Ian Jones

The Rose & Monkey Hotel is one of the Northern Quarter’s best music-led bars, with a truly impressive beer garden. Our new favourite Manchester pub.

We visit Skof, Manchester’s most raved-about new restaurants, mere hours before 2025’s Michelin Guide announcement.

Laid-back elegant dining space opposite the Museum of Liverpool.

MAYA is a stylish new restaurant and bar on the corner of Canal Street and Chorlton Street in central Manchester.

Medlock Canteen combines Parisian bistro style dining with a 50s diner look and feel.

New Wave Ramen is a stylish, friendly Japanese ramen bar and restaurant on Tib Lane in the heart of Manchester.

Alongside a new Silk Road-themed menu, Lamb Of Tartary has an all-new name: LoT.

Welcoming waterside bar in New Islington Marina, serving a wide array of carefully-curated cocktails.

Make this 17th century coaching inn the first stop on your way through the Cumbrian countryside.

Highly-regarded wine-led, French-leaning wine bar and rooftop restaurant in the city centre.