Latest reviews from Manchester
| 68 /100 10 SHEFFIELD ST “Very close to Sureshot and well worth the visit if you like sours/saison's. I'm not that fond of sours however. Well worth a visit though. It has a less industrial feel than the other brewpubs in the area. There's curtains and rugs to make it feel a bit cosier. Friendly helpful bar staff. Card only.“ |
| 72 /100 The Gas Lamp (Bar) 50A BRIDGE STREET “Underground bar with good choice, with 4 from Pomona Island. Card only. There's a another room at the back.“ |
| 80 /100 UNIT 18, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Opposite Cloudwater and a bit further. Another industrial looking place. Busy on a Saturday evening. Good tap choice and even 3 or 4 of their own cask beers, which was a nice surprise. Friendly bar staff. There's pizza made there which was decent but we found the 4 choices of pizza a little pretentious (can't think of a better word). I wouldn't mind seeing one or two simpler choices on the pizza menu. Well worth a visit for the beer choice. I actually preferred it to Cloudwater (only a little).“ |
| 78 /100 ST JAMES BUILDING, OXFORD STREET “Quirky place with an industrial vibe. Plenty of space with fast friendly service. Plenty of tap choice with 2 handpull choices. Card only as with seemingly all bars/pub in central Manchester. Wifi wasn't working. Well worth a visit.“ |
| 80 /100 Café Beermoth (Bar) BROWN STREET “Very busy on the Friday evening we visited (couldn't find a seat to start with). Free wifi. Great selection of casks and kegs. There's a beer fridge too. Plenty of choice. I had 2 new ticks on cask and there were more but we wanted to check out other places in Manchester. Lovely bar with friendly service. Card only as with seemingly all bars/pub in central Manchester.“ |
| 64 /100 Paramount (JDW) (Bar) 33-35 OXFORD STREET “Usual Spoons with free Wi-Fi. Quite busy on a Saturday afternoon. 6 guest taps making it probably the best Spoons for beer choice (for me anyway).“ |
| 80 /100 5 SHEFFIELD STREET “I really quite liked this place. Chatty staff. Free wifi. Excellent beer. Card only.no cash. Nice atmosphere. Underneath a rail arch. It was quite hard to find on a dark wintry night. You can apparently buy pizza from a local pizza place and pick it up and eat it there. I say apparently as we tried to order 2 pizza's and the order crashed. They have a takeaway beer fridge of their own beers. It's on the way to Cloudwater so it's a handy midway point if you are going there.“ |
| 78 /100 UNIT 9, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Nice place. A bit out of the way and hard to find on a winters night (but easier than Sureshot). Friendly staff. Lots of taps of their own beer. Card only, no cash (a common theme here in Manchester)“ |
| 70 /100 10 TARRIF STREET “Nice place with free wifi. Friendly staff. Lots of taps. 3 cask and a fridge of canned beers. Card only, no cash (a common theme here in Manchester)“ |
| 56 /100 Moon Under Water (JDW) (Bar) 68-74 DEANSGATE “A typical Spoons pub with free wifi etc. Service was very slow on the wintry Thursday afternoon I was there. £3.11 a pint for most cask beers.“ |
| 74 /100 19 CHAPEL WALKS “Very close to Café Beermoth, this corner pub with a higher than street level main room has a modern-traditional design and now acts as the main outlet for Pomona Island brews, and there's no shortage of them over cask and keg, with plenty of the latter available. Busy and welcoming in its first few weeks of operation and all brews are available in thirds“ |
| 64 /100 10 SHEFFIELD ST “Taproom in a brewery arch close to Manchester Piccadilly station, Sureshot is in the vicinity also. 4 taps pouring, all wild ales / fruited sours.“ |
| 72 /100 5 SHEFFIELD STREET “Taprrom situated in a railway arch a few minutes walk out of side entrance to Manchester Piccadilly station. Around 10 taps pouring the breweries beers. Easy to find / walk past if on the way to other breweries in that part of Manchester.“ |
| 76 /100 10 SHEFFIELD ST “Currently only open Friday and Saturday (opened just a few months ago), but this is a mandatory stop if you enjoy farmhouse ales. It's a quick 5-minute walk from Piccadilly Station. The space is very comfortable and well-designed. They only had 4 beers on tap: 2 of their own, a collab, and a guest tap -- 1/3 pints available; I tried the former 3 and was very impressed with all of them.
