Date spot in Manchester
Where The Light Gets In
Take the short train to Stockport for a set sharing menu cooked in the open kitchen of a loft above an old coffee warehouse.
Rostron Brow, Stockport Old Town
Address: Where The Light Gets In, 7 Rostron Brow, Stockport SK1 1JY- Restaurant
- Rain-proof ☔
- A treat
- Foodie
- Romantic
Why it's a good date: There's no choosing to do: you sit back and the food arrives, cooked from whatever's in season. The room feels like a dinner party in someone's very good kitchen, and Stockport's Old Town is worth a stroll first.
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Hawksmoor Manchester
Deansgate, by Spinningfields
Address: Hawksmoor, 184-186 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3WB- Restaurant
- Rain-proof ☔
- A treat
- Foodie
- Big night
Book a steak dinner in the wood-panelled rooms of a Victorian courthouse on Deansgate.
Why it's a good date: Grand but warm, with service that makes a birthday feel like one. Get there early for a cocktail in the bar, which is usually quieter than the dining room.
20 Stories
Hardman Square, Spinningfields
Address: 20 Stories, No 1 Spinningfields, 1 Hardman Square, Manchester M3 3EB- Restaurant
- A treat
- Romantic
- Big night
Have dinner twenty floors up with the whole city spread out below, then step out onto the terrace for a drink.
Why it's a good date: The view is the star: on a clear evening you can see across Manchester to the hills. Book a table for sunset and ask for one by the window.
Tender at the Stock Exchange Hotel
Norfolk Street, off King Street, city centre
Address: Stock Exchange Hotel, 4 Norfolk Street, Manchester M2 1DW- Restaurant
- Rain-proof ☔
- A treat
- Romantic
- Big night
Dress up for dinner under the glass dome of the old Manchester Stock Exchange, in the hotel restaurant run by chef Niall Keating.
Why it's a good date: The room is the reason to go: a grand Edwardian trading floor with the dome overhead. Have a drink in the hotel's old bank vault bar before you sit down.