New Century in Manchester

This is a lovely venue with a great feel. I saw Me First and the Gimme Gimmes incorporated. Brilliant. Sound pretty good but the lighting was a bit of a letdown for the support in particular.

Great food hall, lovely food and atmosphere.

Slow service. Atmosphere nice though.

Watched Tori Kelly live yesterday with my Wife she is one of the best live artists you'll see! Queuing has to be outside which isn't fun when it's pissing it down! But once inside didn't have issues with toilet access and drink queues moved quickly. It's an all standing venue but I'd say it suits smaller shows and we had a great time. The sound was good which was what counted here. Cloak room queues are huge which we didn't have to use luckily but I suppose that would be an issue at all venues.

Good base. Some areas look a little tired but generally good 👍

Probably my favourite music venue in Manchester, well run and great sound system.

NCH is a great place to meet up and socialize with friends, family or work colleagues. Spacious with plenty of seating, friendly bar staff and an eclectic choice of food from the different foods service areas spread around the place. One quick scan of a QR code on the table and the menu for all the different foods comes up. The food arrived surprisingly fast. It's usually quite busy so the atmosphere is great. Highly recommended.

First time here for a gig on the 21st. Great venue, friendly staff and security. Had a great night.

Was outside in the astro bar tent. The place was empty when we arrived so lacked atmosphere. I am certain that it will be buzzing on an evening..the food is ordered, was the pigs in blankets hot dog. If I'm honest, I wouldn't order that again. It's very rich and was only just warm. I imagine that is due to its journey outside from the kitchens. My Daughter had the potatoes, which sounds boring but was a much tastier dish. Recommended. All in all, great potential. But in need of a little refining.

Absolute hidden gem of a place to eat/relax. Can't wait to hang about again!

Wouldn't go for the 'good things' burger, when I asked, "doesn't this come with cheese and red onion?" I was told the cheese has sort of melted and the those little red dots are the onion.. had better carpet burgers away at Coventry! One of these photos was the menu, one is what I got, which is which?

Fantastic music venue, they are brilliant hosts.

Fabulous small entertainment venue

Great venue. Staff professional, great set up for concerts, if anything it seemed a notch too loud in first rows (and yeah I can’t believe I’m saying that about a concert lol, but my ears were hurting a bit), great view on the stage from anywhere in the venue, proper clean toilets, drinks in reasonable prices. Overall I will be happy coming back for next concerts

Watched a band in the main hall and ate at The Kitchen beforehand. Was a lovely experience from start to finish, nice and clean and spacious. I like the QR Code and table service for the food and drinks, all the better as I currently have a dodgy knee so am on crutches. I ordered food/drink from three different places (great options) and stayed seated and chatting throughout, very civilised. Had to go out and back around to the front to get into the concert bit, which was a bit of a faff but understandable. Then the staff noted my current disability and offered the use of a lift up to the hall, Stan very kindly took us up and brought us back down again at the end and let us out a side door so we didn't have to jostle through the crowd, very thoughtful service and a pleasant young man. The hall itself was lovely, the sound was brilliant and although the show was sold out and the hall very full, we weren't jammed in like sardines which was great (I hate it when places money grab by overselling and it's becomes uncomfortable and dangerous). The special floor was nice and springy and although currently unable to bounce about myself, those around me were and I benefited from their residual bounce waves (it's a thing, honest 😀). Overall very nice indeed. Will be going back again

Burger and pizza were fantastic! Snappy service and friendly servers too. Great place for all groups or individuals

Actually a great venue for live music. Good bars, lots of toilets, great food options before you go in, very good sound and the stage is fairly high so even if you're short you should be able to see.

