Browns Brasserie & Bar

Monday: 09:00 - 23:00
Tuesday: 09:00 - 23:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 23:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 23:00
Friday: 09:00 - 00:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 00:00
Sunday: 09:00 - 22:00

About Browns Brasserie & Bar

Browns is the converted Athenaeum, originally the imposing banking hall of Parrs Bank.
Brasserie food, chilled beer, wine, Champagne and cocktails.

Reviews

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Chateaubriand = the perfect sharing steak. When will you be joining us?

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Fresh oysters and champagne. The best way to spend your Friday 🎉🥂

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Classic British dishes served all day. Have you tried us yet?

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Fresh Lobster Thursday is here! Call us now to reserve yours!

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Join us tomorrow for our exclusive taster evening menu! Come and try the fresh tastes of our delicious summer dishes! Book now to avoid disappointment.

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Get booking!! You don't want to miss out!

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*TONIGHT* Live Music from Sam Wain Piano from 6pm this evening!
Get down to Browns this evening to enjoy jazz, blues and some contemporary pop tunes to brighten up your week!
... #happyhumpday #livemusic #manchester #browns
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Book your table now to dine in style and listen to Sam Wain Piano over dinner!
Perfect for entertaining clients, date nights, get togethers and general hump day happiness!!
Book your table in the bar and restaurant now!
... 0161 819 1055
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BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR A NIGHT OF FUN FILLED PAINTING & PROSECCO!
Dine and drink at your leisure in our gorgeous private dining room with the very talented team at Paint Republic!

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*LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAYS*
Starting from Wednesday 2nd May from 6pm we will be hosting weekly live music events here at Browns Manchester!
Book your table to get the best seat in the house and dine from our gorgeous new Spring menu!

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*CHECK THIS OUT*
We teamed up with Roomzzz last month to give influencers a reason to return to Manchester! Check out this lovely review from EatSleepLoveTravel - make sure you check out her blog below!
#eat #sleep #love #travel #manchester #mcr #browns #afternoontea #roomzzz
... https://eatsleeplovetravel.com/…/englan d-a-magnificent-wee…/
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Celebrate the Royal Wedding in style this summer, with our exclusive Royal Wedding set menu and Afternoon Tea, which you can enjoy throughout May.
Treat yourself to our exciting set menu featuring the best of British ingredients, including dishes such as our Devon crab and prawn cocktail, Beef Wellington and Bakewell Crumble, as part of our exclusive five course set menu, including a glass of Veuve Clicquot Champagne.
We are also bringing you a British twist on our traditiona...l Afternoon Tea, including a selection of tasty finger sandwiches, home-baked scones and a range of mini desserts including our elderflower & gin posset. #royalwedding #celebration #manchester #mcr #browns #bubbles #foodie
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Look at our beautiful venue in all its glory!
Book your venue tour with our Sales Manager - Alison to discuss your next event or celebration! If you decide to book with us, you will receive a special gift if to say thanks #wearenicelikethat
Whatever your event needs...Browns Manchester will ensure it is a success!!
... Alison.Pike@mbplc.com / 07590170684
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User

Wonderful building and just the right atmosphere for afternoon tea. Lovely food and attentive staff. Will call again when I am in town.

User

Went in for lunch as I have always had drink in browns but never eaten before. Food was great , service from Aimee was fantastic. Would definitely eat in here again. ��

User

The staff most friendly and very helpful. Nothing was too much trouble they helped my daughter and I in with her wheel chair and brought our drinks and bar snacks to our table. Will definitely visit again when next in Manchester.

User

The building is nothing short of stunning inside. The Food in my experience is great quality and good value . The staff too are very attentive,pleasant and efficient. All in all GREAT !! Try it, you won’t be disappointed!! 😊👍

User

Steaks were amazing . I love my steaks when traveling to the US and have never had a good steak in the UK . Browns changed that , best steak I have had in the UK �.

