Dan's Manchester Guidebook
Bars
Great bar local to the property with a good selection of beers (some brewed on site). Good place to sit outside when the weather is good too.
7 locals recommend
The Gas Works Brewbar
5 Jack Rosenthal StGreat bar local to the property with a good selection of beers (some brewed on site). Good place to sit outside when the weather is good too.
HOME Manchester
2 Tony Wilson PlIndependent venue that has a cinema, theatre, bar and restaurant.
Sir Ralph Abercromby
35 Bootle StreetThe best old school pub in central Manchester. Great for United fans.
Superb little bar with a great selection of beers and a good jukebox. Make sure you get some fish and chips from next door and enjoy them with your drinks (don't worry, it's allowed - as long as you take your rubbish away with you!
11 locals recommend
Cask Bar
29 Liverpool RdSuperb little bar with a great selection of beers and a good jukebox. Make sure you get some fish and chips from next door and enjoy them with your drinks (don't worry, it's allowed - as long as you take your rubbish away with you!
O'Sheas Irish Bar
80 Princess StBest Guinness in Manchester. Good for watching sport.
SEVEN BRO7HERS BEERHOUSE ANCOATS
39 Blossom StGreat beer great location
An original and definitely still one of the best. Great when there is live music on and great when there isn't.
17 locals recommend
Night & Day Cafe
26 Oldham StAn original and definitely still one of the best. Great when there is live music on and great when there isn't.
Food scene
Mana
42 Blossom StMichelin starred restaurant of the highest calibre. Book in advance!
Bundobust Brewery
61-69 Oxford StreetCracking vegetarian Indian food with good beers. Great atmosphere.
Hello Oriental
2 Symphony ParkAmazing Asian food in a brand new underground location.
Neighbourhoods
An area which has undergone massive regeneration in the last 5 years: now home to thousands of flats, dozens of good bars and restaurants.
34 locals recommend
Ancoats
An area which has undergone massive regeneration in the last 5 years: now home to thousands of flats, dozens of good bars and restaurants.
One of the original city centre nightspots: not for the faint hearted. Stag and Hen Do heaven.
26 locals recommend
Deansgate Locks
5 Century StreetOne of the original city centre nightspots: not for the faint hearted. Stag and Hen Do heaven.
This has been a hotspot for shopping, drinking and eating for years now and keeps getting better.
223 locals recommend
Northern Quarter
This has been a hotspot for shopping, drinking and eating for years now and keeps getting better.
Nightclub
The best Indie nightclub in Manchester. Home to incredibly cheap drinks and sweaty, long nights. Like Courteeners? Head here.
42's
2 Bootle StreetThe best Indie nightclub in Manchester. Home to incredibly cheap drinks and sweaty, long nights. Like Courteeners? Head here.
City advice
Getting around
Walk!
Manchester is an easy city to explore on foot and it is probably the best way to really get a feel for the place. There is a constant supply of new shops, bars and restaurants that you only really find by stumbling across or into.
Travelling with kids
Manchester with children
Our son (now 4 1/2, he’ll tell me off if I don’t include the 1/2) was born in the city centre and has lived only in the city centre: and he loves it. Obviously there is a shortage of the “normal” parent traps such as soft plays in the middle of a bustling city, but there really are lots of great things to do. The museums and galleries are always putting events on for families: special mention to Great Northern Warehouse and their book nook and kids playroom inside, as well as their brilliant sandpit and play area outside. Just ask me for more recommendations!