Manchester’s best January dining deals for 2025

From half price curries to discounted fine dining. Here's Manchester's best January deals.

By Manchester's Finest | Last updated 24 January 2025

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Here it is, the one you’ve been waiting for.

Banish the January blues, support Manchester’s hospitality heroes and enjoy a mountain of deals and offers at the best dining spots in the city.

So without further ado…

Courts Club: £2 Coffees and Happy Hour

Extract Coffee at Courts Club are pouring cups of coffee for just £2 all month at the Spinningfields spot. Also at the club, get a cocktail from their signature cocktail list for just £7, or a pint for £4, seven days a week. Cocktails include the largerita, Long Island iced tea and orange and raspberry negroni.

Atomeca Wine Bar

The new wine bar from the brothers behind Schofield’s will be offering 50% off your whole food bill through the whole of January. The menu is a stunner too, featuring excellent pasta, charcuterie, oysters, cheese boards, toasties and loads more.

Caravan: £6 Cocktails, £6 breakfast, £6 dishes

To celebrate six months of Caravan in Manchester, and to kick off the new year, Caravan are offering a trio of deals. Get £6 cocktails (including chef’s marg and disco negroni); £6 breakfast dishes (including ricotta pancakes and chilli butter eggs) and £6 dishes through lunch and dinner including pizzas, cauliflower fritters and their famous garam masala labneh and flatbread.

Hawksmoor: Steak and a side for £19.50

A lean rump steak and a virtuous side – English lettuce salad, Caesar salad, spinach, sweet potatoes for £19.50 (there’s also the option to choose Hawksmoor’s signature beef dripping chips). The offer is available Monday to Saturday (excluding 6 and 10 January), Monday to Thursday 12-3pm and 5-6pm and Friday to Saturday 12-3pm.

Society

The food traders at Society will be joining in the January sales. From Monday to Friday, 12pm-3pm, Noi Quattro will be doing a seven-inch pizza and a side for £10. Slap and Pickle will be running a Super Saver Lunch Deal from Monday to Thursday, offering a burger and fries for £12.50. Manzoku will be doing a chicken or vegan katsu special for £10 and prawn katsu afternoon special for £12, between 12pm and 3pm, seven days a week in January, while Yoki Social Table’s Large Korean Fried Chicken Lunch Deal offering fried chicken with a choice of sauce, fries or sticky rice and a portion of fried Mandu dumplings is £13.99, perfect for sharing.

Chit ‘n’ Chaat: 25% Off food

Take 25% off your food bill Monday to Thursday at Chit n Chaat in Cheadle and Deansgate, starting 6 January.

Bondi Bowls: Wellness Bundles

Start your year off in a healthy way with Bondi Bowls’ Wellness Bundles. Get a bowl of your choice with protein and a drink for £12.95. This is available every day from 11.30am, in store and delivery.

 

Lock 84 at The Reach: 50% Off food and drink

Lock 84 restaurant at The Reach offer 50% off food and drink this January. The offer is valid every day when you order from the all day menu. This cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer and guests must book.

Bunny Jackson’s

Our top fave dive bar Bunny’s will be running its happy hour from 10pm to 3am, for those thumbing their nose at Dry January. So that’s two-for-one cocktails and house lager.

The Beeswing: 50% Off food

Get 50% off food at The Beeswing every day, except after 3pm on Saturdays. Make sure you book with the code FINEST50. This deal excludes cheese and charcuterie boards.

Junior Jackson’s

Bunny’s little – but no less unrestrained – brother, Junior Jackson’s, will be doing 50% off everything in the place from 3pm to 8pm, all through January.

Dogtown

The riotous skate bar in the Northern Quarter will be knocking out £5 cocktails through the hour of 5pm, all through January. Then £6 through 6pm, £7 through 7pm, £8 through 8pm and £9 through 9pm. So worth getting there early.

Wolf At The Door

Wolf At The Door will be doing 50% off it’s whole food menu through January, as well as £15 for a bottle of house wine, all day, every day.

