Where to celebrate Valentine's Day in Manchester

Calling all singles – find a special someone, or some new friends, in a welcoming environment at 1UP gaming bar in Didsbury. Open to everybody, the speed dating starts at 6.30pm on Valentine’s Day.

BAB will celebrate Valentine’s Day with their Valentine’s sharer. Perfect for couples, enjoy dishes including salt and pepper chicken, flat iron steak, chicken shawarma and loads more. Babs truly are the food language of love.

Las Bombas celebrate Valentine’s Day with a special set menu, featuring an epic sharing board with glazed beef cheek, picanha steak, sweet potato mash, tempura baby corn, tomato ceviche and truffle gravy.

Libby’s will be open on 14 February with their delicious small plates and crafted cocktails for Valentine’s Day.

Enjoy a Valentine’s supper club at Elnecot, with five courses for £40 per person. Dishes include an Amuse bouche of golden beet, goat’s curd and oxalis croustade; Oysters and mignonette dressing; Beetroot and ricotta pancakes; Roast chicken breast with truffled Baron Bigod pomme purée; Apple granita; and a Chocolate fondant. An optional matching wine flight is also available, chosen by chef-patron Michael Clay for £20 per person.

Enjoy a special Valentine’s Day set menu for £45 at Zouk, featuring dishes like punjabi lollipops, oyster pakoras, ginger chicken, daal makhani and lamb rogan josh. Alternatively, take part in their Valentine’s Day inspired Couple’s Cooking Class on Saturday 17 February.

The expert mixologists at Tattu have crafted a Valentine’s sharing cocktail called the Elixir of Love, mixing Bombay, Amaretto, cherry, chocolate and Laurent Perrier Rosé champagne. Attached to the cocktail is a red envelope, with the chance to find a golden ticket and win a glass or bottle of Laurent-Perrier Rose.

Musu host a five-course set menu for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy a welcome snack followed by a choice of sushi, starter, main course and dessert for £70 per person. Add wine pairings for an additional £30.

Head to Sexy Fish for an indulgent Lover’s Tasting Menu on Wednesday 14 February. Dishes include thinly-sliced aged tuna, snow crab tempura and aji amarillo popcorn, donuts ‘caviar and wasabi’ and luxurious lobster gyoza. Book here.

The Mews will be marking Valentine’s Day with bottomless prosecco for 90 mins, for £25 per person when you order food. Offer applies to table bookings only.

The Black Friar have transformed their Winter Cabins into Cabins of Love for Valentine’s Day. Available to book from 14-17 February, they are the perfect private hideaway to impress your other half. Along with an exclusive menu, you can book the cabins now.

Enjoy Platzki’s three-course set menu for £50 per person. Applies to bookings only and an award-winning Polish wine pairing is available for each course.

Buy One, Get One Free on tickets for The Cube and Putters. Enjoy 2 for 1 on selected drinks – including the limited edition Valentine’s cocktails – Live, Laugh, Love and No Lychee, No Likey. Use code LoveUp – terms and conditions apply.

Enjoy award-winning BBQ food and delicious cocktails at the cosy speakeasy bar in the city centre. Tickets cost £30 and include a performance from Viva La Vintage, food and two hours of bottomless drinks.

Petisco will be serving a £65 six-course tasting menu, with the option to include pairing wines for £94. Sittings will take place at 6/6.15pm and 8.15/8.30pm.

Ducie Street Warehouse have teamed up with Half Dozen Other, who will be dropping off their special Valentine’s Day red croissant with a passion fruit crème filling at DSW.

Enjoy either a two course (£40) or three course (£45) set menu as part of Cibus’ Valentine’s evening. Book here.

Isca will be open as usual for natural wines and seasonal plates on Wednesday 14 February. On 17 February, they will host their annual Valentine’s Pasta Party, serving a menu of homemade pasta and bottles, all chosen specially for the evening.

Indian Affair will be serving a special Valentine’s set menu with three courses for £40, including a glass of fizz on arrival.

Head to Dog Bowl for the perfect Valentine’s Day date night. Get a frame of bowling, a drink each and a pot of tokens for £35 per couple. Add food for £20 per couple. Call 0161 228 2888 to book.

Get 50% off food at Diecast on Valentine’s Day. The venue has also teamed up with Manchester-based floristry Powerplant Flowers, so you can order a single rose of bouquet when booking, and get it delivered straight to your table.

