1853 Restaurant
1853 Restaurant
At our 1853 training restaurant, you’ll dine in a friendly and relaxed environment, where our service team will host you for lunch or dinner and serve you a selection of high-quality food.
You’ll be given special attention by our team and will enjoy a menu that’s always changing and innovating to reflect local, seasonable produce and the skills & talents of our chefs who are working and training in our state-of-the-art kitchen.
Run by students in our Industry Excellence Academy for Hospitality and Catering, our 40-seat restaurant and bar also has street level access so passers-by alike can enjoy the tasteful talents of our students dishes.
You can find us in Manchester city centre right next door to the AO Arena at our new City Campus Manchester.
1853 will reopen from Wednesday 22 January 2025 for lunch service, with bookings available going forwards every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during term time from 12pm to 12.45pm.
Our lunchtime menu comprises of small plates, of classic and contemporary dishes, delicious desserts and modern starters with a set tasting menu for the evening. Our menu changes on a regular basis, you can view an example menu below.
To make a lunch or afternoon tea reservation, please book online via ResDiary, call 07725 640 124 or email 1853@tmc.ac.uk.
Example Afternoon Tea Menu Example Lunch MenuGuest Chef Nights
We also host special Guest Chef Nights on selected Wednesdays throughout the year.
Our next Guest Chef Night, Dnata Catering, is on Wednesday 22nd January, tickets cost £30 per head, with arrival at 6pm to dine for 6.15pm.
Dnata Catering is a world leader in inflight catering, providing the highest standard of food across the globe for our airline partners, which include Emirates, Singapore, and Aer Lingus. The team working with the students have served in the world’s leading hotels and restaurants, and even worked as onboard chef’s on private jets.
The students will work with John Sandelands, Executive Head Chef, and Graham McKinley and Stuart Brown who are both Senior Sous Chef’s in the Manchester Operation. The menu theme is “around the world” with each dish being themed around the destination code assigned to it.
Click here to read the menu and book your place online via ResDiary, call 07725 640 124 or email 1853@tmc.ac.uk.
You can find other events for the current term below.

Useful info
Book your table by:
Online via ResDiary
(see below for online bookings)
Calling
(for evening reservations)
Emailing
(for afternoon and evening reservations)