🍻 Pubs

#1

The Blues Kitchen

📍 Quay Street

Dedicated blues bar serving hickory-smoked comfort food, plus regular live music & DJs.

#2

The Head of Steam

📍 Newton Street, NQ

Taproom

#3

The Old Wellington

📍 Exchange Square

Half-timbered, traditional pub offering real ales and a menu of hearty pub grub.

#4

The Peveril of the Peak

📍 Great Bridgewater Street

Historic Manchester pub

#5

The Salisbury

📍 Wakefield Street

Storied, unpretentious pub offering cask ales, pub grub, a jukebox and a rock 'n' roll vibe.

#6

The Britons Protection

📍 Great Bridgewater Street

Traditional Manchester pub

#7

Cask

📍 Liverpool Road

Cozy corner tavern with outdoor seating offering a wide variety of beers, cocktails & wine.

#8

Northern Monk Refectory

📍 Tariff Street, NQ

Taproom

#9

Sadler's Cat

📍 Hanover Street

Taproom

#10

Mulligans

📍 Southgate

Convivial Irish bar featuring screens showing sporting events, regular live music & pub grub.

#11

Victoria Tap

📍 Victoria Station

Taproom

#12

The Crown & Kettle

📍 Oldham Road 

Classic venue offering cask beers, small plates & outdoor seating, plus a pop-up Italian restaurant.

#13

The Bear

📍 Deansgate

Cocktail Bar

#14

City Road Inn

📍 Albion Street

Traditional

#15

Salmon of Knowledge NQ

📍 Lever Street

Irish

#16

The Castle Hotel

📍 Oldham Street

Traditional Northern Quarter pub

#17

No Vacancy

📍 Bridge Street

Music Boozer

#18

The Gas Lamp

📍 Bridge Street

Quirky Victorian drinking den serving real ales in a basic subterranean space with tiled walls.

#19

The Brotherhood of Pursuits And Pastimes

📍 Mount Street

British pies & American pub classics pair with signature cocktails in a stylish sports bar.

#20

Courts Club

📍 Goods Yard Street

Sports Bar

#21

Sinclairs Oyster Bar

📍 Exchange Square

Iconic tavern with rustic wooden beams, a familiar pub menu & large beer garden.

#22

The Deansgate

📍 Deansgate

Traditional drinking establishment with outdoor seating and upstairs restaurant focusing on grills.

Society

📍 Barbirolli Square

Modern food hall and bar

Rain Bar

📍 Great Bridgewater Street

Traditional Manchester pub with large beer garden overlooking the canal

The Old Nags Head

📍 Jackson's Row

Traditional pub

Alberts Shed

📍 Castle Street, Castlefield

Modern restaurant on site of a former tool shed, with a large, south-facing, glass-canopied terrace.

Atlas Bar

📍 Deansgate

Smart venue with an industrial look, specialising in gins, with a heated, south-facing beer garden.

Balance Brewing and Blending

📍 Sheffield Street, Piccadilly

Brewery and taproom

Band on the Wall

📍 Swan Street

Live music venue in a former cinema

Barca

📍 Castle Street, Castlefield

Tapas and gastropub-style dining by the canal, plus guest DJs and function suites.

Bay Horse Tavern

📍 Thomas Street, NQ

Trendy pub in the Northern Quarter

Blackjack Brew Co Bar

📍 Smithfield Market, Eagle Street

Taproom

BrewDog Peter Street

📍 Peter Street

Taproom

BrewDog DogHouse

📍 Fountain Street

Taproom

Brickhouse Social - Now Closed

📍 New Wakefield Street

Games pub

Cloudwater Brew Taproom

📍 Piccadilly Trading Estate

Taproom

Diecast

📍 Ducie Street

Trendy Bar

Dukes 92

📍 Castle Street, Castlefield

Grill restaurant and bars serving food, set in a former stable building with a balcony and terrace.

Eagle Bar

📍 Deansgate

Bar

English Lounge NQ

📍 High Street

Bar

Gas Works

📍 First Street

Buzzy, modern-rustic brewpub featuring house-made beers, pub fare & shuffleboard in spacious digs.

Grey Horse Inn

📍 Portland Street

Traditional

House of Social

📍 River Street

Trendy bar and foodhall

Junction

📍 Manchester Central, Petersfield

Cocktail Bar

Katie O'Brien's

📍 Peter Street

Irish

Lass O'Gowrie

📍 Charles Street

Real-ale tavern hosting drama, comedy, music with big-screen sports and food including roasts.

Lost in Tokyo

📍 Lever Street

Decorated with paper lanterns, this hip, Tokyo-inspired hangout serves a menu of original cocktails.

Microbar

📍 High Street

Taproom

Nancy Spains

📍 Hilton Street, NQ

Irish

O'Connell's

📍 New Wakefield Street

Irish

Oxnoble

📍 Liverpool Road

Traditional

The Pen and Pencil

📍 Hilton Street, NQ

New York-influenced all day kitchen serving imaginative menus, as well as craft beers & cocktails.

Piccadilly Tap

📍 Station Approach, Piccadilly

Down-to-earth pub with a terrace dishing up pizzas & craft beers

Pigeon Beer Wanderer

📍 Sheffield Street, Piccadilly

Taproom

Port Street Beer House

📍 Port Street, NQ

Beer-enthusiasts' drinking hole

Quarter House

📍 Stevenson Square, NQ

Music Boozer

Rewind NQ

📍 Oldham Street, NQ

Bar

Sams Chop house

📍 Marsden Street

Restaurant with a 140-year history, once frequented by artist LS Lowry, of whom there's a statue.