User

I thought the Liverpool one was the best....until I visited the Manchester one! The building is stunning inside. Perfect atmosphere, fabulous food, definately will be visiting again.

User

I Had the lunch time menu. The soup was very tasty. The chicken and ham pie was delicious and a good size portion. The potatoes creamy and i ordered a side portion of mushrooms because no veg was served with meal. I enjoyed the sweet. I really like the interior of this place.

User

Good evening Browns, I have just been in the private room for my mum's 70th and I can praise the staff enough.



From the out set they could not do enough, they decorated the room and took the cakes from us and brought them through with candles lit.



Thanks for a splendid evening I will defiantly be back.

User

Food was lovely. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Don't agree with the surcharges on the bill. We always tip well no need to stick it on the bill

User

Fantastic meal in the most stunning surroundings. Pleasant and attentive waiting staff that allowed us time to really enjoy our time there.....will be back

User

Absolutely amazing bar. Was there around 6 pm, quiet place at this time. Haven't tried food, were more interested in drinks. Bar staff is extremely friendly and entertaining, would recommend going there for some cocktails which taste amazing! xx

User

Good food, but service was slow, at the bar it was terrible at times.....2 bar staff at 2pm when the place was packed with office xmas dos, it's not much fun watching a miserable faced kid spend 20 minutes making cocktails when you are just wanting a single pint!

User

Ate here yesterday for my birthday, waitresses were lovely and friendly. Great menu and the food was lovely. Highly recommended and we will return �

User

Although the staff are really friendly, the food is not quite there. A reasonable standard it just lacks the wow factor that I would wish for

My partner had mussels but, came without a portion of bread just to mop up a tasty sauce and a simple thing, nowhere to put your empty shells

Like I said good for but just not there for the prices

I found a fried egg with chicken schnitzel a bit off the board but tasted ok so that’s a plus

Somehow score out of ten 8/10 could do better

User

We came as a party of 14 on Saturday and we left feeling pretty let down. Firstly, we asked what sandwhiches would be on the Afternoon Tea and the waiter basically shrugged his shoulders and said "maybe cheese, ham, cucumber" -last time I checked ham was a meat. It eventually came and we had one less sandwhich each than everyone else, one of them simply had 1/8 of a tomato on it. We also noticed we didn't get the red velvet cake like the standard afternoon tea-it was lemon cheesecake instead and when i asked the waiter do we not get the red velvet he simply answered no. No offer to exchange it. His attitude was pretty much like he didn't want to be there.

After this, we asked could a taxi be booked for some of our party and they said it was 3 minutes away so we left those 3 people of the party. When we met up with them it appears that when asked about the taxi, the waiters knew nothing about it and it hadn't bene sorted. To add to this, when they paid their bill they were given and old five pound note as change-which consequently could not be used anywhere.

So overall we were pretty let down when we came, and I personally won't be coming again .

User

Not the best menu, poached egg wasn't soft, steak was a little dry and sauce was a little thick. We were asked to leave the table even though we hadn't finished the cocktails which we had ordered from the dessert menu because they needed the table even though there was plenty of empty tables, doubt there will be a second visit

User

We have been here many times . Yesterday, was a quiet Saturday afternoon, I ordered rhubarb gin and my husvand had a beer. After finishing our drinks we ordered again this time my husband noticed it was blue saphire gin with rhubarb cordial added after questioning the bar tender he was told they had no rhubarb gin and this was the same thing .... no it isn't and we would not know if he had not been vidulant and when he said so he was spoken too abruptly like it was his fault.

If they had said there was no rhubarb gin but this was an alternative fine but no they didn't

We did get the gin free but this is not the point ( trades description)

2 more members of staff spoke to us like we were causing an issue ... but poor customer service they did not know if I had an allergy etc

Have emailed the company

Not the service we expected from this company.

