When only the latest, hottest and biggest openings will do, Manchester has plenty that are sure to fit the bill. If you're feeling Spanish tapas from local names, restaurants from chefs with Michelin acclaim, and not one, or even two but three stunning rooftops coming soon, then check out this list of the very best new restaurants Manchester has in store, from last year to this year.
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Best New Restaurants Opening In Manchester
1. Circolo Popolare
- When: TBC June 2025
- Where: St. Michael's, Jackson's Row, M2 5ND
Parisian restaurant group Big Mamma are known for the Instagrammable interiors and Italian food at their London locations, spanning everything from Sicilian trattoria Circolo Popolare to the 70s Capri-style looks of Gloria and a maximalist Florence-inspired venue in the form of Ave Mario. They've chosen Manchester as their second UK venture outside of the capital (La Bellezza in Birmingham opened just a few months ago) and are coming to the St Michael's development, launching a second UK location of Circolo Popolare.
June is now the tipped opening date for Circolo Popolare Manchester, which will have a Sardinian theme. Think familiar bottle-lined walls much like its London counterpart, but swapping flower installations for eucalyptus-filled ceiling and a courtyard-inspired floor scattered with antiques and a wishing well. There's also an all-terracotta styled space with open kitchen views.
Circolo Popolare London (pictured) gives you a taste of what the new Manchester location could look like.
2. Chotto Matte
- When: Summer 2025
- Where: St. Michael's, Jackson's Row, M2 5ND
Another well-known brand down in London that's making its way up north, Chotto Matte is a Nikkei restaurant specialising in Japanese-Peruvian cuisine. So, what's so special about their Manchester venue?
It's going to be the crowning glory of Gary Neville's St Michael's development on Jackson Row, occupying a huge 20,000 square foot of space across a rooftop and multiple tiered terraces for the ultimate wow-factor. And if that wasn't enough, the Instagrammable element continues with live entertainment and late-night DJs, alongside sushi torched at your table and robata grill dishes.
Sushi and panoramic scenes? It can only be new opening Chotto Matte.
3. Soho House
- When: TBC 2025
- Where: Old Granada Studios, Quay Street, M3 3GS
It's been tipped for opening since 2022, so we're hoping 2025 is finally the year for Soho House to arrive in Manchester. It'll emulate the 50s and 60s inspiration of its location, the former Granada Studios, across stunning decor - and applications to be a member are open now.
Expect a glam rooftop pool with a late-night bar and live music space overlooking it, plus a formal dining area run by head chef James Lord, a gym, 23 bedrooms and a further indoor pool too. Downstairs, you'll also find the American-inspired Mollie's Motel & Diner as the icing on the cake of this anticipated development.
Rooftop views, an American diner and an outdoor pool all make Soho House a top choice on our 'coming soon' list.
4. Lina Stores
- When: Spring 2025
- Where: 17 Quay Street, M3 3HN
Also making a move north is the renowned Lina Stores, with the brand opening a restaurant, delicatessen and bar in Manchester this coming spring - so watch this space. Their first venue outside London (where they currently have locations in Soho, King's Cross and more), this occasion also marks 80 years since the original delicatessen opened its doors on Brewer Street, Soho. This regional restaurant reflects its counterparts in ethos; a space where only the finest Italian ingredients combine with an authentic experience of Italian hospitality.
It'll open on Quay Street - opposite the Opera House - in the recently refurbished Quoin building, taking over the ground floor with all-day dining; from Italian-inspired breakfast through to fresh pasta with lamb sausage ragu and chicken Milanese with Amalfi lemon at lunch and dinner. Expect an open kitchen for that element of theatre, plus their signature pastel colour accented by dark green booths, terrazzo and wood flooring, bespoke marble tables and original vintage Bentwood chairs. Similarly, the adjacent Bar Lina promises the tradition of aperitivo to the city across a space inspired by Italian design from late 1960s to 1970s, while an open-plan deli will provide the perfect space for a quick lunch of salads, sandwiches, and lemon and limoncello meringue cake.
