Guidebook for Manchester
Food Scene
Home Sweet Home
49-51 Edge StGreat cake, coffee and breakfasts.
Almost Famous
49-51 High StThe biggest greasy burgers.
Luck Lust Liquor and Burn
100-102 High StPint of shrimp and squid mmmmmmmm.
Albert's Shed, Castlefield
18-20 Castle StGreat Castlefield restaraunt
Book ahead...great pan asian food. A little pricey but worth it.
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Australasia
DeansgateBook ahead...great pan asian food. A little pricey but worth it.
Super cool coffee house with limited but cheap and healthy menu.
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Foundation Coffee House
Lever StreetSuper cool coffee house with limited but cheap and healthy menu.
Sugar Junction
60 Tib StGreat for afternoon tea
Royal Mill
17 Redhill StreetGreat Coffee Shop in a beautiful converted Victorian Warehouse.
McDonald's
36/38 Oxford StreetGreat Neopolitan Pizza
Cheapest Curry in Town. Unbelievable value, extremely basic venue. Closes at 8pm.
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This & That
3 Soap StCheapest Curry in Town. Unbelievable value, extremely basic venue. Closes at 8pm.
Mowgli Street Food
69 Bold StLove the tiffin boxes
Venue of several restaurants housed in the old Corn Exchange
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Corn Exchange
Exchange SquareVenue of several restaurants housed in the old Corn Exchange
Blackjack Beers
Irk StreetArtisan brewery hosting occasional parties.
Umezushi
4 Mirabel StGreat little sushi restaurant.
Breakfast venue- full English, Irish or Scottish. They even serve Kippers!
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The Koffee Pot
84-86 Oldham StBreakfast venue- full English, Irish or Scottish. They even serve Kippers!
Shopping
Band on the Wall
25 Swan StCool live music
North Tea Power
36 Tib StCool brew stop
Oklahoma
74-76 High StQuirky gift shop
Hug mall housing everything you could want. 5 minutes down the road.
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Manchester Arndale
Hug mall housing everything you could want. 5 minutes down the road.
Huge out of town shopping mall with cinema and entertainment complex.
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I-Trafford Centre
Huge out of town shopping mall with cinema and entertainment complex.
Marks & Spencer Manchester
7 Market StBarton Arcade
48 Barton SquareBeautiful building with haunted basement!
Drinks & Nightlife
Matt & Phreds Jazz Club
64 Tib StSmall club serving pizza
The Molly House
26 Richmond StCool friendly gay bar.
The Shambles
73 Rochdale RdNice old fashioned pub. Good food.
Castle Hotel
66 Oldham StLive music
The Whiskey Jar
14 Tariff StCool friendly bar
Cloud 23
303 DeansgateAmazing views
Kiki
4 Canal StFun late opening gay bar.
PLY
26 Lever StNew bar with acres of plywood and pizza.
hangingditch wine merchants
42-44 Victoria StGreat little wine merchants, drinking on site!
Fun busy bar for drinking, dancing and carousing.
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Black Dog Ballroom
52 Church StFun busy bar for drinking, dancing and carousing.
Gorilla
54-56 Whitworth StNight club, bar, restaurant and gig venue. Great spot.
Gay Village
Centre of the gay village.
Everything Else
The Deaf Institute
135 Grosvenor StAlternative and arty live music.
Urbis
Corporation StreetFootball museum
Beautiful building interesting exhibitions.
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I-John Rylands Library
150 DeansgateBeautiful building interesting exhibitions.
Affleck's, Manchester
52 Church StAlternative shopping
Imarike ye-Arndale
49 High StCities biggest shopping centre
AO Arena
Hunts BankConcert venue
Kraak
11 Stevenson SquareBoho dingy club. Great fun.
A nice spot for a wander around and you never know you might see Judith Chalmers!
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BBC Dock House
The QuaysA nice spot for a wander around and you never know you might see Judith Chalmers!
Sightseeing
Urbis Building
Corporation StreetBeautiful building housing the football museum.
Free entry to look around highly ornate rooms, usually something going on in Albert Square too. Pay for the tour to climb the tower.
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Manchester City Council
Albert SquareFree entry to look around highly ornate rooms, usually something going on in Albert Square too. Pay for the tour to climb the tower.
Public library recently refurbished. Beautiful building.
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Manchester Central Library
Saint Peter's SquarePublic library recently refurbished. Beautiful building.
Exhibittions of Manchester's industrial heritage
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Iziko Lomfundi Nokusebenza
Liverpool RoadExhibittions of Manchester's industrial heritage
Isibheshu se-Alan Turing
Fairfield StreetArts & Culture
Art house cinema and exhibition space. Surrounded by great bars and restaurants.
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Home
2 Tony Wilson PlArt house cinema and exhibition space. Surrounded by great bars and restaurants.
The Lowry
8 The QuaysTheatre and exhibition space housing the Lowry Gallery
Indi theatre with cool bar. Shows some great stuff at great prices. A shirt taxi ride away.
Hope Mill Theatre
113 Pollard StIndi theatre with cool bar. Shows some great stuff at great prices. A shirt taxi ride away.
Beautiful building housing a theatre pod. Great spot to look around and grab a coffee even if you don't see a show.
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Royal Exchange, Manchester
Old Bank StreetBeautiful building housing a theatre pod. Great spot to look around and grab a coffee even if you don't see a show.
Just near the United stadium and across the canal from Media City.
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IWM KwaNtshonaKwazi
Trafford Wharf RoadJust near the United stadium and across the canal from Media City.
Parks & Nature
Park hosting small botanical gardens. Great little cafe too.
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Fletcher Moss Park
18 Stenner LnPark hosting small botanical gardens. Great little cafe too.
St. Michael's Flags & Angel Meadow Park
Old Mount StreetSmall city park. Rosie's Fave! Nice spot on a sunny day.