Welcome to the ultimate guide to planning extraordinary and memorable dates with escorts in the vibrant city of Manchester! In this blog post, we will unlock a treasure trove of exciting and unique experiences, ensuring that your time together in this magnificent city will be nothing short of extraordinary. From romantic escapades to cultural delights, outdoor adventures, hidden gems, thrilling entertainment, and historical landmarks, Manchester has it all.
Picture this: you and your escort strolling hand-in-hand through the charming streets of the Northern Quarter, surrounded by the creative vibes of the city's independent shops, colorful street art, and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafting from trendy cafes. Or perhaps you're exploring the bustling markets together, relishing in the mouthwatering delights of local street food while sharing laughter and discovering unique treasures in the vibrant stalls.
Manchester, with its rich history and vibrant cultural scene, offers countless opportunities for unforgettable moments. Whether you're seeking a romantic rendezvous, an adrenaline-fueled adventure, or a chance to explore the city's hidden corners, this guide will help you curate an experience tailored to your desires.
Prepare to be captivated by the breathtaking views from the top of the iconic Beetham Tower, as the city unveils its skyline before your eyes. And speaking of skylines, how about savoring a romantic picnic in the picturesque surroundings of Heaton Park, with its serene lakes and sprawling green spaces?
But Manchester is not just about beautiful views. It's also a cultural hub, beckoning you to explore its world-class museums and galleries. Lose yourself in the artistic masterpieces at the Manchester Art Gallery, where diverse collections ignite your imagination. Or immerse yourselves in the history of Manchester at the Museum of Science and Industry, where innovation and heritage intertwine.
Of course, a date in Manchester wouldn't be complete without indulging in its culinary delights. From trendy street food markets like Mackie Mayor to fine dining establishments like The French at The Midland Hotel, you'll embark on a gastronomic journey that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving for more. And let's not forget the lively food scene at the Curry Mile, where you can savor authentic flavors from South Asia, hand in hand with your escort.
Manchester also offers a plethora of entertainment options to keep you enthralled. Catch a captivating performance at the Royal Exchange Theatre or groove to live music in iconic venues like Band on the Wall. For the thrill-seekers, challenge each other at the Vertical Chill Ice Wall or unleash your competitive spirits at an escape room like Breakout Manchester. Manchester truly has something for every taste and inclination.
So, dear readers, get ready to embark on a journey through 101 fun and exciting places in Manchester for unforgettable dates with escorts. Let your imagination soar as you plan the perfect date, creating memories that will last a lifetime. Manchester awaits, ready to embrace you and your companion with its vibrant energy, cultural splendor, and endless possibilities for adventure and romance. Let's dive in and discover the magic together!
Live Music
With Manchester being Manchester, there are absolutely loads of places to check out live music, starting with the big boys over at the Manchester (now AO) Arena, via the O2 Apollo, Manchester Academy, and even Band on the Wall. You can also add the Albert Hall and Blues Kitchen to the list, which have a big calendar of music and acts, as well as the much smaller venues such as Gorilla, Night & Day, YES, Gulliver’s, The Castle Hotel, The Talleyrand and The Deaf Institute.
NQ64
Nothing screams ‘I Love You!’ better than competitively challenging someone to a game of Mortal Kombat 3 and then laughing and jeering at them when they lose. This can, of course, be done at one of Manchester’s two NQ64s – either in the NQ or on Peter Street.
Both offer the perfect date environment, one where the competition can kick in pretty early, and the cocktails will get you both suitably drunk enough to shake off that fear and tackle that dancing game together.
NQ64, 9 Short St, Manchester M4 1AA
NQ64, 23 Peter Street, Manchester, M2 5QR
Do a Craft Workshop
Living in one of the UK’s most creative cities means there’s always time to take up a new hobby, whether painting, hiking, cooking, or anything else you might’ve dreamt about giving a go. Craft workshops are always a great shout for a date, and places like Cork & Canvas, a BYOB painting class are an excellent place to start. There’s also Sken Studios, who run silver signet ring and pendant-making workshops, 7 Spot Pottery’s pottery-making classes, and Hot Bed Press’ printing workshops.
Bongo’s Bingo
Albert Hall, which runs regular Bongos Bingo nights to usually packed out crowds, is an easy option to get steaming and break the ice on an early date. Bongos are so far removed from the traditional Mecca and Galas of the world that it’s probably an insult having them in this same category, but you can expect music, dancing, mental prizes, and stupid games to keep you and your date entertained all evening long.
