The Alchemist in Manchester

It’s a great venue, with a great vibe and energy, huge restaurant, although quite a small bar.The location to the rest of the spinning fields makes This a perfect location.An interesting observation though and why I only give it four stars, is that when I’m inside I noticed how many nicely dressed people are turned away.But how many guy groups are given access simply because they are pals with the bouncers. (Fist bumps/bro bugs etc.). Or girls as they give the bouncers hugs lol.This brand is too big for the local village door mentality.

The food was good but I was disappointed by the coktail. I liked the taste but for the price it was really really small. The staff was nice and friendly. I spend a nice evening there.

One of the best looking bars you'll see. Love the old style there. Great atmosphere and entertaining drink making.

Absolutely love The Alchemist! We have a great time every time we go. The food and the drinks are to die for. The food is fresh & tasty and the drinks are unique and really really good. The staff is very friendly and professional, they always make sure we're satisfied with the food and go above and beyond to makes us feel comfortable. A big shoutout to Daniella and her team, their professionalism is gold!! Highly recommended!!

We had a booking for eight people on a Friday evening to celebrate a birthday and a small wedding. Got there, settled in and were generally well looked after - at the bar with the cocktail waiter and with our waiters/waitress once seated.Sadly everything after that point kind of went down hill a little. Firstly, a waiter - completely accidentally - knocked over a full drink over one of our guests, very apologetic and the drink was replaced very quickly. Food orders were taken and the starters came out and were beautiful, everyone enjoyed them. From here on in however, the wait for our mains seemed to go on forever. I appreciate it was a Friday and they were busy but you shouldn't be waiting quite this long for food. Once we'd gone back to the bar to query where our food was, one of the waitresses came over to apologise about the wait and said it would be with us in ten minutes. Almost twenty minutes later, it turned up, half the meals were lovely and looked fresh, the other half of the meals were dry, chewy and generally quite poor. Sadly we'd been waiting so long for our food at this point that we just wolfed it down rather than send it back and wait again. It almost felt as though half of our order had been made, left under a heat lamp and then forgotten about and the other half had been forgotten about completely until we enquired as to where it was and it finally got made. We were bought a round of drinks by way of an apology but - and no fault of the venue here - sadly only one of our party liked the aniseed cocktail we were bought. So, happy days for her at least.Really wanted to enjoy the evening - and we did - but came away from here a little disappointed.

Fantastic place!!!! The drinks are very unique and delicious. Also fairly priced. Definitely a good time

We went in for a weekend brunch. The host was very nice and allowed us to eat in even though we had not booked a table in advance . The food was lovely. Prices are good too. All was good apart from the hot chocolate as it was a little bit cold. It is a good place overall, we highly recommend it.

a variety of fun and creative cocktails, super tasty food, the service is very professional and super friendly, the atmosphere is very comfortable, I can say that it is one of the best places in Manchester to meet and enjoy with friends. 5 stars and more

Such a fantastic place. The staff are always friendly and professional. The service and theatre of the drinks is always impeccable.There is always too much choice on the drinks menu but gives you a good excuse to keep coming back again and again.The food here is delicious with a good menu selection.

Some really unusual and cool cocktails we had a light bulb moment which was smoke coming off it at first in a light bulb shapes glass. The food was really good too! Would recommend!