Lina Stores Manchester promises pastel green hues and authentic Italian dining. Pictured: Lina Stores King's Cross.
5. The Cut And Craft
- When : 28th April 2025
- Where: 38-42 Mosley Street, M2 3AZ
Following the popularity of their existing sites in York and Leeds, The Cut And Craft is opening their first Manchester venue in April 2025. This is taking over the former site of Manchester and Salford Bank, a stunning Grade II-listed building that dates back to 1862. This Moseley Street haunt boasts gorgeous interiors, maintaining many of its original Victorian features, deigned by well-known Mancunian architect Edward Walters.
Order refined cocktails from the rare Brazilian blue labradorite marble bar in the centre, before tucking into their extensive all-day menu. Their current sites serve the likes of beef fillet tartare, sharing cuts of chateaubriand and Cajun monkfish, as well as plant-based options like vegan shepherd's pie - so you can expect more of the same goodness in Manchester.
Sumptuous steak and seafood makes The Cut and Craft a top choice of new restaurant.
6. Treehouse Hotel Manchester
- When: 19th March 2025 (Pip restaurant from 20th March 2025)
- Where: Blackfriars Street, M3 2EQ
Treehouse Hotel has been 'taking root' just off Deansgate since 2022 and is eagerly awaited - and not just for the signature secret garden look, rooftop views and living green walls that make the London location is so popular. We're most excited about the new bars and restaurants coming to Manchester's hottest hotel opening. Sam Grainger - chef-patron of Belzan and Madre - is launching a 14th-floor eatery fusing British and South-East Asian fare and a stand-alone bar, while Luke Cowdrey and Justin Crawford from Volta will curate the music and entertainment on these upper floors.
On the ground floor, Manchester chef Mary-Ellen McTague, who worked alongside Heston Blumenthal at his esteemed Michelin-starred restaurants and ran The Creameries until its sad closure, will lead low-waste restaurant Pip. The menu will be focused around seasonal ingredients from local suppliers and regenerative farms - minimising the restaurant's carbon footprint - and the wine list follows a similar vein; organic, biodynamic and low-intervention bottles for a focus on sustainability. Featuring new flavours and unconventional ingredients, the dishes here span everything from Carlingford oysters with fennel kimchi liquor to Lancashire hotpot with pickled red cabbage and oyster ketchup, plus rhubarb fool with olive oil biscuits for dessert.
Image credit: Simon Brown.
7. Blanchflower Trafford Centre
- When: TBC March 2025
- Where: Trafford Park, Stretford M17 8AA
Already home to two locations in South Manchester - Sale and Altrincham - Blanchflower are adding a third string to their bow with a Trafford Centre venue. Ideal for your brunch and British all-day dining fix, offering quality pre and post-shopping meals, these guys say they'll be opening sometime in March.
If the existing restaurants are anything to go by, expect stripped-back Scandi styling and a walk-ins only policy that sees every seat filled at peak times, creating a bustling atmosphere. Grab their famous sweetcorn fritters or stacked seasonal French toast for a sweet treat. The lunchtime sarnies offer equally generous portions and big flavours, with past fillings including Asian-style belly pork and Cajun buttermilk chicken - although the menu is tweaked regularly for constant variety.
Quality ingredients and tasty dishes make this place a great choice of the best new restaurants in Manchester's Trafford Centre.
Best New Manchester Restaurants Open Now
1. Winsome
- When: Now Open (March 2025(
- Where: 74 Princess St M1 6JD
Open on Princess Street, adjoining Whitworth Locke hotel where the much-loved Peru Perdu once sat, Winsome sees renowned Northern chef Shaun Moffat take on the role of chef patron for the first time. A relaxed space that puts the guest first, "thoughtful British cooking in the kitchen" is at the heart of the ethos here and reflects Moffat's reputation across awards like Manchester Chef of the Year and Top 50 Gastropubs with Edinburgh Castle.
