The Waterhouse - JD Wetherspoon Restaurant in Manchester

Reviews

1. Isabel Jane Cummings ★★★★☆

   The usual reasonably priced menu, found in all Wetherspoons. Service efficient, as always. A unique layout of individual rooms. Not huge rooms so noise level can depend on quantity of people. We were fortunate to find a quieter room, with a corner seat... that's until a rowdy group sat around a table, next to us. Noise was verging on unbearable. Thankfully they didn't stay too long. All told a nice place to eat and have a drink

   almost 9 months ago
2. M C (The Old School Caretaker) ★★★★★

   Very well priced for the centre on Manchester. I highly recommend this place - especially if you are on a budget. It is set in an old building and has a vast amount of seating spread across several areas. There were some amazing deals on food, which were cheap and tasty.

   almost 9 months ago
3. Leon Barnfield ★★★★★

   Great experience we had in here. The food came really quickly and was served correctly and nice and hot. The drinks also arrived very quickly and were very good value

   almost 10 months ago

1. Gary Ellis ★★★★★

   Great selection of real ales at excellent prices. ( Most important!) App ordering works really well here. Delivery to the table was quick and everything was correct with polite and courteous service from the barman. Previously we ate here and again the food was very well priced, served quickly from the app and served efficiently and by friendly courteous staff. Visited numerous times now when we have visited Manchester and it's always been great. Never too busy and we have always managed to get a table. We will be visiting again.

   almost 10 months ago
2. randall tang ★★★☆☆

   decent portion size, papadum was large n crispy however, the chicken wasn’t tasty.

   1 year ago
3. AKP ★★★☆☆

   Wonderful! Loved the atmosphere and food. One thing I found hilarious is the portion of the fried veggies I ordered. Even though they spread the flat in the cup, I could still see the bottom. I could finish them all in one bite and that wouldn't even be mouthful. For around 3 pounds, it was a great laugh amongst ourselves so it may be worth it.

   almost 3 years ago

1. Mike773 U ★★★★☆

   Always an awesome choice of craft ales and ciders, bottles and cans. Not the greatest food, but it's cheap and cheerful. Large, really well set out pub in the heart of Manchester City Centre. Bar should be bigger. Toilets very clean. Great little side rooms to get lost in. Don't pick one beer, pick several! Service usually quick and friendly. This pub stands in the shadow of Manchester Town Hall. The rapid expansion of the city and the ambitions of its civic leaders led to the creation of a municipal palace of unrivalled splendour. Completed in 1877, this civic palace was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, also responsible for several other buildings in the city. Its internal mosaic design incorporates a pattern of bees, symbolic of Manchester’s industry, which is also found on the city’s coat of arms. The text reads: This Wetherspoon pub takes its name from the leading 19th century architect Alfred Waterhouse, who designed the grandiose Town Hall building opposite here. Waterhouse had already designed Manchester Assizes and Strangeways Gaol before winning the design contest for a new town hall, in 1868. The triangular building, with nearly 1,000 rooms, is recognised as his masterpiece. It was eight years in the making and was described as “a municipal place” by the city’s Radical MP John Bright, whose statue is one of the many sculptures it now contains. Design motifs on the mosaic floors include cotton flowers, the basis of the city’s prosperity, and bees. The bees, which also appear on the city’s coat of arms, symbolise Manchester’s industrious workers. The 280 feet high clock tower houses 23 bells. The eight-ton hour bell is nicknamed ‘Big Abel’ after Alderman Abel Hayward, who opened the building. It is inscribed with the line: “Ring out the false, ring in the true”, from Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam. Waterhouse also designed London’s Natural History Museum, as well as Manchester’s Owens College. His use of terracotta and brick in educational buildings is said to be the origin of the term ‘red-brick’, a term for universities which were originally municipal colleges. Front Room: The text reads: Stepping Back into History Architectural history beneath your feet. The staircase exposed during the renovation of this building dates from the Georgian period. It takes us back over two hundred years, providing a vivid link with the past, and indicating the original cellular layout of the Georgian structure. It is believed that this pub used to be an orphanage and it’s confirmed that it was a solicitor’s. These premises were made up of three town houses. There are features in the pub today which show clearly its original layout and design.

   almost 3 years ago
2. Ian ★☆☆☆☆

   Shoddy service, staff with attitude, basic menu items out of stock, tatty & sticky furniture, dirty floors and tacky carpets. A few weeks ago we came into take advantage of the weekend brunch offer. The bar staff were unable to tell us what the prices were without the drinks. We finally ordered two different eggs benedict dishes and sat down at our table. After 10 minutes were were informed the kitchen had run out of eggs - a basic ingredient - even though there is a Tesco Express next door that could be used for emergencies. We were told we could order any other breakfast - even though there were no eggs. Unbelievable. The supervisor serving us had a major attitude problem and spoke to us as if it was our fault there was an issue with having no eggs in the kitchen. We asked for a refund and to add insult to injury we were given our money back in little piles of the smallest change the supervisor could find!! The staff at The Waterhouse are certainly doing their best to give Wetherspoons in Manchester a bad name and this experience put us off going to any others in The Group during our week long stay in the city.

   almost 3 years ago
3. Dawny Watson ★☆☆☆☆

   Cane here for brunch as we had missed the cut off for breakfast. I went to bar at 1130 was told there was a wait of about half hour for food. No issue at all they were busy, I ordered ham and eggs minus the chips, my friend ordered all day brunch. It came but mine had no eggs but chips and so I asked for the eggs to be put on and chips removed. It came back three mins later with 2 eggs but they had clearly been cooked a while and the yolks were cooked through, the hame was wafer thin and two slices. It was extremely disappointing.

   almost 3 years ago

1. Olubukola Ayodele ★★★★☆

   My friend and I were in Manchester for the weekend and we wanted a place for a late breakfast. Found this little place. Decor is like the typical pub/bar. You had to use the app or walk to the bar to order but there was no one to let us know this (it took us a while to figure it out). Food came in about 10 minutes after ordering. Unfortunately, my poached eggs were fully cooked, which was disappointing. Overall, it's a good place to sit down and grab some food while you are in Manchester city centre.

   almost 4 years ago

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