When visiting Manchester, Here's A Local’s Guide To Where to Eat Out Often, when we visit or travel to new places, the unfamiliarity of our new surroundings can have us depending on large and often overpriced chain restaurants when it comes to meal times. There are so many fun and exciting places just waiting to be explored and discovered, yet they often go unnoticed for fear of the unknown. Manchester is a bustling, vibrant city and plays host to plenty of new and individual places for visitors to choose from, no matter if you’re looking for brunch, a mid-afternoon coffee after some shopping or some drinks in one of Manchester’s quirky bars.