Discount dining: The best January restaurant deals around Manchester

Take three of El Gato’s divine tapas dishes for just £20 this January, available all day Sun – Thu, and Fridays from 12pm-5pm as well as £6 Sangria and Spritz

From Tue – Fri, guests can enjoy 40% off food, as well as 40% off Sangria and Spritz at Ancoats’ brilliant Mediterranean stalwart, Canto.

Trading Route is offering 50% off its famous rotisserie chicken, kicking off on Tue 6 Jan and running Tue – Sat all the way through to the end of the month.

“January doesn’t have to be boring,” said Jamie Scahill from Trading Route. “We are giving people a solid reason to head out, catch up with friends and enjoy proper food at a great price – and half-price rotisserie chicken does exactly that.”

The 50% discount is available on full and half chickens Tue – Sat when a table is booked.

Gaming and drinks den, Black Cat Club, will be offering a handful of its food and cocktails for just a fiver. From Sun – Thu, guests can enjoy the £5 menu, featuring crowd pleasing dishes such as Loaded Fries, Margherita and Pepperoni Pizzas and Nachos. The drinks offering will also feature £5 margaritas and frozen cocktails, £5 pints, and £5 spritz served all day.

Adding to that, Black Cat Club will also offer 60-minutes of gaming for £5.

Sexy Fish Manchester kicks off the new year with the £25 ‘Sexy January Set Menu’. Available between 12pm – 8pm, Mon – Fri, 12pm – 6pm on Saturdays and 5pm – 8pm on Sundays, the Sexy January Set Menu invites guests to curate their own two-course experience from a line-up of Sexy Fish icons and seasonal favourites for just £25, complete with a complimentary Miso Soup.

The much-renowned Higher Ground is offering 25% off its set sharing menu, lunch and dinner. Available Wed – Fri with a reservation

Hawksmoor rarely dips anything below exceptional, so being able to get a rump steak and side for just £19 through January is a seriously good deal.

For guests really wanting to make the most of it, Hawksmoor’s long-running BYO Mondays is still available. Every Monday, guests can bring any bottle of wine for £5 corkage at all restaurants.

Every Mon – Thu in January, Maray is offering 50% off all vegan and vegetarian dishes — perfect for any of those meat-free New Year’s resolutions.

Bar Shrimp’s popular oyster Happy Hour becomes an all-day affair in January, giving you 50% off oysters all day Wed- Fri.

Enjoy lunch in Lina Stores restaurant, dining from the new January ‘Pranzo Da Lina’ menu, which is priced at £15 for 3 courses, available Mon – Fri, 12pm – 2.30pm. At Lina Stores’ delicatessen, you can enjoy a salad box or a filled focaccia for £9.95, including a free coffee or tea and a mini cannolo. Available to sit in or takeaway, Mon – Fri, 12pm – 4pm.

In Bar Lina, all cocktails are priced at £5 every day throughout January, 5pm – 7pm, quoting ‘JanOffer’ when ordering.

NYC-slice superstars Nell’s are giving 50% off all whole pizzas through January. Available Sun – Thu, with reservation, on both their 14″ and huge 22″ pies at all sites (Common, Kampus,The Beagle MediaCity and Altrincham).

50% off food and happy hour 4pm-7pm every Mon – Fri (tables must be booked at least 1 hour in advance. Can’t be used in conjunction with any other offer or voucher. Only valid with the purchase of a drink per person. Maximum of 6 people per booking.

Get half-price kebabs at BAB every Mon – Fri from Mon 5 Jan onwards.Tables must be booked at least 1 hour in advance. Can’t be used in conjunction with any other offer or vouchers. Offer excludes lunch menu BABs and is only valid with the purchase of a drink per person. Offer is valid for groups of up to 6 guests.

Three small plates for £18 at Lock 84 at The Reach at Piccadilly, plus, the first drink is on the house. Available seven days a week from 12pm.

Pip at Treehouse Hotel Manchester, the all-day restaurant led by acclaimed chef Mary-Ellen McTague, recently recognised by the MICHELIN Guide, is welcoming the New Year with 50% off food Mon – Wed. Running Mon 5 Jan – Wed 28 Jan.

Champagne, steak and seafood restaurant & bar, The Cut & Craft, is kicking off the new year with the introduction of its ‘Steak & Chips for £19’ offer. Min 60 day aged rump steak served with roasted tomato and skin-on-chips for £19, available Mon – Fri, 11.30am – 4pm on the lunch set menu.

Maricarmen is offering £3 tapas plates throughout January AND 2-4-1 on glasses of Sangria. Available at both its Ancoats and Northern Quarter sites Mon – Fri until 6pm.

