Opened in 2017, right in the heart of Deansgate, this huge 18,000 square foot bar serves up two floors of ping pong, pool, mini golf and beer pong. A massive venue dedicated to bringing a fun experience through great gaming, great cocktails, great beer, great food and great music. Near The Royal Exchange Theatre.

The plush Thai bar and multi-award winning restaurant on Chapel Walks, just around the corner from the shops and The Royal Exchange Theatre, delivers a sophisticated place to drink, with sharing and theatrical cocktails inspired by tastes from all across Thailand.

Opened in 2014, this quirky concept pub sees Living Ventures return to the Deansgate venue where they started in 1993 with JW Johnsons. The quaint decor resembles a conservatory, there's live music every night, and the well stocked cellar of cask-conditioned ales boasts more than 40 craft beers and ciders alongside a selection of gins, Champagnes and intriguing botanical cocktails. Near The Royal Exchange Theatre and Manchester Arena.

The original branch of what went on to become a national chain has re-opened at the Deansgate address where it all started. Having undergone a full make over, with major structural changes to the three floors and different rooms, the opulent environment is renowned for its quality cocktails, and celebrity guestlists. As well as a lively ground floor bar and smart first floor restaurant, there's various private spaces available to hire for your party, including the Haigh Study room, hidden away on the top floor of the building, which was officially opened by David Beckham.

Hidden away at the end of Deansgate, just off Blackfriar's Street near the Manchester Arena, is this celebrated artisan cocktail bar which proudly pays tribute to Mancunian legends from music, sport and TV. One whole wall is dedicated to the city's most loved exports with portraits of everyone from Oasis, Ian Brown, Morrissey and Steve Coogan to Nobby Stiles, Davy Jones, The Bee Gees and Les Dawson, whilst the Manchester music soundtrack makes it popular with those 'in the know'. Open until 03:00 daily.

Newly renovated and showcasing all of its original Edwardian beauty with a modern twist, the Corn Exchange on Exchange Square, next to the Arndale shopping centre, The Royal Exchange Theatre and Manchester Arena, is home to an eclectic mix of bars and restaurants, offering a fusion of flavours from around the globe. With indoor and outside seating, there's more than thirteen venues to choose from serving a large selection of drinks to suit everybody’s taste, from traditional cask ales and classic G&Ts to exotic Brazilian cocktails and fruity mocktails.

This classy cocktail bar was one of first units to open within the redeveloped Corn Exchange Manchester, in October 2015, next to The Royal Exchange Theatre. Live music, private party rooms, a great gin collection and a comprehensive drinks menu with an array of cocktails crafted by award-winning mixologists, sit alongside some of the best beers and wine available in Manchester.

The award-winning bar, wine shop, restaurant, and food market at Harvey Nichols Manchester offers one of the city's most diverse cocktail menus, a selection of the world's best Champagnes and a range of speciality spirits. A fashionable place to meet up with friends, it hosts popular tasting nights, themed cocktail masterclasses and other special events which give you plenty of reasons to keep revisiting. Within Manchester's main shopping area, it is next to the Arena and Royal Exchange.

Opened in July 2016 on the quiet thoroughfare between King Street and Chapel Walks, just across the road from the Royal Exchange Theatre, this fantastic creative cocktail bar and restaurant is influenced by Manchester's scientific breakthrough. The island bar serves vintage Champagne, a great selection of wines, local craft beers and an ever-changing list of scientifically-inspired cocktails, amongst the best you will find in town.

Since opening in 2012, this hidden away back street cocktail bar, close to The Town Hall, has been recognised as one of the best bars in the city. With a heavy focus on high quality cocktails and a carefully curated spirit selection, it’s no surprise that this hidden gem is one of the busiest bars in the King Street area.

