Food Scene
Elegant and affordable Italian restaurant with top-notch food. The pizzas are excellent, and the burger is simply superb!
6 locals recommend
Cibo
3-11 Liverpool RdElegant and affordable Italian restaurant with top-notch food. The pizzas are excellent, and the burger is simply superb!
A superb Indian restaurant, typically very busy but the food is fantastic!
21 locals recommend
Akbar's
73-83 Liverpool RdA superb Indian restaurant, typically very busy but the food is fantastic!
Fashionable Indian restaurant with really great and affordable food. The location is brilliant too, right by the canal.
11 locals recommend
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Blackfriars StreetFashionable Indian restaurant with really great and affordable food. The location is brilliant too, right by the canal.
Rice Flame Bar & Grill
4-6 Chester StRice-based dishes from all over the world. Really fantastic!
Very good quality Japanese restaurant, right by the universities area. It has a really affordable lunch menu.
Umami
Oxford RoadVery good quality Japanese restaurant, right by the universities area. It has a really affordable lunch menu.
Some of the best curries around. Spicy Hut is located in the well-known 'Curry Mile', which is definitely worth a walk-about.
Spicy Mint Restaurant
35 Wilmslow RdSome of the best curries around. Spicy Hut is located in the well-known 'Curry Mile', which is definitely worth a walk-about.
Samsi
36-38 Whitworth StExcellent Japanese restaurant, with great sushi!
Drinks & Nightlife
Great pub/bar with outdoor area, and in a beautiful part of town surrounded by canals.
41 locals recommend
Dukes 92 - Bar & Restaurant Manchester City Centre
18 - 25 Castle StGreat pub/bar with outdoor area, and in a beautiful part of town surrounded by canals.
Fusion Bar
80 Great Bridgewater StReally great pub with plenty of ales and lagers, an outdoor area, and right by the canal.
sandbar
120 Grosvenor StExcellent and affordable pub near the universities.
64 Tib St
64 Tib StreetGreat Jazz club in the Northern Quarter, a hip nightlife area.
Shopping
Affleck's, Manchester
52 Church StAlternative shopping centre.
Manchester Arndale
The biggest shopping centre in town.
The largest shopping centre in Manchester, worth going even if only for the interior decoration.
8 locals recommend
Odeon Trafford Centre
Barton Dock RoadThe largest shopping centre in Manchester, worth going even if only for the interior decoration.
Arts & Culture
The closest cinema, conveniently close to restaurants and bars.
55 locals recommend
ODEON Manchester Great Northern
235 DeansgateThe closest cinema, conveniently close to restaurants and bars.
Cinema, bar, and restaurant; The Cornerhouse is a really nice place that often has alternative films. It's close to the centre and right by Oxford Road Station.
28 locals recommend
Cornerhouse
Cinema, bar, and restaurant; The Cornerhouse is a really nice place that often has alternative films. It's close to the centre and right by Oxford Road Station.
A really fantastic building, home to 2 theatres, a performing arts studio, and several restaurants, cafes and bars.
122 locals recommend
The Lowry
8 The QuaysA really fantastic building, home to 2 theatres, a performing arts studio, and several restaurants, cafes and bars.
Everything Else
Hulme Post Office
170 Stretford RdClosest Post Office.
Etihad Stadium
Ashton New RoadHome to Manchester City.
In Printworks you'll find several restaurants and bars, including the Hard Rock Cafe, and an Odeon cinema.
wagamama
Corporation StreetIn Printworks you'll find several restaurants and bars, including the Hard Rock Cafe, and an Odeon cinema.
Manchester United FC
Sir Matt Busby WayHome to Manchester United.
Sightseeing
Located in the 'canal' area of Castlefield, which is well worth a walk-about.
284 locals recommend
Science and Industry Museum
Liverpool RoadLocated in the 'canal' area of Castlefield, which is well worth a walk-about.
Manchester
188 Oxford RoadRight by the universities; fantastic building!
Manchester Cathedral
Victoria StreetThe cathedral and its gardens are certainly visit-worthy.
Urbis
Corporation StreetAn exhibition centre that is now host to the National Football Museum.
The Town Hall and the Central Library are fantastic buildings, facing the Albert Square. The latter is a good spot to eat, particularly the noodle bar Tampopo and the Indian restaurant Rajdoot.
15 locals recommend
Manchester City Council
Albert SquareThe Town Hall and the Central Library are fantastic buildings, facing the Albert Square. The latter is a good spot to eat, particularly the noodle bar Tampopo and the Indian restaurant Rajdoot.
Impressive construction, and very good museum, well worth a visit. It's located in Salford Quays.
108 locals recommend
IWM North
Trafford Wharf RoadImpressive construction, and very good museum, well worth a visit. It's located in Salford Quays.