User

SHOCKING EXPERIENCE, music should not be super loud at 7:30pm!! So loud the waiter couldn’t hear us order our food , had to disconnect the speaker as so loud ,being served burnt food and the waiter knew it , left before even taking a mouthful

Will not be back!!!

User

Had to leave Brown's - stressful and dreadful - I will be composing a serious complaint email in the morning!

User

Wonderful building and just the right atmosphere for afternoon tea. Lovely food and attentive staff. Will call again when I am in town.

User

Went in for lunch as I have always had drink in browns but never eaten before. Food was great , service from Aimee was fantastic. Would definitely eat in here again. ��

User

The staff most friendly and very helpful. Nothing was too much trouble they helped my daughter and I in with her wheel chair and brought our drinks and bar snacks to our table. Will definitely visit again when next in Manchester.

User

The building is nothing short of stunning inside. The Food in my experience is great quality and good value . The staff too are very attentive,pleasant and efficient. All in all GREAT !! Try it, you won’t be disappointed!! 😊👍

User

Steaks were amazing . I love my steaks when traveling to the US and have never had a good steak in the UK . Browns changed that , best steak I have had in the UK �.

User

I thought the Liverpool one was the best....until I visited the Manchester one! The building is stunning inside. Perfect atmosphere, fabulous food, definately will be visiting again.

User

I Had the lunch time menu. The soup was very tasty. The chicken and ham pie was delicious and a good size portion. The potatoes creamy and i ordered a side portion of mushrooms because no veg was served with meal. I enjoyed the sweet. I really like the interior of this place.

User

Good evening Browns, I have just been in the private room for my mum's 70th and I can praise the staff enough.



From the out set they could not do enough, they decorated the room and took the cakes from us and brought them through with candles lit.



Thanks for a splendid evening I will defiantly be back.

User

Food was lovely. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Don't agree with the surcharges on the bill. We always tip well no need to stick it on the bill

User

Fantastic meal in the most stunning surroundings. Pleasant and attentive waiting staff that allowed us time to really enjoy our time there.....will be back

User

Absolutely amazing bar. Was there around 6 pm, quiet place at this time. Haven't tried food, were more interested in drinks. Bar staff is extremely friendly and entertaining, would recommend going there for some cocktails which taste amazing! xx

User

Good food, but service was slow, at the bar it was terrible at times.....2 bar staff at 2pm when the place was packed with office xmas dos, it's not much fun watching a miserable faced kid spend 20 minutes making cocktails when you are just wanting a single pint!

User

Ate here yesterday for my birthday, waitresses were lovely and friendly. Great menu and the food was lovely. Highly recommended and we will return �

User

Although the staff are really friendly, the food is not quite there. A reasonable standard it just lacks the wow factor that I would wish for

My partner had mussels but, came without a portion of bread just to mop up a tasty sauce and a simple thing, nowhere to put your empty shells

Like I said good for but just not there for the prices

I found a fried egg with chicken schnitzel a bit off the board but tasted ok so that’s a plus

Somehow score out of ten 8/10 could do better

User

We came as a party of 14 on Saturday and we left feeling pretty let down. Firstly, we asked what sandwhiches would be on the Afternoon Tea and the waiter basically shrugged his shoulders and said "maybe cheese, ham, cucumber" -last time I checked ham was a meat. It eventually came and we had one less sandwhich each than everyone else, one of them simply had 1/8 of a tomato on it. We also noticed we didn't get the red velvet cake like the standard afternoon tea-it was lemon cheesecake instead and when i asked the waiter do we not get the red velvet he simply answered no. No offer to exchange it. His attitude was pretty much like he didn't want to be there.

After this, we asked could a taxi be booked for some of our party and they said it was 3 minutes away so we left those 3 people of the party. When we met up with them it appears that when asked about the taxi, the waiters knew nothing about it and it hadn't bene sorted. To add to this, when they paid their bill they were given and old five pound note as change-which consequently could not be used anywhere.

