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Happy hour Manchester – The best drinks deals in the city centre

Cheers to big savings.

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 15th August 2023

Hands up if you’re always on the hunt for a happy hour Manchester – from drinks deals to cheap pints.

Oh yeah, that’s literally everyone.

Manchester is happy hour mad, with everything from discounted cocktails to BOGOF deals on frozen drinks to cheap bottles of wine.

Some of the best Manchester bars offer really decent after-work deals too, and there are even some offers that run at the weekends.

So we’ve gone ahead and rounded up the best Manchester happy hour deals around the city centre.

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And if you’re after more information on where to eat and drink around the city, visit our Manchester food and drink pages.

You can also see the latest events and things to do at our what’s on Manchester page, and all the late-night events you can get up to when happy hour’s over at our nightlife Manchester pages.

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Northern Quarter happy hours

Manchester Northern Quarter happy hours - Smithfield Social
Manchester Northern Quarter happy hours – Smithfield Social
Manchester Northern Quarter happy hours - Public
Manchester Northern Quarter happy hours – Public
Happy hour Manchester - Common
Happy hour Manchester – Common

The Northern Quarter has probably the highest concentrations of bars anywhere in Manchester city centre, and loads of them do amazing deals.

Here are some of the best we’ve found on our hunt for happy hours in Manchester.

Trof, Thomas Street

Monday to Friday, 4pm til 9pm

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  • £3.50 lager
  • £4 house spirit and mixer
  • £6 disco cocktails
  • £15 house wine
  • £21 bottle of fizz

Bay Horse Tavern, Thomas Street

Monday to Friday, 4pm til 8pm

  • £3.50 pints
  • £4 Guinness
  • Two for £12 cocktails
  • £5 Aperol Spritz
  • £6 doubles

Smithfield Social, Thomas Street

Monday to Friday, 4pm til 7pm

  • Two cocktails for £12
  • £4 pints of Guinness or Social pilsner
  • £20 bottles of prosecco for 
  • £15 bottles of house wine

Common and Nell’s, Edge Street

Sunday to Thursday, 4pm til 7pm; all day Monday

  • £6.50 cocktails
  • £4.50 pints
  • £19 bottles of house wine

Friday and Saturday, 8pm til close

  • £6.50 cocktails
  • £2.50 shots

Turtle Bay, Oldham Street (and Oxford Road)

Sunday to Friday, 11am til 7pm and 9.30pm til close; Saturdays, 10am til 7pm and 9.30pm til close

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  • Two-for-one cocktails

The Lost Cat, Oldham Street

Every day, 5pm til 9pm

  • Buy one get one free on selected cocktails

Public, Stevenson Square

Whenever it rains, weekdays until 8pm

  • £6 daiquiris
  • £4 lager or wine

Flok, Stevenson Square

Monday to Thursday, all day till 7pm

  • £16 bottles of house wine
  • Two for £15 cocktails
  • Two for £9 mulled wine
  • Two for £8 house lager

The Pen & Pencil, Hilton Street

Monday to Friday, 4pm til 7pm

  • Two for £12 cocktails
  • £4.50 Amstel
  • £20 bottles of prosecco
  • £17 bottles of house wine

Ancoats happy hours

Manchester Ancoats happy hours - Nam
Manchester Ancoats happy hours – Nam
Manchester Ancoats happy hours - Jane Eyre
Manchester Ancoats happy hours – Jane Eyre

Looking for happy hour Manchester? Ancoats has more than a few tricks up its sleeve for you.

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Ever since the redevelopment of Ancoats began, turning former warehouses into fancy apartments, the neighbourhood has attracted some brilliant restaurants and bars.

Here are the best Manchester happy hour deals in this blossoming neighbourhood of Ancoats.

