All the September Manchester restaurant deals, discounts and offers you need in 2023
From £5 cocktails and free pizzas to £15 steak frites at Hawksmoor and plenty more, there are so many great food and drink deals to try in Manchester this month.
Another month, another list of great dining deals in Manchester.
The summer might be over but September has started off pleasantly, if unseasonably, warm – making us want to do nothing but sit outside and graze al fresco, perhaps with a few drinks in hand.
Thankfully, there are plenty of places in Manchester city centre and beyond offering dining deals, set menus, and other offers to tempt you in and help you save a few pennies along the way.
Keep reading to find out the best places to go to save some cash whilst dining like a boss this September.
50% off food and drink – Manchester September drinking and dining deals
You can get £5 negronis at Juice Box every day. / Image: The Manc Eats
A pork belly and apple sandwich at Elnecot, served with dipping gravy. / Image: The Manc Eats
Corbieres
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The offer: Free pizza.
T&Cs: Free pizza when you buy a drink, every Tuesday to Friday from 4-7pm
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Disorder
The offer: 50% off bottles of prosecco, 50p wings.
T&Cs: Drinks offer only available when it’s pouring down with rain. Say ‘If it rains, it pours’ at the bar to get the deal. 50p wings every Wednesday.
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Elnecot
The offer: Soup and sandwich £8.
T&Cs: Available Monday to Friday, 11am to 3pm.
Italiana Fifty Five
The offer: 50% off food.
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T&Cs: Available Sunday to Thursday until 14 September, booking required.
Juice Box
The offer: £5 negronis.
T&Cs: All day every day, 12-10pm.
Muse Uppermill
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The offer: 50% off the menu*
T&Cs: *some exclusions apply. Available every Thursday.
On The Hush
The offer: 50% off food.
T&Cs: Available to walk-ins 12pm to 2pm, Thursday and Friday.
The offer: Two mains and a bottle of wine for £25.
T&Cs: Available every Sunday from 12 to 8.30pm.
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Edinburgh Castle
The offer: £15 for a main and a drink.
T&Cs: Available Thursdays and Fridays, 12 to 4pm. Glass of wine, pint or soft drink available, main option changes weekly.
Embankment Kitchen
The offer: Three small plates £17.50, five for £27.50.
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T&Cs: Available Wednesday to Saturday, 4 to 10pm.
El Gato Negro
The offer: Three dishes for £18.
T&Cs: Available Monday to Friday 12 to 4pm, all day Sunday.
Sashimi at OSMA inside Exhibition MCR. / Image; The Manc Eats
Orecchiette ragu pasta at Sud (formerly Sugo, now inside Exhibition). / Image: The Manc Eats
Exhibition
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The offer: A dish and a drink for £10.
T&Cs: Available Wednesday to Friday, 12 to 4pm.
Gusto Italian
The offer: £8 carbonara.
T&Cs: Available on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd September only.
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Habas
The offer: Main, side and a drink for £15.
T&Cs: Available Tuesday to Friday, 12 to 5pm.
Hawksmoor
The offer: Two courses for £26, £15 steak and frites ‘strike offer.
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T&Cs: Set menu available for reservations made Monday-Saturday until 6.30pm and all day Sunday. Steak and frites offer applies whenever there is a rail strike (book quoting ‘strike steak’).
Henry C
The offer: £5 negronis (from a choice of ten).
T&Cs: Available Thursdays 4pm-late.
The Black Friar
The offer: Two courses for £22.
T&Cs: Available from a set menu all day Monday, 12 to 6pm Tuesday-Friday. Walk-ins and bookings welcome.
The Jane Eyre Ancoats
The offer: £7 cocktails, £8 classic cocktails on Sundays.
T&Cs: Tues – Thurs 3 to 6pm, Sundays from 6pm.
Cocktails at The Jane Eyre in Chorlton. / Image: The Manc Eats
The Jane Eyre in Chorlton is serving three plates for £15 as part of its lunch menu. / Image: The Manc Eats
The Jane Eyre Chorlton
The offer: Lunch menu 3 for £15.
T&Cs: Tuesday to Friday, 12 to 5pm.
Public
The offer: £4 pints and wine, £6 daiquiris.
T&Cs: Available only when it’s raining, weekdays until 8pm.
Santé
The offer: £15 for 3 small plates or tapas.
T&Cs: Available weekly, starting from 4pm Tuesdays and finishing at 5pm Fridays.
Yard and Coop
The offer: 20% off for students
T&Cs: Must present a valid student card. Available until the end of October.
Featured image – The Manc Eats
Manchester
Gig review | Catfish at Heaton Park, Manchester – are the Bottlemen properly back?
10 months on from their last gig and more than a year since they officially ended their hiatus, Catfish and the Bottlemen finally returned to Manchester for a sold-out show at Heaton Park, and while the reviews online have been mixed, we had a blast heading back to the fields again.