Blacklock: Butcher Price Mondays

Blacklock offer their Butcher Price Mondays deal in January, where you can get prime cuts of meat (porterhouse, prime rib etc) for the same price you would pay at your local butchers. Available at lunch and dinner on Mondays, booking is recommended.r

Almost Famous: Half price burgers

Half price Almost Famous? Yes please. For the month of January, all burgers are half price, all day, every day (well, except Saturdays). Available at NQ and Great Northern.

 

 

Super Awesome Deluxe: 25% Off Burgers

Super Awesome Deluxe is giving you 25% off their ultra-smashed patty burgers in January. Available every day they are open.

Rewind NQ: Happy Hour

Rewind NQ will be running Happy Hour drinks offers during full opening hours. Get 2 for £11 cocktails, 2 for £9 house pints, 3 mix and match bottled beers, £6 frozen cocktails and £10 bottles of Prosecco or £19 bottles of wine.

 

The Alchemist: 20% Off cocktails and 25% Off Food

The Alchemist are offering guests who visit in January 25% off food and 20% off cocktails. Offer valid Sunday to Friday at both Media City and city centre locations.

Maray: 50% Off for Green January

City centre spot Maray launch their Green January offering with 50% off vegetarian and vegan dishes at the restaurant – including their signature Disco Cauliflower. This offer applies Monday to Thursday throughout January, desserts and drinks are not included. Available for tables of up to seven people.B

Nell’s: 50% OFF pizza

One of our favourite pizza spots are doing 50% off pizzas in January. Dead simple. Head over to Nells in Common, Kampus or The Beagle to stuff yourself, available Sunday to Thursday.

El Gato Negro: Three dishes for £20

Diners can get three delicious tapas dishes for £20 at El Gato Negro this January. Valid all day Sunday to Thursday and between 12-4pm every Friday. Dishes featured in the offering include a selection of ‘traditional’ tapas as well as vegan options too.s

Quarter House: Exclusive discounts

Grab an offer card for £5 and get access to exclusive discounts Sunday to Friday in January. With the card, you can get £3 Stella, £3.99 Guinness, £3.75 Camden Hells, £1.99 house pints, £19.99 bottles of Prosecco and 30% off all burgers.

Hula: £1.99 cans, £1.99 spirits and doubles for £2.99

Grab an offer card for £5 and get access to exclusive discounts Sunday to Friday in January. With the card, you can get £1.99 canned beer, £1.99 spirit and mixer (vodka, gin and rum) and doubles for £2.99. Offer available Friday all night and 10pm to midnight on Saturday.

Kala: 2 courses for £17, 3 courses for £20 deal and extra £20 when you buy a £40 gift card

Kala start 2025 with their January Bistro Menu, where you can get two courses for £17, or three for £20. This is available Monday to Thursday 12 to 6pm and Fridays 12 to 4pm. Also, buy a £40 gift card at Kala and you’ll get an extra £20 to spend at the venue (meaning it is worth £60). Purchase here.

 

King Street Townhouse: Set menu

King Street Townhouse offer their January set menu with two courses for £28 and three courses for £33. Mains include Newlyn Cod, herbed gnocchi, truffle & brioche cornfed chicken and Iberico pork. Valid from 12pm to 6.30pm.

Black Cat Club: £5 crispy cauliflower and chicken

A number of food items and cocktails will be priced at £5 in January, alongside their interactive shuffleboard or Flyby Darts, as well as live sporting action. Crispy cauliflower and chicken bites will be £5 and will be served alongside a selection of £5 margs.

Sureshot: £4 beers

All beers will be £4 per recommended serve (stronger beers will have measures of 2/3 pint, 1/2 pint, etc) at the Sureshot bar in January. Many of their beers will be £4 per pint – including their core pale ales: Milson and Small Man’s Wetsuit, and lager: 17 Squares.

Kickback Coffee: Free adventure camp mug

Kickback Coffee launch a special offer for January. All new subscribers to their online coffee subscription who buy a 1kg bag of Explorer will receive an adventure camp mug as a gift – just enter the code JanuaryAdventure2025 when you sign up.

