The Cellar Club

Sitting below St. Anselm Hall is The Cellar Club, a wonderful den of iniquity and moral turpitude. Its greatest claim to fame is the fact that is most likely the cheapest bar in Manchester. For a few examples, pints cost around £1.10, shots 80p and a double vodka and coke £1.50. This is possible because the bar staff work as volunteers, sharing the three shifts a week out amongst six of them, thereby allowing the bar to charge a fraction over wholesale price.
Every Tuesday there is the Pub Quiz, which costs 50p to enter, is a fun way to pass the evening, and has an array of prizes on offer, all pulled from the bar. Social events throughout the year are run down here as well, which can often see the place absolutely rammed.
The seating is mainly church benches, with the odd stool here and there, which only adds to the eclectic atmosphere. The underground nature of it also adds to the intrigue. Since it is so hard to find, the main visitors are residents of St. Anselm Hall, Canterbury Court, St. Gabriel’s down the road, and occasionally Ashburne Hall, as ‘sister’ hall to St. Anselm.
However, if you are a student and are feeling brave, then you just need to find the Dickenson Road/​Anson Road junction, head up past Venus Foods away from Fallowfield, and look for the gap in the iron fence on your left. Heading through there, St. Anselm Hall is on your left, with The Cellar Club down the little ramp.