This friendly European style cafe opened on Tib Lane in December 2017, hidden away on the back streets between the Town Hall and the Arndale shopping centre. Serving over 100 beers it is the perfect place for those wanting to know the difference between a blonde and a trappist, with a menu ranging from supreme Belgian brews to lesser known artisan varieties, and offering beer flights. There's also a choice of Dutch genevers and if you're feeling peckish, try the Belgian waffles, moules frites, croques monsieurs or fondue.

The plush Manchester branch of the London chain goes back to basics of a restaurant and bar culture where craftsman offered only a few items that they were known for. The King Street cocktail bar offers a small creative menu that mirrors the restaurant's concept of keeping it simple.

Opened in May 2016 by the management team who were responsible for making Apotheca the Pride Of Manchester Award-winning "Best Bar in Manchester", this basement cocktail den is hidden in a former bookies on a backstreet, just off Deansgate. Inventive cocktails sit alongside locally sourced craft ales and the welcoming atmosphere. Open every day and until 04:00 at weekends.

The largest branch of the legendary American diner in the UK, which started in London in the 1970s. Situated in The Printworks, just across the road from The Royal Exchange Theatre, you can enjoy over 150 cocktails, including the signature drink of a ‘Hurricane’, whilst being surrounded by an awe-inspiring collection of authentic music memorabilia, such as a jacket owned by Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain’s guitar, and other priceless pieces from The Beatles, Queen, Pearl Jam, Arctic Monkeys and Jimi Hendrix, plus Mancunian greats such as Oasis and The Hollies.

Located on the ground floor of the National Football Museum, this restaurant from United legends Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, inside the National Football Museum, captures the essence of football in its menu.  Football fans and foodies alike will appreciate a diverse, rounded menu with subtle nods to the beautiful game. Cafe Football was inspired by good, honest food which brings people together, whether in the stands or at home.

This huge entertainment complex inside The Printworks serves up four bars under one roof; a piece of Bavaria in the heart of Manchester. Alongside a selection of draught German beers, served in 2 pint steins by waiting staff in traditional dirndls and lederhosen, you can enjoy live oompah music on bench-style seating, live sports on the big screens and a game of pool on one of the many tables. Open until 02:00.

With a capacity of over 2000, this huge bar overlooking the Arndale shopping centre, on the outside of The Printworks, offers eight uniquely themed rooms and an array of dance floors which are extremely popular with hen parties. The first stop Tiger Bar, on the ground floor, is the perfect place for after work drinks; upstairs, the Groovy Wonderland with its Rubik Cube dancefloor plays host to big tunes from the 80’s; the Moroccan themed Kaz Bar offers a more relaxed and intimate atmosphere; sing your heart out in the private karaoke pods; or lay back into one of the sumptuous leather booths under vintage chandeliers in the Opal Bar; enjoy a Singapore Sling in the colonial grandeur of the Raffles Bar; have a meal in the Tiger Kitchen; or dance until the early hours to Balearic beats and club anthems in the Ibiza inspired White Room. Open until 03:00 with entry fee after 21:00 on most days.

Rio Ferdinand's plush Italian restaurant, cocktail bar and celebrity haunt stands proudly at the top of Manchester's prestigious King Street, just round the corner from The Royal Exchange, in a stunning 120-year-old Grade II listed building. Given the number of Rolls Royces and supercars that sit out, you'll not be surprised to find the menu boasts many fine wines, vermouths, Champagnes, premium spirits, liquers and amongst the best cocktails in Manchester.

Head across the road from Spinningfields to Back Bridge Street, behind sister bar Crazy Pedro's, and descend the stairs to be transported to a tropical hideaway packed with rum, fun, cocktails and Tiki craziness; a million miles from the gloomy streets of Manchester up above. With its rock and reggae soundtrack, kitsch Polynesian décor, exotic trinkets, flaming Zombies and sharing cocktails, it serves the North West’s most extensive collection of rum. Open until 04:00

This intimate late night, laid back Tequila and Mezcal den from the guys behind The Liar's Club downstairs, can be found just across Bridge Street from Spinningfields. With boozy hard shakes, frozen Margaritas, ice cold cans of Hooch, sharing cocktails, and Manchester’s largest Mezcal & Tequila selection, it's open daily until 04:00. Oh, and then there's the pizzas and nachos, served all night long to help you soak up the booze.

