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The City, Manchester

133 Oldham Street
Manchester
M4 1LN

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Manchester Central, Northern Quarter

Reviews of The City (Average Rating: 5 of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

Will Larter left this review about The City

There's the feel of a pub that has not quite finished a recent refurbishment, with freshly painted walls and a new bar counter, but the bar back and little corners with work still to be completed. Five hand pumps with two beers on (White Rat and Phoenix Arizona) and a Vocation pump clip turned around. Interestingly, there is a group of five keg taps to the left with beers from Oakham, Ossett, Castle Rock, Fyne Ales and Vocation, and a Fyne Ales nitrostout on the right where a Guinness font might have been. Two ciders, plus Erdinger Weissbier and Peroni, the latter being the only lager. My Arizona (£5/pint) was pretty good, but too cold and frothy, so Good rather than Very Good. Worth a visit.

On 3^rd October 2026 - rating: 6
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Al Bundy left this review about The City

Rough as arseholes. That said it was full of jolly pensionable blokes on this afternoon visit. One real ale on the bar, Acorn Brewery something-or-other. Its a true dive and I dread to think what its like of an evening.

On 16^th November 2015 - rating: 2
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Rex Rattus left this review about The City Pub

This is another very basic city centre pub. There are entrances at either ends of this pub, in both Oldham St and Tib St. Entering from Oldham St you are in a small carpeted area with normal tables and chairs, which was occupied by local regulars during my midweek afternoon visit. There is more seating on the left, with the bar counter on the right, and with a pool table just inside the Tib St entrance.
The real ales on during my midweek early afternoon visit were Milestown Black Pearl, Holt’s Bitter, and Acorn City Pride. I had the City Pride, which I have to say wasn’t top notch, but drinkable nonetheless. Apparently in the past this pub didn’t offer real ale as an alternative to the keg stuff, and the management are to be applauded for improving the beer choice in here.

On 24^th September 2011 - rating: 5
[User has posted 2629 recommendations about 2544 pubs]

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This pub features in the following crawls:
Manchester - 18 March 2010 by Clive Thompson
Manchester crawl - January 2010 by Gill Smith

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