So overall we were pretty let down when we came, and I personally won't be coming again .

User

Not the best menu, poached egg wasn't soft, steak was a little dry and sauce was a little thick. We were asked to leave the table even though we hadn't finished the cocktails which we had ordered from the dessert menu because they needed the table even though there was plenty of empty tables, doubt there will be a second visit

User

We have been here many times . Yesterday, was a quiet Saturday afternoon, I ordered rhubarb gin and my husvand had a beer. After finishing our drinks we ordered again this time my husband noticed it was blue saphire gin with rhubarb cordial added after questioning the bar tender he was told they had no rhubarb gin and this was the same thing .... no it isn't and we would not know if he had not been vidulant and when he said so he was spoken too abruptly like it was his fault.

If they had said there was no rhubarb gin but this was an alternative fine but no they didn't

We did get the gin free but this is not the point ( trades description)

2 more members of staff spoke to us like we were causing an issue ... but poor customer service they did not know if I had an allergy etc

Have emailed the company

Not the service we expected from this company.

User

SHOCKING EXPERIENCE, music should not be super loud at 7:30pm!! So loud the waiter couldn’t hear us order our food , had to disconnect the speaker as so loud ,being served burnt food and the waiter knew it , left before even taking a mouthful

Will not be back!!!

User

Had to leave Brown's - stressful and dreadful - I will be composing a serious complaint email in the morning!

User

Wonderful building and just the right atmosphere for afternoon tea. Lovely food and attentive staff. Will call again when I am in town.

User

Went in for lunch as I have always had drink in browns but never eaten before. Food was great , service from Aimee was fantastic. Would definitely eat in here again. ��

User

The staff most friendly and very helpful. Nothing was too much trouble they helped my daughter and I in with her wheel chair and brought our drinks and bar snacks to our table. Will definitely visit again when next in Manchester.

User

The building is nothing short of stunning inside. The Food in my experience is great quality and good value . The staff too are very attentive,pleasant and efficient. All in all GREAT !! Try it, you won’t be disappointed!! 😊👍

User

Steaks were amazing . I love my steaks when traveling to the US and have never had a good steak in the UK . Browns changed that , best steak I have had in the UK �.

User

I thought the Liverpool one was the best....until I visited the Manchester one! The building is stunning inside. Perfect atmosphere, fabulous food, definately will be visiting again.

User

I Had the lunch time menu. The soup was very tasty. The chicken and ham pie was delicious and a good size portion. The potatoes creamy and i ordered a side portion of mushrooms because no veg was served with meal. I enjoyed the sweet. I really like the interior of this place.

User

Good evening Browns, I have just been in the private room for my mum's 70th and I can praise the staff enough.



From the out set they could not do enough, they decorated the room and took the cakes from us and brought them through with candles lit.



Thanks for a splendid evening I will defiantly be back.

User

Food was lovely. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Don't agree with the surcharges on the bill. We always tip well no need to stick it on the bill

User

Fantastic meal in the most stunning surroundings. Pleasant and attentive waiting staff that allowed us time to really enjoy our time there.....will be back

User

Absolutely amazing bar. Was there around 6 pm, quiet place at this time. Haven't tried food, were more interested in drinks. Bar staff is extremely friendly and entertaining, would recommend going there for some cocktails which taste amazing! xx

User

Good food, but service was slow, at the bar it was terrible at times.....2 bar staff at 2pm when the place was packed with office xmas dos, it's not much fun watching a miserable faced kid spend 20 minutes making cocktails when you are just wanting a single pint!

