Ah, the Friendship how I love thee, let me count the ways:…read more 1. Just look at you, your imposing facade set back from the road puts other pubs to positive shame 2. You are a cheap enough pub to let us get merry without breaking the bank ... much, but thats my fault 3.Your barmaids are lovely and young, and went to my high school and I know that you treat them well 4. You remind me of a cross between a travellers' half way house and where Elrond from Lord of the Rings might live 5. Your magic extends to the skies as on a sunny day it is lovely to sit on those well placed benches of yours out front FIN

Turned up here tonight at 8.30 the staff were very welcoming and friendly the food was really fresh…read moreand generously portioned with extremely reasonable prices I have been looking for an alernative to the beefeater which used to be my chosen place to eat the last two Times I have been There the food has been dire the manageress served me a plate of bloody steak when I asked well done that can be excused as a mistake but the hair on the plate as she brought it was the final nail!!The friendship inn is as we all know a part of the Joseph holts chain the standard of care in the food is top resteraunt quality the staff are helpful and friendly you are not rushed or pushed in any way the waitresses are always close to hand if needed but don't hover around while you are eating as has been The case many times in many other places I definately recommend this place to anyone wanting a lovely meal in a relaxed friendly environment and shall be recommending this place to all my family and friends keep up the good work and congratulations to the manageress and the team who run this pub

Place is always great for a few drinks with anyone your with, food is good and prices are decent!…read moreDeals like burger and pint for £8-£11, always got a performer on the Friday and Saturday and great for watching football, boxing, American football. If your lucky to get a booth at the back of the bar you'll have your own screen on the table with charging slots which is helpful! Staff is all friendly and helpful

This is a strange king of place, there was nothing wrong with it per se, I just didn't love it…read more We rocked up here for a late lunch having spent the morning exploring the museums and galleries in Salford Quays. We decided to sit outside as the sun was shining and pushed a couple of tables together to seat all six of us. Unfortunately, there were dirty plates and glasses left on the table and we eventually had to ask for these to be removed as none of the staff seemed keen to do this. You order your food at the bar. The inside of Lime is a massive void of a place decorated in brass with illuminous lighting. Not particularly pleasing to the eye and certainly more suited to the evening crowd. The menu is quite eclectic and has something to suit pretty much everyone. I went for the homemade burger. The food came pretty quickly. The burger was ok, the meat was decent but under seasoned and unfortunately the garnish made the bun soggy and it disintegrated in my hands before I got to the end. The chips were chunky but a little soggy and sadly there was approximately six of them - I have a hangover, I need more carbs! Other dishes including the club sandwich, sea bass and steak sandwich were well received but the noodles were missing from the oriental platter. However, this was quickly resolved by the wait staff. Overall, Lime is probably a better option than the standard chain restaurants that otherwise fill Salford Quays, it just seems to lack a certain je ne sais quoi.

Very slow service. We ordered drinks and didn't get them until halfway through our meals. The mixed…read moredrinks were not good at all. The sushi was decent. Loud bar environment

Great pub that pours a proper Guinness and has wonderful food. The staff is attentive and friendly.read more

Walked in @ 5:00pm. The bartender was wearing a shirt…read moreadvertising the beer I ordered. Hé paused 5 seconds and then told me it was unavailable. He then suggested a "similar" beer that I'd already had on several occasions that was not even remotely close to the AmberAle that I was looking to drink. Seriously? He flatly was a jerk. Must be new protocol in Manchester pubs. Experienced it repeatedly. Was more interested in the chat with his mates then providing any service whatsoever. Don't waste your time unless you enjoy a surly uninterested bartender and crap service.