Pineapple Tony put me onto this place well worth a visit

Nice spacious bar to visit pre or post gig (in the New Century Hall above). Good selection of drinks

Music venue is a wonderful, simple hall with an amazing feeling of being back in the 1970's.....I expected T Rex, or The Spiders from Mars to step out onto the stage. As with a lot of the Manchester music venues, the bar staff are young, enthusiastic and numerous. The bar downstairs was a happy mix of ages, everyone getting on with having a good time. Altogether a Stella night

Absolutely dreadful experience. Was part of a large group on who all ordered via the QR code. As others have said, it was also quite pricey for what you actually got. Someone in the group ordered a burger and it was literally a burger in a bun (no garnish or dressings or salad etc) and a handful of chips for £16. Ordered 2 starters and 2 mains from the Koi Fusion outlet. Waited over half an hour and not a single dish turned up. Went to check on what was going on, but the rude female employee barked at me to order from the bar; didn’t even want to know why I was approaching her. Spoke to a member of staff who investigated, and came back and informed it would be another 45 minutes before a single dish would be ready - chicken wings and gyoza takes over an hour to cook?!?! Seemed completely uninterested and didn’t even want to offer any sort of culinary compensation for us given we’d now been waiting 40 minutes for food. Cancelled the order and got a refund and went elsewhere, prematurely leaving the group and ruining the evening. Also, the music was far too loud for a food court. People were practically shouting at each other to be heard. Won’t be going back.

Big fan of new century. Central bar and food vendors around the edge. QR code ordering. Often have live music or a DJ. Venue space for concerts upstairs.

great selection of food & drinks, quiz was on which was fun,

What a fantastic venue. Bigger than I thought. Bar service was spot on. Acoustics were awesome and ist ist were so on point. Great venue, great location. What's not to like?

it was great the food was great the drinks was great everything was great it is a great venue I would go to an event there again

Been here for a few shows at the hall upstairs but wanted to leave a review about bottomless brunch this Sunday just gone - mainly for the service. Tom was absolutely fantastic - really warm, personable and attentive, made us all really relaxed, he was cracking jokes and was constantly making sure we had drinks and got our monies worth. I run a bar myself & really do think based on this visit Tom is a great asset - look after him! Drinks available on bottomless were good as well - would come again. Cheers.

A decent place to meet up in Manchester

Great spot for something to eat. Lots of choice and staff you can have a laugh with. Just pray you can get a table!

Fantastic Place to see a concert! Staff were all friendly, knew how queuing works and fast service at the bar. The decor and ambience inside is brilliant and the led ceiling is very impressive. Sound system sounded really clear and worked great with the room. Loads of parking in the area around the venue too but also near to a train station

Had a tuna poke bowl, tasted ok, but was really small for the price. Card only, order with QR code..eh.

Excellent venue, a little pricey for drinks. Gig was organised really well.

Didn't actually eat there but the venue is great and the staff and bar service were fantastic.

*Review for Food Hall, not the venue* Short Ver. - Food is great, although there are limited vegan/vegetarian options depending on where you go. The staff are happy to see you in, but want you out as soon as you are done. I'd only recommend going if you are short on time when seeing an artist at New Century Hall and can afford to spend a pretty penny. My Dad and I went to the Food Hall 1.25 hours before doors open (19:00) for Gary Clark Jr. Initially the atmosphere was great, and a young lady with long, wavy red hair kindly informed us of limited availability - which was expected. Thankfully, we managed to find a table for two, and sat down at a table which had been reserved from 19.15. When we sat down, we scanned the QR code to find the menus for the different stalls. As my Dad is vegan, his choices were limited. This was further emphasised by a large handful of vegan options being sold out. He enquired a couple stalls about this, and was turned away by being told to order from the app. Unfortunately, he could only pick one of two things, but to compensate the wait was not long. My food also arrived before the scheduled time, and we thought both our meals were lovely - the only reason why we gave 4 stars on this is because the portion sizes were small, and does not fully justify the price we paid for them. I also had to ask for napkins and cutlery, as all we had on our table were three knives. As we were eating our food, we were notified several times the table had been reserved for someone 20 mins later, then 15, then 10. While we understood it was busy, this ultimately disrupted our dining experience, having to stop eating to acknowledge the waiter. Once we had finished our meal and enjoyed our drinks, the, red haired waitress asked us quite assertively to leave the table - again this was understandable, and so we thanked her... however she did not respond. Assuming she did not hear us, I thanked her again, and it was clear that she had a bit of an attitude and was deliberately ignoring us. To see the waitress who had nicely greeted us turn uptight as we were leaving seriously makes me question the staff's after sales skills.

Really cool place, decent food options and great beers on tap. Food is expensive for what it is but tastes great. Casual dining, order from the table and it’s either brought to you or you’re given a buzzer. Good place to meet before a gig or as a casual get together. Decor is cool, music is great too. As a music venue it’s one of my faves! Really unique with a 70s vibe about it.