The Jane Eyre, Cutting Room Square

Tuesday to Thursday, 3pm til 6pm

  • £7 cocktails

Firehouse, Swan Street

Every Thursday, 4pm til 9pm

  • 50% off wine and spritz

The New Cross, Cross Keys Street

Every Wednesday and Thursday

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  • £6 Pisco Sours

Every Thursday, 4pm til 10pm

  • Beer and Bao £12

Seven Brothers, Cutting Room Square

Monday to Thursday, 4pm til 7pm

  • £4 pints
  • £20 bottles of prosecco
  • £15 bottles of house white/red
  • £4.50 selected singles
  • £6 selected doubles

Cocoa Cabana, Murray Street

Monday to Friday, 3pm til 5pm

  • Two-for-one cocktails

Central Manchester happy hours

Manchester happy hours - 10 Tib Lane
Manchester happy hours – 10 Tib Lane
Manchester happy hours - Haunt
Manchester happy hours – Haunt

10 Tib Lane, Tib Lane

Tuesday to Sunday, 4pm til 6pm

  • £7 cocktails

Bunny Jackson’s, First Street

Every day, 10pm til 11pm

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  • £3 house pilsner
  • £5 slushies
  • £17 bottles of prosecco

Corbieres, Half Moon Street

Tuesday to Friday, 4pm till 8pm

  • Free pizza when you spend £5

Haunt, Peter Street

Sunday to Friday, 4pm til 8pm

  • £5 spritzes
  • £4 lager
  • £16 bottles of wine
  • £20 bottles of prosecco

YES, Charles Street

Every day, 12pm til 6pm; Sundays and Mondays, all day

  • Two for £10 on cocktails

53Two, Watson Street

Deals on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

  • Monday – 10% off all drinks and food between 5pm and 9pm
  • Wednesday – buy two large glasses of wine and get the rest of the bottle free
  • Friday – £19 bottles of prosecco all day

Spinningfields and Deansgate happy hours

Manchester happy hours - Manahatta
Manchester happy hours – Manahatta
Manchester happy hours - Albert's Schloss
Manchester happy hours – Albert’s Schloss
Manchester happy hours - Blue's Kitchen
Manchester happy hours – Blues Kitchen

The corner of the city centre that incorporates Spinningfields and Deansgate is among the busiest in town, with cocktails bars all over the place.

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And while they may be fancy, here are the places that do the best happy hour Manchester.

Banyan, Vantage Point

Sunday to Friday, all day; Saturdays from 5pm

  • Two-for-one cocktails

Crazy Pedro’s, Bridge Street (also Northern Quarter)

Sunday to Friday, 5pm til 9pm

  • Two for £12 cocktails
  • ‘Cheap plonk’
  • £2.50 slices and £12 pizzas

Blues Kitchen, Quay Street

  • Margarita Mondays: £6 Margaritas from 4pm – close on a Monday
  • £6 Cocktails on Wednesday from 5pm
  • Friday Happy Hour: From 5pm to 7pm, with selected beers and wines for £5 and bottles of prosecco for £25

Albert’s Schloss, Peter Street

Monday to Friday, 4pm til 7pm

  • £25 bottles of prosecco
  • £5 pints of Pilsner
  • £7 selected cocktails including spritzes

Manahatta, Deansgate

Sunday to Friday, all day

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  • Two-for-one cocktails

BOX, Deansgate

Sunday to Wednesday, all day

  • Two-for-one cocktails

Pong & Puck, Great Northern

Sunday to Thursday, 5pm til 7pm

  • £4 pints of beer
  • Two for £12 on cocktails
  • £20 bottles of prosecco

Dirty Martini, Peter Street

Monday to Wednesday 4pm til 8 pm; Thursday to Friday 2pm til 8pm, Sunday 2pm til 1:30am

  • £7 Cocktails
  • £20 bottles of prosecco
  • £15.50 bottles of wine
  • £4.50 bottled beers
  • £4.50 pints of Madri

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M&S launches its fancy festive ‘food to go’ range for 2025 with sandwiches, snacks, and more

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant M&S festive food to go 2025

Christmas is nearing closer, and M&S has now launched its fancy festive food to go range filled with sandwiches, snacks, and loads more.

We may still be in the middle of autumn, with Halloween and Bonfire Night yet to pass us by, but there’s really no escaping Christmas food in the supermarkets nowadays – and now, M&S has dropped its long-awaited festive food to go range, which is an absolute fan-favourite each year thanks to the wide selection on offer.

Basically M&S’s version of a lunchtime ‘meal deal’, except there’s technically no ‘deal’ involved, the food to go range is known and loved for its quality and variety of options.

The retailer has decided to launch its Christmas food earlier than ever before this year, with more than 35 festive favourites having now hit stores across the entire range, including eight brand-new additions joining the Christmas classics – including the first ever festive breakfast pot.

