Best Heated and Covered Terraces in Manchester

Easily one of the best, and prettiest, terraces in the city – The Refuge benefits from being in a small courtyard right in the middle of a grand old building – meaning no wind, easy full cover and with the heaters, warmth!

We couldn’t do an outdoor terrace round-up without including Freight Island. Sit in one of the wooden booths overlooking Mayfield Park, in The Plant Room or under the canopy, there’s plenty of spots to enjoy food, drink and entertainment outside.

Serving arguably the best tapas in Greater Manchester, Bar San Juan is always busy! As well as cosy indoor seating, the little corner of Spain on Beech Road also has a heated, outdoor terrace to enjoy food and drink on. We can’t promise the weather will be Spain-like, though.

A 5* star terrace for a 5* hotel – the Lowry have a long balcony overlooking the River Irwell complete with massive awnings to keep you dry and heaters to keep you warm. Enjoy alongside some cocktails and a dedicated menu from the River Restaurant.

Barca Bar boast a much-loved, canal-side terrace in the heart of Castlefield which is one of the largest outdoor seating areas in the city!

As well as their covered terrace out front, Altrincham‘s Con Club also have a secret rooftop garden – complete with a heated tipi. It’s the perfect spot for sitting down for a few hours and working your way through their brilliant cocktail (and food) menu.

With a huge south-facing terrace round the back of Ducie Street Warehouse – this place is perfect when the sun is out. When it isn’t? You’re still going to be fine as they’ve got some truly massive parasols and loads of heaters to keep your tootsies warm.

Both Peter Street and Ancoats are covered and have heaters – meaning you won’t have to eat a soggy, cold pizza whilst out enjoying yourself. In fact, if you wrap up warm and close your eyes, you could almost be in Napoli. Almost.

Covered, heated and actually really rather pretty – there are few better places to go in the city than Dakota’s terrace. Enjoy a bite to eat from Dakota Grill or delicious cocktail from the bar.

Swan Street’s old MOT garage has been transformed into a covered outdoor haven – complete with camp fires and heaters. Live performances, guest DJs, Detroit pizza and some seriously good cocktails, it’s one of our favourite places to be.

With some very welcome corrugated plastic roofing, sturdy wooden beams and those proper hot infra-red heaters, YES have pretty much got it all sorted – no matter the weather. Even that twister from the movie Twister would have trouble penetrating this bad boy – and that thing nearly killed Bill Paxton.

With a large ground floor covered and heated terrace, The Ivy have it all pretty much sorted if you fancy some food and a few boujee cocktails on a weekend.

Offering up one of the city’s tallest and most impressive terraces was never going to be an easy task – especially in Manchester, but the bods behind 20 Stories thought about all of that years ago – so we don’t need to worry. Fires, heaters, awnings and little greenhouse-type things – it’s all here to keep you warm, dry and happy.

Zouk has an impressive outside terrace area that changes seasonally. There’s a flower wall to get in the Instagram post and the restaurant’s full a la carte menu is available outside, including curries, grilled dishes, seafood and steaks.