Combining shabby New York City dive style chic with great liquor, cocktails, eats and Rock n’ Roll from the last five decades, Manchester's ultimate late night rock bar is the industry bar of choice. Located just across Bridge Street from Spinningfields, it's open until 04:00. So popular, it's not for the claustrophobic and queue shy, however the intimate Rhum Room upstairs offers an alternative place to dance along to classic rock, indie and metal over a great rum collection and cocktails made by the multi-award winning team.

The swanky 400 capacity weekend club opposite Manchester Cathedral and the Manchester Arena, at the end of Deansgate, is a popular haunt for Manchester's elite, celebs and footballers, who can often be seen dancing to R&B. With the likes of Justin Bieber, Ne-Yo, Tulisa, Drake, Rita Ora, Little Mix and The Wanted all holding after-show parties in the glamorous surroundings and secret garden. Open until 05:00. Strict door policy.

This very stylish Pacific Rim subterranean cocktail lounge and restaurant from Knutsford's Living Ventures group offers a unique list of expertly crafted cocktails alongside a wine and sake list of impressive proportions. Service runs into the early hours against an eclectic backdrop of music created nightly by DJs on the touch-screen emulator. Located underneath the Armani store in Spinningfields, you can enter via the glass pyramid on Deansgate or through the ground level bar and terrace bar with its canopied garden at the rear of the building.

Living Ventures' £3m Manchester House restaurant boasts one of the city's most fashionable lounge bars, situated ten floors higher on Level 12 of Tower Twelve, a non-descript office block in Spinningfields. The lounge and private terraces offer spectacular, wrap-around views of the Manchester skyline and a lavish decor in which to enjoy some of the city’s finest cocktails, Afternoon Teas and resident DJs. Open until late.

Set in a vast 12,000 square foot, semi-industrial space on the first floor of The Avenue North in Spinningfields, this huge casual dining venue from Living Ventures combines the feeling of an artist's loft studio with a concrete warehouse: stripped back and raw. Showcasing sculptures, murals and art installations, the unusual 20-foot bar serves handcrafted cocktails alongside a good choice of rare beers, wines and spirits.

Possibly the most popular venue in Spinningfields, this NYC inspired bar is a magnet for celebrities. The 1920s decorated bar is inspired by the vibrancy and accessibility of the food and drink scene you typically see in New York, Las Vegas or Miami. It's a place where you can grab brunch, coffee and a quick snack, afternoon tea, cocktails or dinner – it literally caters for all, offering something for everybody and is open until 03:00 at weekends.

Once used to roast hops in the 16th Century, this original building was actually moved from Kent to the heart of Spinningfields by Living Ventures in 2011 and effortlessly blends relaxed pub surroundings with a huge selection of craft ales, Champagne and wines with live acoustic music every night and a whole host of outdoor events all year round. The Ale Anthology offers over 85 beers and ciders, whilst the wine list serves up many by the glass.

The dramatically theatrical bar inside the 5 Star Radisson Blu Edwardian Manchester Hotel serves innovative cocktails alongside a wide choice of wines and Champagnes by the glass. The stunning building was previously the Free Trade Hall, the venue of the infamous Bob Dylan "Judas" concert in 1966 and the original home of the Halle Orchestra, which is celebrated with the bar's signature Hallé Berry cocktail, a perfect blend of raspberries, blackcurrants, cranberries and cherries, with an alcoholic twist. Surrounded by Manchester Central, the Albert Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Opera House and Palace Theatre, it is very popular for pre-theatre drinks and especially for its celebrated Afternoon Teas, which even include a Gentleman's Tea option.

