Odder December 14, 2006
Odder - Odder, 14 Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 5QA map
- The creators of northern quarter favourite, odd bar, have snapped up the oxford road premises vacated by zumbar, to bring us odder. This is a great addition to this bustling area of Manchester and is popular with students, workers at the BBC opposite and visitors to The Dancehouse Theatre next door. The theme to the bar is ecclectic to say the least, the décor is refreshing and adds to a very warm atmosphere. Two rooms make up the new venue, and it has been completely changed since it was zumbar, with the space being utilised more sensibly. With a full range of drinks on offer and the same friendly, relaxed attitude we’ve come to expect from the staff at odd, odder is set to be a great success.
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Disappointing. Lacks atmosphere, partly due to the not-very-well-thought-out layout. The décor is lush in some parts but downright grubby (already!) and unappealing in others. The girls’ toilets already look years old, with broken locks, etc, and no soap or loo roll. Classy. Staff do look the part but seem inexperienced in serving / manners /etc. Happy hour was a bargain tho – that and the top food made it worth staying longer than we might have otherwise. I don’t think Kro2 need worry too much.
I first went in there a couple of months ago with a friend on a Friday night. It was stupidly loud, considering we were only there are about 8pm, but I let it go, since it was, after all, a Friday night. But after our experience last night, I felt they justified a bad review. Aside from the frosty, stony-faced welcome at the bar, the beer was truly appalling, which only goes to reinforce the prejudice that such a high-gloss enterprise as Odder may be able to deliver some pretty ornaments and expensive lighting, but is incapable of understanding how to deliver a quality product. My friend’s Leffe had clearly come from dirty lines and was served in a dirty glass. (Dirty lines are inexcusable on a Monday…
My first pint — Ginger Marble, a delicious pint from the Marble Brewery — was scraped from the bottom of the barrel. I should have asked for it replaced, and I suppose that was my prerogative, so again they should perhaps be let off. But my second pint — Timothy Taylor’s Landlord — was also poured through disgracefully dirty lines.
I won’t be going back in a hurry.
I still prefer the NQ Odd bar, but Odder has a charm of it’s own. Excellent decor, large leather sofa’s. Friendly and knowledgeable staff.
There are loads of weird and wonderful drinks to choose from, but a few of them that are still only available at Odd
The food is great, ate here a couple of months ago and the menu seems to have changed and become more eclectic and there should be something to tempt everyone!
I found Odder a good bar to go when it first opened. The staff knew what they were doing and it was good. But staff seem like they dont care now and it lets the place down. Its a good place to have a quick drink after work when u have finished late as most people have left by then and the music is not to loud. It has a funny layout up stairs but i like the place. Keep up the good work but get some new staff.