Society in Manchester

We went here for my brothers 40th. I order my food from Chaat Cart south Indian food stand. They had 3 gluten free options, I chose the chicken curry bowl which was delicious. Lots of tasty things in the bowl aswell as the curry & rice including pomegranate seeds which were a nice surprise.

Amazing place, relaxed, great food. There are options for anyone, Italian, Indian and beer. What more could you want. You can order on the app.

Went for dinner with family. Were informed when ordering burger that it may take a little longer as it was busy. Waited almost half an hour. When food came the order was wrong and fries were cold. Terrible experience. Wont be back.

Pop in Saturday afternoon after checking into the Premier Inn just along the road. Cracking selection of beers, think it was 33 to choice from. Had 2 craft beers and 2 Real Ales, all excellent, had food too, which was easy to order via the QR code on the table. Really nice atmosphere on a Saturday afternoon. Will definitely go back for another visit.

Visited here on Saturday 17th - the vibe was lovely, it had a 'buzzy' and social atmosphere! We tried 4 of the cocktails which were all gorgeous and we had a burger, and pizza which were all amazing! All the staff were friendly and accommodating! We will definitely be revisiting again.

We visited as a group of fiends and couples for some drinks and socialisation. Ironic with the name. The location is create with a good range of beers and food venues. The atmosphere is chilled but up beat. The highlight was the vocation beers 100%,

Nice place nice environment but food served with no proper cutlery. I ordered Bombay Frankie the thick roti I could not cut with the wooden fork ended up eating with hand spoilt my nails with stain of turmeric. All said not again society for food.

Called in at lunchtime mid week, with friends. Four of us - it wasn’t busy. Food order was quickly delivered and quite tasty. I understand the idea of serving the food on disposable plates with disposable knifes and forks, but it does let the quality of the food down. Has anyone tried eating a pizza with a flimsy wooden knife and fork? A real challenge. Beers were excellent. Some superb British craft beers.

We visited last night for my son’s 20th birthday. We reserved an area which was great, and ordered pizza and burgers for the group with no issues. The younger set left to go on at 10.30 which left four 40 somethings alone to have a quiet drink, but we were refused! It was explained to us that as we had been part of the larger group at some point, and they had had too much, we could not be served? I have never heard of this before? The barman was also quite rude when he was explaining this. Needless to say, we moved on for one last drink and then went home!

Society is ok but I wouldn't rush to go back. I'm sure it's great if you want the beer but it has very little atmosphere and the staff, while not precisely rude were not engaged or interested in what they were doing. I have a theory, as it is one of those places where you place your order digitally and then the drinks are delivered there are few opportunities for interaction. We pointed out that our table was dirty and the staff member gave us a cloth so that we could wipe it down ourselves. This was not done rudely as she clearly thought that this was OK. Very poor staff training and customer service. One of the food outlets is Chaat Cart so the food was excellent but a very limited choice and nothing great like their bhel puris and it all felt a little bit lazy and designed to extract maximum £'s for limited output. Not for us and I won't go again. It felt a bit like the dining hall of a run down holiday camp I was taken to as a child, and I didn't like that either.

Visited last week for a work trip. Great selection of foods, so different work colleagues as you know everyone wants something different. Slightly marred when half way through my pint, rather large chip in the glass rim. Showed the barman, and just mumbled something, i assume an apology. And poured the rest of the pint into another glass. Without checking if the chip - may have been in the bottom of the glass. Wasn't trying to get a new pint, but a simply 'we're sorry, and a fresh HALF pint' to avoid any glass bits contamination would have been nice. Other than that, nice place, good beer selection, good food. .

This place is fantastic great variety of delicious food and fantastic craft beer I found this place after visiting another food hub close by that wasn’t even on the same level as society everything was delicious and the staff were fantastic

Food was ok, spring rolls had nothing inside, and the chaat cart was open but not taking orders which was disappointing.

Don’t sit outside on the tables Don’t sit at reserved table Get a grip your a bar in Manchester not The Savoy Drinks are good though, good atmosphere also

Delicious street food, pick what you like from several different kitchens - I had duck bao buns from Manzoku and gravy loaded chicken fries from Slap and Pickle - by no means the extent of the variety of food available, but delicious (non-spicy) and tasty meals! Visited with friends as an evening meal following business, would make sure to come back if/when in Manchester again! The only complaint I heard in our group that people were too full!

COULDNT EVEN ORDER!!! If you’re going to insist on ordering only through the QR codes in a building that has no phone signal maybe make sure your Wi-Fi works and that your webpage actually loads, spent ten minutes trying to load it with and without the Wi-Fi and when my friend actually managed to load it and order some drinks the order kept being rejected! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME!! Go to Maccy Mayor instead!