User

Ate here yesterday for my birthday, waitresses were lovely and friendly. Great menu and the food was lovely. Highly recommended and we will return �

User

Although the staff are really friendly, the food is not quite there. A reasonable standard it just lacks the wow factor that I would wish for

My partner had mussels but, came without a portion of bread just to mop up a tasty sauce and a simple thing, nowhere to put your empty shells

Like I said good for but just not there for the prices

I found a fried egg with chicken schnitzel a bit off the board but tasted ok so that’s a plus

Somehow score out of ten 8/10 could do better

User

We came as a party of 14 on Saturday and we left feeling pretty let down. Firstly, we asked what sandwhiches would be on the Afternoon Tea and the waiter basically shrugged his shoulders and said "maybe cheese, ham, cucumber" -last time I checked ham was a meat. It eventually came and we had one less sandwhich each than everyone else, one of them simply had 1/8 of a tomato on it. We also noticed we didn't get the red velvet cake like the standard afternoon tea-it was lemon cheesecake instead and when i asked the waiter do we not get the red velvet he simply answered no. No offer to exchange it. His attitude was pretty much like he didn't want to be there.

After this, we asked could a taxi be booked for some of our party and they said it was 3 minutes away so we left those 3 people of the party. When we met up with them it appears that when asked about the taxi, the waiters knew nothing about it and it hadn't bene sorted. To add to this, when they paid their bill they were given and old five pound note as change-which consequently could not be used anywhere.

So overall we were pretty let down when we came, and I personally won't be coming again .

User

Not the best menu, poached egg wasn't soft, steak was a little dry and sauce was a little thick. We were asked to leave the table even though we hadn't finished the cocktails which we had ordered from the dessert menu because they needed the table even though there was plenty of empty tables, doubt there will be a second visit

User

We have been here many times . Yesterday, was a quiet Saturday afternoon, I ordered rhubarb gin and my husvand had a beer. After finishing our drinks we ordered again this time my husband noticed it was blue saphire gin with rhubarb cordial added after questioning the bar tender he was told they had no rhubarb gin and this was the same thing .... no it isn't and we would not know if he had not been vidulant and when he said so he was spoken too abruptly like it was his fault.

If they had said there was no rhubarb gin but this was an alternative fine but no they didn't

We did get the gin free but this is not the point ( trades description)

2 more members of staff spoke to us like we were causing an issue ... but poor customer service they did not know if I had an allergy etc

Have emailed the company

Not the service we expected from this company.

User

SHOCKING EXPERIENCE, music should not be super loud at 7:30pm!! So loud the waiter couldn’t hear us order our food , had to disconnect the speaker as so loud ,being served burnt food and the waiter knew it , left before even taking a mouthful

Will not be back!!!

User

Had to leave Brown's - stressful and dreadful - I will be composing a serious complaint email in the morning!

User

Wonderful building and just the right atmosphere for afternoon tea. Lovely food and attentive staff. Will call again when I am in town.

User

Went in for lunch as I have always had drink in browns but never eaten before. Food was great , service from Aimee was fantastic. Would definitely eat in here again. ��

User

The staff most friendly and very helpful. Nothing was too much trouble they helped my daughter and I in with her wheel chair and brought our drinks and bar snacks to our table. Will definitely visit again when next in Manchester.

User

The building is nothing short of stunning inside. The Food in my experience is great quality and good value . The staff too are very attentive,pleasant and efficient. All in all GREAT !! Try it, you won’t be disappointed!! 😊👍

User

Steaks were amazing . I love my steaks when traveling to the US and have never had a good steak in the UK . Browns changed that , best steak I have had in the UK �.

User

I thought the Liverpool one was the best....until I visited the Manchester one! The building is stunning inside. Perfect atmosphere, fabulous food, definately will be visiting again.

User

I Had the lunch time menu. The soup was very tasty. The chicken and ham pie was delicious and a good size portion. The potatoes creamy and i ordered a side portion of mushrooms because no veg was served with meal. I enjoyed the sweet. I really like the interior of this place.

User

Good evening Browns, I have just been in the private room for my mum's 70th and I can praise the staff enough.



From the out set they could not do enough, they decorated the room and took the cakes from us and brought them through with candles lit.



Thanks for a splendid evening I will defiantly be back.

