RESTAURANTS

Manchester has one of the UK’s best food scenes, with the comfortable ambiance of many places perfect for schmoozing dignitaries or plotting the next leadership campaign.

Federal Café and Bar

If the hotel breakfast is proving inadequate, a trip to this Australian-inspired brunch restaurant on Deansgate is a must. Latte art, homemade cakes and halloumi and avocado on toast are all served Instagram ready – much to the foreign secretary’s relief.

El Gato Negro

Popular with footballers, especially Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, this high-end tapas restaurant on King

Street has established a cult following.

Spread across three floors, the restaurant has hoovered up awards, recently winning the Bib Gourmand award for the third time for providing “exceptionally good food at moderate prices” – a blessing after a long, and expensive, conference.

One Plus

Just off Manchester’s famous Oxford Road, this Chinese restaurant serves three different dishes across three floors. In the basement sits a rice and noodle bar, on the ground floor a cook it yourself Chinese hot spot station, and a Chinese seafood BBQ on the top. Individually-portioned food rotates on a conveyor belt, leaving it up to you what you throw on your BBQ or in your hotpot.