Packed out, buzzing atmosphere with a very cool way of allowing people to mingle for meals and / or drinks. Informal, easy to choose and pay for great food; served swiftly and politely. Delicious. Now I’ll bring friends and family back here!

Third time here, great food, lots of vegan choices and not just the usual unimaginative options (vegans are people too lol). Staff are friendly and helpful, a good vibe in general within the venue. Great outdoor space with pleasant surroundings, you wouldn’t think you were in the centre of Manchester.

I got the worst , rudest customer service ever at slap & pickle. They completely messed up my burger order (overcharging me in the process by over £15) and could not have been more rude when I returned my uneaten burger to ask for the burger I ordered. They slammed the replacement burger on my table and stormed off. They completely ruined our dinner for our entire table of 4 - we were all shocked. Never again

Extremely rude staff running the Slap & Pickle burger concession! They are a disgrace to the service industry and should not be operating in what is otherwise a good venue. I have been Manchester City centre resident for 15years and never experienced such rude and unprofessional service.

In a great location, canal-side just outside the hear of Manchester City centre. A great concept with it hosting a brewery bar & 5 Street food vendors. It was a visit around 2pm on a Tuesday. Outside seating was busy as it was nice weather. I sat inside and I really liked the space. You can order via a qr barcode on your table. I ate with the Indian street food place Chaat Cart. They had a lunchtime offer available with 1 selected wrap and a portion of fries for £10. The food was amazing! So flavoursome and the right amount of spice for my personal preference too. Beers were great too. Seems as if it's a bit of a hidden gem. If I'm back in Manchester again soon I'll definitely be visiting again.

I came with my friends before we went On a night out, the Korean fried chicken is really nice and the bread and butter pints are top notch. Couldn’t fault anything, we will be coming back.

I was really happy with the food I ordered (loaded fries and chicken wings, washed down with Vimto as we were in Manchester!). Lovely location too. The food took a bit of a time to come out but I think there had just been a massive rush of orders, so hopefully that isn't typical.

Have been in this bar a few times and have really enjoyed it. Great food and beer, good friendly staff and a really good vibe about the place. However, on yesterday’s visit we’d been sat at a table for about 30 mins or so and had just ordered food when one of the bar staff came over and slapped a “ Table reserved from 7pm” sign on our table which was in an hours time. As a result we spent the rest of our time in there looking at our watches and then moving on to another bar much earlier than planned as there was no where else to sit at the time. It seems really strange allowing reservations in this type of place (and certainly last minute ones) and makes you feel that as a paying customer you’re no where near as important as someone who’s just that second picked up a phone and who may well be late or not even turn up at all. It certainly spoiled our visit to a place that we normally love coming to.

All the vegan burger options on the menu seemed to share the same picture, now I see why. It looked nothing like it. I ordered the naked vegan burger, and boy, it really delivered exactly what it said on the tin, nothing! For £12, not...

Set inside the old picture and piano building. This is a great place to visit if you want something different. They have a really good bar with an exceptionally wide range of beers that they serve and take to your table. From here, you have...

Food was good. Service was lovely. Restaurant was really cold. Food took ages to come to table. Shame, as staff serving were really nice.

Went for a friends birthday and was surprised at the options. However, the venue apparently can't function with regular weekend buzz and our food was over an hour late to which no partial refund or apologies were given. We went up to the booth from...

Stopped here for a beer and a bit of slap n pickle - opted for the Vocation pilsner and bacon cheeseburger. Both good, app ordering makes it simple. We arrived shortly after opening for lunch - would like to see the vibe in the evening...

Attended here yesterday. Staff very unhelpful. Food was to be ordered via QR code. We couldn't get code to work. I approached counter to tell them this female was very rude and said or was working and refused to take my order verbally.

Never knew this place existed until recently. Great spacious venue, several food choices, burgers, Indian street food, sushi etc. We ordered from Slap and Pickle, huge burgers, loads of chips on the sharing portion (would feed 4) and great desserts. Loads of choice of burgers...

I came here for my friend’s birthday: he’d invited a lot of people and so the Mackie Mayor-style eating and seating was ideal. I got some gyoza from Manzoku followed by a luscious slice of vegan chocolate orange cake from Slap and Pickle. When ordering...

Nice place where to meet and eat/drink something with your friends. Informal and relaxing atmosphere where you can order different kinds of food from the menu you can scan from a QR code on the table. They'll bring the food over when it's ready so...sit...

