The Gas Lamp

Manchester, United Kingdom

4.2

Open now

20 reviews

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Telephone:
+44 161 478 1224
Address:
50 Bridge Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 3BW
Spinningfields, City Centre
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
40 ftBridge Street/Deansgate (Stop WF)
330 ftDeansgate/Bridge Street (Stop WG)
330 ftDeansgate/King Street West
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Takes Reservations
No
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Parking
Garage
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Good for Groups
Yes
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Good For Dancing
No
Alcohol
Full Bar
Happy Hour
Yes
Best Nights
Fri, Sat
Coat Check
No
Smoking
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Has TV
No
Has Pool Table
No

Today

Today 12:00 pm – 12:00 am
Open now
Local time (Manchester) 20:03 Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Business hours

Monday 4:00 pm – 12:00 am
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 12:00 am
Wednesday 12:00 pm – 12:00 am
Thursday 12:00 pm – 1:00 am
Friday 12:00 pm – 2:00 am
Saturday 12:00 pm – 2:00 am
Sunday 12:00 pm – 12:00 am

Description

Specialties

We specialize in craft beers and world beers with a range that includes English ales (bottled and draught), German, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, and American beers. We try as best we can to source our cask ales from microbreweries in the North and our selection varies from week to week. If there’s a particular ale you’d like to see, we’d be happy to do our best to get it in.

We have an extensive spirits selection including gin, vodka, scotch, bourbon, tequila and rum. We have a delicious cocktail menu inspired by Victorian sweetshop flavours and American classics. Our signature cocktail is the Earl Grey and Pear Martini — Tanqueray infused with earl grey tea mixed with pear liqueur and lemon bitters.

We also have a great range of wines and a selection of home-​made bar snacks including popcorn, pickled eggs and pork scratchings.

History

Established in 2010.

The business was started by Ryan Thompson, former owner of the Art of Tea, and Nick Greenhalgh, former manager of the Bay Horse.

The bar is located in the former kitchens of the Wood Street Mission — a Victorian institution which began helping street children in 1869, giving them food, clothing and presents at Christmas. The Wood Street Mission was kind enough to donate some information and photographs which are exhibited in the bar.

