Sackville Gardens

Passionately adored by many Mancunian foodies (and the first Manchester restaurant in ages not to get a slating from notoriously picky Observer food critic Jay Rayner), this Szechuan restaurant rules the culinary roost from an unprepossessing basement on Portland Street.

The formerly known Hotel Brooklyn reopens as voco, a brand new and gloriously stylish hotel on Manchester’s Portland Street.

Japanese restaurant Yuzu in Manchester is the kind of place that beckons you to return– we review it.

Formerly known as Portland Tower and previously St. Andrew’s House, Manchester One is a high-rise building in Manchester owned by Bruntwood and let out as office space.

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

Everything you want in a Canal Street club can be found here. Cruz 101 – better known as Cruz – is an institution, and a must-visit in Manchester.

Hunan, a Chinese restaurant in Manchester’s Chinatown, may be a bit off the beaten track – but it’s all the better for that.

Head to Rudy’s city centre restaurant for Neapolitan pizza at its best.

Now based at the Great Northern, Siam Smiles is a food stop that’s hot on everyone’s lips.

Now a conference and events venue, the Grade II-listed Mechanics’ Institute was the birth place of the TUC in 1868. It was also the birthplace of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Umist) and the Cooperative Insurance Society.

Pho does a fine line in pho, the noodle soup that’s a staple of Vietnamese street cuisine.

A cult tv and movie themed bar set below street level on Portland Street in Manchester.