This year’s festive food to-go range includes must-have newbies like the Ho Ho Ho Honey Ham Hock & Cornish Cove Sandwich, the Boxing Day Curry Wrap, and the Fa La La La Fel Wrap, which is a festive take on the beloved vegetarian classic.

But of course, M&S’s iconic Turkey Feast sandwich is back, as is the Made Without version for those who are gluten-free.

M&S has launched its fancy festive ‘food to go’ range for 2025 / Credit: M&S (Supplied)

Not only that, but breakfast, sides, and drinks are aplenty this year, including all-new Festive Turkey Dipper, Chocolate Orange Milkshakes, and the high-protein Gingerbread Overnight Oats, which are already going down a treat on social media.

Other returning favourites include the Pigs in Blankets Sandwich, the Christmas Club Sandwich, and the Brie & Cranberry Sandwich, as well as the Turkey, Bacon & Cranberry Sausage Roll, and mini festive-themed Colin the Caterpillar cakes.

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For the 21st festive season in a row, M&S are ‘proud’ to be partnering with Shelter, the housing and homeless charity, again this year.

5%* of sales from each item sold in our festive food on the go range will be donated.

Featured Image – M&S (Supplied)

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A massive bowling, games and entertainment bar is coming to Manchester next year

Danny Jones Danny Jones New social club and games bar coming to Manchester

A popular bowling and table games bar that has already proved a hit in Liverpool is coming to Manchester for the very first time next year.

If you’re from the North West, PINS Social Club may not be a new name to you; nevertheless, this will be its Manc debut, with the location not only their first beyond Merseyside but just their second site to date.

As the name would suggest, PINS is primarily about bowling and socialising, but there is plenty more going on at this social club as you’ll find out soon enough.

Scheduled to open in late spring 2026, Manchester and our nearby neighbours in Liverpool are about to strike up a firm party partnership.

new PINS bowling alley coming to Manchester city centre
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CGIs of PINS Social Club Manchester (Credit: Supplied)

Selecting the shifting face of Sunlight House for the space – already home to the likes of Schofield’s Bar – the 25,000 sq ft unit will span three whole floors, offering a next-generation social and entertainment experience in one of Manchester’s most stunning buildings.

A Grade II-listed, Art Deco structure, Sunlight House is undergoing a major £35 million refurbishment, with ‘grade A’ offices set to take up a significant chunk, but it’s soon set to house the latest PINS venue.

Sitting on Quay Street, just off the main Deansgate strip, the busy Peter St corner, and adjacent to Spinningfields, PINS Manchester is springing up right in the midst of arguably the city’s busiest stretches for nightlife.

Promising not only bowling, darts, and table games like pool, shuffleboard and beer pong, but karaoke, live music and all the biggest sporting events on the box, PINS Social Club really does aim to be a one-stop shop for all your needs on a night out.

For instance, their food offerings will run all the way from breakfast through to the late evening, and PINS Manchester is also set to feature a main stage on the ground floor for “electric half-time shows”, with the gaming mezzanine looming just above.

Not only is this going to be PINS’ biggest venue yet, but it’s well and truly on track to be one of the biggest hospitality openings coming in the next 12 months.

Headed up by MD Daniel Kelly, who has also been helping run the resurrected Almost Famous brand here in Manchester, the team knows all about this city. Speaking on the announcement, Kelly said: “Manchester is a city that thrives on energy, culture, and community – everything that PINS is about.

“This new venue will be our biggest yet, offering a bold and exciting social space that’s purpose-built for entertainment, competition, and ultimately, having a great time. We can’t wait to bring our concept to Manchester’s incredible social scene. Keep an eye out for more details coming soon.”

Julien Buronfosse, Managing Director at Karrev (the estate company who have leased the building to the business) added: “The PINS offering is diverse, dynamic and will provide tenants and the local community with an unparalleled leisure experience.

“We wanted to work with an operator that understood our vision of breathing new life into a historic building, contributing to the new era that Sunlight House is entering. The building has ambitions to be much more than Grade A office space, with a specific emphasis on community building. The addition of PINS to Sunlight House will contribute greatly to that.”

Consider us here at The Manc Group VERY excited for this one.

Sunlight House redevelopment Manchester.
As you can see, they’ve got plenty of room to work with. (Credit: Calmafftaylor via Wikimedia Commons)

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