Don’t wait for the summer to enjoy the Asian flavours of Sunset by Australasia in Manchester’s Spinningfields.

It’s named after the artist synonymous with industrial Salford, but The Lowry Hotel has always been emblematic of the area’s cosmopolitan reinvention.

It’s the biggest restaurant to open in the UK this year - the northern outpost of a brand synonymous with celebrity. We try out Manchester’s version of The Ivy

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Cheshire boasts yet another place to sample Raymond Blanc’s cuisine with the opening of Brasserie Blanc at the Manchester Airport Marriott Hotel

Modern Portuguese flavours and fabulous wine give you every reason to visit Canto at Ancoats

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is among the owners of Tast, a new restaurant helping King Street’s ambitions to join the gastronomic Premier League.

When is a pub not a pub? When it’s the Freemasons at Wiswell, as Emma Mayoh discovered

A unique and relaxed restaurant and bar in the heart of Chorley in Lancashire.