The Washhouse ★ 4.4
Speakeasy hidden behind a laundrette front on Shudehill in Manchester. You pick up a phone, ask the operator for a slot, and a door opens to a bar inside.
Signature drink: Bespoke cocktail flight
Food: Burgers and bar plates
TypeCraft beer pub
Neighbourhoodnorthern-quarter
Signature drinkRotating taps
Food program: Bar snacks
Location
Address: 39-41 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ
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Cane and Grain ★ 4.3
Thomas Street, Manchester, three-floor bar: rum and tiki at the top, cocktails on the middle, ribs and craft beer on the ground floor below.
Signature drink: Rum Old Fashioned
Food: Smoked ribs
Lono Cove ★ 4.5
Award-winning Polynesian tiki bar in the Northern Quarter on Thomas Street, opened 2021 on the old Apotheca site by Edgey Bars. Two floors of tropical decor, treasure-chest cocktails for groups, late hours through to 3am on weekends.
Signature drink: Treasure-chest tiki cocktail
Food: Sharing snacks
Twenty Twenty Two ★ 4.2
Manchester basement bar on Dale Street with ping-pong tables, cocktails and pizza by the slice. Late-night Northern Quarter standby for the post-dinner shift.
Signature drink: House cocktail flight
Food: Pizza by the slice
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The Temple ★ 4.4
Tiny converted public toilet on Great Bridgewater Street in Manchester, now one of the city's most loved dive bars. Steps lead down to a one-room basement.
Signature drink: Pint of Boddingtons
Food: None
The Washhouse ★ 4.4
Speakeasy hidden behind a laundrette front on Shudehill in Manchester. You pick up a phone, ask the operator for a slot, and a door opens to a bar inside.
Signature drink: Bespoke cocktail flight
Food: Burgers and bar plates
Cane and Grain ★ 4.3
Thomas Street, Manchester, three-floor bar: rum and tiki at the top, cocktails on the middle, ribs and craft beer on the ground floor below.
Signature drink: Rum Old Fashioned
Food: Smoked ribs
Lono Cove ★ 4.5
Award-winning Polynesian tiki bar in the Northern Quarter on Thomas Street, opened 2021 on the old Apotheca site by Edgey Bars. Two floors of tropical decor, treasure-chest cocktails for groups, late hours through to 3am on weekends.
Signature drink: Treasure-chest tiki cocktail
Food: Sharing snacks
Mr Thomas's Chop House ★ 4.4
1867 Victorian Manchester chop house and pub on Cross Street. Cask ales, steak and kidney pudding, original tilework and the city's oldest dining room.
Signature drink: Cask ale
Food: British pub classics
Twenty Twenty Two ★ 4.2
Manchester basement bar on Dale Street with ping-pong tables, cocktails and pizza by the slice. Late-night Northern Quarter standby for the post-dinner shift.
Signature drink: House cocktail flight
Food: Pizza by the slice