Apiary in Manchester

I had eggs benedict for the umpteenth in here and was quite disappointed the muffins were hard and smaller than usual also less ham and lucked cheaper quality ☹️

Lovely bar staff especially Lichelle! The food was just what we needed before a 6 hour flight!

Excellent breakfast with really good quality ingredients. Service was good and really fast with friendly staff. Plus a nice pint of guiness to go with it

Great all round and a little less frantic than many others in the airport!

Service was excellent Very polite couldn't do enough for us.

Very accommodating service. We had to go to the gate due to an incorrect final call. Our drinks and dishes were served again without any fuss. Thank you very much 👍

Welcome was excellent, friendly and service at bar the exact same. Breakfast excellent. Thanks

Fast service and very good food. Staff is very friendly and helpful.

Relaxing atmosphere Very friendly staff. Waiting time not long Food service excellent Excellent way to start your holiday

Liam was fantastic and made us very relaxed ahead of our holiday with great knowledge of Morocco's bazaars 😊

A bit expensive but the bar staff very friendly well done Liam it was worth the money🥂the bacon butty was lovely as well si cheers 🥂

Amazing service from Liam. Really friendly and gave us some lovely advice for our holiday. Would highly recommend coming here

Great service, friendly and prompt

Had a nice drink before our flight and the service was nice and quick. Very friendly and nice drink

very lovely food and staff are so nice definitely recommend

Lovely relaxing environment and fab start to our holiday ! Kids loved the pick and mix brekkie - deffo return and very friendly staff

Excellent service and excellent food , happy to stay here and not get on the plane …..

Lovely food, relaxing before our flight. Staff very friendly. Great service

Went for drinks while waiting for our flight Liam the bar man was amazing really friendly would recommend having a drink here lovely man🙂

Had pre flight drinks and what a relaxed, chilled , friendly start to my holiday here! Liam is an absolute star, puts you at ease as travelling can be stressful . Fab service, fab atmosphere and fab high standard drinks x

Bought 2 drinks and was told that my contactless payment had been declined. I therefore paid again using chip and pin. Once back off holiday I checked my bank account and both payments had been debited. I have lodged a complaint but have not yet had a response - let's wait and see. Reading other reviews it looks like I am not the only one!

I ordered the flaked salmon with avocado & boiled egg on sourdough, excited for all the gourmet topping and basil oil. Was delicious, although they forgot/had run out of capers. Had I known they weren’t to be added, I may have ordered something else as that was what sold me on this particular item on the menu

Lovely service and very relaxed feel and nice conversation

We were served by Liam, he was great- served up the best mimosa I’ve ever had!

Great service from Liam at the bar.

Liam the barman was great. Top service.

Sat at the bar having drinks served by the wonderful Liam

Food, service and beverages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks to Liam for his excellent accommodating service!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It’s a restaurant in an airport so yes it’s expensive. But we’ve never been served quicker. Seated immediately. Pleasant service. There was a sign at the door saying order to food is 6 minutes and they weren’t lying. Food was really good. Longest wait was for my coffee as the order before was a big one. The atmosphere here is nice; chilled dance music, cool decor. We’d come back here for definite.

Liam really look after us. We had a cancelled flight so had to come back and liam just made the stress so much less by entertaining us and making sure we altered ok. Thank you so much for your hospitality liam much appreciated. Damian

Really enjoyed our visit for food and an early morning beer whilst waiting for our flight 🤘🏻

Not impressed at all we have been charged twice for the breakfast we had We were told payment didn't go through so we had to put through again and on checking with bank 2 payments taken out So not a great experience

A pint of Amstel £7 disgusting price for a flat beer.

Good breakfast and the obligatory pint before holidays. Very clean and lovely service by all.

As well as Sam being a top, polite & friendly young chap.... he saved our holiday! Lovely quiet place to have breakfast too.

Not the best breakfast I've ever had for £13.50 , nice bar and staff let down by the food.

Asked if we could sit at the bar, shown to our seats and could see the bar was horseshoe shaped and looked really nice. After 5 mins of trying to get served tried to attract the attention of a member of the bar staff who just stared at me and ignored me. 2-3 mins later a grumpy male member of staff came over and said ‘we’re not serving this side of the bar you’ll have to walk around to the other side’. What’s the point of a horseshoe shaped bar with seats all around it if you don’t serve the customers who’ve been shown to a seat where there is no service. Went to a bar upstairs which was just as busy but had staff who couldn’t do enough to help you. Not saying to avoid this place but you might have to miss your flight to get served.