Located in the Northern Quarter, opposite the Arndale Market, this popular female-friendly pub is, as the name suggests, the most 'English' of venues with leather sofas, bookshelves, prints on the walls and lots of dark wood setting the tone. Spread over two floors, with the upstairs lighter and brighter, food is served daily, with a well-priced selection of traditional British dishes to complement the cask ales and wine selection.

This local neighbourhood basement bar next to Afflecks Palace in the Northern Quarter offers everything from live DJ’s and entertainment to bites, beats and liquor with the stars of the show being the giant sharing cocktail buckets. Selected by Sky Sports and Carling as the best place to watch live sports in Manchester, and the first UK venue to boast the latest HD televisions, you can watch the game in ultra HD, whether it be United or City, football or rugby, boxing or cricket, F1 or tennis… you name it - with 11 screens dotted around the venue, you’ll never miss the action, but be warned: a few quiet drinks can quickly turn into a full blown night out as the venue has a licence until 05:00 so you could end up dancing until the sun comes up.

Opened in November 2016, the second branch of the laid back, late night pizza amd Tequila den can be found hidden behind Affleck's Palace in the Northern Quarter. Serving up boozy hard shakes, frozen Margaritas, ice cold cans of Hooch, sharing cocktails, and Manchester’s largest Mezcal & Tequila selection, it's open daily until 04:00. Oh, and then there's the pizzas and nachos, served all night long to help you soak up the booze.

The lounge bar in the Pan Asian restaurant next door to the Albert Hall venue serves Asian fusion-inspired cocktails together with the finest premium spirits, beers, wines and sake, with a flair service to entertain. Its location on the corner of Peter Street and Deansgate, makes it ideal for pre-theatre drinks with the Opera House Manchester, Bridgewater Hall and Palace Theatre also nearby.

The huge flagship branch of the Mancunian rum bar chain boasts live music every night, salsa lessons, cocktails and over 50 premium rums. Open late every evening, this has remained one of the busiest bars in town since opening in October 2012. Set over two floors, with live bands and DJs offering a taste of Cuba on each, the exclusive Havana Club Bar serves up one of Manchester's finest collections of the finest rums in the world. Next door to the Albert Hall with the Opera House Manchester, Bridgewater Hall and Palace Theatre also nearby. Strict door policy.

Offering some of the best cocktails in Manchester, using unusual ingredients, alongside a great selection of bio-wines, a huge gin, vodka, tequila, rum and whisky collection, and locally brewed beers, the popular bar inside the plush Midland Hotel offers a unique setting with a Victorian library, an inside garden, birdhouses, a gazebo, cascading wall of plants and even a 30ft tree. Combining modern touches with the history and heritage of Mr Cooper himself, whose house and famous gardens sat on the site back in 1819, this is simply one of the best bars in Manchester.

With its signature sparkling windows, the baby sister of the groundbreaking Spinningfields bar from Living Ventures can be found between Piccadilly Gardens and Chinatown, near Manchester's main shopping street. A cocktail bar that celebrates molecular mixology, alchemy and craftsmanship, drinks are served in all manner of vessels with theatre and panache.

The original branch of the boundary-pushing cocktail bar from Living Ventures has recently been refurbished and massively extended with an even bigger popular all year round outdoor terrace. A cocktail bar that celebrates molecular mixology, alchemy and craftsmanship, drinks are served in all manner of vessels with theatre and panache. The first bar to open in Spinningfields, it is next door to The Opera House Manchester.

This no gimmicks Northern Quarter boozer opened in May 2012 and embraces the history and tradition of the area, combining a vintage pub design with contemporary features. Independently owned by three of the leading names in Manchester's bar scene, it’s not attempting to be a theme bar and just offers a good old fashioned selection of beers, spirits and wines with TV screens showing an array of live sports over its two floors.

