New Century in Manchester

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Great new concert venue in Manchester. Looks great, decent sound, and plenty of staff and different bars so you never have to queue for a drink. Staff were also really nice and looked as though they actually enjoyed their jobs!

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

Eaten here a few times, initially very positive, but most recently the food from several of the stands was disappointing. Chicken tikka wrap was particularly dry and tough.

Superb venue, really good for live music. Great bar and food too.

Food hall reboot of famous Manchester former concert and conference facilities for the CoOperative Society.. so pretty much any true Manc already knows where it is. Great concept offer diverse range of food offerings from Sushi to Sunday Roast.

Check out the great food at this venue. It's a mini Baltic Market.

Fabulous afternoon for Dayfever. Using the app to order was easy and very prompt service.

Cool venue to visit with friends and lots of food vendors to try from. We got pizzas from Ply which were pretty decent. Would be better if they had more IPAs on the menu. I'd mark the service down because one of the bartenders had a bit of an attitude when my friend was ordering his drink.

This is a fantastic spot for food and beverages in the centre of town! it’s also an unbelievable music venue. The staff here on the main bar in the middle of the food hall were fantastic and spoke away with me and my partner for some time letting us sample drinks that sounded interesting and giving us great recommendations! The food was really tasty and there’s so many options!

Saw The Maine here and it’s a great venue - though the beers ain’t cheap IPA £7 a pint. Staff were great 😊.

Really good evening in the food hall before our Zutons concert. All staff were great, the food was lovely and served promptly. Recommended and will be returning again soon.

Alcohol prices extortionate! Decent range of food outlets. Big, open hall, modern, trendy decor.

Alternative dressed person with red hair was really lovely and welcoming. Nice team, great vibes, tasty bevs. Supervisor/manager in red jumper also equally sound. :)

Great little hidden gem full of different independent food outlets.

Didn't eat but enjoyed a drink with a friend before going next door to watch Antony Szmierek.

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

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!

Great staff, and food was nice but portions could have been better.

Relaxed atmosphere for lunch during the week days with really tasty foods

Great gig, great bands. Sound tech was a bit off, quite a few times the vocals and guitars were off/far too quiet

Lovely big spacious place. We met up with some friends and it was good to be able to order from various different cuisines. Bar service through the QR scanner was prompt too. Would recommend to a friend.

This review is purely for the young man who decided he would go out of his way to change the sweater I had bought from the merchandise stall which was the wrong size. The venue was closed. Doors shut. He could have sent me on my way and thought nothing of it. Instead he chose to take my item, run up the stairs himself and find a replacement. I'm sat wearing that sweater writing this. Fits perfect. Customer service with a conscience. Thank you. It's also a great live music venue by the way and has the best sound and acoustics of any venue in Manchester. I've been to them all

Loved it. Great venue for a gig

Really love this new Venue in Manchester. Staff are great, good Acoustics , wonderful Atmosphere. Will come back here for another Concert.

i went to new century for the first time to see Botch. i was so happy with how friendly all of the staff were, from the security that checked my bag to the people that arranged and escorted me to the disabled seat i had requested. everything was very well organised, the venue is clean & pleasant with great acoustics, the ceiling lights are cool, and i couldnt have had a better time. im looking forward to returning to see Mudhoney here!

Went to a concert to see 'Tinlicker'. Fantastic atmosphere. A brilliant place.

Great venue and helpful staff when my shoe fell apart

Great music venue with great beers, been to a few gigs here and all the sound has been spot on. Great beer selection from Manchester Breweries like Shindigger too.

Brilliant live music venue - never eaten here so can't comment

DJ Shadow - The STICKIEST DANCEFLOOR EVER!! Made for a very uncomfortable experience, was literally glued to the floor, horrible. If you're running gigs back2back try spending money on cleaners instead of drug dogs. Worst venue I've seen Shadow at. At £4.00 for half a lager, I can't imagine how the floor got so sticky. Did Shadow choose not to have the 'amazing ceiling lights'?? Zero light show - boo. Turbo Bass felt good, but I don't want to hear people talking to each other - the sound was screwed, did not suit the legend that is DJ Shadow.

Venue itself is really cool for a gig so 5 stars for that, however last night was let down by the ridiculously over the top security procedures to get everyone in. The queue had to go single file past sniffer dogs (those private security ones that aren’t actually real sniffer dogs, the security seemed to be randomly picking people out of the queue to search), then individually patted down by just two people. This meant the queue to get in was 20-30 mins long and snaked right around the venue. Never experienced that going to a gig before.

A great music venue. I saw Pete and Bas here supported by the Northern Boys. The staff are all super friendly and welcoming and the venue itself is great. There is a great atmosphere and the stage is positioned well so that you can see the acts without any issue. It is located closely to Victoria station making access easy and there is a great food court attached to get food or drink before a gig.

