Five Greater Manchester restaurants named in top 100 places to eat in the UK

Five Greater Manchester restaurants have been named as some of the best places to eat in the UK. Bookings site OpenTable collected the reviews for the best 100 restaurants in the UK, with the results being published today.

The list, which has also drawn upon dining metrics including diner ratings, percentage of reservations made in advance, and five-star reviews, also includes well-known Manchester spots and spans everything from fine dining and acclaimed steak spots to casual dining. Well-known eateries in nearby Cheshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire have also made the cut.

Highlighting some of the top spots favoured by diners this year, the Manchester additions include Bar San Juan in Chorlton and Karen's Diner in Prestwich. Moving into the city centre, upscale dining spot The Ivy Asia also features as does Hawksmoor and the recently launched Higher Ground.

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Higher Ground, which is described as a 'British bistro and and bar', opened in February but has already been name-checked in the September edition of the Michelin Inspectors' Favourite New Restaurants. In June, the restaurant also placed at 51 in the National Restaurant Awards Top 100 - the highest rated for Greater Manchester this year.

It's joined on OpenTable UK Top 100 list by fellow city centre haunt Hawksmoor. The top London steak restaurant expanded to Manchester in 2015, opening a spot inside Grade II-listed Courtside building on Deansgate and makes the most of the building's original features with lots of