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Bar Manchester

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Cocktails & draft beers at a low-key bar with a playlist of '80s & '90s British indie rock. People often mention music, good, Barcelona, beer, atmosphere, hour, happy, staff, drinks, Great,


Address

Carrer de Milans, 5, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona, Spain

Website

www.manchesterbar.com

Contact

+34 627 73 30 81

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (1.4K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 6:30 PM to 2:30 AM
  • Wednesday: 6:30 PM to 2:30 AM
  • Thursday: 6:30 PM to 2:30 AM
  • Friday: 6:30 PM to 3 AM
  • Saturday: 6:30 PM to 3 AM
  • Sunday: 6:30 PM to 2:30 AM
  • Monday: 6:30 PM to 2:30 AM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: music (38) good (24) Barcelona (15) beer (14) atmosphere (14) hour (13) happy (13) staff (13) drinks (10) Great (10)
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  • 2/5 Daniel C. 1 year ago on Google
    Not an indie bar, they were playing euro electro music. Nothing manc about the bar. Cheapish drinks. Andy Burnham will be informed about the use of the name Manchester in such a poor establishment.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Leonardo 2 years ago on Google
    Mythical bar in the city. Happy hour from 6 to 9 pm. Excellent music, perhaps the bar with the best music in town. I recommend trying the pisco sour. They make it very well and tasty
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Andre S. 4 years ago on Google
    Great music at good levels. Cheap drinks during happy hour until 22:30. Sadly they serve Heineken as house beer
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Juan Pablo Ríos G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Ask the prices well before ordering! The They change every time! 😕 (Original) Pregunta bien los precios antes de pedir! Los Cambian en cada ocasión! 😕
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kevin M. 10 months ago on Google
    I come here every time I visit Barcelona, no matter how far away I’m staying. The decor changes a bit, but the relaxed vibe is constant. I feel it’s a very accepting place, and not just because of the multi-genre toilets. The staff may chat if you’re chatty, or leave you alone if you’re not. But the music is everything. I’ve been here fifteen minutes this time, and they’ve played Cocteau Twins, Gang of Four, and Fontaines DC. If that appeals to you, this will be your place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Nathan R. 4 years ago on Google
    Just okay. Claimed to be a Manchester bar but refused to acknowledge Oasis. The biggest thing out of Manchester.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jet_Set_Gypsea 1 year ago on Google
    Cool, quirky bar with a cool crowd. Always busy and bustling, great staff, friendly service and great prices
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Johann Henriquez L. 3 years ago on Google
    Watch out!! They change prices based on the mood of the bartender: 6€, 7€ or 8€ for the same mixer based on how drunk or happy or nice you are to the bartender. It's a very nice venue but ask for the prices IN ADVANCE!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Luz R. 10 months ago on Google
    Great music and drinks! The bartender is the less attentive person but I guess it is part of the vibe???
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jules H. 1 year ago on Google
    The only truth about any of these positive reviews is that there is a bar inside the establishment. I ordered a vodka/soda with a “splash” of lime for €7 and the bartender literally filled 1/3 of the glass with lime juice to the point that it was undrinkable. To mess up a vodka soda is a special kind of ridiculous. The worst part of this place wasn’t even the bad cocktail—the restroom had no toilet seat, no toilet paper, no paper towels, no soap, and unflushed fecal matter in the toilet bowel…. And since there was zero trash can or trace of anything paper related in the bathroom I can only imagine what that poor soul had to wipe with. The bartender was also distracted in conversation with the only other human in the bar, who appeared to be her boyfriend. Go here if you want to waste money on cab fare to Hell’s gate.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bri 5 months ago on Google
    Love this place. Amazing music. We come here almost every night whenever we stay in Barcelona.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Andrea Di M. 2 years ago on Google
    the place is really nice, dark and enchanting, beautiful decorations and murals, the musical session on Tuesday over the top, the only negative note the staff (except the bouncer) listless and unpleasant.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gabriela S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The perfect place to get lost with friends and a flirt. It's rocker, dark and the beer is cheap. (Original) El lugar perfecto para perderte con unos amigos y un ligue. Es rockero, oscuro y las birras son baratas.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cristina A. H. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) great happy hour before 22h, every day. Bar in the Gothic classic that never disappoints. Terrific musical taste. (Original) happy hour estupenda antes de las 22h, cada día. Clásico bar en el gótico que nunca decepciona. Buenísimo gusto musical.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mouna Ben S. 1 year ago on Google
    My favourite bar in Barcelona! Amazing music and friendly staff

  • 5/5 Berkay D. 2 years ago on Google
    One of the best bars in the city. Iconic rock/grunge music, cheap beers before 10 and a lively international crowd makes every night memorable.

