English Lounge in Manchester

Sadly no longer serve food. Only buy a cup of coffee and that is only to see a long serving member of staff.

Bit of a mixed up place football on telly Karaoke and Darts how stupid is that!!! So sad the singers were put of tune and were crap will find somewhere else next time

Good service nice atmosphere proper beer karaoke night but friend couldn't get on the website,

Pretty cool place. Has karaoke on Thursdays. No food though.

Had a couple of drinks, great pint of Inchs Cider. Well decorated for Halloween 🎃 Would go again

We call in here every so often and I've always enjoyed our visits a lot. This latest one wasn't great though and hopefully it will be different next time we visit. We called in at lunchtime on a Thursday and at first there was no one behind the bar. Eventually they returned and I managed to get served. Unfortunately, all the really good bits they had were off so we had to have a lager instead. The guy behind the bar wasn't friendly at all and really didn't seem to appreciate our custom. Normally we have a couple of drinks in there but because of this we just drank up and left. We will leave it awhile to return and see how we get on.

Sunday night before last orders, good service, nice atmosphere. Had TVs at the benches with golf on.

Nice bar, unfortunately no food

Great pub great atmosphere great wine selection fantastic hosts 🤗

It's nice and easy to find most people know the English Lounge. No parking facilities but public transport very good just 100 mts from shudehill tram stop.

We didn't eat here, but it was finally a decent pub in Manchester. Comfy booths. Darts. Nice Cider.

Friendly staff nice background music had a lovely meal and a drink with my wife and when I went to pay it was half price due to a promotion. Highly recommend

Horrible bouncers, horrible bar staff, dirty inside

Good pub but felt the need to mention that all TV screens went off 3 seperate times during the euros semi final for around 5 minutes at a time during play. Missed the winning goal because of this. Whilst it was resolved each time I wouldnt recommend watching the final here as you risk missing chunks of the game.

Ran out of food and tv didn’t work during englands euros semi-final. I missed Ollie Watkins golaso. Unforgivable.

Marked place down for their smart a55 doormen making inapprpriate comments.

Atmosphere I've given 3 only because personal preference is for somewhere a little quieter. Think also it was busy as we went on a Saturday afternoon. Service I have to say was one to one young lady on the bar and one young lad bringing food out plus condiments and cutlery. They did a good job if a little slow. But I did feel for them as there were 4 other staff, and I would see having a chat to the corner of the bar. The food took a while to come out, but I put that down to a table of 6 ordering before us. However, the macaroni cheese was delicious, as was the sticky toffee pud. I was able to get in the double doors with help from staff as I pushed my husband in his wheelchair ♿️. I didn't see an disabled toilet, and if there was a lift for wheelchair users to access their secret garden.

Good lunchtime meal deal; a filled baguette, chips and a pint at a reasonable price.

Located close to the Arndale centre this is a traditional pub that has an awful lot going for it. A few of us called in here on a Thursday afternoon and it was taking over nicely with a good atmosphere. They do have TVs showing sport around the place but we just took a stoolas we needed to catch up with each other. We did this over 3 pints of the delicious Wainwright bitter which was well priced for a city centre and well kept as well. The service was fast and friendly and we really enjoyed our time there.

Dinner time plenty in avin food.beer price ok for northern quarters. Can get it cheaper .but clean and friendly.

We've visited a few times, food is really nice, friendly staff, such a shame it has a really damp musty smell in the dining area, they have air freshener plug ins but they don't make any difference, one of the ladies toilets doesn't lock and the seat is not attached, hence the 3 stars

Visited Sunday to meet friends, have been a number of times in the past and it has always been ok, but today was below par. Firstly there was an overwhelming smell of drains in the pub, we advised the staff and someone came around and sprayed air freshener which masked it for about 5 minutes. Don't know what's causing it, as it wasn't the toilets, they smelt fine, but they need to sort it out as it's very off putting. They got our drinks order wrong and when I queried it, they pretty much implied we'd ordered wrong on the app, so we had to show them it wasn't our fault and it was clearly a glitch on the app. The Sunday dinners our friends ordered were ok, as was the all day breakfast, but the mash potato on 3 meals was hard and dry, and the"roast" veg was very very roasted. Will give the place a miss for a few months and see if anything changes.

