Wilson’s is the latest excellent indie food trader to join the high-level team at the New Century Kitchen food hall.

Renae is a ‘music-led bar’, designed to get you dancing. The space is simple but with a really open, breezy feel that you could place anywhere in mainland Europe.

Out in the Cheshire countryside, The Vines at Carden Park feels like a retreat into culinary excellence. The food is some of the finest in the North, thanks to a menu that’s both inventive and rooted in modern British dining traditions.

Fumo, or in English, smoke, is the crux of San Carlo’s most recent development. Their menu remains passionately traditional, but this time with an emphasis on their Robata charcoal grill.

Bangkok Diners Club is exactly what Manchester’s food scene needs right now. It takes a certain madcap brain to come up with these dishes – you won’t find many rhubarb curries in Thailand – and it’s a true joy to see them executed so well.

Pip and the Treehouse hotel might have been a long time coming, but some things are worth the wait. Especially when they involve dishes as memorable as these.

Soap Street Pizza at Nordie has an outrageously good offer on Tuesdays and Wednesdays: eat in and get a pizza for a time-travelling £7. Choose from The Marinara, The Margherita or The Ploughman’s and relive your youth, when eating out was cheap and you could smash umpteen beers on a schoolnight, easy.

From tension-releasing full body massages to sauna sessions and hydrotherapy hot tubs, however you like to relax – you’ll find your perfect retreat here.

Manchester’s Stock Exchange Hotel has some serious heft behind it, backed by former United player and current gobby pundit Gary Neville. That requires a restaurant full of serious talent, and with two-time Michelin-starred chef Niall Keating, it looks like they’ve finally found their man.

To celebrate Hawksmoor Manchester’s 10 year anniversary, we took a trip over to try the new daytime menu. It’s on until July and showcases some of the most popular and storied dishes from over the years.

Gaucho’s pre-theatre set menu comes in at a mere £22.50 for two courses, or £26 for three. Weigh up quality, surroundings and price, and that has to be one of the best dine-out deals in the city. ¡Hasta pronto, Gaucho!

Medlock Canteen is one year old. The ideal time to pay a visit and celebrate.

Fumo isn’t reinventing the wheel here. They’re doing what the Italians do best, and fiercely protecting tradition. The food is great, the portions are even better, and the service is unmatched. Remember to bring your appetite.

Treehouse Manchester has 216 rooms, a rooftop bar with city views, and a jam-packed events calendar. Coming up: botanical-inspired pottery (Sat 12 Apr), soulful R&B yoga sessions (Wed 23 & 30 Apr), a family-friendly birdbox painting workshop (Fri 18 Apr), and an Earth Day retreat with yoga, meditation, and mindful art (Sat 19 Apr). Sundays mean seasonal roasts at Pip, curated by Mary-Ellen McTague.