Blue Parrot Bar and Grille

Was pleasantly surprised by this place. It was quite busy and had nice vibrant atmosphere with nice background music. The staff at this place provides excellent customer service explaining that there is 50% off food and 2−4−1 on selected cocktails.

Warm welcome, nice atmosphere, classic American rock/80’s/chart/easy listening music. Invited to take a seat of order at bar– excellent customer service explaining menu 50% off food and 241 on selected cocktails. A place I’ve usually walked past, glad I stopped– drinks are good quality (Long Island ice tea, also had Jammy Rancher, and Black Jack-​brings back fun memories) food, ordered Rib eye as recommended medium/​well– mines peppercorn, partner mustard. Sauces are great, steaks perfectly done, home made chunky chips really tasty with crisp edges and fluffy inside, huge grilled tomato giving a real nice flavour occupied with grilled flat mushroom. The steak wins it with the charcoal taste, fresh. Think the décor might be lost in translation which is why I’ve taken a star off– but food, drinks, and the excellent service– don’t walk past!

Was pleasantly surprised by this place. Was expecting cheap food and loads of drunks. But it wasn’t too busy and had a nice atmosphere with nice background music.
We all had burger and chips and a bottle of wine between three of us. The quality of both was much better than expected and we weren’t rushed in any way. even though it was at peak time.
They do a burger and beer offer for £5.95 … will try that next time to see what the quality is like!

I work above the Parrot and to be honest after working till 10pm it’s nice to find a bar in the city centre that is cheap, reasonably quiet and not full of drunks.
Staff are quite friendly, the food I’ve had isn’t up to the standards that most expect these days but it’s passable.
This is a boozer that’s trying to be something it isn’t and failing at it.
If you want a cheap, quiet pint where you can hear yourself think or talk to friends then I would recommend here.

Should have Unilocaled before I entered. Service was fine, but food was what you’d expect on an airline. Made the unexpected delay of the second glass of wine all the more painful. I wouldn’t come here again.

A long day trip to Manchester with friends and we were in desperate need of a cocktail or two!
This place was right near the coach station which we though was perfect and so in we went for drinks. The bar looked very modern but had a nice relaxed atmosphere. I did find it very weird that in order to get into the bar area you have to walk past everyone dining in the restaurant!
We all ordered cocktails from what can only be described as the slackest bunch of bar staff in the world. The most unenthusiastic looks spread across their miserable faces. My friend’s cocktails arrived and the bar tender leisurely began making mine. Being a lover of fizz I had opted for a kir royale.
Now I have worked in the bar industry for several years in my life and never have I ever witnessed what happened next…
This member of staff plodded around the bar making the cocktail and grabbed a bottle of champagne from the fridge to finish. The glass didn’t even reach halfway and the bottle of champagne was empty so the staff member looked around the fridges presumably for more champagne, with no prevail. With no champagne left she instead decided to fill the glass with lemonade from the hose on the bar. My Lemonade hint of champagne cocktail was ready and she dared to charge me £8.95 for it!
When I questioned her on it she acted as if that was how it was supposed to be made and wandered off. I spoke to her manager who tested the cocktail that tasted like fizzy blackcurrant juice and his face spoke volumes. He told me to take a seat and brought me a fresh drink made with champagne this time not lemonade.
It was actually laughable watching the member of staff as for some very bizarre reason she thought what she was doing was acceptable. In addition my friends cocktails were terrible. The black jack was so strong it was undrinkable and tasted more like cough medicine than a cocktail.
Don’t let the look of this place fool you.

If you like it when a bartender expects you to be poor, and suggests you buy another drink because a bottle of prosecco is 25 pounds, in front of someone you would like to impress… well you know it’s going to be a bad day.
The crowd in here are pretty much plucked from the cast of ‘Made in Chelsea’ and I wouldn’t go back in here even if you paid me. The music is too loud, the seating arrangements are awful and less said about the staff the better.
No fellow Unilocalers, this is not a place to go in Manchester!

overpriced and a little pretentious. I dined here as I had a deal through Groupon. a handy location and well decorated but I would not have paid the prices on the menu.

For all it looks like an exciting, stylish cocktail bar, the Blue Parrot is pretty much the epitome of dull, with a handful of Portland-​street-​characters thrown in. I’m not gonna lie, Unilocalers, since Blue Parrot moved in to Che Bar’s empty shoes, I’ve felt zero desire to go there. But the other day, the boyf and I ventured in, so you don’t have to.
As I mentioned before, this place is really dull. They’ve tried to make it exciting by styling it up in a 1920s kind of way and tring their hardest to make it classy by offering cocktails, but at it’s heart it is simply another tacky Portland Street destination.
Not wanting to be unfair, the boyf and I shared a basket of chicken wings with chips and a glass of house red, for £5.95/person. It was distincly average. The chicken wings were pretty scant, skinny little things and the ‘hand cut chunky chips’ were clearly frozen chips. The wine was nothing to write home about, and I’d not choose it again.
On top of the mediocrity, you’ve got crappy pop music playing too loud (we popped in at around half three, after shopping, and could barely hear each other speak… not good for early afternoon) and the aforementioned denizens of Portland Street. That is, during the day you’lll find yourself being eyed by angry drunk men and after dark, if my quick scurries-​past are anything to go by, it’s a popular hen night venue.
So, unless you like crappy wine, Rhianna at top-​volume and horrendous fellow customers, steer clear.