But seriously, the working week doesn’t have to be a marathon. It could be more like a rainy mountain hike in the middle of nowhere if you break it up with some food and fun. Sold. So, for the best tasty mid-week treats in Manchester, read on!
Monday
El Capo
Monday Night Steak Out
Nothing screams #MeatFreeMonday more than a huge hulking piece of steak, and at El Capo, Mondays will see the likes of an Argentinian sharing steak for two, two sides and a bottle of wine all for £12.50 each. I’d have to recommend the chorizo mac and cheese as one of your sides. Easy, cheesy, meaty bliss.
El Capo, 12 Tariff St, Manchester M1 2FF
www.elcaponq.co.uk/
Black Dog
50% Off Food
Monday’s are pretty depressing, and that is a fact. I know you’ll be tempted to polish off a couple bottles of wine whilst trying to remember the weekend’s antics, crying Bridget Jones-style, but that isn’t the way to relieve your Monday blues – I speak from experience. Instead of weeping into a sad takeaway – pop down to the Black Dog and enjoy 50% off all food. From classic Manchester burgers to artisan Pizzas, Black Dog is guaranteed to satisfy your taste buds.
Black Dog Ballroom,
52 Church St, Manchester M4 1PW
www.blackdogballroom.co.uk/
Trof
50% Off Food
Absolute Northern Quarter legends Trof offer a lovely bit of deal action on a Monday – 50% off all food all day long. For tables for 6 or less you can enjoy twice as many of their brilliant dishes all while tucking into an extensive range of ales and beers and wines and listening to some top tunes. Their burgers are always a pleasure so tuck into one of them, but I should also suggest you try their Fish and Chips – the chipshop curry mayo they shove on the side is amazing.
Trof, 8 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1EU
trofnq.co.uk/
Elnecot
30% Off Total Bill
This excellent Ancoats eatery are offering diners an impressive 30% OFF your total bill on a Monday after 5pm. The reason this is so impressive is that it’s off the TOTAL bill so booze is included, which is great news for anyone who enjoys a bit of a tipple with their grub. Which is bloody everybody. The Elnecot menu is a thing of beauty – you’ll certainly find something that will take your fancy including a brilliant Manchester Egg and a top notch Beef Shin Curry.
Elnecot, 41 Blossom Street, Cutting Room Square, Ancoats, M4 6AJ
elnecot.com
TNQ – The Northern Quarter Restaurant & Bar
Happy Mondays: 3 Courses & Unlimited Wine for £29.95
For less than £30 TNQ will give you 3 courses of their fantastic food and let you then sup unlimited wine for 2 hours alongside it. It’s a set menu so you don’t have to worry too much about making hard life decisions – and I’ve heard it on the grapevine that their new menu will be launching any day soon so it seems silly to start recommending things that I’ve not tried yet. When I do I’ll let you know.
TNQ, 108 High St, Manchester M4 1HQ
www.tnq.co.uk
Dive NQ
50% Off All Food
You need to sign up and get a Dive NQ Card to get this deal but it’s free and easy to do so I’ll let them off. Their menu is fool proof and perfect for getting you nice and full and merry. There’s sliders, tacos, big juicy burgers, nachos, wings and everything else in between. I suggest their Maple & Bacon wings – 24 of them should be enough.
Dive NQ, Oldham St, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1SH
divenq.co.uk
BAB
Beer + BAB for £12
It seems everyone likes to offer a bit of money off on a Monday, mostly because the majority of people in the city are fuming when the banks open on a Monday morning and they see how much money they spent on Blue WKD’s over the weekend. BAB, therefore, offers a lovely beer and one of their babs for just £1 Monday-Friday 4 pm – 7 pm which will help towards any lingering hangovers and not hit the wallet too hard.
BAB NQ, Little Lever St, Manchester M1 1HR
babnq.co.uk
Tariff & Dale
50% Off Food
Go to T+D on a Monday night at 5pm and indulge in all the food you want, but for half the price. Never again will you have to choose between a Lamb Keema Sausage Roll, Crispy Pork Belly or Margherita pizza. For once you can be a greedy pig and not feel a shred of guilt for it. Because at the end of the day, it’ll cost you next to nothing. But don’t blame us for your ballooning waistline…
Tariff & Dale, 2 Tariff St, Manchester M1 2FN
tariffanddale.com
The Bay Horse Tavern
50% Off Food
Yaaaay! The Bay Horse are now offering a whopping 50% OFF food every single Monday so you can enjoy double the amount of Thrice Cooked Chips without feeling the pinch on your wallet. I know we always talk about the chips here at Finest and they really are spectacular but there’s also plenty of other great things dotted around the menu including an orgasmic Sausage & Mash and a belting Full English Breakfast that is served until 4pm. Go on – go mad.
The Bay Horse Tavern, 35-37 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA
thebayhorsetavern.co.uk
Tuesday
Black Dog
2-4-1 Pizzas
In both their Northern Quarter and Wakefield Street branches, BDBR offer a Buy One, Get One Free deal on all their standard pizzas every single Tuesday. To put things into perspective- you could be enjoying a perfectly cheesed- crispy-based Margherita pizza for just £4.50, or a Nice & Spicy Peri-Peri delight for just £5.50. Goodbye miserable Tuesdays, hello #TWOSDAYS.
Black Dog Ballroom,
52 Church St, Manchester M4 1PW
www.blackdogballroom.co.uk/
El Capo
£1 Tacos
One of my favourite food deals in Manchester by far, is El Capo’s revolutionary £1 Tuesday Tacos. You heard me correctly ladies and gentlemen- crispy, fishy, spicy and crazy delicious tacos for a quid. Whether you’re looking for a light snack with a couple of drinks or want to take inspiration from me and sink 10+ in one sitting, this deal can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be. That’s the beauty of it. So, head to Northern Quarter this Tuesday from 4pm onwards and choose from a selection of mouth-watering flavours. You will not regret it- take it from me!