Didn't expect this on a wander around the city. A bar with different eateries in the same place. What is better is the peace of the nearby canal berths.

Reading reviews it looks like they may have a problem regarding reservations ,pity .We have had several visits , although never reserved . Mainly with family and always had excellent service , well you mainly serve your self from the options of food stalls ,...

Today my three friends and I (all aged over 60 years old) attended Society as we usually do fortnightly. We arrived shortly after 3.15pm and the four of us sat at a table and ordered drinks. All was fine until around 5pm when a member...

Only interested in the money. We spent 5 hours on a bank holiday with Society and spent a lot of money. It was great until they wanted higher paying customers. They found any excuse to kick you out when they needed the tables. Management were...

Served by Haider !! Food was incredible. Went for a business lunch and the pepperoni pizza was great

I came to your venue twice this week. The first time I came I had a great time and the staff were awesome. Very friendly and helpful with drink options. I came the following Wednesday. When arrived we sat on a table with a reserved...

Great place if you are with a group of friends and all want to eat different foods, we had Indian, American, Korean, loved all the dishes and great music and atmosphere, casual dining and quality food.

This is mainly a shout out for DOKES PIZZA and those that work there! Delicious pizza, a great range of choices, generous sizes, fair prices, and in a great place. But best of all is its excellent customer service. A big thank you to the...

We visited on a Saturday it was busy but the service was quick, there is a large choice of beers we tried 4 different ones and all where good , the food was delivered quick and was fantastic the chicken wings were amazing.

Lots of tables, huge drinks selection & good Choices of food to pick. Ordered. 12 inch pizza and spicy fries from DOKES pizzeria 10/10 fresh, hot and tasty. Great service too.

Great place, with a good variety of options for food and drink. Order food from Manzoku and Slap & Pickle, both were delicious and very quick! Vocation bar as great with such a big beer offering.

Chaat Cart was my favourite of all the food stands on offer. Had the chicken Kati roll which was fresh and delicious. Staff were very friendly and service was excellent. Definitely worth a visit.

Badly organised, slow bad service and so many items missing from the collective menus, including one cemetery shut that we chose to just have drinks and move on. Couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery sadly not ironic at all

We came up from the south to try the Vocation beer, what we found was a wonderful eating and drinking area. Table service via the QR code on the table, so you don't have to get up and queue at the bar or one of...

The atmosphere here was good and the space is very cool in a great location. Big fan of places like this where everyone can order what they want separately and there’s lots of choice. The Chinese place that did the chicken wings on the end...

Didn’t eat - drinks with group of friends. Drinks high quality and ambience was great - good mixed crowd. However , few strange things happened - got told off by the ladies on the door for being too loud - literally 4 of us were...

There are 5 food outlets here under the one roof with Vocation brewery also here with about 40 beers on tap. Ordered a Katsu curry and payment was by card only and you gave table number, And it was delivered to your table. Nice space...

Super range of beers - must be the best in Manchester - in a new, light & airy cavernous bar. Unusually too there is a cocktail bar + several different eating places.

Loved this place. Good beer (and other drinks). Great selection of different street food. We had the Korean fried chicken from Yoki and Katsura curry from Manzoku. Very reasonably priced and great relaxed atmosphere.

We happened across this place by accident and I’m glad we did. We’d been when it was the picture and piano but this is a completely different concept. There are five or six different restaurants in there where you buy food and eat in a...

I've been a few times now and I really enjoy this place. It was perfect before a gig last month. Food is great, staffs lovely and I like the atmosphere.

We went for an early evening meal before a concert at the Bridgewater Hall. Although the food itself was very good (we had South Indian meals) the whole experience was less than we had hoped for. The music was very loud and we had to...

Had my first visit to Society while attending a show at The Bridgewater Hall. Very close to the venue and a really great atmosphere. Good quick friendly service and an amazing choice of beers. The cheeseburger was wonderful. Nice clean interior. Will certainly visit again!

Found this place by chance when heading for the Pevril. A good selection of different food outlets. The beer was first rate, and the place had a great atmosphere. The concept of long shared tables, like you’d see in a German Bierkeller, worked very well....

We recently held my wife's 50th at Society. The staff were so helpful when organising everything. Communication was great throughout. The night was brilliant! Fantastic street food at all the outlets. Great beers and cocktails too. The staff couldn't do enough for us. Massive shout...

A new venue selling five types of street food (Korean, Pizza, Asian, Indian and burgers) with a bar selling 40 real ales along with the usual keg beers, ciders, wines and spirits. The food (we tried Korean, Asian and Indian) is excellent and can be...