Manchester Climbing Centre
As a date venue you can’t really go wrong with Manchester Climbing Centre. Not only is it challenging, but you will have a proper laugh at each other as you wear those truly flattering harnesses! It’s a great alternative to going out for a few drinks, that brings with it a healthy dose of competitiveness, which is always good to witness in those early days…
Go for a Walk
Our Weekend Walks series is immensely popular because sometimes people don’t want to spend all night in a loud bar with someone they hardly know. Instead, get your walking boots on and be at one with nature, with fresh air, exercise, and something pretty to look at. There are thousands of places you can head, to right on Manchester’s doorstep, but here are a few to get you started.
The Best Walks To Enjoy Around Manchester
A Bit of Tapas
Tapas is the perfect date food and nowhere does it better than Manchester. Well, apart from pretty much every single city in Spain. There are a ton of fantastic places down on ‘Tapas Alley’ or King Street as the council like to call it, from El Gato Negro to Tast to La Bandera just tucked away down at the bottom, Abeja has also just opened in Alvarium, too. Outside of the city, in Chorlton no less, you’ll find one of the greatest tapas bars in the world – San Juan. You can’t beat some patatas bravas and sangria for getting the romantic juices flowing.
Tattu
Your date will surely be massively impressed if you bring them to Tattu, open the doors, head to the bar, and order an absolutely amazing cocktail. To impress them even more, head on into the restaurant and order some of their modern Asian-inspired dishes, while surrounded by their fantastic cherry blossom tree and the odd celebrity!
Tattu, 3 Hardman Square, 4 Hardman Square, Gartside St, Manchester M3 3EB
Dog Bowl
If there was ever a more suitable date event and activity it would be ten-pin bowling. Not only is it bloody good fun, but it’s indoors, it’s easy to play and you can also slowly get leathered over the course of a game. The only downside is the stupid shoes that you have to wear, especially if you have big feet because they make you look like you’re walking around with a couple of canoes on the end of your legs.
Dog Bowl on Whitworth Street is perfect for a date, not only do they have bowling, they’ve also added some arcade machines, and they have a great selection of cocktails too so you can both get sloshed and enjoy each other’s company that little bit more.
Museums
Head to one of Manchester’s many museums on a date and you’ve already scored a couple of points in the little black book. I mean, for one, they’re free so you’ve saved each other a few quid. On top of this, you have some of the best museums and exhibits on your doorstep, including the fantastic Science & Industry Museum, the Football Museum, and the People’s History Museum which continually creates compelling and exciting events and special exhibitions for various subjects and interests.
There’s also the Manchester Art Gallery and Whitworth Art Gallery if your date is a fan of that stuff or even the Manchester Museum where you can show off your knowledge of dinosaurs and Egyptian mummies!
Go to a Natural Wine Bar
Manchester is overrun with some incredible natural wine bars that span the Northern Quarter, Ancoats, and all the way out to the up-and-coming districts of Levenshulme and Monton. These are excellent places to take a date, especially for one that loves wine and is bound to be impressed with your extensive knowledge memorized from Wikipedia before you left the house. KERB, Ad Hoc, Isca Wines, Flawd, and Wandering Palate are just some of our favorites, but there are so many others to check out!
20 Stories
There are about a million places in Manchester where you can enjoy a lovely cocktail, but it’s rather rare to find somewhere where you can see the whole city from a few hundred feet up in the air. Not only will your date be impressed with the stunning views of Manchester and the surrounding areas, they will surely be bowled over by the classy, luxurious surroundings and the fantastic selection of champers and cocktails.
A Michelin-starred Meal
Sure, if you’re packing a fat wallet and want to impress this date seriously, you can take them to the city’s only Michelin-starred restaurant – Mana in Ancoats. It’ll set you back a pretty penny, but it’s worth it – as Simon Martin takes you on a gastronomic and culinary journey that you’re never going to forget!
It’s just a massive risk, spending so much money on a date that might be a disaster – so maybe save this one up for date number 5 – once you know they’re a keeper.
Mana, 42 Blossom St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6BF
Escape to Freight Island
Escape to Freight Island has a huge range of entertainment, food, drink, and music – all under one roof, making it an essential stop-off for any fussy date. Everyone flocks for miles around to come down, especially if there’s some music on from The Untold Orchestra, or a bit of drag. Grab some food, sink some pints, and flirt away.