Had a couple of beers after a gig. Really nice place. Will definitely visit again.

Great place to go as a group for a variety of food. I’d recommend the pizza personally.

I'm always a fan of a food hall for larger groups as it cuts down the faff. Everyone seemed happy with what they ordered from various vendors but it did feel like the bar service was a bit slow (it was a Friday night though, so not totally unexpected).

Highly recommended. Banging food and good vibe

Lovely food, good variety and good prices. We really enjoyed it and it was great to be able to order different types of food.

The loaded fries with crispy duck from Bahn VI were to die for

George is the goat !! go here for bottomless brunch you won’t be disappointed🤩🤩

Great venue, good sound, amazing ceiling!

Amazing food hall and the concert venue is ace too! Great variety of drinks and at a reasonable price for the location

We are from the Vietnamese food vendor and the tator tots were delicious!! Quick service and very friendly.

Went to watch an album launch, atmosphere was excellent. The acoustics sounded fantastic and there was no waiting times for the bars. Great new venue for music.

Very disappointing sound quality: you can barely hear any singing, it's all drowned out by excessively loud bass and drums. For a large venue in a major city it's laughable and unacceptable. And unfortunately it doesn't seem that anyone cares because other reviews were saying the same thing more than a year ago...

Great venue for food and beer, lots of cask and craft beers

Great food, service, atmosphere

I go to this place quite regularly. The staff are great, never had a bad meal from any of the food vendors and there is always something happening plus some great pints on tap. 100% recommend

I returned to new century after enjoying a gig there before, but this time I was there for the food. The venue has lots of seating inside and outside, since it was a nice day we chose to sit outside. I liked that they use QR codes for orderin - made things easy without having to get up and down. There are loads of food options to try, which was great. I ended up going for the nuts pizza from Ply and a side of onion bhajis from an Indian food vendor (can’t remember the name). I’m usually not into white pizzas but this one sounded good and definitely hit the spot. The service was quick too!

Nice concept and the tables are comfortable without feeling on top of other people. Lots of reservations for later on in the evening but could still use the table as long as we finished 15 mins in advance. Been awhile since I had to order on an app prefer to do that with a person which I couldn’t seem to, the vendors themselves friendly and helpful. Weirdly the air con was on full blast and it was not hot in or outside but that was fine. Decent beers too.

Great but the genderless toilets are not so good. I'm not keen going for a wee in the trough with young women walking around close by.

Too noisy couldn't have a conversation while we ate

Really lovely place and the vibe is great. Lots of space and a great mix of people

Great place for parties and events

22/07/24: Northern Monk Brewery: Little Faith. Koi Fusion Salt & Pepper chicken loaded fries. 11/04/24: Shindigger: Mango Unchained. Hip Hop Chip Shop: small fish chips peas and battered jalapeños. 01/04/24: Salt Brewery: Fruity pale 3.4% 20/10/24: Vocation Brewery: Crush Hour pale and Northern Monk Brewery: Faith Guava. Best bar toilets in the whole of town. Very clean, discrete, unisex, private. 31/08/23: Vocation Brewery: Crush Hour pale 24/04/23: Beavertown Neck Oil, Shindigger Mango Unchained, Honey chilli n'duja pizza from Wild by Ply, duck gyoza and chilli chicken stirfry from Zumuku Sushi. 29/10/22: back again. Photo update. 2 Beavertown Brewery: Neck Oil and 2 shots of Limoncello. September 2022: stumbled upon this awesome venue, whilst looking for something else. Walked in and at first glance thought is was a swanky Hotel bar posh, upmarket, clean and not what we were after. However, YES, it's all of those things, except it's not a hotel! Pleasantly surprised. Super friendly staff, dog friendly and has a number of food stations offering sandwiches, burgers, pizza, plant based Asian food and Japanese. Looking forward to eating here another day. We got a New Century stout and Shindigger Mango Unchained. The venue was Manchester’s New Century Hall, a 1,000-capacity space adjacent to New Century House. Designed by Gordon Tait for the Co-Operative Insurance Society in 1962, it played host to major acts such as Hendrix, the Stones, Tina Turner and the Kinks, before becoming an unexpected haven for acid-house parties thrown by local producers A Guy Called Gerald and 808 State. ....more info to be found in an article written by The Independent newspaper. Dog Friendly!

