Restaurant in Wigan

Restaurants in Wigan’s city centre may surprise some people with their cosmopolitan charm, and they include superb European options that conjure up tastes and aromas from all over the continent. If you love tapas, you'll be well catered for. Just as the local football team was famously associated with Spanish influences in the 2000s, Wigan's restaurants include some wonderful Iberian places. Order up a table heaving with patatas bravas, albondigas, riñones (kidneys), gambas (prawns) and chorizo sausage, or go for huge bowls of paella to share.

Other parts of the Mediterranean are also well represented in Wigan's restaurants selection. Whether you are organising a school reunion, celebrating a Wigan Warriors win in the Superleague, or just looking for an evening meal venue after work, you can enjoy a healthy meal whenever you need it. Maybe you’re in the mood for Moroccan falafel or lamb served with a North African-style cumin sauce. Or how about some pan-fried halloumi cheese, finished off with a ramekin of tiramisu and a rich, heady Turkish coffee?

Even if you don't live at the centre of town, gourmet eateries are easy to come by. For instance, there are some exceptional places in neighbouring towns like Orrell, where Italian food is in the ascendant, or in Hindley, where incredible Indian curry houses take the spotlight. Explore the region with Quandoo by finding new favourite gastropubs, trattorias or curry houses in out-of-the-way locations, and stumble upon new standouts near where you live.

But what if all you want is a satisfying joint of lamb or beef, roasted to perfection the classic British way? When you can't resist a roast, Wigan's restaurants are on hand to help you out. You'll find gourmet steakhouses in places like Ashton-in-Markfield that are wizards with a grill, turning the North West's locally reared beef and lamb into dazzling, succulent dishes. From huge T-bone steaks to traditional steak and ale pies, the chefs at these places know how to create rich, aromatic gravies, and their expertise in cooking cuts of Cumbrian lamb is absolutely second to none.