The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers
Hispi
We assessed Hispi in June 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess
Hispi is a polished Didsbury neighbourhood bistro cooking seasonal modern British food at a fair price. Its wine programme is short and glass-led, but it earns real respect by printing a well-judged wine against every dish and closing with a complete small-glass fortified corner, genuine, useful pairing thinking that many a grander cellar never bothers to offer. It will most reward the diner who wants a confident pairing chosen for them without studying a tome, and who values being looked after from the first glass to the last.
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Steakhouse
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
Middle Eastern
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
Modern British, vegetable-led small plates
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
Wine bar with a kitchen
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
Modern British small plates
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
Wine bar
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