Opened in Spinningfields to rapturous reviews in April 2015, this stunning Indian restaurant and cocktail bar transports you to a bygone era of 1950’s Bollywood. With the design inspired by the vintage glamour of this age, you can enjoy a selection of signature Indian-inspired cocktails and mocktails, traditional Indian lagers and lassi’s alongside an extensive spirit selection and decent wine list. The outdoor veranda with Shisha is also popular.

Named after its address, 24 Princess Street, just opposite Manchester Chinatown, this basement bar below the Arora International Hotel serves up inspired cocktails alongside exclusive ales and crafted beers, together with over 200 wines and premium spirits at Manchester’s longest 50-foot bar.

The craft beer and casual dining venue located in the Great Northern Square, next to Manchester Central and directly across the road from the Albert Hall, hosts over 60 beers, 12 of which are on draught, including local brewers such as Cloudwater, Blackjack and Red Willow. An impressive list of wines by the glass and a selection of hand crafted cocktails complement the craft pizzas. With the Bridgewater Hall, Opera House and Palace Theatre also on the doorstep, it is very popular for pre-theatre drinks.

The fantastic Champagne and cocktail bar next to Manchester Central is widely recognised as being one of the best bars in Manchester. Over 32 different Champagnes are available at very reasonable prices, 15 of which are available by the flute, as well as some rare and prestigious wines from all over the region. The signature cocktail menu is created by a team of some of the most established and multi-award winning bartenders in Manchester, whilst the gin list is one of the best in town. Surrounded by the Albert Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Opera House and Palace Theatre, it is very popular for pre-theatre drinks and its sunny balcony overlooking Great Northern Square.

The perfect night spot for the more discerning party people, this weekend nightclub is located on the crossroads of Deansgate and Peter Street and close to The Opera House Manchester, Albert Hall, Spinningfields, Manchester Central, Bridgewater Hall and The Palace Theatre. DJs spin soul, disco, funk, commercial hits, RnB and classic house whilst the bartenders serve up some of the tastiest cocktails in town. Free membership required for entry.

Located opposite the Manchester Arena, on the edge of the Northern Quarter, The Park Inn by Radisson's cocktail bar is a popular pre-concert destination. Choose from the signature Woo Woo cocktail, an internatonal wine list, the massive array of liquors or a selection of draught beers including Boddingtons, which was brewed for over 200 years on the plot of land directly outside the bar's huge windows. An outside terrace provides a great escape from the city too.

Opened in Spinningfields in April 2015, this incredibly stunning Oriental cocktail bar takes its influence from different styles of body art, and this is reflected in everything from the captivating Edwin Pickett designed interior to the expertly crafted cocktail menu, inspired by the designs of different body artists with their own unique styles and unusual flavour combinations. A wide variety of beers, wines and bottle serves are also available with DJs and live music Thursday to Saturday.

Open 24 hours and serving alcohol until 06:00, the Vega Lounge and the invite-only Icon VIP Bar inside Manchester's most glamorous casino is one of the city's only late night bars, offering impressive cocktails alongside premium spirits, a 24-hour food menu, experience packages and VIP booths. A piano vocalist performs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a DJ set at weekends keeping your party going. Membership is free, instant and easy with a valid photo i.d. although you must be over 18 years old to enter.

A jumble of new bars, micro diners, art spaces, sun decks and 'weird shit', the brand new street above the Great Northern offers three unique late-night bars, a live music venue and an enormous sun deck with covered all weather seating alongside food from seven of Manchester’s foodie legends. Kozel Lokal serves refreshing pints of the good stuff, Milk Of Burgundy offers wine by day, coffee by night, Lucky Lucky Late Bar is a twisted Japanese drinking den and the New Orleans inspired Bunny Jackson's Juke Joint, which could be lifted straight out of the Blues Brothers. Food vendors serve up loaded grilled cheese sandwiches, Hong Kong Dim Sum, and street food from Indonesia, American and India