Get your venue listed on MCR.CITY.

This is the route for owners and teams who want a Manchester restaurant, cafe, bar or kitchen listed on MCR.CITY. It's a straightforward editorial process: you send us the details, an editor checks them, and if everything stacks up your venue goes live in the food vertical. There's no automated listing tool here yet, submissions are reviewed by a person before anything is published.

What to have ready before you submit

The faster a submission moves through review, the more complete it is. Before you get in touch, have the following ready:

• Name and address, including the neighbourhood (Ancoats, Northern Quarter, Chorlton, wherever you are).
• Cuisine and service style, whether that's fine dining, casual, counter-service, or food hall stall.
• Accessibility notes, step-free access, accessible toilets, anything a reader would want to know before visiting.
• Menu link, ideally hosted on your own site so it stays current without us needing to re-check it.
• Booking link or contact details, if you take reservations, or a note that you're walk-in only.
• Current photos, of the food and the space. Old or stock photography tends to get queried.

What happens after you submit

Once a submission comes in, an editor reviews it against what's already published to check the details are accurate and the venue is genuinely trading (or has a confirmed, near-term opening date if it's a new place). We don't publish a fixed turnaround time here because review capacity varies, but incomplete submissions, missing an address or a menu link, take longer because we have to come back and ask. Get the basics right first time and it moves faster. If an editor has a question about your submission, expect to hear back by email at the address you provided, so it's worth checking one you actually read.

Photos that actually help

A submission with two or three clear, current photos moves through review far more smoothly than one with none. A shot of the food, a shot of the room, and something that shows the general vibe of the place are usually enough. Stock photography, or images pulled from elsewhere online, tend to get queried because we can't confirm they're actually yours to use, and they don't tell readers anything true about what to expect. If you don't have anything current, it's worth taking a few quick phone photos before you submit rather than sending nothing.

Keeping your listing accurate

Once you're listed, it's on you to flag changes: a new menu, a change of hours, a temporary closure, or a full closure. An out-of-date listing is worse than no listing at all, both for you and for readers who turn up expecting something that's no longer true. If anything changes, get back in touch with an update rather than waiting for someone to notice.

Food hall stalls and multi-vendor venues

If you're a stall within a food hall rather than a standalone restaurant, that's still worth submitting, just make it clear in the submission which venue you're inside and what makes your stall distinct: cuisine, format, and whether it's a permanent fixture or a rotating residency. Editors treat these slightly differently from a standalone site since the parent venue, not the stall, usually controls opening hours and seating.

Pop-ups and short-term residencies

These are welcome too, but flag clearly that you're time-limited and give an end date if you have one. It stops readers turning up after you've moved on, and it means your listing can be handled differently from a permanent site.