The Font

I’m calling Briony C out on this one (who I love and she’s awesome but on this one, she’s wrong.) It’s a good bar.
It does have a student vibe to it. But this means it’s full of energy, funky artwork on the walls, lots of seating and, damn, the drinks are so cheap! So! Damn! Cheap! We did eight drinks for £25. That’s insane.
Now, we did mulled cider and it wasn’t great. Kind of weird tasting and not my favourite. But they have lots of options and all of them cheap. I’d come back here for a nightcap any night.

I’ve got to say, I did not love this bar. We popped in for a quick pre-​dinner drink and I was immediately hit with STUDENT BAR VIBE. It’s very casual and the furniture is all super basic which normally I don’t mind but this place just seemed to be a bit of a mess.
The drinks menu isn’t much better — lots and lots of super cheap cocktails. I went for a mulled cider which was a huge life mistake, it tasted nasty and was unpleasant to drink. So nope, this bar was just not for me at all.

Great value fir money. Cant say much else. Cocktails start from £2-£5. All cocktails are made fresh. Food was excellent i ordered a cajun chicken wrap with curly fries which reminded me if my childhood. Great place for weekday drinks or first port of call on a night out

How? Why? What? So many questions about the price of this place. Cheap and cheerful is probably the best way to describe it.
The cocktails indeed start at £2, however if you’re expecting more than a measure of spirit you may want to look away now. I had a nice English Collins, the White Russian was also good, but it’s all very straightforward. There’s also a good beer selection on draft and in bottle/​can (my friend was surprised to see a Swedish beer only usualy found in the Alcohol Monopoly stores, but there’s also a lot of the UK and international breweries, new and old). Hackney’s Howling Hops had a big tap presence as part of a takeover, but with about a dozen kegs and ⁴⁄₅ casks there’s a big selection at all price ranges. Albeit not quite as cheap as the aforementioned cocktails.
The feel of the place is very much student union-​y upstairs (and the age range of other patrons made it feel very very much like that), with downstairs having a slightly different vibe due to it’s retro furniture/​decorations. I imagine it’s a good night-​out venue, rather than as a pub (see: drinks prices, music level, DJ in the corner). They’d stopped serving food, but the brownie I had was nice, if a bit lacking in gooeyness.
You can find much better cocktails elsewhere (including Gorilla, just around the corner).

I am not really a fan as you can tell by my rating, I won’t even be back again, this was my third visit here, and there were some simple things that would of made it slightly easier, one of which would be just to have an extra pair of hands behind the bar. They don’t season their chips at all, and you can get better food and beer pretty much anywhere else in the city. I am sure the staff did not mean to be rude, but I suspect it was because there just were not enough of them, so I am a little more forgiving than normal (extra star).

On a cold, wet winter’s evening where do you go for cheap food and drink before going to the Cornerhouse? The Font while all the students have gone home to mum and dads for Christmas. I used to come here a lot as a student and finding my friends dragging me back here as an adult.
This place now looks quirky and it always seems busy despite being on two floors. Not do much a student place as there are people of all ages. Be aware of any drunks who get carried away with the £2 cocktails on offer. The food is plentiful too for the price. We got a mixture of burgers, mac and cheese, vegetarian — something for everyone.
Cheap and cheerful. What’s not to like about this place.

Been here only a couple times. Its has a very student-​y feel. This is no doubt because of the cheap cocktails. I had heard the cocktails were cheap, but not £2 cheap!
It has a selection of about 10 cocktails for £2. They have many others just a little bit more than that. In fact the most expensive cocktail I think is £5 or £6. And although the cocktails are not the best in the world, they are not too bad for such as cheap price — although maybe taste a little watered down.
The place is pretty big so you have a decent chance of grabbing a table to sit down.
When I came here on a Monday, the bar was quite busy when we arrived but quietened down quickly. Most of the staff had to refer to «cheat sheets» to make the cocktails but that was OK — they were doing their best to sort the drinks out as quick as they could.

Wow — what a blast from the past. I was a regular in Font in my University days and now I remember why! £2 for a cocktail… Okie dokie.
For a Tuesday night after a Unilocal event at Pancho’s I found myself ordering a few cocktails and beers in here. It is just as I remembered, split out over 2 levels it has plenty of seating, a varied cocktail menu (From £2 — £6! Cheap as chips!) and it still has that ‘studenty’ vibe which was nice for a while, although I did start to feel a little old towards the end of the night when the place was filled with under 20’s.
It’s a friendly and fun bar, and from what I’m told does really nice food too.
I probably won’t pop into Font much, those days for me have been and gone — I do fancy trying the food but it’ll be over the holidays when the students have all gone home and it’s quiet ;)

After our big night out at Phetpalin recently, we were looking for a decent breakfast, close to the flat, and parent friendly; it could only be Font.
And it turns out Font has upped it’s non-​drinking stakes and, on Saturdays and Sundays, they now host a ‘breakfast club’. Creating the perfect atmosphere for a relaxed breakfast — hangover or no — tables are topped with red & white checked cloths, the papers are lined up ready to go, and Friends is screened on the large wall space near the stairs.
The breakfast menu is served alongside their main offerings, so don’t be put off if you want to go for a bigger meal, such as wraps or burgers. However, we all decided to go for the big breakfast — sausages, bacon, tomato, mushroom, beans, hash browns, egg, fried bread and toast. As I dislike eggs, I asked to switch them with hash browns, which they were more than happy to do, resulting in me chomping my happy way through three crispy delicious hash browns.
Everyone was happy with their meal, discussing the antics of the evening before over coffee and many many diet cokes; as with most fried breakfasts, you’ll fulfill your daily salt intake at the end of the meal.

I need to start off saying that I think I’ll be a regular of the Font. Cocktails literally start at £2 and cap off at £5, making this a hot spot for potential evenings out after uni (although I didn’t notice the cocktail menu until after I ordered). Additionally, my first love is typography and with a name like «the Font,» of course my interest is instantly piqued in giving this spot a go.
Somehow, I managed to walk in right as the staff was undergoing training on mastering the beer tap. Perhaps they were even bringing in a new selection of craft brews? Either way, one of the staff quickly hopped up and met me at the bar to take my order. She was extremely knowledgeable on current selection and even offered me a sample of a suggested beer. Delicious. I then chose to pair my beverage with a tasty wrap for a total under £10.
The wrap was decent and has me curious to further explore the menu on a later visit. (But seriously, that cocktail menu has caught my eye!) The overall atmosphere of the pub definitely falls into category: hipster with its vintage sofas and lampshades set against unique table settings and wall art. All-​in-​all, the Font is one pub you should definitely add to your rotation if you live in Manchester or are just passing through.