Restaurants in Manchester

Manchester's ever-changing skyline reflects the city's revolutionary industrial heritage and its recent success as a business and cultural centre. It's a dynamic innovator with a throbbing urban heart and has world-class status in the fields of rock music, visual arts, media and football.

Food is an important part of the equation, and the city boasts the largest and most diverse restaurant scene outside London: Chinatown is nationally renowned, genuine Indian eating places are centred around Rusholme's 'curry alley' and there's even an Armenian old-stager in town.

Greens A bastion of Manchester's vegetarian scene for many years, Greens continues to live up to its name with suitably verdant colour schemes, plenty of buzzy atmosphere and an imaginative menu

Mr Thomas's Chop House Corned beef hash cake with poached egg and legendary HP dressing is a star turn, otherwise the menu promises bowls of brown onion soup, slow-braised venison and claret casserole with mustard and herb dumplings

Watersreach at the Golden Tulip 'Man U' fans, club members and celebs alike are drawn to the Golden Tulip Hotel, which stands right next to the revered Stadium. Gaze out towards the hallowed ground and enjoy some top-notch modern dishes to boot