Get a 20-piece heart shaped platter at Unagi from 12-14 February. Choose from salmon, mixed or veggie, with prices starting from £29. Each ‘heart’ contains 20 pieces of delicious, hand-rolled sushi including a uramaki roll, mixed nigiri and hosomaki. Alternatively, get the Unagi snack lovers box with a combination of their top-selling street snacks to share – including bang bang karaage, crispy squid, salt and pepper wings, mixed gyozas, sticky rice, salt and pepper chips and two soft drinks.

Enjoy a three-course set menu (£32.99) for Valentine’s Day at Tortuga, as well as a glass of fizz on arrival.

Get two courses for £24.95 or three courses for £29.95 at The Allotment this Valentine’s Day. The set menu will run alongside the a la carte offering from 12-13 February and then just the set menu will be available on Wednesday 14 February.

Head to Embankment Kitchen for an exclusive set menu, allowing guests to enjoy either two courses for £36 per person, or three courses for £42 per person. Choose from a range of dishes including a sharing Chateaubriand. There will also be a Valentine’s themed cocktail menu, including a sharing cocktail. Available from 13-17 February. Book here.

La Bandera launch their new taster menu for Valentine’s Day from 12 February. Costing £45 per person (optional wine flight for £30 per person), enjoy dishes including espárragos con jamón, croquetas de queso y espinacas and mejillones al vino blanco. 

Sicilian NQ launch a dedicated Valentine’s menu for one week only. Available from 12-18 February, tables will be set with flowers and candles, with the normal menu available as well as exclusive, additional dishes.

Premium cocktail bar and restaurant Three Little Words will host a three-course set menu for £70 per person, including a welcome drink and extra surprises between courses. The specially-created menu includes dishes like duck breast with dauphinoise potatoes, cherries and a silky duck jus.  There will. be live music as well as a number of special cocktails.

Get three courses at Ciaooo for £30 per person. Enjoy a starter, two heart shaped pizzas, a special dessert and a bottles of prosecco.

Head to Northern Quarter favourite Evelyn’s for a Valentine’s Day set menu, including a glass of Champagne upon arrival. The set menu costs £45 per person.

Get endless tacos at Madre this Valentine’s Day. For £35 per person, choose from tacos including pollo asada, cochinita pibil, birria, hongos asada or brussels.

The perfect spot for a pre or post-dinner drink this Valentine’s, Stray have launched two exclusive loved-up cocktails – a lychee martini and the ‘hanky panky’. If you can’t make it to the bar on the big day, DM them on Instagram to order bottled cocktails, including the Lychee Martini, Hanky Panky, Tomato Margarita and Espresso Martini for £30 each.

Enjoy an amazing Eritrean and Ethiopian dining experience at House of Habesha with a three course set menu (£50 for 2), including a starter of sambusas, a full house platter and affog`to with Eritrean coffee for dessert. The menu can also be made vegan.

Hyssop and The Hare in Glossop celebrate Valentine’s Day with a steak night, with a three-course menu for £45 per person.

Let Piccolino transport you to the Tusan hills for a three-course set menu. Enjoy a special Sweet Amore cocktail on arrival, followed by antipasti, mouthwatering mains and a show-stopping dessert. Menu is £70 per person.

The Botanist will celebrate the special day with a Valentine’s Day menu for two, running exclusively on Wednesday 14 February. The meal costs £30 per person, including a cocktail.

Unwind in the name of love with King Street Townhouse’s exclusive Valentine’s spa experience. Enjoy a 45-minute ESPA hot stone massage, an hour’s use of the stat-of-the-art thermal suite and a two-course meal in the spa lounge, with a glass of Laurent-Perrier Champagne.

Albert’s Schloss has lined-up a load of show-stopping entertainment for Valentine’s day, including performances from iconic drag queen Lolo Brow and Baby Daisy, who will perform in a giant cocktail glass. On the food front, enjoy Albert’s Alpine Fondue which is perfect for two – with lashings of melted gruyere and Emmental with white wine, ‘Haus pickles’, sourdough and new potatoes.

Luxury location Hotel Gotham present their exclusive Valentine’s afternoon tea at the Honey restaurant, available 14-18 February.

Ciaooo will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with heart-shaped pizzas on 14 February.

Neighbourhood bar Finders Keepers will host Happy Hour from 3-6pm with £7 cocktails as well as serving up their seasonal menu and monthly specials. From 14-21 February, they will also be offering guests their ‘homemade creations’.

Buy two large glasses of wine at Dockyard and get the rest of the bottle for free.

Afrikana Manchester is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a huge giveaway. Head over to their socials to be in with the chance of winning two three-course meals.

Ciao belli! Lupo will open specially on Wednesday with their regular menu alongside Valentines Day specials. Open from 10am – 9pm. Book here.