As of Monday 17 May Manchester will have officially entered ‘Step Three’ of the roadmap out of lockdown.
This means new rules permitting indoor drinking and dining for the first time in months, as well as the reopening of some long-shuttered local businesses like cinemas and museums.
For the roughly four in five Manchester hospitality businesses left unable to trade during the strict nationwide lockdowns, this is welcome news indeed.
The majority have been unable to open since before Christmas. Others have been closed for the best part of a year.
Those without any outdoor drinking or dining space have been hit the hardest. Out of 659 Manchester city centre hospitality venues, around 170 resumed trading in April.
Lockdown saw us lose some real city centre gems, with casualties including city centre favourites Nexus Arts Cafe, Bock Biere, Teacup Kitchen, Lunya and Earth Cafe.
Now, with the next few months set to be pivotal for the success of many local hospitality businesses, we are at risk of losing more if they don’t get the support they need.
So, as the city takes one more step back towards normality, we thought we’d put together a list of the places that will reopen for indoor drinking and dining from May 17.
Let’s go and show them some support.
This piece will be regularly updated as new information becomes available.
Manchester bars and restaurants reopening the week commencing May 17:
Albert Square
Reds True BBQ
Slug and Lettuce
Speak In Code
The Allotment Vegan
Wood & Co.
Armenian Taverna
Ancoats
Blue-Eyed Panda
Second City
Erst
Jub Thai
Street Urchin (Wednesday, 19th May)
Sugo
Viet Shack
Cha-ology
Bridge Street
Dishoom
Mason’s Restaurant and Bar
MOJO
Castlefield
Albert’s Shed
The Wharf
Cafe Istanbul
Cibo
The Wharf
Central
American Pies
The Bank
Crown And Anchor
Circle Tavern
The Flying Monkey
Annies
San Carlo Bottega
Browns
The Bull & Bear
Chish & Fips
Harvey Nichols Second Floor Bar and Brasserie
Mamucium
The Restaurant, Bar and Kitchen
Peru Perdu
TGI Fridays
Sam’s Chop House
Three Little Words
The Brotherhood of Pursuits and Pastimes
City Arms
Chinatown
Little Yang Sing
Phetphalin
Teppanyaki Chinatown
Yang Sing
Yuzu
The New Emperor
Seven Oaks
Corn Exchange
Pizza Express
Pho
Vapiano
Deansgate
Be At One
Las Iguanas
Slug and Lettuce
The Knott
Ark
Bem Brasil
San Carlo Cichetti
Cloud 23
Dimitris Taverna
Gaucho
Hawksmoor
La Vina
Evuna
Dirty Martini
First Street
Junkyard Golf Club
Indian Tiffin Room
HOME
Great Northern
Vesper cocktail bar
James Martin Manchester
Platzki
Fat Hippo
Siam Smiles Cafe
King Street
Flight Club
Grand Pacific
Kala
Rosso
Honey at Gotham
King Street Tavern
Northern Quarter
63 Degrees
Allotment NQ
The Abel Heywood
Bem Brasil
Band on the Wall
Behind Closed Doors
Bar 21
Castle Hotel
CBRB
Cottonopolis
Dusk Til Pawn
English Lounge
Herd NQ
Junior Jacksons
NQ64
Noi Quattro
33 Oldham Street
TNQ Restaurant & Bar
The Lost Cat
Night & Day
Turtle Bay Restaurant & Bar
SoLIta NQ
Chakalaka (?)
Ciaooo Pizzeria
Pen and Pencil
Penang
Evelyn’s Cafe & Bar
Ply
Seed and Cherry
Sicilian NQ
Oxford Road
Turtle Bay Restaurant & Bar
Joshua Brooks
Dog Bowl
Temple Bar
One Plus
Oishi Q
Navarro Lounge
The Refuge
Peter Street
Asha’s
Don Giovanni
Don Marco
Ezra & Gil
The French at The Midland)
Mount Street Dining Room and Bar at The Midland
Peaky Blinders
The Blues Kitchen Manchester (20th May)
Peter Street Kitchen
Piccadilly
Brasserie Abode
Bundobust
Chez Mal
Ducie Street Warehouse
Franco Manca
The Green
Waldorf Hotel
Escape to Freight Island
Printworks
Bierkeller
Chiquito
Frankie & Benny’s
Hard Rock Cafe
Nandos
Wagamama
Wasabi
O’Neills
Walkabout
Shudehill
Lower Turks Head
The Pasta Factory
Spinningfields
Fazenda
Tattu
BLVD
The Village
Jasmine Grill
Habesha
Arnero
Napoleon’s bar and Chinese restaurant
Yizhichuan
Samsi
