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Legendary bar group Revolution announces ‘new era’ with cheap drinks

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Thomas Melia Thomas Melia - 30th September 2024

The UK bar chain known for its colourful cocktails and its menus filled with different flavoured vodkas has announced it’s entering a ‘a new era of cost-effective fun and flavour’.

Revolution, which has two sites in Manchester, has said that it wants to make ‘nights out affordable again’.

Nights out are becoming a treat these days with the cost of everything seemingly increasing all the time.

Following a rocky period, in which eight sites were closed at the start of this year, Manchester-founded bar group Revolution are hoping this new batch of offers will make them everybody’s night out hotspot.

With the chain having two sites located in Manchester city centre, there’s double the chance to benefit from these deals.

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That includes 50% off food for students, £5 pizzas and their already well-trusted and impressive bottomless brunch.

Drinks and shots will also be flowing more frequently with £5 doubles, £3.50 pints, and for those who are partying with pals (or just want to be double-parked) there are two for one cocktails.

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For the more curious mind, Revolution is treating guests to a mixology class where they can learn the tricks of the trade.

This will include making cocktails and sampling their creations of much-loved classic cocktails taken from the menu. 

To coincide with the ‘241 Cocktails’ promotion, the hospitality venue is releasing three new game-inspired drinks where you can test your luck.

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The ‘Truth or Dare cocktail’ is a deep-red coloured drink which comes with an unusual drink decoration.

Manchester founded bar group Revolution has announced a 'new era'
The fun-filled ‘Chilli Shot Roulette’.
Manchester founded bar group Revolution has announced a 'new era'
Fancy a game of Truth or Dare?
Manchester founded bar group Revolution has announced a 'new era'
Poker faces at the ready for the ‘Chase The Ace’ drink.
Revolution bar is entering a ‘new era’ in Manchester. Credit: Supplied

Instead of a paper umbrella or a little sweet treat, this drink has a card attached to the glass which denotes two options, you guessed it, truth or dare.

Sticking with the card game theme, why not test your fortunes with the ‘Chase The Ace’, another red-toned drink which has a playing card as its centrepiece. 

The final addition is not one for the weak, clubbers can now order ‘Chilli Shot Roulette’, one person in your party is about to feel the heat, literally.

Its bars across the UK will continue to play their usual array of club hits to soundtrack your night as you take on their latest deals.

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Revolution has two locations in Manchester, one which can be found on Oxford Road and the other in Parsonage Gardens.

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‘You tw**s’: celebrity chef Simon Wood calls out no-show guests at Manchester restaurant

Danny Jones Danny Jones Simon Wood calls out no-show diners at Manchester restaurant

Local celebrity Simon Wood has called out a recent group of no-show customers that failed to turn up to his city-centre restaurant this past weekend.

The 48-year-old behind the self-titled WOOD Manchester didn’t hold back when criticising the no-show guests who had reserved the chef’s table on Saturday night, one of the most exclusive and expensive experiences for any restaurant.

Wood won MasterChef back in 2015 and remains one of the best chefs in the city but with everyone in the hospitality industry still being hit hard by the cost of living and crisis, rising business rates and energy bills, any bookings are important – let alone a chef’s table.

Addressing the absentee diners’ decision to not only skip out on the table but make no effort to let him and his team know they wouldn’t be making the meal online, he signed off by simply saying: “What a way to support a small business. Much appreciated, you tw**ts.

As you can see, the chef-owner felt rightly aggrieved by the no-show, not only offering sarcastic gratitude but proceeding to use some choice language to describe the behaviour.

He doubled down in a later post by insisting, “It is not the restaurant’s responsibility to have a policy or contingency in place to accommodate every eventuality where a patron or prospective patron may or may not be an absolute sh**house…. I think that covers all replies to the below thread.”

Wood had no intention of hiding his frustration, also choosing to reshare an old post about the “entitlement” within the culinary scene and service sector as a whole.

He even uploaded a clearly loaded image of his ‘song of the day’: ‘People = Sh**’ by Slipknot

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Social media was awash with plenty of support from fellow Mancs and diners from all over, at least, with one person writing: “To keep good restaurants in business, we have to change the norm to deposits / buying tickets for seats.

“If it’s accepted in a cinema or at a concert, why not a restaurant where the spoilage of a no-show is the same or likely, worse?” Another went on to add, “I have been twice – lunch and dinner – high quality and impeccably looked after by the staff.”

It goes without saying that if you can’t make a booking, what level of restaurant or food spot you might be heading to, then it’s not just common courtesy to let the business know as soon as you can, it can be the difference between them being able to flip the table and whether or not they struggle that month.

Back in February, pan-Asian restaurant Suki Suki over on Deansgate similarly called out a total of 30 customers for failing to turn up to their Valentine’s Day bookings.

As if it needed reiterating at all, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Simon Wood and his fine-dining restaurant or your local pub serving up good honest grub other, just letting them know if you’re going to be a no-show takes very little effort at all…

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New disco-inspired cocktail bar promising ‘Manchester’s biggest happy hour’ to open this autumn

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson New disco-inspired cocktail bar Simons is promising the 'biggest happy hour' in Manchester

A new bar is set to open on Deansgate soon, promising an intoxicating combination of ‘cocktails, dreams and disco’.

This is Simmons, a wildly successful name from down in London, and it’s finally making its way up north to Manchester.

You can’t miss the location – they’ve slapped a gigantic mirror, daubed with neon pink writing, outside the site where the bar is being built.

Now the capital’s go-to party palace, Simmons will bring the ‘biggest happy hour’ in Manchester to Deansgate when it opens.

That means two-for-one cocktails, £2.50 spirit and mixers (or £5 doubles), £3 beer and wine, and £12 bottles of wine, plus cocktail teapots for £15.

The Simmons happy hour runs until 9pm Sunday to Friday, while on Saturdays it’s two-for-one cocktails and £15 teapots until 9pm.

The brand is famed for its kitsch, colourful interiors, with hot pink neon lights, bold wallpapers, and always a disco ball.

There are already 22 locations across London but this will be the first Simmons bar to open outside the capital.

An existing Simmons bar in London before it heads to Manchester. Credit: Simmons
An existing Simmons bar in London before it heads to Manchester. Credit: Simmons

On their website, Simmons says: “Hi my name’s Simmons, I’m well known for being the best bar group in London (and probably the world).

“I’m a late night cocktail bar offering you the perfect place for after work drinks or a cheeky dance, people like me because I look real good and sell nice drinks.

“People say I am sexy and good looking but I just shrug it off and don’t let my ego get too big, no one likes a show off.

“I am located in lots of different places across London, I can be hired out for private parties and I have a notoriously eclectic musical taste; ranging from hip-hop, to disco, to funk, to 80’s, to 90’s to classic party bangers!

Simmons happy hour deals in Manchester. Credit: The Manc Group
Simmons happy hour deals in Manchester. Credit: The Manc Group
Inside another London Simmons. Credit: Simmons
Inside another London Simmons. Credit: Simmons

“Come check me out, sip on a cocktail in a teacup and play on my SEGA Megadrive.”

Sneak peeks of the work taking place in Manchester show that the former Botanist site will be transformed with Deansgate’s biggest dance floor, surrounded by raised stages for dancing.

If you head down to Deansgate and scan the QR code outside the bar (or, you know, just click this link) you can secure your spot on the list for their free bar launch parties.

Yeah, we said free bar.

Simmons will open this autumn on Deansgate in Manchester city centre.

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