Side Street

📍 Quay Street

Bar

Sir Ralph Abercromby

📍 Bootle Sreet

Traditional

Stables Tavern

📍 Grape Street

Pub

Stage & Radio

📍 Port Street, NQ

Music Boozer

Sureshot Taproom

📍 Sheffield Street, Piccadilly

Taproom

The Angel Pub

📍 Angel Street

Specialist in beer from small independent breweries, has an upstairs restaurant with a log fire.

The Beer House Manchester Victoria

📍 Victoria Station

Traditional

The Bridge Tavern

📍 Bridge Street

Drinking venue with period decor, ales, cocktails, DJ on Saturday, terrace and upstairs restaurant.

The Crown & Anchor

📍 Hilton Street, NQ

Traditional

The Garratt

📍 Princess Street

Traditional

The Liquor Store

📍 Blackfriars Street

Cocktail Bar

The Millstone

📍 Thomas Street, NQ

Traditional British pub with rooms offering en suite or private bathrooms, plus flat-screen TVs.

The Oast House

📍 Courtyard, Spinningfields

Rustic-style pub offering international food including deli boards, plus ale and beer tasting.

The Old Monkey

📍 Portland Street

Traditional

The Rose & Monkey Hotel

📍 Swan Street

Classic, convivial hangout with regular live music offering pies, beer & an extensive wine list.

The Sawyer's Arms

📍 Deansgate

Traditional pub with dark wood & tap brews, providing typical English fare, including breakfast.

The Shakespeare

📍 Fountain Street

Pub showing all Premier League matches plus an upstairs restaurant and child-friendly weekend bar.

The Taphouse

📍 Symphony Park

Taproom

The Temple

📍 Great Bridgewater Street

Little bar in a repurposed Victorian public toilet offering a global beer selection & a jukebox.

The Trading Route

📍 Goods Yard Street

Bar

The Vine Inn

📍 Kennedy Street

Inn hosting regular acoustic/open mic nights, and a lunchtime menu served in the cellar bar.

The City Arms

📍 Kennedy Street

Traditional pub offering cask ales, familiar pub fare & local craft beers.

The Washhouse

📍 Shudehill

Brick walled cocktail bar offering a trendy environment for serious drinks.

The Wayfarer

📍 Swan Street

Bar

The Wharf

📍 Slate Wharf, Castlefield

Large establishment with cosy rooms and alcoves, buzzy open areas, outdoor terrace and boules court.

Mr Thomas's Chop House

📍 Cross Street

Characterful restaurant and bar in former pub, serving classic comfort food with a modern twist.

Track Brewing Brewery & Taproom

📍 Piccadilly Trading Estate

Roomy watering hole dispensing craft beers in an industrial, convivial atmosphere.

YES

📍 Charles Street

Music Boozer

The Green

📍 Grape Street

Open air venue

The Whiskey Jar

📍 Tariff Street, NQ

Former mill with 2 bars, including a state-of-the-art sound system, brick walls and leather sofas.

Flok

📍 Stevenson Square, NQ

Cosy, vintage-chic bar & kitchen offering wine, sherry & Mediterranean-inspired small plates.

Soup Kitchen

📍 Spear Street, NQ

Bar

The Lawn Club

📍 Hardman Square, Spinningfields

Bar

BOX

📍 Deansgate

Sports Bar

Directors Box

📍 Booth Street

Global pub fare, craft beer & sports on TV in a modern space with subway tile & wood paneling.

To Be Frank

📍 Hilton Street, NQ

Bar

Wilson's Social

📍 Oldham Street, NQ

Bar

Night & Day Café

📍 Oldham Street, NQ

Host to local and international bands, also serving food including sandwiches, wraps and burgers.

Affleck & Brown

📍 Hilton Street, NQ

Charming pub in a former Victorian department store, offering pints, wine, cocktails, coffee & tea.

Ape & Apple

📍 John Dalton Street

Traditional pub with a tile-fronted bar and a rooftop beer garden, for cask ales and pub grub menu.

The Lost Dene

📍 Deansgate

Retro-style bar serving pub classics amid wood-panelled walls, banquettes and screens showing sport.

White Lion

📍 Liverpool Road

Traditional

Matt & Phreds

📍 Tib Street, NQ

Laid-back basement club hosting live jazz, funk and soul acts, plus cocktails and pizza menu.

The Freemount

📍 Oldham Street, NQ

Irish

Wetherspoons

📍 Piccadilly

City-centre Wetherspoon overlooking Piccadilly Gardens, housed in a Grade II listed former clothiers' warehouse and bank building.

The Seven Stars

📍 Dantzic Street

Wetherspoon inside the Printworks, named after one of Manchester's historic inns and close to Victoria Station.

The Moon Under Water

📍 Deansgate

Large Deansgate Wetherspoon occupying a former cinema, with much of the building's picture-house character retained.

The Waterhouse

📍 Princess Street

Central Manchester Wetherspoon near the Town Hall, named after Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse.

The Paramount

📍 Oxford Street

Busy Oxford Street Wetherspoon named after the former Paramount cinema which once stood nearby.

Freight Island

📍 Baring Street

Chill open air food hall with a range of vendors offering local and global bites plus craft drinks.

Bunny's Country Club

📍 High Street, NQ

Live music bar at the end of Thomas Street

Ducie Street Warehouse

📍 Ducie Street

Laid-back food served in a trendy, warehouse-chic locale offering a bar, a restaurant & a hotel

The Waldorf

📍 Gore Street

Sharing plates, bar bites & cocktails offered at this old-fashioned pub with sports on TV

Store Street Exchange

📍 Auburn Street

Open-plan restaurant with terrace in hotel setting, featuring a brasserie menu & cocktails

The Social NQ

📍 Thomas Street, NQ

Trendy bar in the heart of the Northern Quarter

The Smithfield Market Tavern

📍 Swan Street

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