Manchester’s best year-round dining and drinks deals

Across their Kampus, Common and Beagle sites, the folks at Nell’s sling their famed NYC-style pizzas for just £7.77 on weekdays between 12pm-4pm. On Friday and Saturdays, you can also grab £6 margaritas from 4pm until close.

Between Tue – Fri, 12pm – 5pm, and Saturday 12.30pm – 3pm, you can get two courses for £15.95, or three courses for £18.95 at Albert’s in Didsbury.

Head down to the stunning Blues Kitchen and indulge in the team’s generous £9 lunch menu, which features big-hitters like Fried Chicken & Gravy, Brisket Dip Sandwich, Vegan Cheeseburger or Taco Bowl.

South African bar and kitchen Chakalaka promise ‘a true taste of the Cape’, and from Mon – Wed you can grab half price off your main dish.

Each of Society’s fantastic street food traders offers a £10 lunch option from Mon – Thu and every Sunday between 12pm – 3pm, whether it’s pizza, burgers or Korean fried chicken, you’ll be spoilt for choice.

The spectacular Peter Street Kitchen, set within the historic Free Trade Hall, boasts a unique blend of Japanese and Mexican cuisine. At £30 for two courses, or £35 for three, the special lunch menu offers serious value for this sort of quality.

Getting anything for a couple of quid feels like an achievement in itself, when that thing is one of Wolf at the Door’s Chippy Tea baos, it’s even better. Other baos, like the Fried Spam and Kimchi and Bhan Mi Tofu, can also be picked up for £2.50.

Weekdays ’till 5.30pm mean three small plates for £18 at Didsbury’s Volta. A menu inspired by international travels, diners can choose from mouthwatering favourites like Whipped feta & hazelnuts, Berbere spiced black lentils and Queenie scallops.

From Mon-Fri, 12pm-4pm, Bundo’s Express Lunch lets guests combine two dishes from a collection of their biggest and best, including the Mung Chatpata, Okra Fries, Bundo Chaat and Tarka Dhal for just £10.90.

Available at Crazy Pedro’s Bridge Street, the £6 lunch deal includes 2 pizza slices and a soft drink. Grab a beer for an extra £1. Then, between 5pm – 9pm, slices are on offer for £2.50, full pizzas for £12 and 2-for-£12 cocktails.

Pick from one of four lunch dishes and pair it with a soda for an insanely low £8 at Yard & Coop. Available Mon – Thu, 12pm – 4pm, you can upgrade your drink to a pint for £3.

A kebab for lunch? An absolute no-brainer when it comes courtesy of the fine folks at Bab. Grab one of their refined takes on the late-night delicacy for £10. Upgrade to Greek fries for an extra £2. Available Sun – Fri, 12pm – 3pm.

At just 25p per wing, you can essentially order a bucket-full at Bunny Jackson’s and still come home with change from a tenner. If you really wanted to push the boat out, there’s even a more premium 50p wing menu, just in case you fancied treating yourself.

10 Tib Lane is undoubtedly one of Manchester’s most gorgeous dining rooms, a sentiment only amplified by the fact that you can tuck into £1 oysters Tue – Sun between 4pm – 6pm.

Unequivocally one of the city’s greatest drinking establishments, and famously housing Manchester’s best jukebox, Corbieres will even throw in a free pizza when you spend just a fiver every Tue – Fri between 4pm-8pm.

Hyatt Manchester’s impressive in-house restaurant, The Laureate, offers 50% off pizzas every Monday between 10.30am – 10pm. Along with that, available between 3pm – 5pm, guests can get two cocktails for £12 at the hotel’s Graduate Bar, as well as £5 beer and wine specials.

Pull up a chair between 12pm – 4pm, Mon – Sat, and you can get two courses for £21 from the TNQ lunch Menu. The main menu is made up largely of crowd-pleasing favourites, including roast chicken, herb-crusted cod fillet and baked wild mushroom gnocchi, so it’s always a solid choice for big groups.

Serving from Mon – Fri, 12pm – 4pm, you can build a pretty substantial spread by combining a mezze and two small plates of your choice at lauded Middle Eastern spot, Maray.

A restaurant that certainly needs no introduction, steak and grill experts Hawksmoor’s pre-theatre menu, which is served Mon – Sat, 4.30pm – 5.45pm and Mon – Thu, 8.30pm – close, offers two courses for £23, or three for £26. There’s also a £19 steak and chips offer which runs Mon – Fri, 12pm – 3pm.

The Diecast Warehouse Kitchen is on hand to help you battle through hump day, giving diners 40% off the entire food menu every Wednesday. There’s loads to choose from, with an array of excellent pizzas, burgers and hot dogs amongst other things included.

Nice and simple, Northern Quarter staple Trof will give you 50% off excellent pub grub every Tuesday. Advanced booking is required and tables are limited to 6 people.

Every Mon – Fri, from 12pm – 3pm, you can try a signature Suki Suki ramen for £10, with extra gyozas and a soft drink available for an extra £4.95. Simply choose your broth base and select from a choice of Karaage Chicken, Prawn, Charsui Pork, Tofu or the house special.

At Trading Route, diners can get 50% off both full and half rotisserie chickens from 12pm – 9pm. Just book ahead to claim the deal.

Not too long ago, Levenshulme stalwart announced a brand-new food concept would take over its kitchen. Soap Street pizza, which has something of a unique approach to pizza — low and slow cooking for maximum crispiness — has become a much-loved concept in the suburbs, and you can now enjoy those pizzas for just £7 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Piccolino’s new Weekend Estivo menu lets you pick a starter and main for £25. Going the opposite way to most deals which are available through mid-week, every weekend guests can pick from favourites like Tonnarelli Lobster, the 25-layer Lasagne al Wagyu, Bruschetta Gamberoni, Mafalde al Ragu, and classic starters like Arancini, Calamari Peroni Grigliati and Bruschetta Gamberoni.