Absolutely fantastic Bottomless Brunch. The staff where friendly and really looked after our group of 42. Highly recommend.

So first I must start with a compliment. The staff are absolutely fantastic and will bend over backwards to help you out. Alas, whilst the surroundings are decent and the beer is ok, the food was absolutely dreadful! 20 min for some bagged nachos and some splodges of sour cream, and a chicken tikka with only 3 small pieces of chicken! Never again.

Had an amazing time last night. All of the staff were friendly and accommodating. Would definitely visit again. There was a wide selection of drinks and we also had food.

well, that was standard. had better burgers in Manchester.

Great lunch offer baguette chips and a pint for £11

Phil was my bartender he was Superb a good laugh and recommended great drinks loved the atmosphere too, can’t wait to go in again and try other stuff x

Well-run pub with good food choices, enjoyed it there.

Absolutely fantastic place food was perfect our server brad was excellent and catered to our every need,was an excellent day

ordered some starters, was told after paying for a deal, that one wasn’t available, so we understood and changed the food, then food took ages to come, despite being only one of a couple of tables eating. when food came eventually, they had forgotten about the rest which turned up twenty minutes later, and cold. we sent back the food and took over half an hour to simply be heated up. not really good enough considering barely any other customers eating and being a relatively quiet atmosphere, so felt disappointed. some helpful staff at the bar, including nice girl, who helped out on her break, and a rushed waiter who appeared stressed with a lot of work, but overall not satisfied at all.

I am deeply disappointed with my recent experience at this restaurant. We ordered only vegan side dishes, specifically fries and vegan nuggets, yet the service was a complete disaster. An item that looked like nuggets was placed on our table and then taken away a total of five times, being placed on different tables around the room before being returned to us. The waiter then said, “sorry we weren’t sure whose food this was but it’s actually yours.” My whole family began eating, only for the waiter to come back three minutes later and tell us we had been given the wrong food. When we asked what nuggets we had eaten, he said it was ham. As Muslims, we don’t eat pork, so we were horrified by this response. We specifically ordered vegan side dishes for a reason. How could they mess that up so badly? Why did we eat here? Because we’re not from Manchester and we specifically went to a nice space to watch football. The waiter took the dish away, leaving us disgusted that we had just eaten pork for the first time. My mother, who wears a hijab, was with us, so it was particularly ignorant of the waiters to mistakenly give us pork. None of them took it seriously or even apologized for the mistake. Instead, when one waiter took the dish away, another one BROUGHT IT BACK and told us we could have the whole thing for free since we already ate it. I told him, “we literally just told the other waiter we don’t eat pork,” to which he responded, “oh okay!” with a smile and walked away. What a nightmare! It was incredibly frustrating to watch them mistakenly put those nuggets on five different tables before assuring us it was ours, only to then tell us they had made a mistake again after we had eaten it. Don’t they have a system to track which food belongs to which table? I also saw these waiters make multiple other mistakes, placing different food on different tables and having people call them back to say they didn’t order it. The waiters are both male with long blonde hair. How is this allowed? If someone had an allergy and mistakenly ate something they didn’t order, this restaurant could be sued. Someone who is vegan/vegetarian could also have been frustrated by this? But obviously, our case was not taken seriously because it wasn’t an allergy. This experience was unacceptable and I am still recovering from it.

I first visited this pub a few weeks back with my mum when we went to Manchester to watch a show, today we went again to Manchester to watch another show and we had to visit this place again for lunch. On both occasions the food and service was definitely 5 star, the pub has a great feel when you walk in and the staff are very welcoming. The prices for both food and drink are also very reasonable. When we went today we noticed there'd been a menu change which I was a little disappointed about because I wanted to order what I'd had the first time but it was no longer on the menu. When I spoke to a member of staff about the new menu I mentioned what I'd ordered the first time, he then took it upon himself to go and ask the chef if it would he possible for me to have the philly steak sub roll even though it was no longer on the menu, the chef said this was okay so I was able to have what I wanted. That is definitely what I would call 5 star service ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Special shout out to Phil who was the member of staff that sorted everything for me today and thank you for another wonderful lunch 🫶 ** The picture attached is from my first visit as I forgot to take one today 🤦‍♀️

Never had food Great day watching football Lovely staff Lightning show added to a great day

Didn't have food just drink. Was lovely in there. Would definitely go back.

