cask in Manchester

Nice selection of beers and other beverages, with friendly staff

Excellent little place with great beers by the canal.

Heaven for dogs lovers. Always a pleasure…

23/07/24: Lilley's Pineapple cider again! 20/05/24: Lilley's Pineapple cider 4% 04/05/24: Lilley's Rhubarb cider 4% and Lilley's Pineapple cider 4% 05/07/23: first time here, in what I can only assume is the Liverpool Road younger brother. Even though it's bigger and better. Or should I say more modern and more spacious, with a view? Awesome choice of craft ale, Belgian beers, a cider or two and what better than a selection of pork pies! Dog friendly!

Great toilet they don’t check if you’ve paid

Popped in to sample the draught cider

Visit here often. Great place, helpful staff and good atmosphere. It's even better on a nice warm sunny day. Good selection of beer. Helles is one of my fav. Highly recommend place.

Excellent cask ales also many keg beers. Staff very friendly, outdoor seating if you happen to get lucky with the weather. Great location next to canal,no road traffic and dog friendly. Great place.

Affordable prices and nice options of board games

Excellent service. There was a gentleman in the outside area who was being fairly apprehensive and slinging around homophonic questions and remarks at which point the bar team promptly came and asked the gentleman to leave. Handled very well and much to our appreciation. Excellent venue and setting a great example! Big thanks 🙌🙌

Well worth the walk if you're in the área..

Love this place! Good vibes & good selection of drinks.

Fantastic range of beers! Great atmosphere

I was expecting a traditional pub, its far from that but the beer choice is excellent

No kids allowed even outside, missing out on passing trade

Fantastic pub with a great selection of ales, ciders, IPAs, and beers. Board games are available so it is a lovely place to spend an evening with friends.

Poor service, wouldn’t recommend

Amazing bar next to the canal. Walking from Picadilly station is approx 15 mins but beware the cobbles... And lots of them. Inside there is a great friendly atmosphere with outside seating nr the canal. Great range of drinks, decent city centre prices and definitely worth a visit

Nice little bar but in an isolated area so it would be awkward for me to go on a regular basis. It must be excellent for the locals though.

Busy good atmosphere good beer.

Lots of great beers and you can try any to make sure you're going to like it. Friendly staff and a really great atmosphere.

Very dog friendly but cant take under 18s

Nice atmosphere very clean. Eleanor the bartender was very friendly and knowledgeable with the products.

I didn't have any food so I can't score it

Nice view of The A Word filming locations, nice pint as you can see from photos!! 🔥

Dropped in for a pint on way to the Etihad. Great pub, lovely staff, great selection of real ales, nice atmosphere 👍

Very good Manchester pub adjacent to the Rochdale Canal about 25 minutes walk from the Etihad Stadium. Five cask ales - and one cider - on handpump when I visited including a stout together with about twenty keg beers. Lots of outdoor seating some of it covered. Not too busy before the Spurs game.

Nice bar with a good selection of spirits.

A relatively new bar in this rapidly developing area. Been to the sister pub in Castlefields many times, this bar is larger and also has outside seats overlooking the canal basin. Boothroyd loved the range of real cask ales. He had a session bitter from Lunebrew. Excellent. Cashless bar. Industrial decor. Will return. Booth was surprised how busy the area is now.

Dog friendly 😉 staff so nice great variety of drinks 😄🍷

I have been going to Cask in Ancoats since it opened in late 2018. I remember when it first opened it certainly wasn't as busy as it is now - most evenings it is packed now. The place specialises in offering a fair selection of imported European beers including Duval, Delerium, Krombacher and will usually have a Trappist beer on offer if you believe brewing Belgian monks do it better. A welcoming place away from chain pubs + beers and bars with colourful yet often underwhelming "craft beer". Service is usually very quick and staff are attentive to any queues forming behind the bar (which unfortunately is not always the case in bar/pubs) so you're not waiting too long and can also try some of the beers if you are undecided. The interior is simple, nothing extravagant but it works. There is a selection of board games and a dart board - although this is well used so not guaranteed to be available. Cask does not offer food but they do coffee for £2.75 which I definitely recommend during lunchtime over some of the other coffee and generic places in Ancoats which are usually more expensive and busier.