El Capo, 12 Tariff St, Manchester M1 2FF
www.elcaponq.co.uk/
Common
BOGOF Burgers
Again, this is another deal where you have to fork over your email address but once you’ve got the correct Spam filters in place – you won’t even notice. What you will notice is the brilliant Common BOGOF Burgers every Tuesday meaning you can tuck into 2 Maple Bacon Burgers for the price of one. Oh, don’t forget their Korean Fried Chicken burger either – that’s really special, as are their Vegan options.
Common, 39-41 Edge St, Manchester M4 1HW
aplacecalledcommon.co.uk
Wednesday
Dive NQ
All You Can Eat Wings & Fries
Some more wings for you now but this time they come with unlimited fries too! Head into Dive NQ on a Wednesday and for £15 you can have unlimited fries and wings for 2 hours – perfect if you ended up getting destroyed in 42’s on Tuesday night or if you just feel like tucking into some juicy meat while sinking a few pints.
Dive NQ, Oldham St, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1SH
divenq.co.uk
Yard and Coop
FREE Wings with any Main Meal
Each Wednesday sees NQ Chicken connoisseurs Yard and Coop provide FREE wings alongside any Main Menu dish. It’s a great idea, especially considering it’s on a Wednesday which is officially the worst day of the week. It’s arrogance in being placed exactly in the middle of the other weekdays is infuriating – and probably the time in the week when you feel the most fed up. A few extra wings with your food is a big bonus indeed.
Yard & Coop, 37 Edge St, Manchester M4 1HW
yardandcoop.com
The Deaf Institute
2-4-1 Main Meals
I never knew this until recently but the Deaf Institute are massively flying the flag for top quality Vegan food in the city centre, with a menu consisting of ‘Fish’ & Chips, ‘Chicken’ & Waffles and a brilliant seitan Mac Daddy Burger which will make you want to change into a vegan almost straight away (maybe not really). Every Wednesday you can get 2-4-1 on their main meals so share the cost with a friend or just eat two all to yourself.
The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7HE
www.thedeafinstitute.co.uk
El Capo
50p Chicken Wings
If you like it, then you should have put a wing on it. Yup, that’s right, Wednesdays are all about wings and to celebrate this in style, El Capo sells them for 50p each. Enjoy chunky buffalo cut chicken wings with a wide range of sauces such as Green Tomatillo, Smoked Chipotle, Peach Jalapeño and Diablo which comes with a hefty four chilli rating. Oh and you can have dry rub if you’re boring.
El Capo, 12 Tariff St, Manchester M1 2FF
www.elcaponq.co.uk/
Thursday
Manchester Smokehouse & Cellar
50% Off Burgers
Every burger at the Smokehouse & Cellar is cooked on an Argentinian grill above a wood and charcoal fire, meaning every strip of meat is infused it that classic BBQ taste. Salivating yet? Well, get yourself to MS&C on a Thursday and enjoy top-notch burgers at half the price. Just make sure to keep every Thursday free for the foreseeable future. You’ll be going back – trust me.
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Manchester Smokehouse & Cellar, 18 Lloyd St, Manchester M2
https://manchestersmokehouse.co.uk
Dog Bowl
Beer, Burger & Bowling for £11
This one is available every weekday from 12pm until 5pm and it’s simple. Choose from a Hamburger, Cheeseburger or a Three Bean and Halloumi Burger for your food, a bottle of lager, glass of wine or soft drink for you drink and then you can have a game of ten-pin bowling at the end of it all. This will all come to the princely sum of just £11. Lovely stuff.
Dog Bowl, Whitworth St W, Manchester M1 5WW
blackdogballroom.co.uk/dog-bowl/
Friday
Dogs ‘n’ Dough
50% Off All Food
Get that Friday feeling not by eating a Crunchie but by eating 50% cheaper food at Dogs n Dough every week. On Friday you can tuck into half price food – including their brilliant selection of sides and loaded fries. Nachos, Jalapeno Poppers, Dough Balls and Mac Bites are all here – as are the very impressive Kiev Fries which come topped with cheese and garlic butter and taste divine.
Dogs ‘n’ Dough, 17 Bow Ln, Manchester M2 4FW
www.dogsndough.com
Sandinista
Free Tapas with every drink
If you’re looking to prolong your drinking prowess in front of everyone in the office after work on a Friday then there’s no better place to head than Sandinista who offer FREE Tapas with every drink between 5pm and 9pm. The choice changes every week but you can be assured of some meat, cheese, bread, eggs and vegetables – all designed to be eaten while you sup your Bacardi and Coke and try to chat up Sheila in accounts.
Sandinista, 2 Old Bank St, City Centre, Manchester M2 7PF
site.sandinista.co.uk/
Dive NQ
Bottomless Prosecco or Beer
Dive are attempting to become the ultimate emperors of the Friday night after work drinks crowd and to be fair – they’ve pretty much cracked it. Every Friday from 5pm – 8pm, Dive NQ are bringing you Bites & Booze – BOTTOMLESS Prosecco or Beer with a nice little bit of grub for only £15 for the beers and £20 for the Prosecco. Just choose your bottomless booze and get a Bite Plate included, with a choice of Mozzarella Dippers, Nachos and plenty more that will help you soak up the booze. 3 hours of your favourite tipple alongside Dive’s delicious bites.
Dive NQ, Oldham St, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1SH
divenq.co.uk