Lovely crafts, tasty food and good vibes. Thanks!

Great place to relax and have a good night with friends/family

Attended an event, as I have mobility issues it was great to see a venue and their staff catering for people like me, as standard. Staff assisted me to the lifts and ensured I could find where all different facilities were, i didn't have to ask for help or get my husband to find someone. Great place to visit 😀 I didn't use the facilities for food or drink so can't comment, but looked great

England Final. Bought a ticket that comes with a pint and was disallowed this and provided can that wasn’t wanted instead. Pretty rude when I asked about this as well.

This place is absolutely amazing! Beth who served us was so accommodating and our food and drinks came so quick and was so good! I thoroughly enjoyed myself 🤍 will definitely be back when in Manchester again!

Beth was amazing, great service food was amazing, drinks were even better! We enjoyed our trip from Scotland to Manchester ❤️ Beth made this experience 10/10 x

We had such a good time and our server Beth was amazing, she was so lovely and honestly such a good vibe. I would highly reccokend this place again

Force you to put a bag in the cloakroom costing £3, kinda odd for a pub

Went here for the first time ever last week, what an amazing, historic venue. Venue had a great atmosphere, the staff were friendly and having the large New Century bar downstairs was a great way to wait for door opening time at the venue.

Really lovely space for live music. Sound baffles (with colour fades!) on the ceiling, slightly sprung floor, good sight of the stage from lots of angles. And pleasant space outside as well, although when I went there was no floating between inside and outside. Yeah - nice! Recommend

Great venue for a seated show. Bar service was quick, and even queue to get in didn't take long even though it was pretty massive.

We went to see randy feltface, 8.30 showing, to get in we had to understandably wait in a qué which stretched around to the back of the theatre. If you're with someone who's not able to stand for long contact the theatre before attending is my advice. Security were great with the lady in our group who had difficulty, but there was an incident between some horrible Scottish guy and a guy who suffered from sciatica who had to sit down on a wall whilst in the queue. Again security did a great job sorting that out. We managed to get into the hall after about 30 mins. We reconvened with our friends and sat on what I can only describe as the most un-butt worthy chairs I have ever had the incontinence to sit on. It was hell with four legs. The floor is obviously flat, as I think the venue is usually standing only. Meaning the huge guys we ended up sat behind eclipsed all of our views of the stage. After being unable to focus on Brodie snook for the giant bald head I was sat behind, I never knew they made heads that big, after a half hour she finished and left the stage. And they had a twenty minute interval, twenty minutes. Ugh you'd have thought we were warmed up and could continue to the main event but noooo. Let's cool everyone right back down. Eventually the lights dimmed and randy started his act, oh, some of the lights pointed at the audience were blinding, everyone missed the first time the banana popped up because we were blinded, however it was awesome the lighting seemed on the whole good we had rearranged our foursome in an attempt to match our oversized stage eclipsers. And randy started to speak... the sound was so muffled I couldn't understand anything that was being said, so much so on the car journey home I mentioned I thought I should go get a hearing test to which everyone else said the same thing. None of us understood a word of randys opening gambit. Probably why we all found the inflatable banana bit so hilarious. I was leaning right into the isle for the entire performance to gain my view of randy down the isle. When we had messages from our 15 year old son. I left briefly to talk with him, omg he had been assaulted back home while out playing basketball with his friends after speaking to him for five minutes he seemed fine just a little shaken, I told him to get something to eat and drink and that we would be home around midnight. The rest of the show understandably I wasn't really able to focus which was a shame. Anyway in conclusion wait not great sound quality is bad, seating horrific. Hope others had a better night than us maybe we will go out again in another five years or so.

Randy Feltface Great evening watching a really talented comedian/puppet. The food court & bar was such a great surprise. Great food options. Pizzas, Indian, fusion. Bar service was surprising he remembered me from the show upstairs & quoted our drinks unfortunately didnt capture his name. Great venue will visit again.

Terrific food court with indoor and outdoor seating, table service, decent bar and a good selection of different cuisines.