Nestled on the corner of Chorlton Street and Canal Street, MAYA is offering 50% off Sunday Roasts throughout Janaury, and 50% off your total food bill through the the full month of January when ordering from the main menu (lunch and dinner), valid all day, Sun – Fri.

New Wave Ramen has unveiled a lovely new lunch offer for January, in which you can get ramen and a snack for £15. Available Tue – Fri, 12pm – 5pm.

Situated in the heart of Uppermill, Muse will be serving up its world-inspired small plates at half the price every Thursday and Friday in January from 4pm.

Niall Keating’s tender Restaurant, located in the historic Stock Exchange Hotel, is offering a special lunchtime deal in which you can get 2 courses for £23.50, or 3 for £27.50.

Every Mon – Fri lunchtime, you can get 50% off food at Shaun Moffat’s latest hit spot, Winsome.

Throughout Jan, you can enjoy Madre’s fantastic array of tacos at half price Sun – Fri. Valid for groups of up to 6.

Meanwhile, over at Madre’s little pool hall sibling, you can also get 50% off tacos, as well as 50% off Tommys Margaritas. Available Sun – Fri.

Much-loved food hall Society is bringing back its Social Hour deal for January, which actually runs for 2 hours, just FYI. Guests can get a main dish from any of the five independent food traders in the venue for £10, plus a drink for £5, between 4pm – 6pm, Mon – Fri.

From New Year’s Day until Sat 31 Jan, guests can enjoy 50% off the full food menu at The Blues Kitchen, all day, from Sunday through to Wednesday.

Guests dining Monday to Wednesday can enjoy two main meals for the price of one at Jolly Sailor Davenport, Puss in Boots Offerton, Fletchers Arms Denton, Spread Eagle Romiley, and at the latest Almond Family Pub, The Station House Cheadle Hulme from Monday to Wednesday each week. You must be signed up to the Almond newsletter to claim.

Throughout January guests will have the chance to win their entire bill for free at Dishoom Manchester. All day between Monday to Friday, you can ask your server to ‘roll the dice’, and instead of a bill Dishoom will bring over a board and a dice. If you then roll a six, they will take care of the entire bill.

Crazy Pedros will be offering 10 of its most popular pizzas for just £10, until 10pm. Unreal value.

From Sun – Thu at Bunny’s Outpost in Didbsbury, you can sip on £3 pints right up until midnight.

Over in picturesque Marple you can get 50% off dinner at both All Things Nice and Libby’s Bread & Wine every Thu – Sat.

Local brew favourites Seven Bro7hers are giving you 50% off food at its quayside Media City site from Mon – Fri.

Massive Pan-Asian street food hall, Hello Oriental, is giving 25% off the bill to anyone who signs up to its ‘BeeHive’ newsletter.

Hit new cocktail spot Posie is shucking half-price oysters every day, which you can wash down with excellent £8 apertivos.

This January, Side Street is offering its all-day happy hour, available Monday to Friday for the entire month. That means cocktails are just £7 each on selected drinks, available in either a Classic serve or with a Side Street twist.

Just next door to Side Street, rotisserie and bistro Tartuffe will also be offering a January set menu with 2 courses for £28 and 3 courses for £32, available Tue – Thu, 5pm – 8pm.

House of Fu’s £10 bowl offer is back for January, with any ramen or super bowl available for just a tenner. Available weekdays only.

Trof NQ’s Jammy January is also back, with 40% off food between Tue – Fri.

Every Thu – Sun, groups of 6 or less get 40% off food at Manchester’s legendary Italian, Salvi’s.

Urmston pizza hotspot Inforno is slicing prices in half every Sun – Thu in January (and the first week of February). Maximum bookings of 6.

Great Northern Warehouse’s hidden gen, The Mews, is offering 50% off food throughout January. Available Tue – Sun.

This is a slightly bittersweet one. Hakkapo, purveyors of some of the city’s best ramen, will be taking 30% off your food bill. However, this will be the restaurant’s final month in its current form, though in the announcement, the team say space is set to be taken over by a good friend, and from February, a new concept will focus on ‘proper, affordable Chinese street food’,

Over at Treehouse Hotel, guests can enjoy 50% off food at Pip, the latest project from the incredible Mary-Ellen McTague.

Throughout January, Gusto is running a January Sale featuring a bespoke menu with some of our guest-favourite main courses at up to 30% off. This includes dishes such as ribeye steak for £20 (usually £32.50) and pasta dishes from £10. The offer is available all day, all week, excluding Saturdays.

The Black Friar has announced the return of its annual pie festival, during which guests can tuck into hearty, comforting pies for jus t£10.