Great pub, lovely staff, good beer, would recommend to anyone visiting Manchester.

definitely a great place to visit whilst in Manchester. a large variety of drinks and good food too. a really good vibe and a nice garden upstairs.

Arrived mid afternoon on a Sunday. Was told no Sunday lunch on arrival, no dramas we weren’t there for that just some food and a few drinks. Pub wasn’t overly busy but enough people about. Went to order at the bar a beef pie and a fish and chips, beef pie not available, so went for the chicken and ham. Tried to order fish and chips, this also isn’t available. Went for hunters chicken. Food arrived and looked aesthetically pleasing, but the veg definitely wasn’t fresh, and we couldn’t tell if the mash was out of a packet or not despite the menu labeling it creamy and buttery and the pie wasn’t all that. Hunters chicken was watery and I didn’t eat it after 2/3 bites. Chips were out of a bag and soggy. A bit disappointing. Tables were sticky and very wobbly also which isn’t a massive deal but just added to the disappointment really.

Burger is good. Great seating area. Chips would be better if thick cut.

Couldn't assess the food as we were after a steak and they were all out. Table and menus were sticky. Staff were very friendly. Ended up having a drink and moved on.

Great bar in central Manchester, great service too.

Nice large pub very clean, great decor and a crackin selection of ales and spirits. Various tvs showing sport you can even charge your phone for a fee.

Great city centre pub serving a couple of Real Ales and food

Alright place but we went in early afternoon for some food and nearly everything was already sold out. We ordered strongbows on the app just to be told they don’t serve them, feels a little unorganised. Great for a drink or two though

I came into the English Lounge last tuesday, service was fantastic thanks to Bobby, will be returning soon

Great pub, great Guinness, Happy Birthday Bobby

Came here to watch the FA cup. Great atmosphere, staff were brilliant, and the food was fantastic. Will definitely be coming back

came here for a match day was brilliant. Staff were friendly and helpful. Plenty of high quality tv’s to watch the game & the food and drink were top quality. Would recommend

Lovely barman in the afternoon on a Thursday 😊

Went to have lunch and watch the football and had a great time! There were loads of screens up with multiple different games on so you could watch the one you wanted (and if they aren’t showing the one you want I’m sure if you ask they’ll switch the channel on one of the many screens). We ordered small plates to have a “tapas” lunch and everything was so good!!😍

Left my sunnies there and they gave me them back, would recommend

Went to watch wrestlemania here and had a fantastic night. Service was great, only had onion rings but they were nice

Came here to watch a sporting event. great organisation and really friendly staff. good value for money and a nice atmosphere. Would come again! Bobby was really friendly!

It was amazing to be at the English Lounge and both Phil & Michelle were absolutely fantastic, couldn’t of been better! AMAZING!

IT'S A PUB WHAT SERVES FOOD BUT A BIT SAD THEY DO5HAVE A REAL CHEF!!

Everything was fine. Our only gripe was that the meal portions were modest in size.

Rosie was so good at serving me, so quick and effective highly recommend i

Lovely atmosphere, great drink prices and food looks great! lovely staff, especially Rosie she was a great laugh and gave us great service

Nice pub close to the Sudehill bus station. We shared a full english breakfast, very taste

10/10 no complaints really good food and lovely staff

Amazing atmosphere and drinks. Rosie was lovely and very chatty!

Lovely atmosphere, great service and staff. Rosie was great, polite and helpful

simon was the best!! so attentive and wonderful

This is a really well located Pub we call into every so often and we always have a great time. There's nothing flash about it but that's a good thing really as you just want a down-to-earth place to have a couple of drinks and relax. They have a good range of beers but The landlord and the bolt maker are exceptionally good. It isn't in an expensive place and the service isfriendly and the atmosphere relaxed. You can watch live sport if you want to find a quiet place if you like.

