The Old Nag’s Head - 17 Jackson’s Row, Manchester, M2 5WD map
- One of Manchester’s favorite traditional pubs dating back to the 1880’s. The Old Nag’s Head offers 4 pool tables, fruit machines and video jukeboxes throughout, they serve traditional pub grub at really good prices have a private function room and karaoke night’s on friday and saturday’s with live music on a sunday. It get’s really busy after work during the week and also at the weekends. During the day it’s just a great place to relax with a pint.
- Real Ale
- Food
- Live Music
- Pool
- Jukebox
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One of the last traditional pub left in Manchester.
Excellent atmosphere, superb entertainment and first class service.
Very good food. Good sized functiion room.
The bedrooms are clean and relaxing.
The Manager, Mr. Malcolm Jones gives you a warm welcome which encourages you to visit time and time again.
Very welcoming staff.
This pub deserves to be number 1 !!!!
A fab place to go especially on Fri and Sat nite. All my friends love the place…..and we are only in our early 20’s.
A really great atmosphere, plenty of entertainment, nice friendly staff.
Malcolm the manager is really cool, always happy to see you.
This pub it top and deserves to be Number 1
Get voting for this brill pub !!!
I recently visited this public house with work friends and i found this pub was very unclean! i also went to purchase a pirticular lager (kronenburg) and i was told the gas had ran out! (but stella was on! isnt that from the same gas bottle???)
When i did get my pint the beer was flat! there was no head on the pint! my friend ordered a pint of theakstons and it tasted of vinegar! As stated this pub was voted “pub of the year” Its not rated by camra or cask marque for there ales! (i wonder why??) the pub was full of scallies and hoddies who looked like they just come from the youth centre. the only good thing to come from this pub was that the manager was very smartley dressed (the only thing clean in the pub!) i found all drinks were all over priced. we then left to a nearby small pub and found the pub to be clean and they served a cracking pint! i will be taking my custom there from now on
I saw the sign on the outside of the old nags head when i was walking past saying pub of the year, so i had to pop in and see why. when i got in there the pub was ok but nothing to shout about. i ordered my beer (fosters) and it went flat stright way! ive never seen that before! i have a thing about the toilets and i found these toilets to be clean unlike the pub its self! the staff looked a bit rough for my liking but you cant have everything. i sat down on one of the stools to find chewing gum on my seat and it had stook to my coat!
i found the prices to be VERY HIGH! whoever voted this to be pub of the year must of had there eyes shut, as this pub needs a good scrub and a refurb! if i saw a sign saying newley refurbished i might just go back in!!
David
This but is NOT the best in manchester when you look at sams chop house, town hall tavern, the rising sun & the abba!
I saw the sign so i went in! i wish i didnt! the place is a dump and the beer was flat!
Mark, the other pubs you mention are all excellent – as are the likes of Peveril of the Peak, Britons Protection and Circus Tavern etc. However, here’s the rub, 3,506 people voted for over 64 pubs in the Pride Of Manchester Awards and The Old Nag’s Head won. If you don’t agree, then you need to vote at http://www.ManchesterBars.com/top10.htm – no point moaning without actually doing something about it.
Its amazing what you win when you quite clearly vote for your own pub!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I say no more…………………….
Mark
Hi Mark
You’re wrong there. The award was voted for by Pride Of Manchester members. Now unless the Old Nag’s Head signed up 3,506 of our 15,000 membership, I very much doubt they’d be able to sway the vote.
Disillusioned by the other awards in town, we also refused to doctor the results to suit our featured establishments (hence Cloud 23 won ‘Best Cocktail’ and the Arora ‘Best Hotel’). The vote was purely decided by our membership (or in the case of hotels, our customers).
I presume you’re a member of Pride Of Manchester and will be able to have your say in the 2008-09 awards.
Sorry so going off those figures you have just given, the nags head needed 55 votes or more to win!!!!!!!!!
What a joke!!!!
Thats made my day!!!
many thanks
mark
Not sure how your maths work Mark,
3,506 votes split over 64 pubs does indeed mean that if every pub got exactly the same number of votes, they’d each get 55 votes.
However, obviously not every pub received the same number of votes.
If you don’t like the Old Nags Head, then don’t vote for it. Vote for another instead – there’s no restrictions, as long as it’s in the Greater Manchester region!
I was reading this website and came accross this pub of the year (The Old Nags Head)
This pub was a dump and it smelt of sick as you walked in from Lloyd Street.
The pub was very unclean but the toilets were clean & new.
The beer was flat and the barmaid was grumpy.
If you like rough and ready pubs this is the pub for you!!
Enjoying the banter on this site, keep it up! Not long got in and the Old Nags Head was 1st point of call tonight (and every other night when out in town). Always found a good pint in here and buzz with the staff (try some manners Dave!). Could do with a fresh carpet but would prefer a new missus!
We had our wedding reception here it did not cost us an arm and a leg.And everybody had a real fantastic day.It was the best day of my life and The Nags Head made it a day to remember.
We were married 4 years ago and people still comment about the good time we had.
went in the Old Nags Head on the 23/1/09 and the food has changed for the worst! its not what it was like 12 months ago when i popped inn. maybe they have a new chef i dont know, but it wasnt up to the standard i used to be. Can anybody shed any light on this????
More cask ales are also needed to! Theakstons and old speckled hen are not the best!!
Pub needs attention!!!!
Paul
i was Walking past this pub and i think the sign outside is a little out of date and its miss leading to the public! (2007 Best Pub In Manchester) I went in and i was told the gas had ran out on the fosters but the other largers were on????????
Looking around, the pub looks tired and worn and needs a good few quid spent on it especially on a new carpet as your feet stick to the floor on a weekend!
At the moment you wipe your feet on the way out!!!!!
Jay
An empty 60/40 gas canister won’t allow a freshly connected barrell (of Foster’s!!…… or any other lager), to be dispensed through the pumps. Other lagers will work fine…….until the barrell empties. Hope this clears up your confusion Jay!!
I have worked and ran pubs for 21 years! When the gas (60/40) runs out, it runs out on ALL largers not just one!!!!
so it was aload of rubbish what the barmaid said! In other words they had ran out of Fosters (On a very busy friday tea time) and tried to cover it up!!!
Hope this clears up your confusion Tim!!
I went here a couple of weeks ago and it was £3.40 for a pint of Carling!!!! No wonder some pubs are closing, better value at Lloyds, Moon under the Water, Hogs Head,etc. Its not the smoking ban or cheap supermarket offers its these sorts of prices. I wont be going back.
Went in last night 6.70 for two pints-bit pricey for my liking!
Went in on the 10th July 2009! Its had a new red carpet! looks nice untill you look up and see the rest of the pub! everything looks tired and worn! both cask ales were off to! this pub is very expencive to! there are much better and nicer pubs around the nags head and they are also cheaper! The sign needs to come down now i think (best pub in manchester 2007) this place is living in the past and i think a new owner is needed! this place looks to me as if its on its knees! its a shame and this used to be a cracking pub!