Comments on: The Birdcage http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/ ManchesterBars.com - the definitive guide to bars, clubs & pubs in the rock'n'goal capital of the world! Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:20:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: susie http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-1568 susie Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:46:10 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-1568 Was thinking about having my hen night at this place, however since reading these reviews there's no way i would part with my hard earned cash for a crappy night out. Think ill try dublin instead x Was thinking about having my hen night at this place, however since reading these reviews there’s no way i would part with my hard earned cash for a crappy night out. Think ill try dublin instead x

]]> By: LilMiss http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-1492 LilMiss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:17:14 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-1492 how old do you have to be to get into the birdcage? how old do you have to be to get into the birdcage?

]]> By: MrLogical http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-995 MrLogical Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:52:33 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-995 I just thought I would write in response to the "resident DJ" response from Miss Blanche... "However, as you will appreciate, sometimes we are short staffed..." I HAVE TO STOP YOU THERE! People don't appreciate this and that's why they complained! I think generally, people prefer overstaffed/adequately staffed bars! "Our dress code is in place to protect customers" From what? Disease, Terrorist Attack, Trinny and Susannah? "Our VIP lounge is membership based, for which you can apply on our website". - If you have to apply to be a VIP, are you a VIP?! In regard to the bar system being "compromised" in order to facilitate refunds. Government computer systems can be compromised, a till in Manchester is not quite the same. I just thought I would write in response to the “resident DJ” response from Miss Blanche…

“However, as you will appreciate, sometimes we are short staffed…” I HAVE TO STOP YOU THERE! People don’t appreciate this and that’s why they complained! I think generally, people prefer overstaffed/adequately staffed bars!

“Our dress code is in place to protect customers” From what? Disease, Terrorist Attack, Trinny and Susannah?

“Our VIP lounge is membership based, for which you can apply on our website”. – If you have to apply to be a VIP, are you a VIP?!

In regard to the bar system being “compromised” in order to facilitate refunds. Government computer systems can be compromised, a till in Manchester is not quite the same.

]]> By: bird4cage http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-955 bird4cage Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:18:53 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-955 Just come back from the Birdcage 01/11/07 (thursday night). On Thursdays they have promotions on vodka and mixer. Unfortunately their deffinition of a double is somewhat lacking. I suspect that their house vodka is watered down and towards the end of the night, when they don't use the optics, they barely put half a shot in mine and my friend's doubles - couldn't taste the vodka (incase you think our judgement was impared due to drink, my friend is a vodka expert - has toured russia and eastern europe). Complained but the staff were very deffensive. My advice; taste the drink whilst the bar staff are serving you - if you don't think its a double, you're probably right; demand a real double! Just come back from the Birdcage 01/11/07 (thursday night). On Thursdays they have promotions on vodka and mixer. Unfortunately their deffinition of a double is somewhat lacking. I suspect that their house vodka is watered down and towards the end of the night, when they don’t use the optics, they barely put half a shot in mine and my friend’s doubles – couldn’t taste the vodka (incase you think our judgement was impared due to drink, my friend is a vodka expert – has toured russia and eastern europe). Complained but the staff were very deffensive. My advice; taste the drink whilst the bar staff are serving you – if you don’t think its a double, you’re probably right; demand a real double!

]]> By: louise http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-612 louise Wed, 30 May 2007 22:40:00 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-612 I AM ORGINISING A FRIENDS HEN NIGHT AND LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO GO AT FIRST GLANCE I THOUGHT THE BIRDCAGE I HAVE NEVER BEEN AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD LAUGH BUT READING THE REVIEWS IM STARTING TO THINK TWICE I DONT WANT TO RUIN MY FRIENDS HEN NIGHT SO IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME WHAT TO EXPECT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT I AM ORGINISING A FRIENDS HEN NIGHT AND LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO GO AT FIRST GLANCE I THOUGHT THE BIRDCAGE I HAVE NEVER BEEN AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD LAUGH BUT READING THE REVIEWS IM STARTING TO THINK TWICE I DONT WANT TO RUIN MY FRIENDS HEN NIGHT SO IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME WHAT TO EXPECT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT

