Saffron Room, Castlefield, Manchester

Restaurant & Bar by the canalside in Castlefield in the same building as the Key 103 radio station. As you enter there is an award winning restaurant to the left where we eat regularly and would recommend to anyone. The main bar area is a plain affair with a piano to the right. They sometimes have a pianist playing in the bar. The outside area is the real draw for the bar though as it's a great place to sit in the summer. They only have a couple of beer taps selling Amstel & Peroni but there's a reasonable bottled beer selection and a good range of wines. We never visit just to have a beer but you are welcome to do so. I would give the restaurant a 9 but as this is a pub site it's going to be a 5 for the bar.