There's bad and there's The Orange Tree... ordered the tantalizing sounding 'Zinger Burger', while…read moreI was waiting for an age I started thinking they had sent the chef across the road to pick one up from KFC. Turns out that would have been such a vast improvement that my idle musings became much less amusing. What arrived on my table was the most pathetic excuse for a chicken burger i have ever consumed! The menu promises a burger with lettuce and tomato with a side salad, coleslaw and chips. What arrived was the most pathetic bun to chicken ratio in history. The processed patty barely covered half the bun, if that. The chips were so very over cooked and the coleslaw was missing, as was the tomato from the burger. To sink it all under the line, turns out 'Zinger' means using a spicier burger sauce... not quite the improvement you expect for an extra 50p. At £7.45 save your money and time and go across the road to KFC or even down the road to 'Instachicken' for a £3 burger - both are vast improvements on this monstrosity. Please note - pictures were taken after salad was offloaded to my wife's plate.

The Fairfax is definitely more of a young group's pub than an Old Man pub. In fact its barely a…read morepub, the interior suggests more of a bar. The prices too reflect this. They are the most expensive in this area- if you're after cheaper drinks try the nearby Church Inn or Foresters. For this reason, its also a hit with the ladies. I can go with a group of girls and (unlike guys) we don't need too much money to get slightly merry. Especially rowdy on the weekend and when they have their Pub Quiz, at most times there will be a few people inside having some food. The Sausage and Mash here is very good. Enough gravy to satisfy true Northerners. Plus they serve food until 9pm so if you're feeling peckish in the evening you can still grab some chips or garlic bread with your drinks. Except for Walkabouts and Sports Bar in London I have never seen so many flat screen TVs showing sport so if this is your goal then the Fairfax is perfect. If you want to get away from the football, the squishy sofas to the left of the entrance (complete with homely faux fire place) will be your safe haven.

decent number of screens, food is good as wellread more

It's good for a pint and to watch soccer, er football make that. The kitchen was closed but they…read moreallowed outside food. Good selection of ales.

We went to Tib Street Tavern a few weekends ago to watch the first half of a Sunday Liverpool game…read more- the promise of some good food before having to watch football was enough to get me on board! Only knowing it as 'somewhere to watch the match', I was pleasantly surprised at the general atmosphere and interior of the pub/bar. We sat downstairs and managed to bag a table (roughly an hour before kick-off) at the edge of the room, giving me a good people watching spot and the other half a great view of the many, many large screens. People started to trickle in at the same time as us and, by half time - when we left to meet up with some friends - it was rammed, including people sitting on the stairs to capture what was supposed to be a Liverpool victory. Food wise, it's a simple menu but there's something for everyone. I had the steak sandwich with fries, and it was nice enough. The steak was cooked as requested, but the fries were a bit greasy, and the ones hidden under the sandwich were lacking any texture at all. As a place to go and find a compromise on a Sunday, I'm happy to be in Tib Street Tavern.