  • 5/5 Dean T. 2 years ago on Google
    Great quirky bar, staff are friendly and it's got such a cool chill vibe.

  • 1/5 Adria S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I've been coming for the end of the year for 3 years. Music had always been very good, that is, the indie hits. Yesterday, however, music was very strange and inbailable. Basically they put techno and songs that nobody knew. I do not think we will come next year. (Original) Llevo 3 años viniendo por fin de año. Siempre la música habia sido muy buena, es decir, éxitos del indie. Ayer, en cambio, la música fue rarísima e inbailable. Básicamente pusieron techno y canciones que nadie conocia. No creo que volvamos a venir el año que viene.

  • 4/5 erkin s. 1 year ago on Google
    There is a good Mancunian vibe for sure. Delicious cocktails and some Haçienda music too... I will come again for Thursday nights' DJ performance 💪☺️

  • 5/5 Baltasar Ponte C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Fixed stop for beers if you are walking through the Gothic / born (Original) Parada fija por unas birras si estas de paseo por el gótico/born

  • 5/5 Elizabeth G. 4 years ago on Google
    Cool music!

  • 5/5 Yuranny P. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent (Original) Excelente

  • 5/5 Crz B. 4 years ago on Google
    Forever the best place to sip a beer and meet people

  • 5/5 Jose alcaraz q. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) International pop / rock / punk music in a bar with a lot of character. I always go there for a drink and everyone I wear loves it (Original) Música pop/rock/punk internacional en un bar con mucho carácter. Siempre voy allí a hacer una copa y a todo el mundo al que llevo le encanta

  • 5/5 Paolo B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A classic. Very good atmosphere, quality music. (Original) Un clásico. Muy buen ambiente, música de calidad.

  • 5/5 Guadalupe Serra A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Gothic's coolest bar. (Original) El bar más guay del Gotico.

  • 5/5 Alex B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The music, the atmosphere and the light are ideal. For me the best music bar in Barcelona, ​​especially on any given day in the afternoon or on a Sunday at 20pm (Original) La música, el ambiente y la luz, son ideales. Para mí el mejor bar musical de Barcelona, sobretodo un día cualquiera por la tarde o un domingo a las 20pm

  • 5/5 Pavel A. 4 years ago on Google
    Amazing atmosphere

  • 3/5 Slavomir Stanislaw K. 1 year ago on Google
    Pretty cool bar. Also pretty dark: Music and well as the clientele. Drinks ok. Great music if you like British stuff!! In general it seems that Barcelona is stuck between 1990 and 2008 in musical terms lol

  • 4/5 Cara W. 4 months ago on Google
    What a great little bar, playing indie music, will definitely go back when next in Barcelona

  • 5/5 Kevin H. 5 months ago on Google
    You can go here for a nice pub crawl in Barcelona! This city has so much to offer and this place is wowww 👌

  • 5/5 Súchla W. 7 months ago on Google
    Chicas buenas! 🖤🤘 Old choons too, from 80/90s England. Relaxed vibes. Good bar for chilling and having a drink. Would recommend and it's open late! Mhuuuup

  • 5/5 Paula G. 6 months ago on Google
    David Bowie photo. Judas beer (Belgian beer)and local beers. Nice music and hectic deco. Charming. Mixed of locals and tourists. Friendly staff.good place for a date 🥰

  • 5/5 Furkan K. 9 months ago on Google
    Everything was awesome. Great comcept, kind staff, amazing 🍹

  • 4/5 Mohammad Reza S. 11 months ago on Google
    Great place for a social. Music is not overly loud that you can not hear people speaking. Staff were friendly

  • 2/5 Yorvic G. 10 months ago on Google
    They put up good songs, it's the only thing I would go back for, it's very hot and the bartender is kind and helpful.

  • 5/5 Andrea D. 1 year ago on Google
    The best bloody mojito of the planet. Full stop. And great atmosphere with great staff, good music and fun times

  • 1/5 Sophie M. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely HORRID staff member. SWORE AT US FOR NOT SAYING GOODBYE? We politely smiled but he made us uncomfortable. Dead pub, don’t bother going unless you want abuse and agro.

  • 5/5 Lori H. 1 year ago on Google
    Reminds me of a club I used to go to years ago! Good music, drinks and staff!

  • 5/5 Carlos H. 1 year ago on Google
    Good music and cold beer!

