Best Coffee Shops in Manchester

Manchester’s coffee scene runs from the on-site roastery inside Ancoats’ historic Royal Mills to the Northern Quarter’s multi-roaster brew bars.

Ancoats

Ancoats Coffee Co. has roasted specialty coffee inside the historic Royal Mills since 2013 on a 6kg Giesen roaster.

Northern Quarter (Dale Street)

Idle Hands has run its multi-roaster coffee house on Dale Street since 2014, rotating names like Tim Wendelboe and Square Mile.

Northern Quarter (Tariff Street)

Takk opened on Tariff Street in January 2013 as an Icelandic-inspired café roasting its own lighter-style beans on site.

Royal Mills Roastery

Ancoats Coffee Co.’s roastery sources single origins from Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mexico and Uganda.

Dale Street

Idle Hands began as a 2015 pop-up by Piccadilly Station before settling permanently in the Northern Quarter.