Restaurants, cafes & canteens in Manchester: food hygiene ratings
Of the 1,666 restaurants, cafes & canteens in Manchester with a published Food Standards Agency (FSA) hygiene rating, 67.9% hold the top 5 (Very Good) rating — 0.4 points below the 68.3% average for restaurants across major UK cities. 3.2% (54 premises) are rated 0 or 1 star, meaning urgent improvement is necessary, and the mean rating is 4.43 out of 5. Source: FSA FHRS open data (OGL v3.0), as of June 2026.
Based on 1,666 rated premises (minimum 25 to publish a city page) · data as of June 2026 · generated .
Rating breakdown in Manchester
Percentages are of the 1,666 rated restaurants, cafes & canteens in Manchester that carry a numeric 0–5 FSA rating. Manchester sits 0.4 points below the 68.3% multi-city average for restaurants.
Top-rated restaurants, cafes & canteens in Manchester
Real FSA-inspected premises in Manchester holding a 5-star (Very Good) hygiene rating. Use this shortlist to order from a kitchen that passed its most recent inspection.
- 5★0161 Flamin Grill88 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 4GX
- 5★10 Tib Lane10 Tib Lane, Manchester, M2 4JB
- 5★14FortyHeineken Manchester Brewery, Denmark Road, Manchester, M15 6LD
- 5★19 Cafe BarChatsworth House, 19 Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1BY
- 5★20 Stories1 Hardman Square, Manchester, M3 2BA
- 5★200 Degrees Coffee Shop75 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HR
- 5★53twoArches 18 & 19, Watson Street, Manchester, M3 4LP
- 5★6 Military Intelligence Battalion3g & 3f Langden House, Norman Road, Manchester, M14 5LF
- 5★63 Degrees104 High Street, Manchester, M4 1HQ
- 5★92 DegreesUnit G3 Hardman Square, 1 Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB
- 5★92 DegreesTrinity Court, 16 John Dalton Street, Manchester, M2 6HY
- 5★AKA SushiST JAMES HOUSE, 7 CHARLOTTE STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 4DZ
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This page covers Manchester specifically. For the national picture across the whole UK, see Restaurants, cafes & canteens: UK food hygiene ratings.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Food hygiene ratings are sourced from the Food Standards Agency at ratings.food.gov.uk. Ratings reflect the most recent inspection on record and may have changed since publication.