You don’t have to be staying in the beautiful Lowry Hotel to enjoy some of the amazing spaces it offers.
And now its stunning waterside restaurant The River Restaurant is running full pelt into summer with a brand new seasonal menu.
The space itself went through an extensive refurbishment a few years ago to become the bright and colourful space loved by guests and visitors alike.
With huge windows overlooking the river below, and with its location within the five-star Lowry Hotel, it’s consistently become one of the top places to go for dinner in Salford and Manchester.
The River Restaurant’s brand new summer a la carte menu puts summer on a plate from appetiser to dessert.
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These vibrant new additions include some of the restaurant’s most favoured dishes, including baby roasted chorizo, padron peppers, and a sourdough basket with smoked whipped butter and honey.
Sounds like the streets of San Sebastian rather than Salford so far.
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For starters, there’s a tomato Provencal with consommé, parmesan and basil; beef tartare with anchovies, brioche and truffle; and a potato and gruyere tartlet served with radish, pear and olive.
The River Restaurant at The Lowry Hotel has launched a new summer menu. Credit: Supplied
Mains are seasonal and include free range cornfed chicken breast with BBQ lettuce, sweetcorn, chestnut mushrooms and foie gras vin jaun; and a fresh seabass fillet served with courgette, spring onion, Parisienne ragout and sauce vierge.
For the non-meat eaters, a ratatouille is accompanied by pomme anna, tomato fondue and seeds, Roscoff and parsley and an artichoke barigoule is served alongside carrots, gremolata, koffman’s potato and tomato.
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Or you can always turn to the classic grill, with dishes like salmon steak, 30-day dry aged sirloin or beef fillet, a lamb rump or a chateaubriand to share. Each meat is served with confit tomato, portobello mushroom, fries and a choice of sauce.
Feeling hungry yet? You can book your table for The River Restaurant at The Lowry Hotel and see the full menu here.
Manchester’s iconic Rylands building is being reborn – and the developers want to hear from you
Daisy Jackson
Manchester’s iconic Rylands building, formerly home to the Debenhams department store, is being reborn.
And now the developers working on its new chapter want Mancunians to weigh in on which businesses we want to see in the landmark building.
The transformation of Rylands Manchester will honour the heritage character of the building, which dates back to 1932, but will introduce contemporary design and a list of residents that’s bang up to date for our modern city centre.
The plans include building a four-storey extension with panoramic city views and a bright, central atrium. When it completes, this Grade II-listed art deco building will bring together workspace, retail, and leisure, right at the beating heart of town between the Northern Quarter, Piccadilly, Manchester Arndale, and the central business district.
Standing proudly at the top of Market Street, this next era for Rylands will establish it as an exciting new destination in the heart of town when its phased completion begins from late 2026.
Already confirmed to be moving in is Market Place Food Hall with its first northern location, which has signed on for a 15 year lease to occupy the ground floor of Rylands.
Market Place Food Hall is already confirmed to be moving into RylandsRylands is entering a new era
But now Rylands are putting it back to locals to ask what shops, restaurants, or cafes we’d love to see moving in.
It could be a high street hero you’ve loved for years, an independent business you’ve fallen for, or a foodie spot you return to time and time again.
Your ideas could help to shape the future of this landmark building and make it a destination us Mancs can be proud of.
And if you submit your suggestions in the comments of THIS Instagram post, you could be in with a chance of winning a £100 Love2Shop voucher (make sure you’re following @Rylands_manchester for a chance to win).
Science and Industry Museum announces new major exhibition taking visitors on an ‘epic space adventure’
Emily Sergeant
A major new exhibition taking visitors on an ‘epic space adventure’ is making its world premiere in Manchester next year.
Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos will invite visitors to explore our wondrous Solar System when it launches at the Science and Industry Museum next February.
Fresh off-the-back of the new BBC Children’s and Education TV show, Horrible Science, the ‘thrilling’ new exhibition will encourage visitors to ‘do science the horrible way’, and join both scientists and supervillains to unveil the secrets of space.
The new exhibition will propel families up into space where mystery, intrigue, and rocket-loads of silly and surprising science await. You’ll get to venture through a series of cosmic zones, walk in the shoes of astronauts, explore the life-giving energy of the sun, marvel at mysterious moons, and discover far-off weird worlds.
Left teetering on the edge of our Solar System, explorers will then find themselves staring into the dark depths of space, on the lookout for any extra-terrestrial life that could be staring back.
Whether its sniffing astronauts’ smelly socks, dancing on an alien disco planet, feeling the tremors from a mysterious moonquake, or launching a space rocket, organisers say this new adventure will engage all the senses in a truly immersive experience.
This is the first time Horrible Science has been brought to life as a major exhibition.
The Science and Industry Museum has announced a new major exhibition taking visitors on an ‘epic space adventure’ / Credit: BBC | Science Museum Group
Visitors will get to see familiar characters from the BBC series – like Dr Big Brain, in particular – on their mission to find out more about our fascinating Solar System through interactive experiments, playful challenges, and sensory exploration.
The exhibition is being developed by the Science and Industry Museum in collaboration with producers of the Horrible Science TV show, BBC Children’s and Education, and Lion Television, together with Scholastic, who are publishers of the much-loved Horrible Science book series by Nick Arnold and illustrated by Tony De Saulles.
‘Unmissable’ objects from the Science Museum Group’s world-class space collection will also be on show when the exhibition premieres.
Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos will open at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester on 13 February 2026 for an 11-month run before heading down to London, and tickets are now on sale priced at £10 – with family discounts available, and under-threes going free.
Daisy Jackson -
9th August 2024 
