Manchester · England
Healthy restaurants in Manchester.
Written by Gillian McKeith
Manchester has grown up fast, and I love to see it. Ten years ago eating well here meant a limp salad and an apology from the waiter. Today there are kitchens in this city the rest of the country ought to be studying.
The places below take you through the Northern Quarter and well beyond it: vegan dining rooms, wholefood cafes, and restaurants where the vegetable dishes are the ones the chef is quietly proudest of.
I judge on ingredients, sourcing and cooking. Never on how loudly a place shouts the word healthy at me.
10 restaurants in Manchester
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8th Day Café
$Manchester, England
Worker co-op café that has fed vegetarian Manchester for decades.
Another Hand.
Manchester
Another Hand
$$Manchester, England
Small-plates kitchen in St Johns with a genuinely inventive veg section.
Bundobust Manchester
$Manchester, England
Indian street food, entirely vegetarian, with a serious beer list.
Erst
$$$Manchester, England
Ancoats wine bar where vegetables get the same billing as anything else.
Fress.
Manchester
Fress
$Manchester, England
All-day café in the Village with a plant-heavy brunch menu.
Higher Ground
$$$Manchester, England
Farm-linked cooking with its own market garden behind it.
Nell's Pizza
$Manchester, England
New York-style slices with strong vegetarian and vegan options.
OSMA
$$Manchester, England
Nordic-leaning day-to-night spot where veg is the quiet star.
Purezza Manchester
$$Manchester, England
Britain's first vegan pizzeria, Manchester branch.
Wholesome Junkies.
Manchester
Wholesome Junkies
$Manchester, England
Award-winning vegan comfort food in the Arndale.