]]> By: CLARE http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-509 CLARE Sun, 20 May 2007 23:57:51 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-509 WELL IM GOING FRIDAY SO WILL SEND MY VEIWS AT WEEKEND. HOPE ITS BETTER THAN THESE REPORTS WELL IM GOING FRIDAY SO WILL SEND MY VEIWS AT WEEKEND. HOPE ITS BETTER THAN THESE REPORTS

]]> By: gillian http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-372 gillian Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:16:24 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-372 I went to the birdcage on 14th of april for my 40th which i was looking forward to as i had been to the cage 2 months before, plz believe me when i say this as i am not 1 to complain but after reading what BLANCHE says i must put her right. We paid 8 pound for queue tickets had to be in by 11 the place was heaving 45 mins we waited to be served at the bar maybe blanche gets hers quicker because it is brought to the box. I ordered vodka and coke to find out it had no vodka in it the bar manageress refused to agree so i asked three people around the bar what was in the glass all daid it was coke she still said there was vodka in it after refusing to move till i had seen the manager she gave me the right drink this was after 15 mins. I was led to believe the cutomer always comes first not in the cage it doesn't.We had been danceing when the caberet came on only to be told to move to the back of the club away from the tables as though we was inferior this kept happening every 45 mins till it got to the point we had no room to move back into. The bouncers were rude that it being polite then told me if i did not move furthur back my friends and i would be removed. this place was to the brim with people and i tried to ask the bouncer where to move to he just said get back. My night was totally ruined we all decided to leave as my friends could see how annoyed i was getting i did ask to speak to marcus on several occasions only to be told he was busy this place neds hell of a lot more staff training especially in customer relations. I went to the birdcage on 14th of april for my 40th which i was looking forward to as i had been to the cage 2 months before, plz believe me when i say this as i am not 1 to complain but after reading what BLANCHE says i must put her right. We paid 8 pound for queue tickets had to be in by 11 the place was heaving 45 mins we waited to be served at the bar maybe blanche gets hers quicker because it is brought to the box. I ordered vodka and coke to find out it had no vodka in it the bar manageress refused to agree so i asked three people around the bar what was in the glass all daid it was coke she still said there was vodka in it after refusing to move till i had seen the manager she gave me the right drink this was after 15 mins. I was led to believe the cutomer always comes first not in the cage it doesn’t.We had been danceing when the caberet came on only to be told to move to the back of the club away from the tables as though we was inferior this kept happening every 45 mins till it got to the point we had no room to move back into. The bouncers were rude that it being polite then told me if i did not move furthur back my friends and i would be removed. this place was to the brim with people and i tried to ask the bouncer where to move to he just said get back. My night was totally ruined we all decided to leave as my friends could see how annoyed i was getting i did ask to speak to marcus on several occasions only to be told he was busy this place neds hell of a lot more staff training especially in customer relations.

]]> By: heather barber http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-320 heather barber Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:18:53 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-320 hi i am looking for some where to have my hen party i was thinking of the bird cage has anyone been ,do they do food,is it expensive and can you dress the hen up and things like that :) hi i am looking for some where to have my hen party i was thinking of the bird cage has anyone been ,do they do food,is it expensive and can you dress the hen up and things like that :)