Worked from here for an afternoon mid-wwek while away from home. Not too busy, not too quiet. Good pint of Guinness.

The English Lounge, Manchester This used to be a great pub when it was The Hogshead and after initial teething troubles when it was rebranded The English Lounge, like staff forgetting to add the chicken to a chicken salad, the bar became worth visiting again for food and drink. That only applies to the main public downstairs area. Alas, the same cannot be said for their private function room where they rule that customers cannot bring up drinks from the downstairs bar which means the guests at parties cannot access the downstairs real ales and have to settle for the fizzy keg rubbish served upstairs. A friend found himself virtually stalked by a bouncer though he was clearly no trouble to anyone. The bouncer even followed him into the toilets at one point which was bizarre. Arthur Chappell

Been here so many times. Great selection of craft ale, craft beer and ciders! Good, relaxed atmosphere!

Great food, lovely atmosphere, served by Phil, Friendly, Attentive and Courteous Been here a few times now, and definitely will be back.

Came in for the football Was served by a very friendly and helpful bartender called Georgia who recommended some top notch craft beers away from my usual pint. Great atmosphere and staff always happy to help

A couple of weeks ago I ordered a chicken and bacon salad. The description promised avocado, soya beans and roasted tomato salad. The reality was a pile of lettuce, a tomato a tiny carved up bit of chicken and I think a few bits of bacon, they were so few I'm not sure! Only saving grace, I did complain and got my money back from helpful staff. We used to use this place all the time. It's not what it was.

Great spot good beers really good range of crafts the food was great really liked the chicken burger. Staff where great with an amazing knowledge of the crafts on tap.

I attended the english lounge the other weekend with my friends. Darren was very friendly and made nice cocktails and the food was decent

Great selection of food and drinks. Darren was very friendly and welcoming and made some excellent cocktails. Would definitely recommend

Came here on a football night atmosphere was amazing, Georgia on the bar was so nice and friendly !! Would defiantly come here again

Great service from Georgia! The atmosphere is lovely and the food is amazing! Would definitely recommend to a friend :)

Booked over 2 weeks in advance for the F1 race, specifically making sure we had that event so we can keep up with the race before attending a show at the AO Arena. They put us upstairs in a room full of rugby fans watching the Six Nations. When I asked if it was possible to see the F1 they told us that area was already full with other bookings and they don't look at what event we've actually booked for when they put the reservations out. Can't comment on the food. Paid for our drinks and left. Staff seemed unconcerned.

Good atmosphere and drinks. Very slow food service. Good location.

Amazing place to watch F1. Great atmosphere, tasty food, and great beer offerings. Get yourself early to catch a seat before F1 starts.

In Manchester for a “pre hen do” shopping trip with my bestie, stopped in the English Lounge to treat us to a spot of lunch / had the mixed sharing platter which was so tasty and filling and definitely enough for 2! Served by the lovely Phil who is a credit to the bar - and he even persuaded us to try the passion fruit gin cocktail which went down a treat…cheers Phil!

Had some lush cocktails, served by the luscious Phil 😉 Great atmosphere and friendly staff.

My daughter in law booked a table for Sunday 25th February over a week ago for Sunday lunch at 3.30pm There was also a special offer every booking would receive a free pint of Guinness due to the Six Nations We arrived at 3.10pn to a full pub and no staff behind the bar. After waiting about 10 minutes we heard the bar tender say that they were not serving food. We said we have a table booked for food and yet again she said to us not serving food. So we were not happy we asked then could we have our free pint of Guinness to which we got a face saying 'what are you talking about" so we showed the information on our phone to both staff to which reply came back "we know nothing about this"??? We said we would like our Guinness so reluctantly we got our pints When my daughter in law sent an email to complain they replied back saying "there will be a 35 to 40 minutes wait for food" they did no such thing cannot abide people who lie Unreal terrible customer service 😔

Nice food but the cornich larger tasteless at £6.50 pint

Nice place, got to watch the requested Champions League match on the big screen. Food was good and service was friendly. Will definitely be back.

Had a lovely time here, Darren was very helpful and kind and made sure we had everything we needed. Food was nice and drinks were good.