No stars for service. Despite it being fairly quiet, it took ages to get served because although people were mostly queuing the server randomly took orders across the bar, while two of his colleagues chatted to each other. Placed my order and went to pick up my coffees at which point I was asked what I’d ordered again. Should have said double what I’d ordered, they probably wouldn’t have cared. Finally, when the food turned up one of the items was randomly replaced with something else because “they should have said we didn’t have any when you ordered”. Clearly the staff have had no training, and the manager seemed oblivious. One to avoid.

A conventional airport bar, away from the noise. Surly bar staff where you have to go to them, rather than them coming to you, much to the annoyance of the patrons.

Service at the bar diabolical. Staff more dedicated to cleaning up after the morning rush, than serving people waiting. Prices astronomical. £52 for a bottle of Chardonnay. £13.75 per glass !

Dead slow surly service. Overpriced even for an airport

Bar was 20-30% busy, plenty of seating. Nobody available or visible to advise on seating, so sat at the bar next to existing customers, plenty of seats available. 1 member of floor staff wandering around aimlessly and what appeared to be a “manageress” busy chatting to other bar staff and faffing with glass trays, ignored us for over 10 mins then came to till next to us, faffed on the till for ages then announced that if we wanted serving, we needed to not be sat where we were and had to move to other side of the bar. Now, forgive my 25 YEARS working in hospitality, but if you have seating areas open, at the bar and staff are available, why would they not just serve the customers; especially when sat next to an operational till and the Manageress of all people is so rude as to ask us to move? Left without buying a drink, went upstairs to Bridgewater Exchange, service 100 x better and drinks more than half the price. Avoid Avoid Avoid. Rude staff, terrible management, zero customer service or experience, do not bother wasting your time or money here. The Mangeress needs a word or a job she actually enjoys doing. Zero Customer service skills for what should be a “Premier” bar here. Terrible.

Atrocious!!!!! Poor service, lady who served me had zero customer service skills. Served a terrible coffee and a flat Moretti in a cider glass. Blackcurrant and Lemonade £5 even though you had no lemonade!! Waited ages to be served. Beer just slammed on the counter. Dreadful. Sort yourselves out

Expensive for what eventually arrives. Chaotic.

Sam was an excellent waiter. Very pleasant and helpful. The food and service was also excellent. Highly recommended

Food well presented and reasonable prices ..tea and coffee huge..i had eggs florentine my only negative is slightly under cooked hence 4 stars..staff super efficient and friendly 😁

Breakfast before the flight…. Eggs Benedict, perfect…. Service very friendly and fast. Great start … many thanks

One of the first in, so served right away. Literally the food arrived 4 mins later and very delicious too ☺ staff very nice. Did fill up quite quickly so it was then a large queue at the bar. (5am)...maybe more than 2 staff needed at the bar.

Waiter promptly changed my order to coffee with oat milk when requested, lovely coffee!

Staff are so friendly and Sam’s coffee is the best! ☺️

Review: Apiary at Manchester Airport ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My recent visit to Apiary at Manchester Airport was a delightful experience. Upon arrival, we were warmly greeted by Lechelle, who was extremely cheerful and welcoming. She allowed us to choose our preferred seating and promptly provided us with menus. Lechelle’s attentive service continued throughout our meal. She checked on us later to ensure everything was to our satisfaction, which it certainly was. We both ordered the Eggs Benedict, and it was wonderful – perfectly cooked and delicious. Overall, the combination of excellent service and delicious food made our visit to Apiary a memorable one. Highly recommended!

Early morning flight - lovely staff, great food - great experience.

Nice bar but Service is slow and very rude

Friendly staff great service particularly from Sam. Would recommend

I’ve travelled all over the world and this is the best airport dining experience nice ever had. Great fresh tasting food with quality ingredients. Well done.

Queued up to get . Got a seat then queued again for 10mins to get a drink , slow service and staff clue less to what the right glass is for . Well expensive poor service 😕

Brilliant atmosphere and Josh is very nice and great service from him . Could imagine him being a manager and great customer relations.

Early drink here, very chill atmosphere. Bar lights understood the assignment. Slay

Quite possibly the best Salmon fishcake I've ever had. Service absolutely spot on. The best place to go for food before your flight in T2 Manchester Airport.