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20 reviews of The Gas Lamp

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Place rating: 5
Bolton, Manchester, United Kingdom
Oh how I love this bar, neatly nestled in between 2 shops and down a staircase. Ok it smells a little funky because it was an old Victoria toilet or something similar. But they have lots of different beers and ales to try out at a very reasonable price. You can always try before you buy too! Always a bonus! There’s wifi too! Bar staff are friendly and will help you select your beer if you need a nudge! It gets quite busy but it has a great atmosphere!
Place rating: 5
Manchester, United Kingdom
A fantastic underground bar! The gas lamp is easily miss from the outside with the entrance leading down stairs into a white tiled cellar. It’s reasonably size with a 2nd room round the back, and given that it was Friday night not too packed.
The bar boast a terrific selection, with beers ranging from cheap honest ales to high end IPAs.
The gas lamp was a great discovery for me and I will be going back: D
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
Great historic location for a bar just off Deansgate.
Don’t know how I’ve never happened to head to The Gas Lamp as it is just my kind of place. Serving up a good selection on cask, draught and a hefty bottle selection. It’s in the basement kitchen for an old orphanage I believe and it has a great feel with the floor to ceiling white tiles. The rear room even has the original cooker still it’s original location. The front room has no windows so does feel like a secret vault, but the back room has windows on one side which filter more light down from outside in what looks like a small beer garden space at ground level that can be opened during the Summer. Thought I’m not 100% sure about this as it looked locked at the time I was there.
Will definitely return here now it’s taken up residence in my brain as an actual location rather than a fuzzy half real suggestion in my peripheral thoughts, also with a couple of other decent places opening nearby this stretch towards Salford is becoming more a location in it’s own right.
Place rating: 5
Manchester, United Kingdom
Would it be unfair of me to give Gas Lamp anything but a five star review on this update? Having spent numerous tipsy Friday nights and relaxing Sunday evenings here, it provides everything we’re looking for when out drinking.
The interior remains as interesting as the first time we visited, plus it’s always fun to share the stories with new visitors. We bring basically everyone here — it’s officially parent approved by both H & B families, and me and my colleagues find much solace here after a hard week at work!
I’ve never gone too adventurous on the drink front and usually stick to a pint of Aspall, but can always recognise their good selection of beer, including Brooklyn and local Runaway.
Remember to explore the back seating area if the front seems busy and you can always stand in the hallway if you’re waiting.
I’ll probably see you there.
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
Very cool basement bar without a lot of frills. Head downstairs and get a drink, you won’t be disappointed.
It’s easy to miss this one, but that did mean that our giant group, when getting there, easily pulled up a table and sat. It’s a basement bar for sure, covered in degrading white bricks and faded ancient pictures. It’s a place that knows what it is and what it does and does it well.
We ordered drinks and they came quickly. We drank our drinks and chatted and laughed and maybe got a little too loud. No one cared. It was a very laid back spot.
It may be a little hard to find but try for sure, you’ll enjoy it.
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
I love this place if I’m in the area, just off Deansgate and easy to miss! Lovely space, never too full but always full of atmosphere. There is almost too much to choose from — the gin menu is insane! This is the kinda place you stop ‘for one’ and leave drunk and happy. I just wish they had a few more bar snacks on offer!
Place rating: 4
Glasgow, United Kingdom
I really enjoyed this basement bar. It’s a bit hidden and has a few different areas, we just sat in the main bar. For a Sunday night it was pretty busy and some nice people moved to give us space to sit together which was really nice.
I had a chocolate sazerac which I wouldn’t normally drink but I actually really like it. Sure it was super strong and I was pretty drunk already but it was a winner. I’d definitely head back here again!
Place rating: 5
Manchester, United Kingdom
This is one of my fave bars I love the feel of the bar it’s really relaxed and chilled out.
I like the cherry beer here I always have this when I go. My partner likes to try the different beers they have.
I think the décor is great it’s a bit dark but it’s great if your in manchester in the evening or weekend as it doesn’t get too busy but always has a great atmosphere. It’s a little hidden unless you know it’s there you would prob walk past, you have to spot the sign and go down some steps it’s defiantly worth a try.
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover is the perfect way to talk about The Gas Lamp. When I say cover, I refer to the outside on the place, which is actually pretty difficult to locate unless you have a trusty app called Unilocal!
