Our well established restaurant in Manchester's Northern Quarter is the original and finest eating experience in the area.
"Like a stage set for The Forsyte Saga or Hancock’s Half Hour, the interior here resembles a grandmother’s lounge, circa 1950. And all the more fantastic for it: homely, intimate and welcoming. And, in a city where style occasionally overtakes content, it’s a real tonic.”
Time Out Eating & Drinking in Great Britain & Ireland Guide 2005
Where possible the food is locally sourced and eclectic with many local speciality dishes. Now open for lunch and dinner Tuesday to Saturday 12 noon to 2.30pm and 6pm to 10.30pm and lunch on a Sunday from 11.30am untilo 4.30 pm. Puddings are scrumptious and sales from the omnipresent pavlova support a trust fund administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Manchestertry helping local community groups.
The Market Restaurant was conceived and set up by Mary Rose Edgecombe in 1980 joined in 1983 by Peter and Anne O’Grady.
The Market Restaurant (Manchester Food and Drinks Festival’s Restaurant of the Year in 2005) was purchased in January 2008 by Walis Brierley Ltd.