Their yeast profile is fantastic, their blending is evidently carefully thought-out, and everything works harmoniously. Very impressive to try such high-quality saisons/wild ales here.
I wish they had more taps; they do have plenty of bottles for drink-in or take-away, but those'll set you back £16-22 or so. Still, over my past two visits to Manchester, this was my favourite brewery stop. Highly recommended.“ |
| 66 /100 5 JACK ROSENTHAL ST “Visited January 2019.“ |
| 68 /100 ÖL Bar (Bar) UNIT 2, HATCH, OXFORD ROAD “Visited January 2019“ |
| 62 /100 RED BANK PROJECT, 50 RED BANK “Visited January 2019. More like a food / street market indoor.“ |
| 52 /100 Oxnoble (Bar) 71 LIVERPOOL ROAD “Midway down Liverpool Road the OxNoble is traditional with a plushness about it. I first visited here about 13 years ago and it's been consistent in its selection since then with a small row of cask ale regulars, which are fine, but there's nothing ever exciting about these.“ |
| 78 /100 37 SWAN ST “Up on the edge between the Northern Quarter and Ancoats is this modern pub, which serves some very decent cask ale and one of the best bitters in the city. Inside is modern and spacious. Smallish bar has about 4 cask beers on and several kegs. One of the brewries to check out in Manchester and they also have a micro pub around the corner inside the Mackie Mayor food hall.“ |
| 86 /100 UNIT 9, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Great taproom, and the only one on the whole row under the train tracks that was open on a Tuesday. Visited here last week, and it was fairly empty for the most part, good because I was traveling with the baby. They had a big number of taps, about half theirs and half well-curated guests from good breweries. Friendly service--unpretentious. The Cloudwater beer was good and a few of the guests were even better. They had a lot of cans for sale as well. Definitely worth a visit. One third pints available.“ |
| 72 /100 Piccadilly Tap (Bar) GATEWAY HOUSE, STATION APPROACH “Visited in June after a work conference. Very convenient being so close to the station. 5 cask and 19 tap if you include cider. Decent atmosphere for a Monday early evening. Nice outdoor seating options. Quite a few German lagers from the like of Bitburger and Ayinger. Not the most imaginative craft beers in truth and I found there were quite a few 'already hads' but with 24 options there was enough new ones to keep my interest. A good option to have.“ |
| 80 /100 UNIT 18, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Medium sized place just opposite Cloudwater. Basically lots of large tables and benches and a bar. Quite lively and more crowded than Cloudwater. Plenty of beers on tap, more than 20 during our visit. Heavily focused on IPAs, but plenty of other styles as well. Quality was very good. Well worth visiting.“ |
| 74 /100 Pie & Ale (Bar) 1 & 2, THE HIVE, LEVER STREET, “Medium sized place, we sat at the bar room. Solid range of cask ales, nothing super interesting, but certainly stuff I haven't seen around. Friendly service. Pies are excellent and not too expensive. If you're looking for lunch or dinner this is a good place.“ |
| 78 /100 UNIT 9, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Medium sized taproom with more than 20 taps and plenty of beers in the fridges including some interesting sours and stouts. Plenty of different styles overall with very good quality (as expected). Modern interior feels a bit cold and lacking of details. Friendly service. Certainly worth checking out when in town.“ |
| 70 /100 Pelican Bar (Squawk) (Bar) 35 DALE STREET “Pelican is a house tap for Squawk brewery - as such, a good for ticks. Red brick outside, colourful with plants inside. Maybe half of taps are from Squawk, half are from guests. 14 taps, 2 casks, so plenty to choose from. Pizza slices are available for decent price. They were good.“ |