I am a massive fan of this place and it really is something very different. Me and my friends were trying to guess it’s prior occupancy, my guess was that it was an old public toilet. I know I’m not showering it with sparkles and glitter with that comment, but it’s really well done and you could well be sat in some Victorian basement whilst enjoying a lovely American Pale Ale (as I did).
I imagine The Gas Lamp will become a regular haunt for me now, and if you’re looking to step away from the Hipster crowd, you should do so also!
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
Fancy a drink in a Victorian style basement bar then you have it here, Its a quirky little bar just on bridge street which a 2 minute walk from Deansgate, it is down a few steps and you come into a cute little bar with a few tables and chairs, very charming. I ordered a Brooklyn larger and at £4.90 it was quite pricey but i think thats the going rate for Brooklyn larger these days, there is also a large selection of craft beers to choose from and the staff seemed to be quite friendly, The atmosphere was great with mostly office workers enjoying a drink after work. I would take a friend here if i wanted to show them a bar whats quirky but stylish. Its also great that there is some cool bars around this great city than just the Northern Quarter!
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
This little bar down a set off steps from Bridge Street has become a favourite of mine and my girlfriends when we are this side of Manchester. You need to keep an eye out for it though as we missed it the first time we were looking for it. The décor is very quirky in here — all the walls are tiled and in a way feels like a public convenience. But don’t let that put you off as this place really has it all if you’re after good beer or a refreshing cocktail. The beer selection is pretty decent and they have various bottles of beer and ciders. The cocktails which we have tried have always been very tasty and never tasted watered down like some bars that we have been to. Definitely one to try this side of town.
Place rating: 4
Southwark, United Kingdom
Quite impressed by this little pub!
I am very impressed by the selection of alcohols!
The only thing thats preventing me from giving a 5 star review is the fact that the place sort of feels a bit dingy, damp, humid and it smells like piss (not sure if the air ventilation is not working).
Place rating: 3
Manchester, United Kingdom
This hidden gem on Bridge St is so hidden that I walked straight past it, twice. Situated down some steps off the main street, this ‘public toilet-​esque’ bar with it’s low lighting and tiled walls looks like it belongs in the NQ.
Although I’m very glad it isn’t. The Gas Lamp provides the area with somewhere unique to go and with Spinningfields and it’s upmarket bars being so close by, I find this pub quite refreshing.
I popped in here last week for a beer with my new flatmate as we needed somewhere social to have a drink and a chat, but somewhere quiet enough that we wouldn’t be drowned out by noise — The Gas Lamp was just that.
The main room near the bar is rather small, with a few tables and seats but there are more seats trough the corridor to the room at the back. This adds to it’s cosy atmosphere, I don’t think I’d have liked it half as much if it were a wide open space.
For a Thursday evening, its clientele was mainly blokes, but it wasn’t an uncomfortable atmosphere for a girl and the bar staff were friendly.
I can’t comment on the cocktail menu as it didn’t seem the right place to drink cocktails, although I have been assured they are fab. On this occasion I stuck to beer, of which they have a huge selection, so you’ll find yourself spoilt for choice.
This bar is going to be 5 minutes from my new place, so I can imagine I’ll be here quite a bit.
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
Underground bar with good choice of drinks.
I like the gaslamp but I always feel like I should be a guy sporting a beard I’ve spent 4 hours trimming to make it look unkempt just to gain access to this place. The two groups of guys sitting in there when we arrived looked at me as if an alien had landed when we walked in. I wish this place was a bit more female friendly.
It’s a bit public toilet chic with tiled walls and a dingy atmosphere due to the lack of natural light. There are more seats down a passage way so don’t be put off if the room where the bar is seems full.
We had a chocolate caramel old fashioned — strong for a school night but delicious. The barman had to look up all the cocktails before he could tell me what was in them so maybe the beers are the more popular choice.
This is by far the best place to drink in the area although mojo across the road is also worth a look if you want a more lively atmopshere.
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
I’ve been wanting to go to the Gas Lamp for ages and finally dragged my ice-​cream filled belly there last night where I sensibly chose a Turkish Delight martini to counteract the sweetness and general excess.
The martini did not taste particularly alcoholic (as my latest favourite drink is a Vesper my palate is more accustomed to delicious window cleaner) but definitely tasted of Turkish Delight and was in general pretty good and an acceptable price at £7. Cocktails here are slightly more expensive than some of the better value places in the NQ but not outrageously so. Rana M also had a delicious spiced rum concoction that I would definitely get on my next visit.
