The Printworks

This state-of-the-art entertainment complex is housed in what was formerly the largest printing facility in Europe. Located in Manchester’s Millennium Quarter, the Printworks is a huge Gotham City-type structure that is home to a number of bars, restaurants, clubs and a multiplex cinema with IMAX.

Bars & Pubs

Name	Type	Notes
Lloyds No 1	Bar	JD Wetherspoon’s bar. DJ every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. All-day food menu.
Norwegian Blue	Bar	Busy bar with 2 floors. Long queues for drinks are common. Monday evening is Student Night.
Waxy O'Connor's	Pub	Unique venue with 3 bars and numerous nooks and crannies. Spread over 4 floors and linked together by a network of stairways, passages and a 250 year-old beech tree!

Restaurants

Name	Cuisine	Notes
Hard Rock Café	American	The UK’s largest HRC. Great atmosphere and generous portions. Rock memorabilia lines the walls, including items from the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Simply Red, and Jimi Hendrix.
Henry J Beans	American	Extensive range of spirits and cocktails served by professional bartenders. Great burgers and hotdogs cooked on an open grill.
Nando's	Portuguese	Specialises in spicy, flame-grilled peri-peri chicken. Branches also at the Arndale Centre, Trafford Centre and Oxford Road.
Old Orleans	American	Offers a menu inspired by the Deep South.
Wagamama	Asian	Pan-Asian food served canteen-style. No reservations. Customers seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Also at Spinningfield.
Yum Yum Buffet	Chinese	Set price buffets and bottomless pots of china tea. More expensive at the weekends and in the evening.

Other

Name	Notes
Odeon (formely Filmworks)	23-screen multiplex cinema.
Opus	5 bars and 2 restaurants spread over 4 floors.
Paparazzi	Nightclub famous for Airport, its Thursday student night.
Tiger Tiger	Large 4-floor venue with restaurant, 7 bars and 2 dance floors. Live music on Friday nights.
Virgin Active	Health club with several gyms, swimming pool, aerobics studios and spa.

Reviews / Comments / Additional Information

Stuart Smith

Dear Sir, a month ago I attended a performance of Mozart's opera Cosi Fan Tutti at your cinema. It was brilliant. Leaflets were handed out as the audience arrived. The cinema was silent, as was appropriate for an operatic event. It was also clean. So last night I came to see Tristan and Isolde. There was no attendant. When I found someone I was told that there were no leaflets. I sat down in a cinema where there was litter on the floor and popcorn on the seats and ghastly pop music was playing. However before the film the leaflets appeared. The film was brilliant the performance of the cinema was not.

Trevor D

Everything you need for a night out in Manchester (and no rain).

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