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The Wharf, Manchester

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Slate Wharf
Castlefield
Postal town: Manchester
M15 4ST

Phone: 01612202960

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Manchester Central, Castlefield

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Rob Hunter left this review about The Wharf

Two banks of six hand pulls, but each bank is duplicated. Visited on a Saturday evening at the beginning of March and found the service to be slow with not much attention being paid to serving order, which was quite frustrating. Seemed like there were enough staff milling around but not actually getting down to business serving at the bar. Reasonable ale choice and the beer was good, which saved the day. Free Wi-Fi is available, with no registration required.

On 4^th April 2025 - rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Wharf

The Wharf is another Manchester pub I've been meaning to visit for a good while. However, it's a little off the beaten track and involves traversing a few canals to reach it from Deansgate. I'm always impressed by the Brunning & Price chain and this one was no exception.

A sign on entering requested that we wait to be seated. We did and the waitress found us a table on a lower floor, as we were only staying for a swift half. The pub was busy, although an upper section overlooking the main bar was closed off, presumably due to a lack of staff to man it. There certainly wasn't a lack of trade. In fact, some hardy souls were even taking up outdoor seating overlooking the canals. It's probably a nice view in the summer during the daytime. However, it didn't seem quite so appealing to me on a winter's evening.

A total of 8 cask ales were available at the bar - Brightside Brunning & Price Traditional Bitter, Weetwood Cheshire Cat, Distant Hills Kerala, Mobberley Beer House Bright Spark, Wishbone Blanc Stare, Lancaster Chinook, Beartown Claws & Penning Christmas Cranberry Stout. I have a feeling that there were ciders too, which I didn't note.

This place has a fairly upmarket feel, but whilst diners appear to be priority, drinkers are not completely ignored and with 8 real ales on offer, there must be a good turnover.

On 8^th January 2023 - rating: 7
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Wharf

Visited on Saturday and The Wharf was absolutely heaving - on getting to the bar discovered 10 hand pulls (split across two banks of five) but unfortunately only two ales were available and these were duplicated across both banks. One of these was Weetwood Cheshire Cat, the other Peerless Red Rocks. Service seemed a bit on the slow side considering there were plenty of staff for the number of customers. We managed to find a table and the Red Rocks proved to be a decent drop. There were several craft keg options available, though not as many as I remember from my previous visit. Combined with the reduced cask ale selection, I felt this was not as good as on previous visits. I'd happily give it another go, but not in any mad rush.

On 25^th May 2022 - rating: 7
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