Well I'm here and judging from the responses so far it seems there are only three places to visit!
Arrived yesterday and was too knacketed last night (saw Dee on Tuesday evening which sapped my strength before I even left London) to do anything but visit China town for some dinner. Seems there are more Chinese or thai massage on offer than hot dinners, quite literally, in that area.
Walked past 44 Portland street which is mentioned on another thread, wondered if it would be hard to spot but the big red flashing neon 44 sort of gives it away. What with this and the Chinese massage places everywhere it seems these places don't feel any need to be discrete in manchester. I'm beginning to wonder why anyone bothers going abroad in search of their jollies. Having said that, I haven't sampled any of them yet. I think picc selecta and la maison are the places I will go to.