Manchester’s dining scene is on fine form for 2025 and that’s in no small part down to chef Shaun Moffat and his new opening Winsome, set in the Whitworth Locke building on Princess Street, at the edge of the Gay Village.
We may be a struggling to find the right words to describe Kaji, the fire-based, Asian-style restaurant that opened with no fanfare on the former Musu site in Deansgate last October, but vocally we've been whole-heartedly recommending it to everyone heading in the direction of Manchester.
Walking through Manchester’s rainy city centre you may stumble upon a record shop, a green-tiled pub, an iconic red brick building or one of the city’s many restaurants or cafés. Yet down an auspicious alleyway in the Northern Quarter, lies one of the city’s best loved and longest standing places to eat.
Manchester is a multicultural melting pot of cuisines, from the Curry Mile to Chinatown and everything in between. The newest member of The Good Food Guide team and Manchester local, Phoebe Patrick, takes us on her tour of the places not to miss.
London chophouse group Blacklock touches down in the basement of a converted textile mill in the heart of Manchester. We take a first look.