Making their Manc comeback just hours before this year’s Parklife Festival got underway, the beloved Welsh band had stirred lots of worry leading up to the day itself and, in truth, even in the moments leading up to (and after) their stage time.
Apart from their huge headline slot at Reading and Leeds, 2024 was the year of cancellations and controversy, so their fans had plenty of reason to be concerned. Nevertheless, we had faith and kept our spirits high, especially with the weather holding out.
Local legends and indie rock veterans James certainly helped on that front, delighting both die-hards watching from up on the hill and younger gig-goers who may have only heard a few of the big hits like ‘Sit Down’ – though they certainly didn’t heed that message, there was merely jumping up and down.
Some great computer-generated imagery backdropped the set.We watched this thing like a hawk.You can read our recent interview with them HERE. (Credit: Audio North)
Once the main support act had wrapped up their pretty perfectly timed set, we’ll admit, standing on that grass felt like an eternity, especially considering Catfish had us waiting an extra 15 minutes beyond their expected arrival at Heaton Park.
You could call it fashionably late, but in this case, it saw several people around us uttering, ‘they’re not coming on any time soon’, and some even beginning to walk off.
However, they did eventually arrive just over a quarter of an hour past schedule, and the eruption of cheers from the crowd and a fair few screams from those nearest the barrier signalled what summed up the entire night: we were just so happy to have them back.
We’ve heard people debating the sound quality and taking issue with parts of Van’s performance, but we’ll just leave this here and let you decide for yourselves:
One thing’s for sure: the energy was immaculate from start to finish.
From kicking things off with ‘Longshot’ for a limb-worthy intro, to hearing a fully acoustic version of ‘Hourglass’ as the lead singer stood alone on the dramatically lit main stage, soon to be followed up by a plethora of Parklife acts, we’d wager you they’ll remain a tough act to follow all weekend.
Other highlights included an entire park’s worth of people belting every word to ‘Kathleen’, ‘Fallout’, ‘Pacifier’ and pretty much every track they played, as well Van having the crowd repeat the chorus of ‘Cocoon’ as he hung up his guitar from the stand to deliver an ice-old mic drop.
We would’ve loved to hear a fuller set filled with the extended live versions of ‘Oxygen’, ‘Heathrow’ and ‘Glasgow’ too, especially given how many sections of pure instrumentation felt like they were going to transition into another track, but you can’t have everything, I guess.
Inflatable crocodiles and cracking flagsCredit: The Manc GroupEyes and arms wide openWe’re here to urge you not to be drawn in by TikTok reviews – as far as we’re concerned, Catfish were made to headline Heaton Park.
Sure, there might have been a few minor fluffed vocal notes and slightly over-lengthy solos here and there, but after all, it’s a rock show: we want a bit of mess.
The same goes for Van McCann himself, too; we worry that people are starting to forget what a proper rockstar is, and we’re not talking about contriving some kind of Hollywood lifestyle, but certainly getting lost in the music and trashing your guitar so hard that your face is draped in nothing but hair and sweat? Absolutely.
All in all, we think Catfish and the Bottlemen‘s massive outdoor show at Manchester’s Heaton Park and de facto ‘comeback after the last comeback’ was a triumph and even when they’re not absolutely 10/10, they’re still bloody good value live.
As for the question of ‘are they back?’ We think so and certainly hope that ‘Showtime’ wasn’t just released as a way of signalling fans to come along for one last ride before the final curtain call.
Parklife festival is a bucket list item for a huge swathe of young Manc music-lovers, with a massive line-up of dance, electronic and house music up in the fields at Heaton Park.
As the biggest party in the calendar, tens of thousands save up for tickets and to let their hair down for two days of the summer.
But as with all music and entertainment venues, prices for everything are creeping ever-higher.
And Parklife is not immune to the rising price of drinks, with spirits, beer, wine, and even pre-mixed cans more expensive than ever.
In our opinion… still worth it.
Here are the drink prices across Parklife 2025.
Spirit and mixers
Smirnoff No.21 Vodka- £11.80 for double, £7.90 for single
Captain Morgan Spiced Gold – £11.80 for double, £7.90 for single
Captain Morgan Black Spiced – £11.80 for double, £7.90 for single
Johnnie Walker Black Label – £11.80 for double, £7.90 for single
Gordon’s London Dry Gin – £11.80 for double, £7.90 for single
Gordon’s Pink Gin – £11.80 for double, £7.90 for single
Casamigos Blanco Tequila – £14.80 for double, £10.90 for single
Included mixers: Pepsi Max, Pepsi Max Cherry, 7Up Free, Ginger Beer, Tonic, Soda, Grapefruit Soda
Rockstar Energy drink mixers: Tropical Guava, Peach Zero Sugar, Original – +£1
Georgina Pellant -
30th August 2023 
