Food and drink

Rochdale town centre has lots of great places to eat and drink, including the historic Flying Horse Hotel, which was named one of CAMRA's best pubs in 2018. The Medicine Tap on the Esplanade offers a great selection of food and drink in the former post office building across from our town hall, and The Baum pub was voted the best in Britain in 2012.

We also have a great selection of independent cafes and restaurants, like Chinese eatery WowYauChow, cosy Spanish tapas bar La Mancha, the stylish and competitively priced Riverside Restaurant at Hopwood Hall college, as well as other well known names.

If you're willing to travel a little bit further, you can choose from 2 great places run by Rochdale celebrity chef Andrew Nutter. His Nutter's restaurant on Edenfield Road is regarded as one of the best in the region. Andrew also runs the Bird at Birtle gastropub on nearby Bury and Rochdale Old Road in Heywood.