Manchester Christmas Markets 2023 – prices for beer, mulled wine, prosecco, bratwurst and more

The Manchester Christmas Markets 2023 are officially open for business, bringing row upon row of wooden huts selling wine, beer, and more festive food and drink – and we’ve got prices.

As with just about everything in the country these days, prices at the Manchester Christmas Markets have been creeping up steadily year-on-year.

We already know that the souvenir Christmas mugs now come with a £3.50 deposit, up from £3 last year, and a new Nutcracker-inspired design.

But now the big question remains – how much is the food and drink at the Manchester Christmas Markets, including gluhwein, bratwurst, beers and more.

Pints almost everywhere start from £6 no matter which site or bar you visit, but we have found a rare £5 pint, and the cheapest mulled wine is coming in at £5.

We’ve done the laps of the Manchester Christmas Markets to suss out this year’s prices so you can budget for your visit.

And if you want to find all your essential information in one place, head here.

Cathedral Gardens

The Well & Spruce

• Winter warmers (mulled wine, rum mule, spiced cider, caramel rum, gingerbread gin) – £6
• Prosecco with flavoured liqueur – £6.50
• Gin and tonic – £6.50
• Boozy coffee or hot chocolate – £6
• Christmas cocktails – £9
• Hot drinks – £3.50

Exchange Square

The Mill Exchange

• Mulled wine in flavours including raspberry, gin and cherry, and Cointreau and passionfruit – £6 / £8
• Hot cocktails including negroni hot toddy – £8.50
• Prosecco – £6.50
• Boozy hot chocolate and coffee – £7.50

German Lager Bar

• Christmas punch – £6
• Gluhwein – £6
• Pint of Krombacher beer – £6
• Bratwurst, smoked sausage, cheese sausage – £8

Bar Humbug

• Beer – £6.50

Clarke’s Bar

• Hot Chocolate – £4.50
• Boozy Hot Chocolate & Smores Hot Chocolate – £6
• Vegan Hot Chocolate – £5
• Liquor Hot Chocolates & Coffees – £8
• Cocktails – £9 / £10
• Prosecco – £7
• Nosecco – £6
• House Red, White & Rose – £5.50

Porky Pig

• Original Yorkshire Pudding Wrap & Veggie Yorkshire Pudding Wrap – £8.50
• Special Yorkshire Pudding Wrap – £9
• Jumbo Piggy Wrap – £8.50
• Giant Carvery Box – £12
• Gluten Free Carvery Box & Vegan Box – £9
• Meat Tatty’s – £9
• Hog Roast Barm – £7
• Hog Roast Baguette & Three Meat Baguette – £8
• Battered Pigs in Blankets – £8.50
• Nan’s Scolloped Potatoes – £7
• Dippy Pots – £2

New Cathedral Street

The Witch House

• German bratwurst, smoked sausage, cheese sausage, beef chilli frankfurter – £7.50
• Currywurst – £8
• Spicy Orange Punch / Cherry Punch – £6
• Kinder Punch – £2.50
• German Coffee – £2 (& with brandy or rum – £4)
• Hot Chocolate (with cream) – £4.50
• Hot Chocolate (with cream + rum, Irish Cream, brandy, amaretto, or gin – £6)
• German Lager – £6
• Bavarian Beer – £12
• Bavarian Cider – £6
• Sparkling Wine – £6
• Red / White Wine – £5.50
• Soft drinks – £2

Bar 3

• Craft Selection (Yon Helles Lager, Salt Beer Factory Jute & Yorkshire Blonde) – £6
• Sheppy’s Raspberry Cider – £6.50
• Sheppy’s Special Edition Cider – £6

St Ann’s Square

Main bar

• Hot chocolate – £4
• Special hot chocolate – £6
• Gluhwein – £6 (with shot – £8)
• Winter cocktails – £8.50
• Slushy cocktails – £8
• Wine – £6
• Prosecco – £6.50
• Hofbrau lager – £6 for a pint

Der Grill

• Extra Large Grilled Sausage – £6
• Added onions – £0.50

North Star Bar

• Beers – £4 / £6
• Gins – £6.50
• Rums – £6.50
• Fever Tree Mixes – £1.50
• Cocktails – £7
• Wine – £6 / £7
• Prosecco – £6
• Kids Cocktails – £3

Mamma Mia!