  • 3/5 Ashley Enger (. 1 year ago on Google
    Deep in gothic quarter, pretty dingy but very 80/90s grunge vibe. Drinks reasonably priced.

  • 5/5 Daisy S. 1 year ago on Google
    Nothing too fancy about the drinks but the music and atmosphere here are awesome. Aperol Spritz too sweet and watery, but get a beer and enjoy!

  • 5/5 Steven C. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely, quirky bar with polite staff. Was hoping for more indie music as advertised but that's not particularly important and doesn't affect the 5 stars

  • 4/5 Daniel Rodriguez A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A joint, like so many. (Original) Un garito, como tantos.

  • 5/5 Neil M. 1 year ago on Google
    Great music, nice atmosphere. Not a big cocktail menu, but well made classics. Beers €3-4.50. Great value during the daily happy hour until 9.30.

  • 5/5 Madeline T. 2 years ago on Google
    Place with good drinks and nice vibe

  • 1/5 Laura B. 1 year ago on Google
    Worst Caipirinha ever! Cachaça barata! Wrong glass and not enough ice. Also the bartener was rude

  • 5/5 Gabriela C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good cocktails and music (Original) Buenos cócteles y musica

  • 5/5 Jose Maria N. 4 years ago on Google
    You can feel you are in England but you leave the place and you are in Barcelona, I use to go to feel the English atmosphere

  • 5/5 Xana S. 4 years ago on Google
    It’s a super cost place with a wide range of beers. The staff is super friendly!

  • 3/5 Ross G. 4 years ago on Google
    Very cheap beer but not my vibe. Easy going atmosphere apart from the Manc chavs that spoilt it for us tonight.

  • 5/5 Gleb P. 4 years ago on Google
    Great atmosphere and people there. Good cocktails, good drinks, music, everything

  • 5/5 James N. 6 years ago on Google
    Great spot with good beer prices. I went here regularly during my time in Barcelona and introduced it to my friends! I look forward to going back

  • 4/5 Max I. 4 years ago on Google
    Perfect music selection, good vibe, perfect lighting, good service, cheap beers during happy hour. Down side is it's small and smelly surely not good for everyone.

  • 4/5 Louis G. 3 years ago on Google
    Cool bar with good value drinks

  • 5/5 Fernando M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good music (Original) Música de la buena

  • 3/5 Noelia A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Cool cool music place ? (Original) Endroit cool musique sympa ?

  • 4/5 Maria Luz L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good atmosphere. Decoration lacks maintenance (Original) Buen Ambiente. Decoración falta mantenimiento

  • 5/5 Adriana B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The best bar in Barcelona. I want to go back! (Original) El mejor bar de Barcelona. ¡Que ganas de volver!

  • 2/5 Sergio N. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Who has seen and who sees you? Excessive prices for what is offered. It is no longer what it was. Of course the people who wear it, very nice. (Original) Quien te ha visto y quien te ve? Precios excesivos para lo que se ofrece. Ya no es lo que era. Eso sí la gente que lo lleva, muy simpática.

  • 4/5 Manuela De M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good site, for brit pop lovers. Fair decoration to enjoy (Original) Muy buen sitio, para los amantes del brit pop. Decoración justa para disfrutat

  • 5/5 encarna d. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good atmosphere for some beers (Original) Buen ambiente para unas cervezas

  • 4/5 Roseann T. 5 years ago on Google
    When its not too busy and we can get a nice spot, this is a favourite for me and my friends to have a few drinks! It has an amazing atmosphere and got list of cocktails & beers and the service is usually pretty good! Reasonably priced also!

  • 4/5 H T. 6 years ago on Google
    Nice bar to start your night !

  • 3/5 TIM S. 6 years ago on Google
    Two beers for 5 euros in happy hour great. Smelt damp staff nice. Lots of UK indie music.

  • 5/5 ffukkie b. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice dark pub, a rare occurrence in Barcelona. Music is the theme here. The name says enough.

  • 5/5 Stephen B. 4 years ago on Google
    This is a fun and casual bar with a decent back bar, it feels like the kind of place I'd go to frequently if it were in my home town.

  • 5/5 Mike R. 4 years ago on Google
    Really cool little bar, playing some of the best indie and rock tunes of the 80/90s.

  • 5/5 Vicente Carrilero B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) To have a few drinks !!! (Original) Para tomar unas copas!!!

  • 5/5 Sergio C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I love the site, I often take my friends and tourists who come to town. Quality music and bar waiters always smiling and polite. (Original) Me encanta el sitio, a menudo llevo mis amigos y turistas que llegan a ciudad. Música de calidad y los camareros de la barra siempre sonrientes y educados.

