Ian Jones

Food and Drink Editor

Written by Ian Jones

Green Room Leeds
Leeds
Green Room Leeds

The upcoming Leeds-based Green Room is a plant-based eating space during the day that turns into a bar in the evening.

Try Thai
Chinatown
Restaurant
Try Thai Manchester

Try Thai is an unfussy authentic Thai restaurant in Chinatown that has been quietly serving up superb quality food for years.

Chinatown
Hotel
The Alan

This high-end city-centre restaurant has an excellent afternoon tea option that more than matches up to the superb main menu.

Manchester
Bar or Pub
Le Social Wine Bar

Le Social is a stylish wine bar and tasting room, focusing on exhibitions by local artists as well as natural wines, deli boards and continental plates.

Hong Kong Choi
Manchester
Restaurant
Hong Kong Choi

A superb modern Hong Kong-style restaurant on the edge of Manchester city centre, serving up unique dishes created by chefs with Michelin star experience.

Fierce Bar
Manchester
Bar or Pub
Fierce Bar

Highly-rated bar based in Manchester’s bustling Northern Quarter, seconds away from Common.

Cloudwater Beer Hall
Manchester
Cloudwater Beer Hall

The celebrated Cloudwater Brewery is opening a beer hall at the thriving Kampus development in Manchester’s Gay Village, featuring a full kitchen.

Manchester Restaurant Deals

Manchester's restaurants are bending over backwards to create deals that take the sting out of eating out. Here are the best of the bunch for January.