Alongside food from Moffat, expect a sommelier-selected old world wine list, alongside a drinks menu from Tom Fastiggi (previously of multi award-winning SCHOFIELD’S bar) offering everything from classic hotel cocktails to unique creations and low or no-alcohol drinks - served both in the restaurant itself and in the neighbouring, orangery-like Atrium bar of Whitworth Locke. A top pick of meal at this new restaurant? The signature pie, which at the moment comes as Yorkshire rabbit, wild garlic and bacon.
The North continues to prove its culinary metal with Shaun Moffat's Winsome.
2. Mélange
- When: Now Open (February 2025)
- Where: Red Hall Hotel, Manchester Rd, Walmersley, Bury BL9 5NA
Replacing Oscar's restaurant at Red Hall Hotel in Bury is Mélange, a Mediterranean kitchen with the bright, airy looks to match. Hanging lanterns, a warm yet neutral colour scheme and booths tucked into a huge gable end window make up the space here, as well as a subtle mix of mid century and contemporary styling. Views of the Lancashire countryside top it all off.
Already set to be a local favourite, the restaurant presents its food in interesting and interactive ways, such as a signature tapenade served in a rustic mortar and pestle alongside bread. Nevertheless, it remains an accessible restaurant where "British tradition meets Mediterranean flair", to quote owners Priyanka and Gourav Batra.
Style and substance are on the cards at Mélange.
3. Cantaloupe
- When: Now Open (November 2024)
- Where: 71 Great Underbank, Stockport SK1 1PE
A restaurant to really get excited about, thanks to it being founded by two chefs with stellar CVs, Cantaloupe found its home in Stockport's Great Underbank at the start of November. Joshua Reed-Cooper's past experience includes time at Where The Light Gets In, Michelin-starred Mana, and Sterling, while Mike Thomas is the former head chef of Mary-Ellen McTague’s The Creameries and Campagna in Chorlton. Quite the repertoire.
They're branding themselves as your friendly neighbourhood restaurant, celebrating the regional food of the Mediterranean and serving wine from small European producers. Menu specifics are constantly changing, but past dishes span the likes of Lyme Park venison with pine nuts and hand-dived Orkney scallops served in the shell with Montpellier butter and pastis.
Stockport's dining scene is bursting at the seams with great restaurants - with Cantaloupe now leading the charge.
4. Little Scarfs
- When: Now Open (November 2024)
- Where: 17a Lower Hillgate, Stockport SK1 1JQ
Another Stockport pick - opening a day later than Cantaloupe, no less - Little Scarfs has taken its 6-month success at Altrincham Market and quickly turned it into a new, permanent home on Lower Hillgate. With much the same casual ethos and remaining walk-ins only, this fresh pasta and natural wine bar will be serving up pretty plates that change regularly - just check the chalkboard scrawls to see today's offerings.
A focus on quality ingredients and fresh flavours span their dishes, with pastas including giant sun-dried tomato-filled pappardelle with a mint butter, handmade orecchiette topped with samphire and a creamy tomato sauce, and smoked aubergine ravioli with a citrus butter. Here's to hoping they bring back their pasta-making masterclasses, too.
Fresh pasta is all the rage, and so is Little Scarfs - the restaurant that's already built up a following from its time at Altrincham Market.
5. KAJI
- When: Now Open (October 2024)
- Where: 37 Peter Street, M2 5GB
Part of the MUSU Collection and a slight branding change compared to their now-closed, eponymous MUSU restaurant at the same Bridge Street location, KAJI is a Japanese restaurant with a focus on the ancient art of cooking over fire. They use Binchotan coal, oak and cherry wood as fuel, creating a unique sear and a complex smoked flavour. But that's not all, as the team here are also experts with a flambadou; a traditional iron cone that's been wielded by chefs for centuries, heated until white-hot and used to baste meat and seafood with molten fat.
