Escape To Freight Island in Manchester

Came for Girlpop and the staff are extremely aggressive which spoilt what would have been a fun day with my daughter

First time here, enjoyed ourselves. Will defo go back

The atmosphere is great here. Friendly staff, great music, huge space and loads of drinks to choose from.

Great place, definitely recommend!

Got served really quickly, was lovely service from everyone. Thoroughly enjoyed my experience.

Great venue fantastic time thank you!!

Perfect place for young families, caters for everyone and parents can have a beer. Friendly staff just a ln ace place.

Tried Ornellas & their pasta dishes are just amazing. The best I've ever had !

Excellent venue, secure and friendly

Enormous fun! Great atmosphere and absolutely no trouble with the crowds. Pleasantly surprised at the numerous toilet facilities too - always a bonus! Great food choices, brilliant DJs throughout the day. We had the best time!

Awesome and important family day out ! Great atmosphere and music … well done

Brilliant music great crowd well organised superb

Great venue especially when the sun is shining! Door and other staff really friendly and helpful

Travelled over from Dublin with one of the lads who was playing. We had the best day...Everything about the venue was spot on. We shall return!!!

Recently attended an ‘80s festival’ here with friends and was very disappointed. The only 80s entertainment was up in the dark, dingy and cramped sports bar upstairs. Not exactly ‘fun in the sun’ as advertised. Outdoor area had no atmosphere and served overpriced and very average food and drinks. The whole place was grubby and the queue for the toilets was very long.

Really fun atmosphere and music and food / drinks were lovely!!!!

Amazing service. All staff friendly, and great venue. Such a fun day out.

Georgia served us and was amazing!!

Raver tots at Frieght Island. Good food, good beer, good times

Amazing time great staff great venue.

Awful too expensive for portion sizes and for quality that's way over priced, grimy, drinks at least 7 pound a pint - avoid if you've ever wanted to go here for food. Popular with hen parties.

Great environment for all occasions include

Fantastic place to go! Good selection of food not such a selection on drinks but good atmosphere!

Best atmosphere and Georgia A seemed me at the bar and she is vibes and so kind.

Super fast service. Good entertainment. Great night

was so fun all the staff are lovely

Great place good environment and staff are friendly

Great atmosphere, friendly staff

Amazing staff, quick service and great venue

Alisha and ty were the post drink pourers I’ve ever seen- would recommend

LOVELY STAFF LOVED IT SUCH GOOD SERVICE!!

Such good vibes and great set up as well as service

So great everyone is so friendly I feel like I’m on a summer holiday

Love the house lager Freight Island!

Amazing venue. Lots of food choices and great music !

Had a fantastic time, great venue

Nice food options but ruined by the 3 different songs being blasted to the point of distortion at the same time, with nowhere to retreat to except outdoor seating, which isn’t ideal when the weather is bad :^)

Fab venue we have a great time every time we come! Great for large groups too

Camden easy IPA was well good and service was great

Absolute shambles of a place. Four of us went for a meal with vouchers for one of their special nights, similar to what they're advertising now with 'Kantina'. When we were seated we were informed most of the food had sold out. Our vouchers had a redeemable value of £200+ BUT THERE WAS NO FOOD. We had a plate of chips...that's it!!!!! They then refused to give us our money back. The owner of this place is a crook. Avoid at all costs.

Amazing service, staff were very quick and friendly.

Good service. Staff were very friendly.

Best venue in Manchester by a mile.

Booked tickets to go and watch the Europa League Final. Week's ago. Arrived 1 hour before the match. Was refused entry and gate was slammed in our faces by rude doormen. It's bad enough being refused entry but the way we were spoken to topped it off. Won't ever return nor will anyone I know.

Great to see Citeh loose in a fantastic friendly atmosphere.

10/10, great location, great venue, brilliantly organised.

We paid money to order a table to the united Tottenham match. My brother tried to go to the toilet from the sport's bar but was attacked by the security. Luckily he wasn't to badly hurt. This wasn't an isolated occasion and saw them dobthis to other people who weren't lucky. They also threw snotht friend out and wouldn't allow him to come back in fir going to the toilet. The staff clearly couldn't vote either the demand and were untrained . The management should take full responsibility

Atmosphere is probably the best part about this place, especially when there is a big sporting event. Long queues for the bar when there is a private / special event on in the main area. Not tried the food so cannot comment.

Quality atmosphere and drinks were really good. Recommend to anyone.

Lots of food not available. Food ok. Incredibly loud with some other event on- hard to hear anything!

Amazing service felt right at home thank you for having me

Great place to spend an afternoon, good variety of food and drinks. 10/10 would recommend!

Vibes upon vibes. Good for duo hangouts or group gatherings

Really great service and a fab night out!

Great place for a drink and bite to eat.

Brilliant experience at freight island , as always! I always come here to watch big football games and for friends birthdays! Would always recommend :)

Booked the sports bar to watch the FA cup only to be told it was just for a generic table, despite the booking process showing otherwise. Waited until our allotted time and was told we had to stand and we don’t have a table. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Service was phenomal and tap selection was really good too

Fantastic venue with lovely staff!! Would recommend to anyone!

Such a good vibe!!!! Here for the Eurovision and it’s the best time. Loads of food options, good music, good fun!

Amazing place, well worth a visit and food is gorgeous 😍

Came for Eurovision! Vibes were 10/10.

