Carluccios provide authentic Italian food in a modern environment. Their first North West branch is located in the new Great Hall at the Trafford Centre ...

To successfully transform a huge railway arch into a popular Italian restaurant you need gusto and vision. Fortunately, the friendly people behind Manchester's ...

Stylish, ambient and at the cutting edge of Italian restaurant design, Est Est Est brings new style to Mediterranean cooking. Greeting you at the door ...

Formerly Est Est Est, and now owned by Living Ventures the company behind the Living Room, Gusto brings the Est Est Est philosophy in to the naughties ...

An Italian-Liverpudlian import (i.e. an Italian restaurant that's currently based over in Liverpool). Their Scouse branch has won countless awards, and they've taken over a disused site at the unloved end of Deansgate. With the recently opened Cloud 23, Hilton Hotel and that nice Spanish wine/cafe bar opposite this end of the city is looking more promising. Meals come to around eight quid per person.

A new Italian restaurant for Manchester, located in the huge Manchester235 complex (eating, drinking, gaming). Numero is promising to be literally the ...

The second Manchester branch for the newly formed Pesto - a restaurant that serves Italian food in bite size portions (similar to the Spanish Tapas). ...

A strange little gaffe in Castlefield that serves from a wide reaching menu. Inside it's a modern, somewhat square, restaurant, with reasonably attentive service, and the quality of each dish is worthy of their lower prices. The jury is still out on whether fushion restaurants like this - that cover multiple continents - will ever work, but the team at Salt n Pepper are going to give it their best shot.

A trendy little italian set on the equally trendy King Street West, San Carlo is a modern, light restaurant close to Deansgate, and even closer to the shops. A little on the expensive side, but that's probably why this restaurant is loved by the local celebs, and it offers "interesting" views out on to a busy corner. Seating around the outside of the restaurant, a la Starbucks, allows you to watch the world go by whilst tucking in to your pasta.

This classy restaurant is widely recognised as one of Manchester's best Italians. It occupies the fine Old Stock Exchange building whose magnificent 50-foot ...

Strada is an Italian chain restaurant that's opening in Manchesters new financial district.