From a ten-course tasting menu with the option of adding wine pairings to a la carte or a £30 per person, two-course lunch and early evening menu, KAJI has a number of different price-point options for trying out their food. Aside from the meals, also expect a lineup of sake, fine wine and Japanese-inspired cocktails, as well as those gorgeous interiors with a moody colour scheme.
For a new Japanese restaurant, check out KAJI.
6. Blacklock
- When: Now Open (September 2024)
- Where: 37 Peter Street, M2 5GB
Another one for the steak aficionados, Blacklock is the London chophouse that's chosen Manchester as its first location outside the capital. Found in a Grade II listed building on Peter Street, the restaurant specialises in chops and steak cooked over charcoal, as well as a signature white chocolate cheesecake dessert served straight from the dish at your tableside (just remember to 'say when' or you'll end up with more than you bargained for).
Typically the brand's meat comes sustainably sourced from Cornish family farmers and butchers Philip and Ian Warren, although the restaurant is now also partnering with new, Northern suppliers to add this legacy of regenerative farming and a no waste, local approach. Better yet, you can count on Blacklock's award-winning Sunday roasts too.
Blacklock is a top choice of new restaurants in Manchester city centre.
7. Louis
- When: Now Open (September 2024)
- Where: Hardman Square, Spinningfields M3 3EB
Permanently Unique Group, who are behind the ever-popular Tattu and prominent 2023 opening Fenix, have unveiled another venture at Hardman Square in Spinningfields. Louis is inspired by the Italian-American restaurants of New York - a growing trend we're seeing across the country.
Executive chef of Greek-inspired Fenix, Ippokratis Anagnostelis, has designed a menu of classic flavours to show the influence of the Mediterranean on food in the US, while swing bands, jazz quartets, singers and pianists provide the entertainment. Plus, if like its sister restaurants, interiors are equally as luxurious.
One of the biggest new openings that came to Manchester last year, Louis was filling everyone's feeds from autumn.
8. Flat Iron
- When: Now Open (July 2024)
- Where: 200-204 Deansgate, M3 3NN
A staple in London thanks to its 13 venues, Flat Iron is the renowned home of £14 steak; yup, you read that right - just fourteen pounds. Although the 'secondary' cut this restaurant is named after is often passed up for more popular and higher priced steaks like sirloin, fillet and ribeye, these guys manage to make flat iron more tender and juicy than anywhere else.
The group raise their own rare, traditional breed cattle in Thirsk, Yorkshire, with the help of third-generation beef farmer Charles Ashbridge. Meat here is cooked to perfection and served alongside favourite sides like creamed spinach and aubergine parm (seriously, they're a must), with free beef dripping popcorn to start and an ice cream each when you leave. It's top bargains all round.
Seriously great steak at affordable prices makes Flat Iron a fantastic new restaurant.
9. Onda Pasta Bar
- When: Now Open (June 2024)
- Where: 1 Circle Square, Oxford Road M1 7FS
If you haven't seen Onda Pasta Bar on your Instagram feed, then your algorithm clearly hates you. Their tiramisu drawer went viral, with Michelin-trained chef Sam Astley-Dean turning his restaurant's success as a pop-up at The New Cross into a permanent location in Circle Square on Oxford Road. They raised funds by selling vouchers for the restaurant in advance of opening and operated a tiramisu takeaway while the venue was kitted out.
But it's not just dessert these guys have going for them (although we'd still probably visit for that alone, to be honest), as all pasta here is made fresh and in-house, with dishes like scallop and crab cappelletti and beef shin ragu on the cards. Mopping up any leftover sauce? Garlic, parsley and mozzarella or 'nduja, mascarpone and honey pizzetta: mini pizzas with a signature, super-risen crust and generous grated parmesan.
Get a taste of the viral tiramisu drawer at Onda's first permanent location.