Go Vintage Shopping
There’s nothing better than a Sunday afternoon rummage through some fully stocked vintage rails, and if your fellow date is also into fashion this is an excellent choice for an outing. The way someone dresses says A LOT about their personality so start off in the Northern Quarter and head to the likes of Pop Boutique, Blue Rinse, Gone Fishing Vintage, and the newly opened Bar Necessities. Then, if you’ve got time, The Wonderful Flight is another must-visit, as well as Suzy Loves Milo and of course, Piccadilly Thrift Store.
The Best Vintage Shops in Manchester
Do the Northern Quarter Street Art Trail
Northern Quarter isn’t just home to a never-ending list of gorgeous bars, restaurants, and retail spaces – the district also features some incredible murals and street art, which you can spend all day wandering around and marveling as you pop into pubs that sit conveniently on the route. Start at Port Street and let the art guide you to Newton Street, Tariff Street, Cavell Street, and beyond as the once awkward silence is now filled with passionate art reviews and reflective ‘hmm’ as new pieces are found.
Go to the Theatre
Manchester is home to some cracking theatre houses, and I don’t just mean the big guns like The Palace Theatre and the Opera House (even though they are both equally as great). The smaller, independent institutions such as HOME, Contact Theatre, Salford Arts, and The King’s Arms often have a packed program of events, too, that include comedy, film, panel discussions, and cult classics, so it’s always a good idea to check them out if you’re looking for an alternative date spot.
Pizza
There’s no better date food than a pizza. First of all, it’s not messy – you can easily eat it with your hands, and on top of this, I’ve never met a human being who doesn’t like pizza – I just don’t think that person exists.
Even if you hate tomatoes, or can’t eat cheese, there are still hundreds of options for you – so it’s definitely a safe bet. In Manchester, you have a fair whack of choices regarding the Best Food in the World™.
First of all, I recommend you to head to Rudy’s where you will both have a choice of one of their fantastically authentic Neapolitan pizzas – rammed with a choice of toppings and finished with a lovely beer or wine. Or you can head to Noi Quattro or Ciaooo in the Northern Quarter, or Honest Crust in Mackie Mayor.
Finally, you could both go a bit ape-shit on the pizza front and head to Crazy Pedro’s – where it probably wouldn’t be unusual to find a roast dinner perched on some dough and served by the slice. If your date doesn’t like any of these places, it’s probably safe to assume it’s just not gonna work!
A Guide to the Best New (and Established) Pizza Joints in Manchester
Jodrell Bank
You can’t beat a bit of science for your date – impressing them with your GCSE Physics knowledge and explaining the insignificance of their existence, clinging to a rock hurtling through an empty void at 30km per second in an endless universe populated with billions of worlds; likely harboring billions of species of life that we will never live long enough to meet.
So head down to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre for one of the largest radio telescopes in the world and a host of interactive exhibitions and displays for you to get your head around. The surrounding areas are also amazing so you can head to Mobberley or Knutsford afterward for a few drinks and some grub.
Platt Fields Park
There are plenty of parks in and around Manchester, it’s only because I used to live around the corner from Platt Fields that it gets a mention here. If the weather is nice there’s no better place to take a date – not only can you stroll around the lake and feed the ducks, there’s ice cream, a little playground, and plenty of grass to have a picnic and some ciders. There’s also a brilliant Market Garden here now, too.
Walk Around a Market
The city and its surrounding environs are awash with a variety of weird and wonderful markets throughout the week, from the up-market indoors variety (Altrincham Market, Mackie Mayor) to the rough and ready outdoors-in-the-rain kinda gaff (Levenshulme & Ancoats).
Another great date, and this is from personal experience, is a Car Boot, where you can both hunt for bargains amongst a bunch of old tats, chat to some old fella about his crappy cigarette card collection, and generally flirt yourselves into each other’s arms. Look at Alexandra Park in Moss Side, The Carlton Club in Whalley Range, or Bowlers in Trafford to see what’s happening.
Karaoke
Karaoke is not about singing; I’ve always said that it’s about having a laugh, getting sloshed, and belting out some absolute classics while your friends look on horrified. That’s got to be good for a date, right?