| 70 /100 10 TARRIF STREET “Quite dark bar. Outside red brick and inside a lot of brown wood. Brown brickwall inside. Plenty of Northern Monk beers on tap to choose: 20 taps and 3 casks. As NM beers are good, this is a must visit in MCR - lots of ticks.“ |
| 68 /100 5 SHEFFIELD STREET “Typical English "under the railway arch" brewery. Some colourful posters on the wall, some tables, not a huge place although not the tinyest one. Around 10 own taps available including some collabs. Beers are ok. Located maybe 400 meters from Track/Cloudwater so easy to combine to visit there.“ |
| 72 /100 UNIT 18, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Place is just over the yard from Cloudwater Unit 9 Taproom, so easy to combine both on same trip. Opening times are good, only closed on Monday. When Cloudwater is a taproom stucked to the brewery, this is wide hall with wooden benches plus nice outside patio. As such, it seemed to be more popular than Cw. Like in Cw, here also pastel colours and lots of own beers available on tap. Otherwise than some earlier raters have written: style variation is wider than at Cloudwater.“ |
| 70 /100 UNIT 9, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “This is quite American looking taproom. Located at the second floor of their barrelhouse. Scandi-style decoration and pastel colours. Good selection own beers available on tap, over 20 but I think no flights (third pint is available). Beers are of course very good as brewery fresh.“ |
| 74 /100 Pelican Bar (Squawk) (Bar) 35 DALE STREET “Visited early June, Monday evening. Around 14 taps and 3 cask options with a locked fridge of beers. I felt so weak in my failed attempts to open the fridge until the obvious occurred to me. Fairly spacious - cushioned benches and tables one side and and stools with smaller tables the other. Trendy without being that pretentious. Somewhat expensive but good choices.“ |
| 74 /100 UNITS 7-8, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Large, open upstairs place a short walk from City Centre. Kind of cold place, not very charming, really... 20 taps running, mostly hazy hoppy stuff. Friendly service but not really a place to hang out for long.“ |
| 82 /100 UNIT 18, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Large open space just a short walk from City Centre. Benches and tables next to the tanks, some outside seating too. 20 taps and 3 casks. Varied selection, mostly hoppy stuff. Fresh and tasty beers, great music and nicely chill on a tuesday evening. Lovely place.“ |
| 76 /100 10 TARRIF STREET “Visited early evening on Monday 26th June after a work conference. Trendy well furnished bar with two main rooms and plenty of space. A little darker inside than I was expecting and with the sun shining outside I decided to drink outside on one of the spacious benches.
Beer quality was excellent as you would expect from this brewery and a good selection of around 18 offerings.
I preferred Port House and Pelican but it may have just been the time of day I visited. A good venue.“ |
| 70 /100 Oxnoble (Bar) 71 LIVERPOOL ROAD “Nice local pub where I stayed for a pint Landlord in good condition on my way to nearby Cask. Three or for cask handles, nice, fresh wooden interiour and a nice patio facing a small park.“ |
| 82 /100 37 SWAN ST “Classic pub, somber and elegant interior. Good cask selection in perfect condition. Friendly service.“ |
| 82 /100 Marble Arch Inn (Marble) (Restaurant) 73 ROCHDALE RD “Wonderful old school pub in picturesce house in an otherwise slightly rough deaveopment area. Wooden panels, several rooms, a patio and a roof terrace. Good cask selection (4 handles) but served too warm. Friendly service.“ |
| 80 /100 Piccadilly Tap (Bar) GATEWAY HOUSE, STATION APPROACH “Moder rustic beer bar close to Picadilly Station, with a patio and seats outside next to the railway rustle. Very good selection with both local craft and cask, and some german stuff.“ |
