The musical smarts of Big Hands' defiantly independent crowd - compounded by regular after-gig visits from touring musicians - have made this bar an...
296 Oxford Road
Like moths to a flame, drinkers are drawn to the Briton's Protection by the red neon sign over the door. The roomy interior is pub perfection: brass...
50 Great Bridgewater Street
For a quarter of a century, Cornerhouse has championed independent art and film in the city, with a cinema and festivals programme that is arguably the best...
70 Oxford Street
The Deaf Institute - aka Trof 3 - is the third bar in the Trof empire, following Trof 2 in the Northern Quarter and the original in Fallowfield, called...
135 Grosvenor StreetThe largest of the home-grown chain of Kro bars, Kro 2 pays the strongest homage to Danish minimalism, and is all the more loved for it. The bar's abundance...
Oxford House, Oxford Road
The Lass is a Manchester institution; since being taken over in 2005, its stated aim has been to create the perfect village inn. The simple food ably...
36 Charles StreetInhabiting a slightly tired-looking leisure development, Manchester 235 is a luxury, Vegas-influenced restaurant/bar/casino/live music complex. It was the...
Great NorthernThis Grade II-listed building, named after a stagecoach renowned for the speed at which it made its trips from Derbyshire, is arguably Manchester's most...
127 Great Bridgewater StreetWith a roof terrace that offers punters protection from the elements during Manchester's rainy season - so, essentially, all year round, apart from a week...
11 New Wakefield StreetThis place spent a former incarnation as a public lavatory and is now one of Manchester's trendier, albeit more cramped, boozers. Home to one of the finest...
100 Great Bridgewater Street