Get yourself down to The Millstone in the NQ, or one of the many karaoke venues in Chinatown and get Bon Jovi – Always on the screen, have a little bit of Dutch courage and get singing the song at the top of your lungs. If after the 3 minutes 41 seconds, you’re not in love – I’m sorry – it’s not meant to be.
Junkyard Golf
Sticking with the idea that playing some sort of game for an added competitive edge is a good thing, you can always give Junkyard Golf a try and down some cocktails while trying to hit a tiny ball with a thin stick. There are three themed rooms to choose from here and a ton of brightly colored, sweet-laden cocktails to sink – should you get bored of playing golf.
Afternoon Tea
A more dignified and elegant alternative, afternoon tea has experienced a massive revival in Manchester over the past couple of years, meaning that now you can pretty much get it anywhere.
I suppose it depends on your budget, and how much you actually like the other person, but there are plenty of options for you. There’s pure luxury at The Lowry Hotel, a great new one from The Refuge, and even one which you can have in the back of a Black Cab whilst the driver tells you all about the places whizzing past through the window.
The Millstone
This pub on Thomas Street is one of my favorites, it’s always full of a great crowd, the staff is brilliant and their Strongbow is fizzy as fuck. If you’re looking for a no-nonsense date, where you can have plenty of drinks, loads of chat, and meet some interesting ‘characters’ then The Millstone is one of the best choices in the city.
It’s not the only choice though – there are loads of great, proper boozers in which to take someone on a date, where you can slowly get merry while eating some proper British Tapas. Other favorites include The Briton’s Protection, The Unicorn, and Seven Oaks.
The Millstone, 65 – 67 Thomas Street, Manchester, M4 1LQ
Frog and Bucket
It’s a well-known fact that most comedians are physically grotesque; from the ‘chubby funster’ Peter Kay to the posh Auntie appearance of Michael McIntyre – you will likely be visually superior – so why not let them do the hard work – get your date all giggled-up and then swoop in. Head on down to the Frog and Bucket at the top of Oldham Street for one of their brilliant comedy nights and treat your date to some food, some drinks, some fantastic gags, and then a cheesy disco afterward where you can clumsily make your move.
Fish and Chips
This is one of my personal favorite dates ever; so if anyone is reading this and fancies trying it on with the Brownmeister – take some notes. First of all, head on over to one of the city’s best Fish & Chip shops – in this case, I suggest Northern Fisheries on Tib Street. Order fish, chips, and mushy peas (x2) with salt and vinegar.
While that’s being sorted out, one of you runs to the nearest offy and grabs some ice-cold ciders. Then take the fish and chips and drinks down to the canal in Ancoats and proceed to scoff your face while having some bevies – ideally in the sun. It also works in the rain, but does involve some slightly depressing undertones, and don’t try to recreate the same effect indoors – I tried once and it failed miserably.
As we end our journey through exciting places for unforgettable dates with escorts in Manchester, we hope this guide has ignited your sense of adventure and inspired you to create extraordinary memories with your companion. Manchester is a city brimming with possibilities, offering a diverse range of experiences to suit every taste and preference.
Remember, the true essence of a successful date lies not only in the location but in the genuine connection and shared moments you create together. Be fully present, open-minded, and ready to embrace the magic of Manchester with your escort. Explore its hidden gems, immerse yourselves in its cultural delights, indulge in its culinary pleasures, and allow the vibrant energy of the city to lead you to new and thrilling discoveries.
Communication and respect are paramount when embarking on a date with an escort. Prioritize open conversations, discussing your desires, boundaries, and preferences to ensure a mutually enjoyable experience. Building trust and understanding is vital for creating a safe and memorable journey.
Manchester's dynamic spirit, storied history, and cultural richness provide an ideal canvas for crafting unforgettable moments. Whether you delve into the city's historical landmarks, wander through its charming neighborhoods, or partake in adventurous activities, allow the enchantment of Manchester to captivate both you and your escort.
Lastly, we encourage you to venture beyond the confines of this guide. Manchester is a city that thrives on innovation and creativity, constantly offering new and exciting experiences to discover. Embrace spontaneity, follow your instincts, and be open to uncovering your own hidden gems and favorite date spots.
We wish you an incredible journey filled with laughter, romance, and boundless joy as you explore the wonders of Manchester with your escort. May each date be a chapter in your story, leaving you with cherished memories that warm your hearts for years to come?
Safe travels and happy dating our escorts in Manchester!