• Prosecco – £6.50
• Rosé – £6.50
• Prosecco Aperol – £8
• Bellini – £8
• Rossini – £8
• Mulled Wine – £6
• + shot of rum or amaretto £2
• Peroni – £3.50 / £6
• Red / White Wine – £6

Bratwurst

• 1/2 metre Bratwurst in a big roll – £7
• Big Dutch Chips – £4.50 (per portion + two sauces included)

The Winter Gardens at Piccadilly Gardens

Apres Ski Bar

• Mulled Wine & Mulled Plum Cider – £5 / £5.0
• Italian Vin Brule – £7.50
• Nordic Glogg – £7.50
• Canadian Mulled Wine – £8
• French Vin Chaud – £8
• Spirits and mixers – £6.50 / £8.50
• Bailey’s – £5
• Lager & Cider – £6
• Red / White White – £5.50
• Prosecco – £6.50
• Winter Prosecco – £8.50

Tipsy Wheels

• All cocktails – £8
• Lager, Ale & Cider – £6
• Prosecco – £6.50
• Gin Prosecco – £8
• Mulled Wine – £5 / £5.50 (+ shot of Bailey’s, Disaronno or brandy – £2)
• Hot Chocolate – £3.50 (+ toppings – £1)

Clowbeck’s

• Cumberland Sausage – £7
• Lancashire Cheese Potatoes – £7
• Navy Mushrooms – £7

Windmill Bar

• Lager / Beer – £6
• Cider – £5
• Raspberry Cider – £6
• Mulled Wine / Cider – £5 (+ a shot – £7)
• Hot Whisky – £6.50
• Hot Chocolate – £3 (+ a shot – £5)
• Soft drinks – £2.50

Hog Roast

• Hot Roast Pork Rolls – £9
• Soft drinks – £2
• Hot mulled wine or cider – £5.50
• Lager – £3 / £6
• Coffees and teas – £3 / £3.50

Eat Greek

• Chicken Gyros Pitta / Lamb Kofta Pitta / Halloumi Pitta / Jackfruit Pitta – £10
• Halloumi Fries – £8
• Greek Fries – £6
• Loaded Fries – £12

Vegan Bratwurst

• Plain Bratwurst – £7
• Cheesy Bratwurst & Katusu Curry Bratwurst – £8.50
• Chilli Cheese Bratwurst – £9.50
• Fries – £4.75
• Chilli Cheese Fries – £8.50
• Luxury Hot Chocolate – Plain (£4.75) & Loaded (£6.75)
• Soft drinks – £2.50

Triple B

• Festive bagels and burgers from £8
• Fries from £4

The Wonky Bar

• Pints of beer – from £5 to £5.70
• Wine and prosecco – £5.20
• House spirits – £4.50
• Boozy hot chocolate – £6
• Hot Vimto – £5.50
• Mulled wine – £5, or £7.50 with a shot
• Christmas cocktails – £11

Market Street

Macaroons

• Americano coffee and tea – £3
• Specialty coffee – £3.50
• Loaded hot chocolates – £4.50
• Coconut macaroons – from £2

King Street

The Grumpy Moose

• Coffee £3.50
• Coffee with shot of booze (including Bailey’s, Rum and Kahlua) – £6.50
• Gin – from £6.50

King Street Craft Bar

• Pint of beer (including Guinness, Krombacker, Sheppy’s) – £6
• Wine – £5
• Prosecco or rose prosecco with dash of flavoured gin – £8
• Mulled wine, hot gingerbread gin, hot rum mules, hot ciders – £5.50
• Slushy cocktails – £8 

Waffle Kart

• Chicken and waffles – £13.50
• Chilli crisp chicken sandwich – £11
• Waffle prawn toast – £12
• Chicken loaded waffle fries – £10

El Gato Negro

• Mulled wine or cider – £6 (extra £2 to add a spirit)
• Prosecco – £6
• Pint of lager – £6
• Soft drinks – £2.50
• Chorizo or goats cheese sandwich – £8
• Patatas bravas – £6

La Cuisine Provencale

• Garlic potatoes – £5 regular, £7 large
• Mustard chicken or Provencal chicken – £7.50 regular, £9.50 large
• Garlic mushrooms – £6.50 regular, £8.50 large

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