🆕

44. The Black Friar 🆕

45. Hispi

46. 63 Degrees 🆕

47. Pho Cue 🆕

48. Wright's Fish & Chip Shop 🆕

49. Lupo 🆕

50. Lucky Mama's ↓

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 Black Friar (44)


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