Latest reviews from Manchester
| 66 /100 5 JACK ROSENTHAL ST “A rather large place in brick, wood, and steel close to the River Medlock in central Manchester. A shuffleboard section to the right of the entrance, along with the brewery plant and a kitchen room. The long bar had six cask ales and a few craft beers on tap. Three of their own beers at our stay. Friendly service. (Visited with Finn, 24.03.2024).“ |
| 76 /100 19 CHAPEL WALKS “The first Pomona pub in Manchester, opened last autumn (2023). A modern-classic, stylish, slightly posh pub in the very central part of Manchester, even though a bit tricky to find. Welcome, relaxing atmosphere with friendly, attentive service. The menu can be found on the tables and includes 18 keg and cask beers, a few ciders, as well as light food options, like pork pie. (Visited with Finn, 24.03.2024).“ |
| 54 /100 Seven Stars (JDW) (Bar) 6-8 DANTZIC STREET “One of five central located spoons in Manchester. This one can be found at the entrance to the large Printworks hall with all its bars and eateries. Six hand-pumps some of them with left overs from the Wetherspoon festival in March. £5.76 for a traditional breakfast. Polite service and a decent, classic spoons. (Visited with Finn early on a Sunday, 24.03.2024).“ |
| 72 /100 UNIT 9, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “A medium-sized, airy, modern taproom on the first floor overlooking the barrel room downstairs. The serving bar had 18 taps and two beers on cask, supported by two fridges filled with cans and bottles. Friendly service. Thai food options. Good atmosphere, and visited by all kinds of people early on a Saturday eve. The Track taproom is located near by. (Visited with Finn, 23.03.2024).“ |
| 58 /100 Moon Under Water (JDW) (Bar) 68-74 DEANSGATE “Central located JDW, not far from the River Irwell. A rather long room on the ground floor with a long bar with eight hand pumps. Handy for a decent English breakfast before going on a pub crawl over the bridge to Salford. Friendly service. (Visited with Finn, 22.03.2024).“ |
| 68 /100 UNIT 11 RED NANK “Located under the arches, not far from Manchester Victoria Station. Eight taps, six of their own beers. Decent tap room with the bar close to the entrance, and benches, small and long tables, quite colourful, even with a beer garden to the rear. Friendly, talkative, and informative service. Far from crowded early on a Friday eve. (Visited with Finn, 21.03.2024).“ |
| 82 /100 10 SHEFFIELD ST “Very quick visit before seeing Botch at New Century Hall. Train was delayed by 25 mins so had about 5 mins to sip three thirds as fast as I dared. To access from the Station, exit direct to the car park (to your left as you face towards the platforms), head to the steps / lift down to street level and you will see it under a railway arch. Nice relaxed vibe about the place with comfy seats and plants. Only four draft beers, including one guest from Crossover Blendery. Curiously one of their beers was available carbonated and still. I tried both, preferring the still. A fridge has some of their beers and a cider collab too. Have rated Balance highly since the start, really friendly guys passionate about what they do. If it's mixed ferm you seek, I highly recommend this place.“ |
| 72 /100 Crown and Kettle (Bar) 2, OLDHAM STREET “Quick visit en route back to the station after seeing Botch at New Century Hall. As it was a Friday night, music was blaring out and seemed quite a lively place. That said, I was served immediately on entering and took a seat outside (must've been too cold for everyone else as all benches were free). Didn't really get a proper look inside, but seemed like a horseshoe bar in the middle of a good sized room with lots of varying seat arrangements. Decent amount of cask and keg, picked off two new small local breweries. Got the impression this has a completely different feel during the week, with city-workers enjoying relaxed pint. Will definitely be back again.“ |
| 66 /100 5 JACK ROSENTHAL ST “Visited in 2019“ |
| 62 /100 5 JACK ROSENTHAL ST “Large, modern place with a lot of activity. A handful of casks. Ditto kegs. Half of them from their own.“ |
| 80 /100 19 CHAPEL WALKS “Posh place with ab. 20 beers from their own on kegs and cask. Top service. Ciders as well. Worth a visit.“ |
| 56 /100 Seven Stars (JDW) (Bar) 6-8 DANTZIC STREET “Semi-modern pub in a backstreet. Popular on a Sunday morning. 6 handpulls. A bit more on kegs.“ |
| 74 /100 UNIT 9, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Modern taproom with 2 casks & 14 kegs. Food available.“ |
| 60 /100 Pelican Bar (Squawk) (Bar) 35 DALE STREET “Quick visit en route to the station after seeing Botch at New Century Hall! Corner entrance up a few steps, medium-sized single room type deal, with a bar at the back. Beer menu is on the back wall with large lettering on slats, which I've never been a fan of, and made harder to read with the beer name given before the brewery. Didn't know it was Squawk's gaff beforehand and have to say beer list didn't come across as Squawk-oriented with a general mix of breweries such as Kernel, Otherworld, Fierce, To Ol, Lost & Grounded and Kwak on the board. Seemed to have caught the girl behind the bar on a bad night as had a general grumpy, uptight demeanour that tarnished the visit somewhat. A fine, if basic, bar nonetheless, but not one I'd go out of my way for again.“ |
| 74 /100 37 SWAN ST “Large corner pub with 6 casks, 10 kegs. Mostly their own.“ |
| 92 /100 UNITS 7-8, PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE “Super miejsce.“ |
| 54 /100 Peveril Of The Peak (Bar) 127 GREAT BRIDGEWATER STREET MANCHESTER “Old school tavern, the exterior is rather impressive. A less than interesting beer selection, although the ever reliable TT Landlord is always seemingly available. Never been a go to pub for me but it has its hardcore set of admirers.“ |
| 54 /100 TONGE STREET “Close to Ardwick Station amid the unkempt industrial units in and around the railway arches below the tracks. The brewery used to have a tap here a long time ago, but with the Pelican Bar acting as a tap in the Northern Quarter things have moved on, however daytime hours are kept if you have an order to collect or wish to purchase some bulk products assuming they are available.“ |
| 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.“ |
| 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.“ |
