Manchester Restaurant Guide

Colony Restaurant, The

• Address: The Midland - Manchester, 16 Peter Street, Manchester, M60 2DS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £45.00

Croma - Manchester

Always a good sign to see somebody other than one of the big chains playing around at the pizza business, especially when they have been through the Big Mill before setting up on their own. Clearly they learned their lessons well and the results are several levels above what comes out of most of the chains.

• Address: 1-3 Clarence Street, Manchester, M2 4DE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Pizza & Pasta
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £24.00

Darbar

• Address: 65-67 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M14 5TB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £18.00

Dexters - Trafford Centre

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When Tootsies opened its first Holland Park outlet in 1971, one of the guiding aims of the founding managing director was to 'bring a better burger to London'. With close to thirty destinations throughout the UK, the chain has far exceeded their initial goal and the name has become synonymous with warm, friendly service and generous helpings of tasty food.

• Address: The Orient, Trafford Centre, Manchester, M17 8AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): American, Grill
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £28.00

Didsbury Brasserie

• Address: 747 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 2RN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Dining Rooms at Worsley Park, The

• Address: Marriott Worsley Park, Manchester, M28 2QT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £26.00, Dinner: £36.00

Dukes 92

Although Dukes 92 (the 92nd lock on the Rochdale Canal is outside the door, before you ask) has a menu of mainly straightforward dishes which clearly have tremendous appeal, it seems to have gained principal fame for its ploughman's lunches that are of truly gargantuan proportions.

• Address: 18-25 Castle Street, Castlefield, Manchester, M3 4LZ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

East Restaurant, The

One of the most outstanding Chinese restaurants in a city that is not exactly short of them, Raymond Wong has sought to return to the old Chinese cooking, having become tired of the anglicised version.

• Address: 52-54 Faulkner Street, Manchester, M1 4FH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Chinese
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Eden Bar & Restaurant

Eden Bar and Restaurant is at the heart of the gay village on the site of the former Metz Café Bar. Access is via a foot bridge across the Rochdale Canal. This venue is building a decent reputation for good food and drink in a relaxed and intimate setting in the early evening, before getting up on the tables later and dancing till dawn.

• Address: Canal Street & 3 Brazil Street, Manchester, M1 3PW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Central European, East European, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £28.00

Eighth Day Cafe

• Address: 111 Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 7DU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Vegetarian, Café
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £17.00