User

Food was lovely. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Don't agree with the surcharges on the bill. We always tip well no need to stick it on the bill

User

Fantastic meal in the most stunning surroundings. Pleasant and attentive waiting staff that allowed us time to really enjoy our time there.....will be back

User

Absolutely amazing bar. Was there around 6 pm, quiet place at this time. Haven't tried food, were more interested in drinks. Bar staff is extremely friendly and entertaining, would recommend going there for some cocktails which taste amazing! xx

User

Good food, but service was slow, at the bar it was terrible at times.....2 bar staff at 2pm when the place was packed with office xmas dos, it's not much fun watching a miserable faced kid spend 20 minutes making cocktails when you are just wanting a single pint!

User

Ate here yesterday for my birthday, waitresses were lovely and friendly. Great menu and the food was lovely. Highly recommended and we will return �

User

Although the staff are really friendly, the food is not quite there. A reasonable standard it just lacks the wow factor that I would wish for

My partner had mussels but, came without a portion of bread just to mop up a tasty sauce and a simple thing, nowhere to put your empty shells

Like I said good for but just not there for the prices

I found a fried egg with chicken schnitzel a bit off the board but tasted ok so that’s a plus

Somehow score out of ten 8/10 could do better

User

We came as a party of 14 on Saturday and we left feeling pretty let down. Firstly, we asked what sandwhiches would be on the Afternoon Tea and the waiter basically shrugged his shoulders and said "maybe cheese, ham, cucumber" -last time I checked ham was a meat. It eventually came and we had one less sandwhich each than everyone else, one of them simply had 1/8 of a tomato on it. We also noticed we didn't get the red velvet cake like the standard afternoon tea-it was lemon cheesecake instead and when i asked the waiter do we not get the red velvet he simply answered no. No offer to exchange it. His attitude was pretty much like he didn't want to be there.

After this, we asked could a taxi be booked for some of our party and they said it was 3 minutes away so we left those 3 people of the party. When we met up with them it appears that when asked about the taxi, the waiters knew nothing about it and it hadn't bene sorted. To add to this, when they paid their bill they were given and old five pound note as change-which consequently could not be used anywhere.

So overall we were pretty let down when we came, and I personally won't be coming again .

User

Not the best menu, poached egg wasn't soft, steak was a little dry and sauce was a little thick. We were asked to leave the table even though we hadn't finished the cocktails which we had ordered from the dessert menu because they needed the table even though there was plenty of empty tables, doubt there will be a second visit

User

We have been here many times . Yesterday, was a quiet Saturday afternoon, I ordered rhubarb gin and my husvand had a beer. After finishing our drinks we ordered again this time my husband noticed it was blue saphire gin with rhubarb cordial added after questioning the bar tender he was told they had no rhubarb gin and this was the same thing .... no it isn't and we would not know if he had not been vidulant and when he said so he was spoken too abruptly like it was his fault.

If they had said there was no rhubarb gin but this was an alternative fine but no they didn't

We did get the gin free but this is not the point ( trades description)

2 more members of staff spoke to us like we were causing an issue ... but poor customer service they did not know if I had an allergy etc

Have emailed the company

Not the service we expected from this company.

User

SHOCKING EXPERIENCE, music should not be super loud at 7:30pm!! So loud the waiter couldn’t hear us order our food , had to disconnect the speaker as so loud ,being served burnt food and the waiter knew it , left before even taking a mouthful

Will not be back!!!

User

Had to leave Brown's - stressful and dreadful - I will be composing a serious complaint email in the morning!

More about Browns Brasserie & Bar

Browns Brasserie & Bar is located at 1 York Street, M2 2AW Manchester, United Kingdom
1618-18191055
Monday: 09:00 - 23:00
Tuesday: 09:00 - 23:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 23:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 23:00
Friday: 09:00 - 00:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 00:00
Sunday: 09:00 - 22:00
http://browns-restaurants.co.uk/