Needed a last minute companion ticket sorting for a gig and they were super speedy and helpful, couldn’t have made it easier for me. Shoutout Becky for emailing me back in record time and getting it all sorted and putting my mind at ease. Not easy finding good accessibility services at venues so big up this place.

Great selection of vendors, live music and lots of drinks options. Katsu Curry was great. Would definitely go back.

Amazing sound and lovely venue 🤘

I have not managed to attend a gig here. I was trying to attend the Nadine Shah gig at the end of April. Read up on the accessibility process. Had to jump through hoops and email a copy of the ticket. Nothing. Sent it again and after several days I got a response, everything fine, please purchase a carers ticket which I did. Can you complete an access requirement form which I did. I have now had a response to say they can only accommodate 3 wheelchair users. Not good but already had to jump through hoops for them to tell me this and now I am having to apply for a refund. If you are disabled I would forget it - not accessible at all and shouldnt have to jump through hoops to be told no.

Good venue, good acoustics, good location.

Didn't make use of the lights - only used during intervals

Went for a concert and was a great time! Lovely venue

Nice place, I only went for a coffee, the coffee was good the service good too and fast, except the online ordering system. While it worked fine with apple pay on iPhones, on Android it did not work with Google pay, so you had to enter a credit card, which is quite annoying to be the only option and not something I like doing when I am sitting at a place.

Brilliant night Staff Amazing Music Outstanding Great venue

Really friendly staff. Dog friendly. Made us feel really welcome while waiting for my son to attend a concert

One of the best venues I’ve been to for a gig. Excellent space and even has decent air con and a seating section despite the gig only being standing which is really accessible. Awesome selection of drinks and excellent acoustics. I’ll be keeping an eye out for artists playing here so I can come back!

Saw Stephen Sanchez here on 14th February. Great intimate venue with a really good feel. Very close to centre of Manchester. Would definitely recommend as a music venue. Didn’t eat here so can’t comment on the food.

Busy bar qith multiple food outlets, beer was good but expensive, even for manchester city centre. The food from the various outlets/kitchen looked and speed good, and lots of oeople were eating Our visit was just before a gig in new century Hall, great place, small enough to get close, large enough to get a good atmosphere. Standing only.....getting a problem as I age, so it will need to be a good band to get me back, damn knees

Went there, saw Ladytron and went home. Can't comment on the venue really but I had a good evening.

Good food and atmosphere, just lacking dessert options.

Great potential, loved the venue, but let down by its implementation. - You're meant to order food and drink using your phone, but the phone signal inside is poor. - I'd have expected WiFi to get around this issue but couldn't see an open network, and if there was guest WiFi then the password wasn't displayed anywhere obvious. - The mobile site that you use to order isn't intuitive and was difficult to browse and order from different vendors at the same time. - The food choices from each vendor were limited and they closed early on the Thursday I was there. I was adding items to my basket, and when I came to submit the order it said the vendor had since closed! That said, one of the vendor's did allow me to place the order manually and the food was nice ( pizzas ). Don't think I'd go back as there are many more better nearby venues which simply work better (eg New Century).

An amazing return to form for a classic music venue.

Too loud. My old ears can't hear my friends.

Excellent venue and food, music was too loud

Absolutely loved Soulwax at New Century. One of my new favourite gig venues. Really nicely run. A sell out that wasn't rammed, and really good sound. The beers were good and the security friendly. Can't wait to go back.

Visited recently for a colleague's leaving drinks. Loved the feel of the place. Everything was reasonably priced, staff friendly and the location really convenient

Great venue, intimate, watch your favourite band here, you will love it

Hands down one of my favourite gig venues. It's got everything. Food and drink beforehand is great (the only thing missing is desserts!) The app service is quick and easy! The venue for Gigs is great and looks stunning. The toilets are immaculate Book gigs based on this venue now

Great food here! The options were perfect for us. They were a little slow at clearing tables which is why I've taken a star off service

Great selection of beers and food. Plenty of seating

Why stamp me on entry if I can't leave??? I came to century hall for a gig and the cloak room ended up full..Fine not an issue I asked if I could leave because I live round the corner so I could drop my coat off but they refused. So what is the point of the stamp?? Very disappointed.

This place is something different, it has 5or6 different places to eat under one roof, and is very popular, yes it was good.

Went here for a Dorian Electra concert, amazing venue! The downstairs area has lots of really comfortable seating for passing out in and drinks weren't as exorbitant as you'd expect from a concert venue. Didn't eat at all though so I can't speak of the food

Such a great place with a fantastic variety of cuisine. We all tried something different and each dish was excellent.

Amazing gig venue, stunning hall with clear views of the stage. Staff very helpful.

The foods really good at this weatherspoons the atmosphere is pretty awesome too, it's a bit out of the way but it's worth it

Great gig venue, loved being able to have a lucky saint pint at the gig last night.