Never have I ever. Stay tuned... this is a long and crazy story (little did she know, I'm a…read morefreelance writer!). The bar woman (heavy-set, red hair) who works there isn't wrapped tightly. I went there on Sunday night/Monday morning with some nice bartenders as a plus-one during a "bartenders-only" time. I am visiting from Toronto, Canada (first-timer) and was jiving with everyone. I go to pay via card and my friend and I were jokingly arguing about who should pay. I grab the machine before my friend can reach it, then I turn around, and begin keying in my password. The bartender then startles me by SCREAMING at me to "TURN AROUND! TURN AROUND RIGHT NOW! YOU NEED TO FACE ME WHEN YOU'RE USING THE MACHINE!" I turn around and jokingly say, "Why? You want to see my password or something?" and then she yells "I WAS ROBBED!".... Like, huh? Funnily enough, I was recently robbed (Manchester can be quite gritty). So I calmly tell her that and ask what being robbed has to do with anything. I was literally standing still, holding the machine, and keying my password into it, albeit with my back facing her. How are you freaking out about "robbery" while I'm in the midst of paying you? Weird. I promise you, it was completely out of left field. It's like she was transported into some traumatic setting from her past, wherein I was the perpetrator. So I pay and slowly hand her the machine. She snatches it rudely and people are looking at her wondering why she's being so aggressive to me. I shake it off, change the topic, and continue enjoying the night with everyone. I was never loud, drunk, rude, or obnoxios to anyone at all. And I deliberately ignored her existence. Now the bar's about to close and my friend asks if there's time to go for a smoke and come back to finish our drinks. She says yes, but we have to be quick. 3 minutes later, my beer's gone, all the tables are cleared, etc. So I calmly ask her where my beer's gone. She says she took it off the table since they're closing. I express my confusion, since my friend asked 3 minutes ago if there's time, and mumble to myself that that's $10 literally down the drain (the conversion from GBP to CAD is killer). Then -- again --, she immediately flies off the handle saying "YOU'VE BEEN AGGRESSIVE WITH ME ALL NIGHT! YOU'VE BEEN GIVING ME ATTITUDE ALL NIGHT! GET OUT! YOU'RE BANNED! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE HERE AGAIN!" Excuse me? You've got that backwards lady and everyone saw it. Don't try to make me look bad just because you embarrassed yourself. I just responded by asking her repeatedly, "Who do I look like that hurt you? Who do I remind you of?" I don't even care that she banned me. For one, I'm just a tourist passing through. And second, why would I go somewhere where I'm hated for no reason? I don't feel safe around this woman and other people who go there shouldn't either. She needs serious help. I am really disturbed by this bartender's behaviour. At least when you're robbed, there's a clear motive. Not sure what was motivating her aggression and hatred. To the owner who I met that night (yes, I'm the black woman with long dreads, seeing glasses, and a toque), please have a serious word with your bartender. She will surely try to paint me as a villain but ask anyone I was there with. And check any CCTV footage. No one deserves to be treated so poorly without cause. You don't have to like me to treat me with basic human dignity. Gah-lee.

Traditional-looking pub? Yes. Decent selection of ales? Alas, no…read more Did a search for pubs close to Chinatown before a meal and this place popped up so thought to give it a try. They were showing the footy on their two big screens so it was fairly busy in there (I say busy, there were probably 20 people but it's not particularly spacious). They had Timothy Taylor's Landlord and Black Sheep Brewery's Best Bitter available - the few others were more well known lagers etc. A pint of Landlord cost £3.90 and it was supposedly happy hour so who knows what they normally charge. It just doesn't have anything that would make me want to return in a hurry to be honest, there are better boozers only a few minutes walk away. Timber to Seven Oaks...

cool spot with large screens for football, with good music in the background in a another section…read moreon day time. Nice place to socialize or hang out with colleagues or friends with drinks.

I almost feel bad giving Bierkeller 3 star because I do like this place and go quite a lot but in…read morecomparison with other places that I've rated 4 stars I just can't justify it! It's a little bit of a confusing layout because this place contains four bars under one roof, when you first go in your in what they call the 'Ski Lodge' which is the upstairs bar, when you go downstairs you have 'Shooters', 'Around the World in 80 Beers' and Bierkeller. Bierkeller is a massive room with long, wooden tables representing the German beer house, they sell steins which are really reasonably priced. I would tell you about the deals but I am really confused by them! There are posters all over telling you what deals are on but there are so many it just confuses you (well it confuses me anyway!)! We ordered food using my friends taste card which meant we paid £15 for four meals! Bargain, the food is pretty average but I got a Bratwurst which was really good. Don't have high expectations for the food but it you want some filling grub really cheap it is a good place to go. 'Shooters' has a cool bar area where you can play FIFA on giant screens, just make a deposit at the bar and they will give you the controllers. There are also pool tables and it is a great place to watch the football. 'Around the World in 80 Beers' do what they call suitcases of beers, you can either get a full suitcase (£70) or a half suitcase (£35) which hold a selection of beers from around the world, it is a really great way to try new beers. This place is cheap and cheerful and the staff are really friendly, if you want a nice night out sampling the independents then this certainly isn't the place to go, but for a chilled night with your mates, playing FIFA and drinking cheap booze this is place will be a good starting point.