Can't rate the food. We left before we could order. Waited in line outside for 10min. That's not their fault. Then was pointed to a table. To be clear he literally said "you see that lady, go over there, there is a spare table" Ok, fine, we can get our own table. But when we arrive table is filthy. Floor also filthy. Food everywhere. We wait for menus. None arrive. I ask for some. They bring them. Menus are covered in food. Then I ask to order and am told to order at the bar. Line of people waiting to order is 8 people deep. So yes we left. Maybe food is good. I can't say. Couldn't suffer through the literal filth and the service to get that far. Avoid

We didn't eat here just had a drink whilst waiting gor our flight. I have never seen a more miserable set of young girls in my life as the ones behind the bar! They looked as though they couldn't wait to go home. A smile costs nothing 😊

I order the salmon fish cakes, they were just potato cakes, tastles and very disappointing.

Excellent service, friendly efficient staff and really good food. Thank you

Lovely atmosphere, amazing service by Ivan, extremely kind and helpful

Lovely food always go for large breakfast staff are great foods good

Sat by bar, chased waiter for service, eventually served after 25 mins, paid for 2 coffee's, nothing for 15 mins, chased again, coffee eventually arrived, order was wrong, waited again as had paid, coffee average, service awful, do not come here for any reason, badly staffed, useless service, we were fooled as it looks nice from outside. AVOID.

Lovely staff and quick service!!

Just had drinks today at Manchester terminal 2 ,served by a young chap called Sam. He was very helpful charming , friendly and efficient, great start to hol. Thanks Sam

Ivan has been great very nice and a nice person

Good service from Ivan and was a very nice guy

Had a great time, staff were great especially Josh. Kept me entertained at the bar.

Took over 20 mins to be served for a drink at the bar whilst at least 4 members of staff walked around do nothing. Good start to the holiday!

Nice place overlooking the airfield whistling waiting to depart

Always use here when going on holiday (twice a year) service has always been great a fast . Staff friendly an happy…

Had to queue for drinks and food but super fast once ordered. Lovely atmosphere. Everyone friendly. Napkins on table would be helpful

Amazing service from Ivan, very friendly and welcoming!

Sam, Bar assistant was really helpfully and understanding. Great employee!

Brilliant service at the bar from Ivan, perfect start to the holiday! :)

Ivan was fab, great service and very friendly! Will be back

Really good!!!!! Ivan! The best x

Dreadful music, really grating.

A bloody joke. Staff moody as ever

Lack of range of drinks If staff are happy, they need to tell their faces they are!

Waited for an hour- huge queue at the bar- same line whether ordering a coffee or food or a beer! Staff not doing a great deal- badly organised. Tables not clean, but then again you can’t get food or drink so I guess it doesn’t matter. Ended up leaving and going elsewhere where after a huge waist of time!

If you’re ideal experience in an airport restaurant is queuing up to get a table to queue up to order you are in the right place! Horrendous prices and greeting staff who look like they are having an existential crisis. Its one redeeming feature is after the multiple queuing the food isn’t bad and the bar staff (overworked) are decent.

Oh my god! Sack those miserable staff! Can't be bothered attitude! You would think people standing at the bar were invisible! Surprised they are still in business

Brilliant service from magdalena!

Great service, amazing food. Recommend the chicken club!

Service is appalling, one member of staff on the floor. Clearly a business that just cares about labour saving You have to queue to get in then queue at the bar to order. The least efficient restaurant I’ve been to in a long time. Fitout of the restaurant is great, looks really good.

Lovely atmosphere, good drinks and huge thank you to Lechelle for being kind, friendly and helpful

Thank you to all the staff for making our pre flight experience a wonderful one… it was nice to see all the staff with a smile on their faces

Really fast service Food very nice Very friendly and helpful

had a lovely experience. food came quickly and staff were very lovely 😊. shoutout to precieuse and cam for their lovely service and dedication to their role !

Food was good when we eventually got in there. Seemed short staffed and the ones there were very slow

Had a great experience here. Staff and Management were very pleasant and super helpful. Food and Drink was Beautiful too.

Bar lady and server sam were very polite considering how busy they were

Was craving freshly squeezed orange juice and on their menu it says fresh orange juice for 3.75. The juice was “fresh” out of a Tesco orange juice box which they are selling for like double the price in a small cup, scam. Was not going to give me a refund unless I said I had an allergy.

Magdalena was very friendly and gave us excellent service

Josh above and beyond as always!!!! Been coming here for years and wouldn't go anywhere else for a good beer before the flight.

Woefully understaffed. Sign happily says 6 mins for food. BUT, several minutes to seat, more for menu, give up on ever getting a menu, 22 mins to order food. Ordered a skinny latte, no problems until you get to coffee person who says 'we don't do that'. No cutlery available at the counter. Food actually turned up quick (but it was a simple order) but no cutlery, so had to go hunting. Overall, disappointed. After many trips over the years we will be trying a different venue