The new restaurants and bars opening in Manchester this June

As far as new restaurant and bar openings go, Manchester really has been spoiled over the last six months. From Hello Oriental, the multi-storey food hall beneath Symphony Park at the Circle Square development, which opened its doors in February, to Blinker, the sleek cocktail spot spearheaded by the former bars manager for Gordon Ramsay, the city’s hospitality industry has certainly come back fighting.

Luckily for us there’s plenty of big openings still in store, with June in particular shaping up to be a great month - especially where new bar concepts are concerned. We’ve cherry-picked some of the best including a futuristic skating venue with its own space-themed bar and the 10,000 sq ft ‘battle bar’ sure to bring out your competitive side.

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Pollen at Kampus

This week it was confirmed that acclaimed Ancoats bakery, Pollen, purveyors of some of the best pastries in Manchester, would finally be opening its sister site over at the Kampus neighbourhood. The bakery’s new flagship pastry kitchen and café opens on Thursday, June 9, and will feature a ‘glass gallery’ wall, designed to give diners a front row seat of Pollen’s master bakers at work.

Pollen’s full range of bakes will be on offer but the new, larger kitchen space will also give the team more opportunity for creativity and experimentation. Plus, there will be a brand new menu to try out, which will change with the seasons and showcase the very best produce available at the time.

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Yes, we did think that this one might open at the end of May, but in order to dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s, Manchester’s first futuristic skating venue pushed back its opening by a