  • 5/5 Brian I. 6 years ago on Google
    A good place to have some beers with your friends. Good music as well

  • 4/5 Carlos A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It's pretty good. (Original) Esta bastante bien.

  • 5/5 Monica V. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Quirky but charming bar. (Original) Bar peculiar pero con encanto.

  • 5/5 Raqueline L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice mojito! 🤩 (Original) Nice mojito! 🤩

  • 5/5 Lidia C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Reference bar to have some beer, I love it 💜 (Original) Bar de referencia para tomar unas birras, me encanta 💜

  • 3/5 Andrew J. 4 years ago on Google
    Alright pub but needs a wash and a lick of paint

  • 5/5 Santiago M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) This bar deserves a monument. It is mandatory stop at BCN. It has an excellent happy hour, Heineken at € 1.50, good music and excellent energy. Ideal to go on a date or with friends. The bar guys are very attentive. Always a good option, be it to start or end the night. (Original) Este bar se merece un monumento. Es parada obligatoria en BCN. Tiene un excelente happy hour, Heineken a €1.50, buena musica y excelente energia. Ideal para ir en una cita o con amigos. Los chicos de la barra muy atentos. Siempre una buena opción, sea para empezar o terminar la noche.

  • 4/5 Sunny K. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) There is no place for indie pubs that are frequented by foreigners and locals, places with good music or crowded spaces. Happy Hour is until 10:30 and Heineken Beer is 1.5 euros. And ask for peanuts :) (Original) 외국인이나 현지인이 많이 가는 인디펍, 음악이 좋은 곳이나 공간이 좁아서 사람들 몰리는 시각에는 자리가 없어요. 해피아워은 10시 반까지이며 하이네켄 병맥주가 1.5유로입니다. 그리고 땅콩이랑 달라고 요청하세요 :)

  • 5/5 Chema P. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Wonderful, I plan to repeat whenever I can. (Original) Una maravilla, pienso repetir siempre que pueda.

  • 5/5 Franco Paolo Olivera V. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Chileans around the world! (Original) Chilenos por el mundo!

  • 3/5 Rocío F. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I honestly did not like the attention received, thank goodness that thanks to having read reviews I was aware of happy hour, because although the waiter knew that we were going to order beer he did not indicate anything to us until I told him, there is a small sign At the door, inside, that I saw when I left where I put it, there is another, but I only saw it there. Bathrooms were dirty. But hey, it has beer at 1.50, the place is well decorated and the music doesn't disgust me. (Original) Sinceramente no me gusto mucho la atención recibida, menos mal que gracias a haber leído reseñas estaba al tanto de la happy hour, porque aunque el camarero sabía que íbamos a pedir cerveza no nos indicó nada hasta que se lo dije yo, hay un cartel pequeño en la puerta, por dentro, que ví al salir donde lo ponia, igual hay otro, pero yo solo lo vi ahí. Los baños estaban sucios. Pero bueno tiene cerveza a 1,50, el local está bien decorado y la música no me disgusto.

  • 3/5 David L. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) And who does not know Manchester? Beer for an afternoon with friends, in the afternoon until 9pm. it's happy hour (Original) Y quien no conoce el Manchester ? Cerveza para una tarde entre amigos, por la tarde hasta las 21h. es happy hour

  • 5/5 Juan Simon R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good music, good atmosphere and cheap beer. Without a doubt one of my favorite places in Barcelona (Original) Buena música, buen ambiente y sobre birra barata. Sin dudas uno de mis sitios favoritos de Barcelona

  • 4/5 KILLIAN H. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Warm place, good music but at levels that allow you to chat over a good beer or a drink. (Original) Lugar cálido, buena música pero a niveles que permiten charlar con una buena cerveza o copa.

  • 5/5 jordi j. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) In the middle of the plaza el tripi (Original) En plena plaza el tripi

  • 4/5 Antonio R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I have always liked the atmosphere of this establishment. Let's hope we get back to normal and never see it so empty again. They follow all the security in the world. The prices and the deal, great (Original) Siempre me ha gustado el ambiente de este establecimiento . Esperemos volver a la normalidad y no volver a verlo tan vacío. Siguen toda la seguridad del mundo. Los precios y el trato, geniales

  • 5/5 Aldana P. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The best rock bar in BCN (Original) El mejor bar de rock en BCN

  • 3/5 Mr F. 3 years ago on Google
    Music is indie, beers cheap! 👍👍👍


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Food
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Food at bar
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Happy hour drinks
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Takeout
    • ✗ Delivery

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