Via Manchester Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "This place does it all - friendly pub doing food by day and night club at night."
• "Good range of entertainment, and I can bring my dog during the day! Winner."
• "Such a great pub on canal St. I love all the small areas and it has a great vibe. In an evening there are often did or drag queens on and well worth a visit!"
• "An Alice-in-Wonderlandesque combination of furnishings, multiple levels, and various corners and crevices make for a great atmosphere."
• "The show at night though was fun and lively with a diverse crowd including gay and straight people of all ages."
• "One of my favourite venues on Canal Street."
• "Gorgeous, gorgeous bar. All dark wood and private little alcoves at the back, open areas towards the front."

Cons:

• "I was holding a menu trying to catch their eyes but was completely ignored for about 5 minutes."
• "One of the waiter passed by several times without cleaning the table, but took a not empty glass away."
• "The drag queens focus on mocking its patrons and embarrassing them."
• "Sitting us downstairs by ourselves while everyone else is upstairs is weirdest F’ing thing we’ve literally ever experienced."
• "The microphone is not really good: from the back I couldn't understand what was going on."
• "Nothing like the old Via fossa, bouncers look at you before you get in like you should not be there, question you,then all night make their presence known."
• "Had a bad experience with the staff at 9.30 pm. They sat us.down at a table and then denied sitting us there."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "Sunday Roast, turkey with cranberry, stuffing and seasonal veg... Great portion for £12.50."
• "The food is to die for."
• "They also have a vegan and gluten free menu. Burgers are very good."
• "They served me nice food and drinks. The fish was gentle, chips were crispy, the pint was tasty."
• "Food is excellent and cooked to perfection and it fills you up, especially the Sunday roast."
• "Food was really good. Needed a meal before travelling and it was good pub food."
• "The pizza cone was very exciting and also tasty."

Cons:

• "Visited last night and I was charged £9:60 for two drinks... Appalled to be in my opinion overcharged and charged for a dash of coke that I did not ask for."
• "The toasted bread was like cardboard & I asked for eggs 'over hard' & had to send it back twice to explain I hate a runny yolk."
• "Poorly stocked kitchen. The chicken, bacon and avocado club sandwich came with no avocado and half a portion of chips."
• "They were run out almost everything, draught ale, beer and ciders."
• "The seasoned chips had way too much season on, and they were extremely salty as a consequence."
• "The burger I had was only ordinary and included one fatty gooey deep fried onion ring, a hint of lettuce, a hint of bacon and 3 meat patties swimming in sauce."
• "Sorry guys but Sunday lunch was disappointing beef wasn’t roast beef but looked and tasted like the sliced beef from Aldi pack and the Yorkshire pudding was flat."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "AJ, the bartender, went above and beyond to make us some drinks that are common in the states but not in England."
• "The staff are friendly, the venue is beautiful and the food and beverage selection is lovely!"
• "Drag act was fantastic, very lively and friendly atmosphere so you can relax unlike other bars in the area."
• "Staff very friendly and good service."
• "Great staff great venue! Foods good too and the house white is lovely."
• "Bar staff are pretty quick and friendly."
• "Food is lovely here and the staff are very friendly and all seem to enjoy what they do."

Cons:

• "Been going in when i visit the village regularly, however now seems a very bizarre policy communicated by the doorman of a Stonegate policy of groups of 5 or more not allowed in."
• "The bouncers were very rude to us. Claimed our friend was too drunk, even though he is t-total (muslim), so clearly wasn't drunk at all."
• "If you are anything other than white Caucasian then don't even bother trying to get in!!"
• "The lady discriminated because I’m Mexican everyone so drunk."
• "This bar refused to let me in because I had an Irish form of ID (an Irish age card) that apparently wasn't a valid form of ID."
• "The bar supervisor on shift accused me of lying and said I was inventing stories."
• "Rude and ignorant bar staff who'd rather chat to their mates than serve you and happily leave you stood there for 5 min while they finish their chat."