The old Victorian tiling and flagstones are beautiful and although not exactly cosy and slightly smelling of damp in places it is a welcoming space with lots of good seating space. It’s basically the Temple but 10 times bigger. Worth a visit.
Place rating: 4
Romiley, United Kingdom
I was first introduced to the Gas Lamp only recently, which is something of a surprise given that I must have walked past the door at least once a week for the last five years. Part of the reason for this almost unforgivable oversight is that it’s so very, very easy to miss if you don’t know that it’s already there.
A discreet brass plaque is affixed to the wall outside, something that might actually be more at home outside a solicitor’s office, is pretty much thee only indication to the outside world that here is a place that you can buy beer.
Down some stairs, you find the main bar, which is deliciously decked out in enamelled brick tiles which takes you to a long forgotten time. Or, as my eternally morbid drinking partner commented ‘like a morgue’… Don’t worry though, whatever the history of the building, what you’ll find here now is good and fresh.
I am, of course, talking about the beer! The selection of draft ales isn’t particularly wide, but what they do have on is good. I had a very nice pale ale, and my friend went for a Kreik. I’ve not had one of those for a while, but it was enthusiastically described as ‘very fruity’ (she doesn’t have a way with words).
It’s a cosy place, with an old fashioned stove (which must make it extra cosy in winter), and the general feel is one of comfort. I’ll definately be making my way back, especially now that I know it’s there“
Finally, for those of you who are permanantly connected to the internet, don’t worry about being underground. Whilst you might not get a phone signal, they do have free WiFi.
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
I was sure I’d already written about The Gas Lamp, such is my warmth for the place.
It’s not a particularly spectacular bar, and truth be told it’s probably situated in the wrong part of town to get the sort of drinkers you’d expect to be in here (based upon the music and drink selection).
Gas Lamp is very much an NQ bar off-​Deansgate. The tiled walls and tucked away rooms allow for good intimate conversation over a decent pint or bottle. As I work in Castlefield it makes for a good post-​work pint, but I do think it’s location probably works against Gas Lamp most of the time — I find it a hard sell to get my friends to go and the bar doesn’t help itself with it’s understated charm.
The bars and restaurants in nearby Spinningfields are all sleek designs or overplayed themes, the Gas Lamp is a proper boozer and will be somewhere I’ll keep going to, when I can convince friends to come along.
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
Gees, has it really been seven months since I’ve been here? I really like The Gas Lamp — a windowless subterranean retreat that seems a world away from the hustle of Bridge Street above.
With its modest bar, a few tables and chairs and the white tiled walls left pretty much clear of the gumf that you get in some other pubs, it looks like the cross between a bomb shelter, a swimming baths and a Tube station.
They don’t serve food here which is fine (and interesting as it’s supposed to be the kitchen space of a former Mission), but you’d really only want to sit and enjoy some beers anyway. They have a small number of draughts, including from local brewery Blackjack Beers and a fair few bottles to boot.
The corridor from the front bar leads you past the loos and into a back room so there’s plenty of seats for busier days. A lovely, honest boozer.
Place rating: 5
Manchester, United Kingdom
I absolutely love Gas Lamp. I have spent many a good hour here. The tiles, the beers and the odd portrait of a long haired naked man in boots, all create the atmosphere. It gets a little busy at times but the crowd is always friendly. Look out for their guest beers… Never a let down.
One tip though, if meeting friends… Make sure you do so in advance as phone signals are non existent down there.. and I love it for that reason.
Place rating: 4
Manchester, United Kingdom
The gas lamp is one of my favourite bars in Manchester but I very rarely find myself in it’s comforting confines. The fact that it’s super close to Spinningfields makes it not my usual stomping ground but when if I’m in that area it’s a kind of beacon of light amongst the Living Ventures type venues that dominate this side of town. I will say that Spinningfields is getting much better for cooler bars that aren’t throwing money at trying to be cool, but that’s a story for another day and this review is all about Gas Lamp.
After a modern day excavation a few years back, what was found underground was a wonderful Victorian tiled building with original features throughout and with a little bit of modernisation, it’s become the perfect place to hangout if you’re after somewhere that’s super relaxed, cosy and off the beaten track. With it being subterranean it’s the sort of place that you only know about — if you know about it being there and that’s part of the beauty of it.
There’s a fantastic range of craft beers on tap from home and abroad, plus the bottle selection is something I could enjoy working my way through on a cold winter afternoon. To get all food critic’y on you — my «companion» enjoyed a great G&T and she definitely knows the score when it comes to Gin!
So basically you should go to Gas Lamp — every experience has been positive, I just need to take my own advice and go a little bit more often!