]]> By: Miss Blanche http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-286 Miss Blanche Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:11:22 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-286 Hi, I'm Miss Blanche, the resident DJ and Compere at The Birdcage Manchester. I was just checking some of our reviews and came across this site. I must say some of these comments, I feel, are slightly overblown and if they are not them I will be very surprised. Firstly, even on our busiest night (saturday, isn't everywhere!), the average wait time at the bars is around 5 minutes. However, as you will appreciate, sometimes we are short staffed and this may increase, we stive to employ reliable, well trained staff that are courteous and polite. Secondly our capacity means we do get very busy, but we have listened to our customers and capped this recently as we want all our visitors to be comfortable. Our dress code is in place to protect customers and is smart casual, this has been fed to our door team and clarified as to what is acceptable. As for the gentleman who sadly received short change, mistakes happen, unfortunately we do not have the facility to rectify mistakes on the spot as our bar system is fully computerised. We would have asked you to leave your name and number if you you were exiting the club before closing time. However, we recommend that you check your change before you leave the bar so that we can avoid instances like this which, in fairness, occur a lot less in The Birdcage then some other venues. Also, we do not operate a guestlist at The Birdcage and this applies to staff as well!! Our VIP lounge is membership based, for which you can apply on our website. Lastly, we all work extremely hard to ensure all our customers old and new have a fantastic night out with us and return time and again, but The Birdcage is a club that evolves constantly and welcome all comments so that we may further our customer experience with us. Please feel free to comment to us on our website with any suggestions. Now in the mean time, get down to the club Thursday to Saturday, and feel free to say Hi to the gorgeous blonde in the DJ box lol. ENJOY!!!!!!! Hi, I’m Miss Blanche, the resident DJ and Compere at The Birdcage Manchester. I was just checking some of our reviews and came across this site. I must say some of these comments, I feel, are slightly overblown and if they are not them I will be very surprised.

Firstly, even on our busiest night (saturday, isn’t everywhere!), the average wait time at the bars is around 5 minutes. However, as you will appreciate, sometimes we are short staffed and this may increase, we stive to employ reliable, well trained staff that are courteous and polite. Secondly our capacity means we do get very busy, but we have listened to our customers and capped this recently as we want all our visitors to be comfortable. Our dress code is in place to protect customers and is smart casual, this has been fed to our door team and clarified as to what is acceptable.

As for the gentleman who sadly received short change, mistakes happen, unfortunately we do not have the facility to rectify mistakes on the spot as our bar system is fully computerised. We would have asked you to leave your name and number if you you were exiting the club before closing time. However, we recommend that you check your change before you leave the bar so that we can avoid instances like this which, in fairness, occur a lot less in The Birdcage then some other venues. Also, we do not operate a guestlist at The Birdcage and this applies to staff as well!! Our VIP lounge is membership based, for which you can apply on our website.

Lastly, we all work extremely hard to ensure all our customers old and new have a fantastic night out with us and return time and again, but The Birdcage is a club that evolves constantly and welcome all comments so that we may further our customer experience with us. Please feel free to comment to us on our website with any suggestions.

Now in the mean time, get down to the club Thursday to Saturday, and feel free to say Hi to the gorgeous blonde in the DJ box lol.
ENJOY!!!!!!!

]]> By: Matt http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-221 Matt Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:19:54 +0000 http://manchesterbars.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/the-birdcage/#comment-221 Promises so much but fails to deliver! Very busy, very very crowded, expensive drinks (£3.60 for a pint of diet coke) but most annoying of all is the poor poor management of this place. In short, the customer service and barstaff are awful. I was shortchanged by £10, complained to the bar manager (who wouldn't give me her name) and was told "come back at 4:30 when we're cashing-up" - wholly unsatisfactory. When I complained more I was told that I would be ejected unless I "shut-up". This incident totally ruined my evening. I've told all my friends to avoid this place and would recommend that you do the same. The reviews above show that I'm not the only one who's had their night ruined by the staff here! AVOID AVOID AVOID! Promises so much but fails to deliver! Very busy, very very crowded, expensive drinks (£3.60 for a pint of diet coke) but most annoying of all is the poor poor management of this place. In short, the customer service and barstaff are awful. I was shortchanged by £10, complained to the bar manager (who wouldn’t give me her name) and was told “come back at 4:30 when we’re cashing-up” – wholly unsatisfactory. When I complained more I was told that I would be ejected unless I “shut-up”. This incident totally ruined my evening. I’ve told all my friends to avoid this place and would recommend that you do the same. The reviews above show that I’m not the only one who’s had their night ruined by the staff here! AVOID AVOID AVOID!

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