November 19, 2009
The prototypical neighborhood bar- not a great beer selection, but that has improved in recent years and they always have a few good ones on tap. Food is solid but not great, service excellent. One of my weekly hangouts Sunday for trivia.

March 31, 2009
Good bar. Great selection of beer on tap and in bottles. Food is good and decently priced. Service was okay but the place was packed. Nice bar with good beer.

January 14, 2009
Wish I wasn’t saying this but Manuels has gone downhill. This place was awesome, at one point in time. This place had great service and a decent selection of beer for a very easily missed location off North Highland. This place at one point in time had two televisions that were on a low volume setting so you could enjoy conversation on any day of the week. It really was never hectically busy, but had enough patrons for some good background noise. Now, this place has multiple televisions cranked up, and it always playing CNN or some other bull crap station. Plus, the crowd is not from mid to late 20’s, more like 30’s to 50’s . I see a few young people (like myself, I am 24) come in from time to time, but it is mostly older working people that stop by after work, and clap every single time a Democrat shows his face on the television. This is like the political hotspot now. They always have debate events, and other things of that nature going on. I thought the purpose of a tavern was to get away from lif

February 6, 2008
A so-so place for craft beer. Packed mid-week evening. Kind of dimmer lighting, long beer, narrow passageway, a kind of extended Pizza Plant, as only half a dozen taps were certainly craft, and three of them were local offerings. Also fourty bottles with somewhat more selection. Mid and late twenties crowd. Did not care to stay long.

March 18, 2007
Manuel’s is an Atlanta institution with a rich history. It has several rooms of various sizes, a couple of which are private so they are perfect for meetings. Last time I was there, they had a house beer on tap that was excellent. Food and service are very good. Considering how long it has been around, I was amazed that I am the first to rate this joint.