10. Tender
- When: Now Open (June 2024)
- Where: Stock Exchange Hotel, 4 Norfolk Street M2 1DW
Tender is the latest venue from chef Niall Keating; a man who already earned two Michelin stars at The Dining Room at Whatley Manor Hotel, as well as being the brains behind Barlaston's Lunar restaurant (also home to a Michelin green star). It launched at Gary Neville's hotel last summer and is named after the immense care the team will channel into creating each dish.
You'll find recognisable and accessible food crafted with a gourmet leaning across everything from afternoon teas to Sunday lunches and brasserie-style a la carte offerings, all created by Keating himself. We made a beeline for the rib of beef with blue cheese, bone marrow, tallow chips and confit garlic, plus the jam-cinnaroll pudding served alongside crème anglaise.
One of the UK’s youngest two Michelin star chefs is bringing his latest restaurant to Manchester.
11. Skof
- When: Now Open (May 2024)
- Where: Hanover Building, Federation and Hanover Street, NOMA, M4 4AH
When somewhere was tipped to be Manchester's next Michelin star (and then achieved it in February 2025) before it even even officially opened, you know it's a hot topic. Skof is the highly-anticipated fine dining restaurant and first solo venture from chef Tom Barnes, a name known for being head chef at Rogan & Co when it received a Michelin star and executive chef at Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume when it earned its third.
He's taken over the Hanover Building in NOMA, bringing a new lease of life to the Grade II-listed space with a more relaxed take on tasting menus - all designed to focus on local, seasonal ingredients.
One of the biggest new Manchester restaurant openings last year, Skof has already achieved Manchester's second Michelin star.
12. Jaan By Another Hand
- When: Now Open (May 2024)
- Where: Exhibition, St George's House, 56 Peter Street M2 3NQ
With a mention in the Michelin Guide, Deansgate Mews' Another Hand is one of the city's most popular and most lauded restaurants. Branching out (but not too much) from their delicious small plates at the original location, chefs Julian Pizer and Max Yorke have launched a new concept at Exhibition - taking over the space left by Rigatoni's to complete the Peter Street venue's kitchen residency trio.
Jaan By Another Hand styles itself as a 'Persian bread kitchen', bringing Another Hand's much-loved flatbreads to the next level. Think flavours like Shetland mussels with za'atar and lemon crème fraiche, smoked aubergine with macadamia nuts and wood sorrel, or ras el hanout-spiced lamb with cucumber labneh, cured egg yolk and chive. Larger non-flatbread dishes also feature on the menu, from fire-roasted sea trout to chermoula chicken.
A Michelin Guide recommended restaurant has branched out to a pop-up location.
13. OCASA
- When: 18th April, 2025
- Where: The Avenue 1 Spinningfields Square, Spinningfields, M3 3AP
Spinningfields’ long-standing hotspot, Australasia, is getting a serious glow-up - and it’s bringing a bold new concept along for the ride. After a major makeover, the restaurant is stepping into a fresh era with sleek interiors, a brand-new menu, and a focus on open-flame cooking, all led by the talented new head chef, Lucie Sainerova. But that’s not all. The venue’s former Sunset by Australasia space is transforming into a fiery Mexican restaurant and tequila bar serving up fusion flavours, fine agave spirits, and live entertainment. Think dragon salt wagyu tacos, lobster nachos, and tableside guacamole, plus Taco Tuesday deals with £6 tacos and margaritas.
OCASA isn’t just about top-tier tequila and bold bites; it’s bringing a slice of Tulum to Manchester with rustic rock walls, terracotta tones, and jade-green accents. The 80-seat terrace even features luxe ‘bed booths’ for private group dining. The bar is set to become a tequila lover’s paradise, boasting one of the UK’s most extensive agave collections, with Don Julio and Casamigos in the mix.
OCASA (pictured) will feature stunning, photo-worthy interiors.
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