Bundobust: Free lunches!

Bundo are giving away 2500 free lunches all throughout January. Launching Monday 6th January at 12pm, head down to your local Bundobust for a chance to get a free lunch express – with 100 lunches to give away for the first 100 people in the queue.

Then, from 7-31 January, there’ll be 25 free lunch slots to book every weekday at each venue. All you need to do is sign up to this link and wait for the secret booking link to drop in your email, giving you access to book a free lunch for you and a friend.

Embankment Kitchen: 30% off main menu

Take 30% off the main menu at Embankment Kitchen from Tuesday to Saturday in January. Only valid when dining from the main menu. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer.

House of Fu: £10 bowls and free karaoke

House of Fu is offering £10 ramen bowls until 6pm, Tuesday to Friday, as well as free karaoke all day every day. On top of that, dine with them in January and you’ll receive a scratch card which could win you free gyoza, frozen cocktail, merch, mega discounts or even a holiday to Japan!

KERB: The Pathfinder collab

Kerb present their collaboration with non-alcoholic spirit The Pathfinder this January. Get a free welcome drink of The Pathfinder when you drink in throughout January, as well as a Pathfinder tote bag with every takeaway bottle, whilst stocks last. On Wednesdays, KERB are also offering free corkage.

Peter Street Kitchen: 25% off a la carte

Whether you’re taking part in Veganuary, or not, Peter Street Kitchen have got you covered. From 2 to 30 January, get 25% off their à la carte menu, with a maximum group of eight guests. Available Tuesday to Saturday (excludes Friday and Saturday evenings from 6.30-8.30pm), only on food and cannot be combined with any other offers. If you want to get together with a bigger group, enjoy 15% off your bill, half a bottle of house wine per guest or a round of drinks at the bar next door for the whole group. Minimum cover of six people, maximum 14. Available Tuesday to Saturday from  2 Jan to 28 Feb (excluding 14 and 15 Feb).

Crazy Pedro’s: £10 pizzas and Happy Hour

One of our fave mad pizza gaffs Crazy Pedro’s are offering £10 pizzas until 10pm every single day in January. Get Happy Hour drinks until 10pm, with £3 pints, two-for-£12 cocktails and £3 slices.

Jimmy’s: 50% Off

Head over to Jimmy’s in Ancoats for 50% off your bill when you book on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in January. Offer applies to main courses and drink, tables must be booked in advance with the 50% off deal stated on the booking.

Junction: Wine offer

Under the arches at Manchester Central, buy two glasses of wine at Junction and get the rest of the bottle free this January. Selected wines only. 

The Produce Hall: 20% Off pizzas

Get 20% off pizzas all day on a Thursday through January. At Poco Mas, enjoy tapas Tuesday where you can buy three dishes and get a 175ml of Cuvee Rousson White/Red/Rose.

The Egyptian Room: £10 lunch offers and Buy one pizza and get a free margarita

At Ply at The Egyptian Room, buy one pizza and get a free margarita, mushroom or pepperoni pizza. All vendors will also have £10 lunch offers.

Jerk Junction: 30% Off at Wilmslow, 25% Off at Media City & Chorlton

Get 30% off at Jerk Junction’s Wilmslow site, and 25% off at Media City and Chorlton when you buy a ‘Big Tings Meal’ in January.

El Kabron: 50% Off

Get 50% off at El Kabron this January. Each week, there will be a different discount:

1st week: 50% of all (food and drink) every day (including weekends)
2nd week: 50% of all food everyday (including weekends)
3rd week: 50% off tapas only everyday (including weekends)
4th week: 50% off tapas (Sunday to Thursday )

Three Little Words: 50% Off selected drinks and cocktails

Three Little Words are offering 50% off selected drinks and cocktails this January. On top of that, get a selection of small plates from their resident kitchen Etana for £6. This offer is available all day, Wednesday to Thursday and 12 to 7pm on Friday, for up to six people.

