The City Arms Pub in Manchester

One of the classic heritage pubs in the heart of Manchester, the City Arms is a must. It gets very busy, so it's sometimes difficult to get a table, but the cask beer quality and selection makes it all worthwhile. In a word: belting. Pop in for a pint and enjoy! 🍺👍

Great little spot just behind the hustle and bustle of the great city of Manchester Been a few times over the years but first time taking my wife in and her review was 'I could sit in here all day'. High praise indeed

Recommended by friends and well worth a visit. Very popular but good beer and decent prices

Lovely little pub with a large stay of cask beers. Purveyor of the fantastic Titanic Plum Porter, the pub has good "old man pub" vibes and friendly staff. 10/10 would plum again

Like it in the City arms.Not my favourite city centre pub but always worth popping in Sometimes struggle for seats

Very quiet and dismal with only a few in. Back back street pub, with no connection with bar staff at all.

Proper old fashion pub. Nice ales. Decor from the past. Even pickled boiled eggs behind the bar. Lovely oatmeal Stout

Love the City Arms. Great beer and choice. Fast service. Always a great buzz.

Great Pub, Also great if you like Tiatnic Plum Porter!

Nice small pub with good beers on

Nipped in here on our visit to Manchester's Pubs, wasn't on our list but thought "Why Not", we weren't disappointed and glad we did. Great atmosphere, nicely busy, decent crowd and nice mix of clientele, enjoyed relaxing with a pint. People just lazily enjoying themselves, sevice was good too, get it on your list if visiting Manchester.

A quality city centre pub, with all the bells and whistles of proper ale available.

Well regarded town centre pub. Lively atmosphere and good real ales.

My husband said it's the best pint of bitter he's had for a long time. A thought for your occasional female customer, please clean the floors so your feet don't stick to them!

Great little pub tucked away in a back street. Joe behind the bar was great. We will definitely return when we are in Manchester

Proper pub. Great selection of beers and gins. Thank you to Joe the barman for the chat and all the info for getting out and about in Manchester.

Probably one of the best cask ale pubs in the city centre for choice and quality.

Great service as always, good clean comfortable pub with good staff and ales ,what's not to like . Also dog friendly.

A superb city centre boozer with 8 cask, 2 keg ales on in regular rotation - including the excellent Plum Porter by Titanic Brewery The friendly staff don't mind you spilling out on to the street on a Saturday night, mixing with office types and students Wooden panelling and traditional pub decor complete the experience. One of the best pubs in the city center of Manchester

Love this pub. It may be small but it's powerful. Fantastic atmosphere.

We only had a few beers but the service was great. Music not to our taste buy it won't stop us going back.

Great classic boozer. Friendly crowd. Helpful staff and awesome beer choice of superb quality.

Normalmente otorgaría un 5 a la maravillosa City Arms, una joya mancuniana clásica virgen que he estado disfrutando durante medio siglo. Sin embargo, la última vez que fui allí, una de mis pintas, un suave oscuro, se volvió cada vez más desagradable de beber y a mitad de camino se había vuelto distintivamente avinagrada en la nariz, un signo natural del final del barril en cualquier cerveza viva. Señalando esto al servidor joven, esperaba un reemplazo como habría sucedido incuestionablemente en los muchos pubs de cerveza artesanal que visito. Pero en este caso el joven declaró que el leve estaba bien y su condición de apagado era solo mi opinión. En vano señalé que había estado bebiendo dulces oscuros desde antes de que él naciera. Creo que sería beneficiosa cierta formación del personal en gestión de bodegas y relaciones con los clientes.

Good selection of drinks I can't say anything about the food, we just had a drink Service friendly

Great traditional boozer in the city centre.

No frills, old school, back street boozer. Keep a very good pint of cask ale

Our always watering hole to go to when in Manchester

Old school boozer, no football, usually 8 casks on

Cozy old English boozer with some cracking Ale.

Love it in here. Great range of beers (always has a gluten free GF option on cask) and a friendly atmosphere

Loved being able to watch The Olympics. Also very dog friendly.

Really nice pub and a lager Minor from Liverpool is kicking too.

Had a few beers in here before heading off to the cricket. Beers good, service good, became overly loud & became difficult to hold a conversation

Manchester pub stalwart. Great range of ales and snacks.

Lovely traditional pub with great music. Comfortable seating and dominos to play while drinking.

Great old style pub - nicely crowded but with enough space to relax and enjoy. Cask akes are very good and the people whi run it certainly seem to care.

Possibly the best pub in Manchester. Superb selection of cask beers, typically with two dark ones, a porter or a stout. Two atmospheric rooms and an eclectic clientele. A must for visitors to the city.

Traditional British pub in the back streets of Manchester city centre. Serves cask and real ale

A must do if visiting Manchester city centre. Great selection of beers and a cracking atmosphere.

A great pub to visit while over this side of Manchester.

Great beer, Titanic plum porter really on form. Other beers kept well

Visited before the City West Ham game. Good selection of beer including Titanic Plum Porter. Service excellent even though very busy - Full of not really all that nervous City supporters. Hope everyone enjoyed the evening after the game. Look forward to next season and a rare West Ham win.

Great pint in a proper traditional pub.