Nice neighborhood and nice outside seatings with dog friendly. Craft beer bar.

Excellent craft beer bar in great location on the Ancoats canal

PRICEY. I did apologize to the guy whose round it was! He joked that he thought the price was the alcohol percentage. We used it as a last pre-match stop, walking from town to the Etihad. Belgian beer galore (which is to my taste) but lots of other choices too. 'Cask' is deffo the right name for this place! This time I had a raspberry beer (£6-odd for 2/3 of a pint). It was delicious till right near the end... when it reminded me a bit too much of (really indulgent) jam on toast. For one or two beers, I would deffo try and drag my.. co-supporters in here again.

Ideally situated on the way to watch the mighty blues and on the way back to celebrate another win

No frills bar with a great selection of beers. Great spot on the marina when the sun is shining.

Could use some better food options but their beer selection is top notch.

Great location and great atmosphere. Friendly staff and great selection of guest ales and ciders.

After a Concert my friends brought me here for a glass of wine. We sat outside but inside looked beautiful and very busy at 5pm on a Saturday - obviously a popular venue. A 175ml of Sauvignon Blanc was £5.50 - if you're used to Wetherspoons, this may come as a bit of a shock - but you do get what you pay for in this case. Top quality wine and pleasant surroundings served with a 😃

Friendly staff, great beers and a superb location.

Fantastic bar by the canal always a nice atmosphere. Just wish the outdoor drink curfew went on later

Should allow kids as they allow dogs. Silly policy! Told us to get out even though they had a child inside of a staff members.

Visited this afternoon and outside overlooking the marina. Great location and atmosphere, and the best macchiato I’ve had in a long time! Definitely returning soon!

A good cask selection. Well kept. Also a great keg selection.always a good bar. Always a great chill out place.

Great place for meeting up in ,nice beers

Great spot by the canal, servers were wonderful and pleasant. The pineapple cider was very cheeky and delightfully refreshing, they had a great selection of ales, ciders and lagers

They always have cracking choice of ale on. Sat outside on the canal bank for the first time - what a sun trap 😎

Great beer and really friendly place.

Great bar with great beer and staff!

Never ever been there I've walked past looks nice but never been in maybe try it next time lol

this place has a great seclection of craft beer and cask beer. a must for any beer lover

Great pub. Amazing selection of unique beers

Bell'atmosfera, tantissime pinte: ci si trova sia birre inglesi (real ale) sia birre internazionali!

Probably the best range of beers in Manchester, friendly service and you can get a pint of real ale for under £4 a 2 minute walk from NQ... What's not to like? 2022 update: As expected prices have risen a little since the start of the pandemic (~10%) but the range is still top and the knowledgeable and friendly service is hard to beat. 2023 update: Still the best beer range and staff in the area. Plus they have pork pies 🙌

Always good. Great selection, staff more than willing to give a little taste before committing to a full glass and they are really friendly as well. Lovely atmosphere and surroundings, great boozer.

Amazing little bar, lovely beer, great atmosphere!

Nice range of beers. Dog friendly. Takes card. Outdoor area looked nice by the canal basin. Would go back.

One of the “hip” places in Manchester’s northern quarter for a casual drink… especially with friends!

Cosy bar, good selection of ales on tap including 2 descent dry stouts. Also offer some bottled world beer with focus on Belgium. Pies but no other food available.

First time I've visited here and it's a great bar with some decent ale and a really friendly atmosphere

Great drinks .staff .atmosphere ect

Nice place, I found one of my favorite beers here

Great atmosphere and great election of drinks, more expensive but not a bad thing!