Australasia: 50% off food

Get 50% off food at Australasia from 2 January to 7 February. This offer applies to a maximum table size of six, Sunday to Friday all day and Saturday from 12 to 5pm. Bookings must be made 24hrs in advance, online bookings only. This offer does not include set menus, lunch menu or afternoon tea.

Gusto: 50% off food

Take 50% off food on Gusto’s a la carte menu all day Monday to Thursday, and Friday until 4.45pm. Make sure you sign up to become a member of their Gold (free sign up) or Platinum clubs to get the offer. If you go Platinum, you can enjoy the discount Sunday to Friday, all day. 

Albert’s: Two courses for £14.95

Get two courses for £14.95 at Albert’s this January. Tuesday to Thursday 12-10pm, Friday 12-7pm and Saturday 12.30 to 5pm. This is available at Castlefield, Standish, Worsley and Didsbury.

Grand Pacific: 50% Off

Get 50% off food at Grand Pacific from 2 January to 7 February. This offer applies to a maximum table size of six, Sunday to Friday all day and Saturday from 12 to 5pm. Bookings must be made 24hrs in advance, online bookings only. This offer does not include set menus, lunch menu or afternoon tea.

Kargo.Mkt: Lunchtime deals

Vendors at Kargo.Mkt kick off the year with various lunchtime deals…

Ad Maiora are offering any small schiacciata, side and a drink for £9 from Monday to Friday, 12 to 5pm.

Get two pieces of Korean Fried Chicken and a drink, or a rice bowl with mixed veg and a drink, for £8 at Bab Korean Food. Offer valid Monday to Friday, 12-5pm.

Bok Bok Chicken Shop are offering various daily deals, as well as their chicken katsu curry with rice or fries for £8. This is available Thursday and Friday, 12 to 3pm.

All day at Fuego 1987, get a taco meal deal for one for £14.50, any two portions of tacos and a side for £26.99 or a dessert meal deal for £15.99.

Get a yellow spilt pea curry for £7.95 at Nila’s Burmese Kitchen, Monday to Friday from 12 to 4pm.

Super Fry Guys at Kargo will give you a small fish and chips for £8, weekdays 12 to 3pm.

Over at What’s Your Beef, grab a burger, fries and a drink for £9.50, Monday to Friday, 12 to 5pm. Choose from their simple cheese burger or just chicken buttermilk burger.

Wong Dumplings have a 20 dumpling platter on offer for £28, all day throughout January.

La Bandera: 50% Off

Get 50% off at La Bandera this month. Each week, there will be a different discount:

1st week: 50% of all (food and drink) every day (including weekends)
2nd week: 50% of all food everyday (including weekends)
3rd week: 50% off tapas only everyday (including weekends)
4th week: 50% off tapas (Sunday to Thursday )

Dockyard: Happy Hour and Dry January deals

Dockyard at MediaCity launch their Happy January offer, with happy hour deals on drinks extended from 2pm to 9pm, Monday to Thursday. That includes pints from £4.30, large glasses of wine from £7 and spirit and mixer combos from £5. Those doing Dry January have not been forgotten either, with 20% off alcohol free bottled and draught beer, Monday to Thursday.

Blanconero: £6 Italian meal deal

Starting 13 January, get a delicious lunch for £6 at Blanconero. They will be offering takeaway ciabatta sandwiches and a filter coffee for £6. Applies Monday to Friday.

L Ü C K Y – ramen: 50% Off

Get 50% off ramen and sushi every Monday to Wednesday, from 5pm. You can also get any ramen and a drink for £12 from Wednesday to Sunday, 12 to 3pm.

Rudy’s: Bake At Home

Kick of the new year with a January Bake at Home treat with Rudy’s. Order four Bake at Home pizzas this January and get a Cinghiale pizza on the house, just use the code ‘RUDYSJAN’.

HOP Vietnamese: £5 Pho

Get HOP’s winter-busting pulled mushroom pho noodle soup for just £5 all January. This is available at their city centre and Trafford Centre locations.


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