| 82 /100 Cask (Bar) 29 LIVERPOOL ROAD “Nice, rustic local pub, with AC which was a blessing on a hot june day. Good selection, 4 casks in good condition, mostly local, some german and belgians on keg. Also some interesting stuff in the fridges. Friendly service.“ |
| 80 /100 Bundobust Manchester (Restaurant) 61 PICCADILLY “A bit odd cellar restaurant combined tap room. Spacious despite being underground. Good selection on tap (Bigfoot for instance), one cask. Really good vegetarian indian food.“ |
| 76 /100 10 TARRIF STREET “Very rustic bar in an old red brick buidling in a developing area. Several interior rooms and a big area on the outside street. Good cask selection, some cask. Friendly service. Too loud music inside.“ |
| 82 /100 VITA EAST, CIRCLE SQUARE, NOBEL WAY “Spacious, modern beer bar with 20 behind-the-wall taps. One cask, mostly local stuff but also plenty of belgian stuff and some german. Good bao fast food outlet on the premises. Very good servivce.“ |
| 82 /100 120 GROSVENOR STREET “Rustic place with a cold vibe to it, a small backyard, as well as some tables on the sidewalk. Good selecton, plenty of casks in good condition. Friendly service.“ |
| 88 /100 Café Beermoth (Bar) BROWN STREET “Modern, spacious beer bar in the city centre. Large tap selection, afew casks, mostly local stuff, but also some czech, german and belgian stuff. Friendly service.“ |
| 74 /100 UNIT 9, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Spacious taproom at the brewery, in an upstairs area overlooking the barrel room. Pretty good selection list, even 2 casks. Friendly staff.“ |
| 82 /100 Port Street Beer House (Bar) 39-41 PORT STREET “Venue two of my brief foray into Manchester for a staff conference. Visited late Monday afternoon when it wasn't too busy. Very relaxed atmosphere with a well laid out down and up stairs seating as well as a small outside area. Really good for small groups. Lots of keg and cask options as well as a fridge. I had a cask beer from Track brewing which was kept in excellent condition. A bit pricey but sometimes you get what you pay for.“ |
| 42 /100 49 PICCADILLY “Venue one on my brief foray into Manchester for a work conference. Visited in the morning for breakfast. Now seems to just go under the name 'Wetherspoons'. A rather gloomy uninteresting 'Spoons in truth. Has that classic look from 20 years ago so needs a revamp. Food was even more lukewarm than the chains usual standard although service was fine. Six cask options but 5 of them seemed your standard affair.“ |
| 70 /100 Crown and Kettle (Bar) 2, OLDHAM STREET “Spacious local corner pub with bricky interiour and some old metal structures. Good cask selection. Friendly service.“ |
| 90 /100 Port Street Beer House (Bar) 39-41 PORT STREET “Nice rustic pub i a chic developing area. Located in a brick building with wooden unterior, a backyard, and some seats outside. There was a good AC system inside which was nice after having had a long walk on a fairly hot day. A mix of craf, cask, and some german and belgian stuff. All casks I tried were in perfect condition. Friendly service.“ |
| 48 /100 Piccadilly Tavern (Bar) 71-75 LONDON ROAD, PICCADILLY “Old style pub in a busy area. There were 10 casks on paper, but only 4 in reality, and far from perfect condition. Friendly service though.“ |
| 84 /100 Piccadilly Tap (Bar) GATEWAY HOUSE, STATION APPROACH “Sister/brother to the Euston Tap and Waterloo Tap. It’s a simple bar on the ramp up towards Manchester Piccadilly Station. Wood panelled square bar area and outside seated tables. When I first came to Manchester it wasn’t really a first choice but I find myself coming regularly. Cask beers always good condition and always has a decent bitter on tap if you’re tired of citrusy ipas. It’s also a nice place to sit and watch the world go by if you’re on your own. People passing through. So high for ambiance even though it’s very simple. Quite a good place to chat/meet people. Nice bar staff too. Beers regularly feature include Cloudwater, Kirkstall, Hawkshead… About 6 cask and 20 keg.“ |
