The Washhouse is a speakeasy in Northern Quarter, Manchester.
Editorially verified September 28, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Book by phone first; inside, pick up the old phone and tell the operator you want to wash some dirty clothes.
1h 30m
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Behind Closed Doors is a funk and soul speakeasy on Oldham Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter, reached down a black-tiled staircase to the bar.
TipVinyl DJs play every Saturday from 22:00; it runs to 04:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Via on Canal Street has anchored Manchester's Gay Village since 1995, a bar with drag shows, DJs and cabaret nights open daily to 02:00.
TipIt keeps the same hours seven days a week, 12:00 to 02:00, in the middle of the Canal Street strip.
Cruz 101 on Princess Street has run six nights a week in Manchester's Gay Village since 1992, with a different themed club night for each day.
TipFriday and Saturday open at 23:00; the ALLSORTS room downstairs opens later, from 01:00 on Saturdays.
Company Bar on Richmond Street near Canal Street in Manchester is a gay bar with happy hour from 19:00 daily, open to 06:00 on weekends.
TipHappy hour runs 19:00 to 23:00 daily; Friday and Saturday nights run latest, to 06:00.
The New Union Hotel on Princess Street in Manchester's Gay Village was established around 1860, a pub and hotel with drag cabaret and karaoke nights.
TipIt doubles as a hotel above the bar; drag cabaret and karaoke are the weekly draw downstairs.
Renae on Thomas Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter is a listening bar with a daytime record shop curated by Patrick Ryder, ex-Piccadilly Records.
TipBy day it is a record shop with listening stations; the bins get wheeled away at night for the DJ booth to take over.