First time here. Can't wait to return absolutely loved it. Great music, great food. Couldn't fault it.

Great venue , good sound system , ty Segal and Earth Tongue , brilliant

Great overall experience. Good variety of food to order. Really convenient qr code ordering system. Order and they bring it. I booked in advance. Turned up and everything was ready with a named reservation sign on the table. Good overall atmosphere while it was busy. Had drinks before and after the food. Nice place, nice decor. Great for food and drink for all tastes. Would definitely go again.

Over priced bar , no character. Great gig though by The Lovely Eggs 😁

Reasonably priced, good quality food in a nice setting. Would highly recommend. A variety of food styles meant that there was a good choice to suit each member of your groups preference.

We saw Dogstar here and had accessibility tickets. We were taken up in the lift and shown to the section we were in. There was a lovely person making regular trips to the bar so we didn't have to and nothing felt too much trouble. The sound and atmosphere were all perfect. We would definitely attend a concert here again.

George is an icon. The BEST bottomless brunch service we’ve ever experienced. The food was incredible, the drinks didn’t stop and he went out of his way to make it an amazing experience for us. Will 1000% be back.

First time visit but it won't be my last. Super venue. Spacious. Plenty of seating in and out. Pleasant surroundings (in a square). Minutes from Victoria station. We ate. Food was delicious, served quickly although I'd question £12 for a Bahn Mi.

A bit medical, like a converted reception. All square and functional.acoustics great and very handily located

Nice food hall, plenty of space, not too busy. Reasonable selection of vendors making good food at a reasonable price compared to other food halls. We had the pork belly Bahn Mi (excellent) and the salt and pepper fried chicken chips (pretty decent).

Went for a concert altho a nice spot..wouldn't let use use the lift even though 1 of our guests had a leg injury .so had to hobble up a few flights of stairs.. drink were really expensive for what they were..for the price I could of got 12 for the same price as 2

Absolutely horrible you are crammed In like cattle. No space to turn never mind dance ...its a nightmare don't bother

Fantastic day out the music was outstanding something for everyone looking forward to going again We had food at new century it was good only let down was we waited ages for the food and it didn't come together we ordered burger and chips the chips came a good 20mins before we received our burgers after asking when we would get them

Our first time to this venue, will definitely visit again, we were there for dayfever and had a great time

Great place to hangout and quite a few options for food. They same to have a great variety for alcohol.

Good selection of food, well stocked bar, food order arrived fast. Nice place.

Food was amazing! Had the Vietnamese pork belly with chilli, lime coriander salad. Delicious! Good atmosphere, lots of 'pop up' style kitchens around a central eating area, lots of tables si easy to get a seat....Pizza, Indian, Vietnamese, burgers, etc, plus a great bar with good selection of beers / gins. Right next to the music venue, so easy to get to the gig next door.

Everything is fine with this venue except the sound quality, which was just bad. That was a big disappointment.

Love a food court, nice place. 5/6 food places to choose from, food diversity. Can recommend the green curry and katsu from koi

Pizza was really good but the chips were undercooked and not nice at all. I also didn’t like that you had to put your phone number in and get a verification code to order, it took ages for the codes to come through. 2 stars because of the gender neutral toilets, as a woman I think it’s quite alarming that venues think that this is ok.

Really nice venue with excellent lighting and atmosphere. The drinks were a little on the expensive side but the staff were friendly.

Only came for a daytime drink, looks really cool and would try again, but the music was a big turn off, Heart FM style playlist in a cool venue! Very odd vibe.

Beth is amazing! Brunch is lovely, would come again 🤍

Beth was amazing, made our brunch really special , thanks so much

Cracking venue in Manchester . Defo worth a follow and see who pops up. Been 3 times and the love the layout of the room . Sound pretty decent as well . Food hall downstairs is worth a visit as well

Great music venue not far from Shudehill and Victoria stations. Sound and atmosphere excellent. Check it out.

The a whole village in itself with the amount of choice and the venue next door - but doesn't feel like a *food court." More like a pop up that thankfully sticks around.

Sublime pizza. Really, unusually good bread.

Classy venue with lots of options for food and drink. Great interior design and atmosphere.

Fab venue. Great atmosphere and lovely food and drink options. Highly recommend.