Great time loved watching eurovision!!

Went for Eurovision event. Loved it!

Came here to watch the FA Cup Final, great food, service and vibes. Definitely come again!

Visita arrepentida. Las mesas estaban sucias y el personal tardó más de 10 minutos en despejarse. Al pedir bebidas en el bar 4 miembros del personal estaban de pie charlando y no sirviendo. Cuando finalmente fue notificada, se equivocó de orden y acusó incorrectamente porque estaba bromeando con alguien en su radio. El lugar ha bajado masivamente colina abajo en los últimos años. Probablemente no volverá

Vine aquí por algo de comida y una cerveza después de llegar a la estación Piccadilly. Fue por el pollo frito Patterson. Absolutamente basura muslos de pollo insípidos quemados chips y curry katsu enjaulado para una estafa de £ 17. 00 . En el lado positivo el lugar tiene un buen ambiente. Vendría de nuevo, pero elegiría otra venta de alimentos.

absolutely amazing place would recommend to all

Amazing food and drink , good atmosphere

Great customer service, bartenders were great!

Dreadful place on a Sunday Afternoon. Deafening (still got tinnitus 24hrs later) with some terrible covers band then a slog through terrible records from the 1970ts. Like some nightmare stag do gone wrong with aggressive looking drunks. Food service from Ornalla was terrible, kept us waiting 30 minutes then brought out the wrong food. Worst experience I have had in Manchester in all my years. AVOID

As you can't book a table at Ornella's in Denton was excited to hear they had opened a kitchen here. However, disappointing experience and wouldn't go again. Limited menu choice compared to venue in Denton. Have to order food yourself by scanning a Q R code and the wine was just plonked on the table to open ourselves. I just hope this doesn't spoil the reputation of the original place which is lovely. My only comment on this is you need to get some decent wine put on the menu to go with the nice food!

Worst service ever! I would quite like to speak to a manager about their customer service which is appalling

Freight island is the best on a sunny weekend like today! ♥️

First time and wont be coming again. Waited well over an hour for my food, which still didn't get. Very poor.

Absolutely Amazing absolutely recommend

Chicken burger was amazing! I didn’t receive a message it was ready like the rest of my table and it was a 30 minute wait! Great space and quick service at the bar!

Here for my birthday night out with friends, amazing food, drinks, service and atmosphere 💃🏻

Reminds me of WHP. Vibes are fun and food was awesome! Would come back again!

Love this place ! Really great atmosphere and always great service for food and drinks. I’ve come 5/6 times now and never had a bad experience. Their cocktails are great and not too expensive considering the location. Food is always great and good selection to choose from. Would highly recommend !

Went for a free day party to see Channel One and Iration Steppas an A Class venue and sound system and a variety of food vendors and bars! I liked it all a lot, a really cool space. Took this picture outside.

Went to a reggae event yesterday. Never disappoints. Great venue, sound system, vibe, service/ staff. Perfect place in the sun but I've been there in drizzle and great areas for that too. Recommended

Great food, vibes and drinks to order, love freight island every time I come

Was great service sorted me and my mates right out

Thankyou, freight island, amazing service

Great venue, great experience and great staff. Couldn’t recommend enough. Will definitely be coming back.

Good place, good staff, good vibes. Bad owners

The coffee guy was fabulous decaf oat milk listened and got it right the bar staff amazing also thankyou

Come down dog and children welcome, in the day

Incredible atmosphere! Great service and plenty of room.

Great food and drinks with lots of options, staff are very friendly. Nice chilled atmosphere.

Really good food, clean get server fast polite staff

This place is insane! Incredible staff, incredible service. 10/10

1st time at freight island. Food from FUKU and mega Gyros was spot on! Great atmosphere and the draught berry cider was lush! We will be back!

AmaIng service defo will come again

Food is super overpriced and mid but the vibes of the place are great. Fantastic place to hang out on a nice night

Great time! Doug on the bar is great 👍🏼

Lovely little date night before a comedy gig! We came when the rugby was on, so it was absolutely heaving and really loud. I thought this might be a bit chaotic for me and boyfriend to grab some food in, but the venue is so big that we just tucked ourselves on a table in the corner away from the screens and it was fine. We went to Fuku for food. I think the prices are quite high for what you get, I paid £6 for four gyoza and £12 for what turned up to be a small portion of salt and pepper tofu with fries. This was meant to come with sauce and didn’t, and was lacking flavour - it was like they just sprinkled salt and pepper mix over some chips and puff tofu. You go and collect your food from the relevant venue when it’s ready - and everything from drinks to a shared dessert were all really quickly made, despite being from different places. I’d definitely recommend and come back, I might just shop around a bit more for food.

Bit busy but plenty of places to sit, both inside and outside. A wide range of food to enjoy

It's like Love Island at Blackpool. If you're into gym music and tattooed people who love themselves a bit too much, this is the place for you! There's plenty of selection for food which was actually pretty decent. The bars had a good choice of drink too ranging from beers, spirits and coffee. But there's very little atmosphere and you see people walking around like it's a nightclub (20 something's bouncing off each other's shoulders all excited they've seen a member of the opposite sex) but there's kids there too... It's all very strange. It was the second time I'd been, the first was when social restrictions were in place. Neither time have been my choice and it never will be.