Good local boozer with fine choice of beer/ale

Great traditional pub in the heart of Manchester love it

Good city centre pub with good ales just off St. Peter's square

A truly fun, cozy pub that was rockin’ on an early Friday afternoon. Full of groups of friends catching up over some fine ales. Rustic is an understatement. This place has seen its share of time and patrons. Young, friendly guy at the bar explained some of their cask options, of which there are many. Plenty of regular draft, too. An absolute classic of a pub that I fear will disappear based on the age of the clientele.

Great proper pub.. even had at least one room with no TV

Great, unpretentious pub, probably if not the best one central Manchester. Good range of well kept beers and first class staff.

Great selection of cask beers and good atmosphere 👍

A quiet pub, off the beaten-track with a fine selection of ales, and impressive gin bar. Quality dart board too.

This is one of the famous local pubs. Packed right from lunch. Good atmosphere great selection of beers and gin everywhere you look..dikes we enjoyed ACS

2 slices and a half pint for 7 quid.... don't mind if I do!

I have been visiting this pub for over 20 years and h is a great little place. The beer selection is always good and it has a laid back vibe. It's well worth a visit if you haven't been.

Great brittish pub with a good selection of beer - including Guinness!

Spot on great time with mates...👍👍

A lovely bottomless brunch with great food and plenty of drinks, whenever we needed them. Thank you Dylan for your wonderful service!

Great place with a selection of eight beers. The head they leave on a pint is much larger than it used to be and the staff are very friendly and helpful. There are pies available if it's too cold to pop out for food.

Nice pub and staff didn’t have food just a beer

My 'go to' pub' in the city centre. Traditional, small, two roomed bar with a good selection of real ales, including gluten free and vegan. Great for a quiet pint or two, weekdays. Can't be relied upon to have bar snacks available.

Great place excellent service i love it.

Great pub. Unchanged in the 20+ years I've known it.

Superb pub very busy on a Friday evening cracking atmosphere staff really nice huge amount of gins and the ales are lovely proper old school pub this well worth a visit

What a proper old fashioned pub. I really enjoyed my time in here having a few scoops. It was very busy but was not that bad waiting to get served.

Great 'proper old boozer'. Great selection of craft ales and popular brands. No gimmicks just a great pub

Cool pub with 2 gluten free beers on draught!

Fantastic 'Proper Pub' Loved it

Over priced poor ales , this uses to be a great pub , really expensive

Such a great boozer. 8 ales on cask and a couple on keg.

Cracking proper boozer in the heart of Manchester. Great choice of real ales, well worth a visit!

It was great there. Very busy on weekends.

Cute little authentic manchester ale pub

Best city centre boozer, bar none

This is one of the few remaining quality traditional pubs in Manchester. Wood, brass, glass, tiles, good ale, good laugh, cosy. I hope it never changes.

Excellent traditional pub with a fantastic cask beer & keg selection

Friendly staff great service. Recommended

Taberna inglesa típica de la zona. Está llena de gente autóctona, lo que es buena señal. Tienen una amplia selección de cerveza y el trato es muy bueno. Buena idea si estás por el centro y buscas algo que se salga de lo comercial. Gastamos unas 24 libras en lo que se ve en las fotos.

Excellent pub less than 10 minutes walk from Manchester Piccadilly Station. Eight cask beers on handpump including two porters and a mild when I last visited. A few seats outside on the quiet street. Very friendly and helpful staff. The pub is located between a Wetherspoon’s pub called the Waterhouse and the Vine Inn.

Typical city centre historic pub.

Bit old style but not in timeless classic way in a tacky way. Very small inside and town priced beer - wouldn't recommend it small basic but still pricey pints

Good old man's drinking pub, decent selection of beer.

Great selection of ales. Not over priced and over all a great place visit.

Great traditional pub, with a fantastic beer selection

Top beer, good selection and great staff.

Pub inglés genuino e informal con muy buena selección de cervezas inglesas y gins. Se ve poco turista, lo que siempre es buena señal.

Great place for an after work beer, something for everyone.

It's a really nice pub. Quite small but somewhere where you would go for a good pint and a quiet chat

Perfect place to meet up. Great choice of drinks.

Great old school pub with a really good selection of ales, quirky and a nice atmosphere

Lovely traditional pub with a great range of beers

Cracking pub, if I'm ever in Manchester again I'll be off here first.

Cracking boozer in Manchester City centre. Large selection of ale including gluten and vegan options. 2 main rooms both with a nice ambience for drinking. Small outside area at back which is sheltered. Very good service behind the bar. Sells jumbo packs of midland pork scratchings for £2. Highly recommended is this pub 🍻 🐷

Great pub with mix of young and older clientele.

A throw back to a traditional pub.

Very busy bar central manchester

Eerlijk is eerlijk is een goeie kroeg misschien wel een van de betere

Excellent traditional style pub with a good variety of craft beers from different breweries. Handy for the tram too!

I am a born and bred Mancunian. Yet this was the first time I visited the City Arms. A little gem, this Is one of the few pubs to resist change and retain its identity. A good range of beers and other drinks are available. Friendly service, a good place to drop in and wet your whistle.

Great pub and staff- very helpful and smiley

Good beer. Friendly service and atmosphere.