Great atmosphere and excellent service from bartender Darren! Super friendly and made us some nice cocktails. He should be a team leader!! 🤩

I Had a lovely day at the English Lounge, Darren went out of his way to make me feel welcome would highly recommend. Love the cherries and berries cider that he suggested like they say its like juice and decent prices

Popped in here for a drink after getting off bus at Shudehill, was quite quiet and tried to make conversation with bar man but he was just rude

Had a couple of drinks. It's got a really good atmosphere and great bar staff.

Great service from John. Hell of a Guinness in here too!

Drink were not particularly cheap, and didn't have the ones we wanted. Staff happy to help choose something else. Really big TV to watch sport. Toilets were a little rundown and need a bit of TLC. Will probably avoid next time.

Great service, great food and friendly atmosphere, wouldn’t hesitate to visit again if I’m ever back in the area. Well done guys and girls.

This place was absolutely awful. Went for breakfast and ordered a full english. The food took 40 minutes to come even though there was only us and and one other couple in the whole pub. When it did come the food was shoddily undercooked, particularly the egg, and here’s the best part which I’ve included a picture of: I had genuinely about 13 baked beans on my plate. In a full english that cost £9 😭. Abysmal, wouldn’t go back if it was the last place in Manchester open.

Big delay on the food, but top man Andy sorted us out a free couple of pints for the wait. Great atmosphere, lovely bar. Good prices too.

Terrible place do not go would not recommend plenty of better places close by that you can go to for better meal and atmosphere

We spent a couple of hours here, a couple of drinks then decided to order food. First choice of gammon & a mixed grill not available. Went for the fish & chunky chips twice. After 40 mins finally arrived, minus chunky chips with a poor substitute and not particularly warm. The staff were nice though

Sunday lunch 3/12/23. Lukewarm, brought without cutlery so had to ask for that. Waited too long. After that realised we were missing the stuffing, had to ask for that, eventually 2 scraps of that turned up. It was 2pm. Will not be returning nor recommending. 9/1/24 update: I emailed the restaurant who were apologetic and said they would make it up to us. I’m still waiting after I replied to that….

This used to be a lovely old pub with fab food. but it's sold it sole and is just like every other chain pub out there poor food. I will not be going back.

Went in a few days after Christmas for a family meal when we were all able to get together, and it was a bit riotous with the kids still hyper from Christmas. I'm sure the staff weren't happy, but Simon was brilliantly professional and courteous the whole time and made the children laugh. Couldn't recommend enough.

Arrived early New Years Day expecting good things as I’ve been in here plenty before but never for food. Me and my partner both ordered the All Day Breakfast, we waited about 45 minutes which was a disappointment, especially after hearing the chef kick off to the other staff that he couldn’t be bothered to do another breakfast. 45 minutes later, the food arrived luke warm but we decided to hold our tongues as it was New Years Day, we was slightly hungover and just wanted to eat at this point. Whilst eating this I noticed a long white hair in my Mushrooms, so I took the plate back and politely asked for it to be made again. Another 30 minutes later, my food comes back as if it had just been re-played with no effort other than newer mushrooms. The bacon was awful and tasted almost rancid, the sausages was dry and everything was freezing by this point, I left a good 80% of my plate as by this point the service of the managers and staff had left a sour taste in my mouth. When the bartender came to collect my food, he asked if it was okay and I complained so HE offered me a full refund to which I politely accepted. He then went to grab a manager and explain the situation. She came out and shouted me over to the bar. I was met with the rudest manager I’ve ever dealt with in my life, she looked angry that I’d asked for a refund and offered no apology for the bad service and awful food whatsoever. She than said “oh well you’ve ate a majority of it so I can only give you 50% of one meal back”. To which I replied that this was no longer about the food but the service of the business. She proceeded to talk over me and interject at any given point and threw £5.20 on the bar which is apparently 50% of £13.95 that I paid for my breakfast. Awful experience, would NOT recommend at all. The beers was also flat.

We attended on a very busy day, the vast majority of the food was amazing. We both had a mixed Sunday roast. Turkey was great, the beef was like shoe leather but it wouldn't put me off going back.