Airport Pub, Manchester Airport Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Manchester

Address: Ringway Rd, Manchester, M22 5WH, United Kingdom

Phone: +441614988536

Rating: 4.2
based on 682 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was really good."
  • "Super good food, really good menu."
  • "Food and drink reasonable prices and food was very good, tasty and piping hot."
  • "The food was of good quality."
  • "Food was lovely."
  • "The food was fresh, well-prepared, and full of flavor."
  • "Food is excellent and always piping hot. Unless you have salad, of course, which is way above average."

Cons:

  • "The 'nachos', were completely cold, with the most artificial stone cold liquid cheese you've ever seen coating everything."
  • "The food outside is expensive and not that great."
  • "Food unfortunately was nothing special and was overpriced for the portions we got."
  • "The food was bland and shockingly bad! Presentation was beautiful tho."
  • "Food was a bit of a let down, too oily, bit expensive."
  • "The let down was the food, sadly. Husband and I ordered the cheese steak subs and as great as they looked, they just had no flavour."
  • "This is the food serving outside in the garden. The worst 'Lidl' fish fingers I wouldn’t even eat it at home."

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Friendly staff. Good food. Great views of the aeroplanes."
  • "All staff extremely polite friendly."
  • "The staff were so friendly and breakfast was good too."
  • "Service was great, warm and welcoming atmosphere."
  • "Friendly, efficient staff."
  • "Staff absolutely can't do anything more for you if they tried."
  • "The staff were very friendly and attentive."

Cons:

  • "The carpark system doesn’t work and I keep receiving charge notices even after I paid my parking."
  • "Service is always pretty slow and uninterested."
  • "The staff all seemed to be wanting to be somewhere, anywhere, else."
  • "The manager is a very rude and arrogant person."
  • "Staff were friendly enough, if not a little abrupt."
  • "Absolute Rip off... all the staff must be trained to be rude and ignorant."
  • "Whilst the staff indoors was very polite and friendly, the staff at the time in the outside bar had about much personality as a dying sloth."

Location and Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Great pub near to airport. Covid-19 safety measures in place."
  • "Great pub with fantastic location at the end of Manchester Airport runway so you can sit and watch the planes whilst enjoying a cold drink."
  • "The pub's atmosphere was inviting, with comfortable seating and a nice mix of fellow travelers and locals."
  • "The inside was quirky and really cool, but the beer garden was great, with a playground for kids who were bored!"
  • "Great place, great atmosphere, children can watch the planes coming in."
  • "The huge garden sits at the end of the runway and depending on the approach being used that day, has planes flying directly overhead which is a great experience."
  • "Absolutely brilliant if you love planes and the theming in the pub is tastefully done and not too tacky."

Cons:

  • "Would have liked at least main gluten-free vegetarian meal."
  • "Only downside, not enough vegan options."
  • "Only downside is that it is a bit pricey (we spent £60)."
  • "The disappointment continued with mediocre service."
  • "Absolutely disgusting that the Airport Pub should allowed this parking racket outside their pub to continue for years."
  • "Don't think we will be going back in a hurry."
  • "Unfortunately, we won't return."

Parking

Pros:

  • "Parking was £1.80 for an hour, imagine it gets tight if lots are there."
  • "You do have to pay for parking, but that's a reasonable expense, given the place would be rammed with holidaymakers cars if they didn't."
  • "Pay & display parking at the pub, but it's still much cheaper than waiting at the terminals."
  • "Parking was busy but got a place straight away. You can pay by phone using the RingGo app."
  • "£3.50 for 2 hrs parking, a bargain around the airport."
  • "Parking outside is not free but also not expensive."
  • "It is easy to access the pub via the main airport ring road."

Cons:

  • "The carpark system doesn’t work and I keep receiving charge notices even after I paid my parking."
  • "Parking is very small for the size of the pub so not very convenient if you go there and it's full as nowhere else to park."
  • "You have to pay for parking but be vigilant, if you go over even by a couple of minutes (which does happen because you can end up waiting a while for a table) you get slammed with a hefty fine."
  • "Ended up with a FPN after having no idea that there's a parking charge there."
  • "Never seen a pub charging for parking, so we parked without even thinking of paying."
  • "Worst thing by far was the £3.50 I had to pay on the pub car park for 2h even though I was a seated patron."
  • "Warning - this place doesn't mind screwing over its patrons with a parking charge notice."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "The portions are sizeable and represent good value for money."
  • "Came to £16 for two of us with two drinks, so not too bad."
  • "Food is good value for money I was shocked by the amount of food I got for £17 and I wasn't able to finish it all."
  • "The food was ok and good value for money."
  • "Very reasonable prices too which was a pleasant surprise as due to its location they could charge what they want and people would still come."
  • "Food was to die for!"
  • "The food was tasty."

Cons:

  • "Only downside is that it is a bit pricey (we spent £60)."
  • "The food outside is expensive and not that great."
  • "Food unfortunately was nothing special and was overpriced for the portions we got."
  • "Would I pay £27 again for 2 burgers and chips and 1 Diet Coke again in the future, nope you can get it a lot better elsewhere."
  • "Dirty fries cost almost £9 and the portion was tiny."
  • "Drinks were expensive..2 J20 for £6.60, plus £1.70 for an hours parking."
  • "However Cost of Soft Drinks Needs to Be Revised a can of monster energy is not worth £4.50 | when can be brought £1.50 the markup is insane would rather tip the waiter the difference instead of the High Markup on Soft Drinks."

Facilities

Pros:

  • "Great facilities for the kids to especially in the holidays."
  • "Nice food, excellent service & facilities."
  • "Outside drinks is fantastic and a lot of space for kids and a big play area."
  • "Good play area for children."
  • "Large play area for kids and outdoor bar/quick service for eg..nachos/burgers."
  • "Lots of outdoor seating, some under cover, and a play area with wooden aircraft frame."
  • "Great view to watch planes land and take off also great outside area with bouncy castles and climbing frame for kids."

Cons:

  • "The sunny conservatory tables were all reserved, so I felt unable to sit there."
  • "Beer garden had a lot of litter."
  • "Screaming kids left right and center. More of a play park than a beer garden with a bouncy castle etc."
  • "The play area outside was also good, although in need of repair."
  • "Only little negative is the toy shop, it's a bit annoying it is set up right by the park area when there is space on the tarmac area."
  • "Not dog friendly and it'd be nice if there was a sign in the car park that said that."
  • "Unfortunately the staff outdoor at the hangar were inappropriate."

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