Good staff, good beer, good location if a little lacking in feel and soul.. Will be back!

Really nice place to hang out and chill. Good atmosphere and friendly, welcoming staff.

Lovely spot at the basin. Relaxed atmosphere. Good beer selection as always.

Good selection of Cask and Keg Beer!

Excellent choice of beers spoilt only by bar staff (one in particular) to busy chatting to friends and apparently "not waiting staff". Spoilt a nice evening and stopped further spending. I'm sure the management are delighted.

Decent selection of drinks, friendly staff and a nice outdoor seating area if the weather is nice. Drinks are a little bit on the pricey side but that might be me still getting used to Manchester prices!

Good range of lagers and friendly staff, lovely to sit outside on a sunny November day and watch the world go bye

Nice spot, usually have Polly's on draught, plus 3 Fontainen bottles behind the bar.

Good beer selection, chilled place.

Great range of beers very friendly staff. On the water front and a great place to relax.

Nice bar along the canal. A bit overpriced though. Good for one drink but couldn't afford to spend the whole day!

Atendimento fantástico facilitando para quem.nao tem muito.conhecimento da lingia inglês , opção pelo espanhol. Produtos de excelente qualidade, sabor diferenciado, eu recomendo e indico.

I always find a beer I've never tried here great location next to the water

This is a rare find in Manchester that you can actually sit by the canal in the sun! Nice cherry beer and fair prices

Always a good Cider available..

A Decent boozer to visit had a few beers here on Saturday.

Great location on the canal side. Various beers to try out

As perfect as ever. Always rely on Cask for a truly quality beer. A beer that has been brewed with passion, not profit. Cask serves some of the best beers of Europe in Manchester, and includes Krombacher, Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr and more, as well as very high quality Martin Audio sound system. It doesn’t go unrecognised! Toilets are a good size and clean. The service is always very welcoming, as well as the bar location being in a perfect spot for sun lovers! I totally recommend Cask as a pub I’d drink at over at Tom’s Beer Bible on Instagram. Also serves stout for darker beer lovers.

Great beer selection, can be a bit pricey.

Good range of beers and a lively venue. Staff were like tidying ninjas.

Brilliant real cider in bottles!

Great pub with a good selection of drinks in a nice location.

Loved it here. Great choice of ales, nice cask. Board games available to play. Staff welcoming and friendly. Clean place and nice outdoor area.

Lovely place in the Ancoats/New Islington area. Great selection of drinks and friendly service!

Busy place on matchday. Outside seating at the side of the canal was lovely (while the sun was out). Always someone walking by to people watch lol. Good range of real ales and lagers from around the world.

Nice place, good beers and ambience

We really like CASK at Ancoats' Marina: amazing selection of beers, friendly staff (including a super nice bouncer), and seating outside during a sunny/warm day is a luxury that no many other pubs have ;-) LOVE IT!

Brilliant beers, location, welcome and background tunes.

First visit, good choice of drinks and amazing staff, thank you guys 👍

Good selection of Beers. Staff good. Great location for bars and eateries.

Disappointing you don’t allow families inside. We like coming here but attempted to visit today but found we’re now excluded from coming in because we have a 5 week old baby (unlike noisy barking dogs which are somehow seen as acceptable). Lots of bars allow children in until 7 or 8pm, and then they become adult drinking spaces- what you’re doing excludes families and especially women since they are still mostly the primary care givers. Ended up going to Port Street Beer House instead.

Had a great late afternoon birthday gathering at Cask. Usual extensive selection was relished by all. Decent pricing. Decent COVID security. Looked after our dogs just as well as us. Knowledgeable staff.

Great selection of beers and laid back atmosphere. Really beautiful surroundings on a sunny day too.

Our first visit but we will be back.

Love this waterside bar! Dog friendly with great selection of beers

Great vibes, nice selection of booze and a fairly decent crowd!

Great selection of beers, great atmosphere and great staff. Also dog friendly. 5/5