South Manchester Pubs
Dining and drinking around Greater Manchester

• Red Lion
  Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester 20.
  Tel: 0161-434 2441.
  Open Monday-Saturday 11.00am-11.00pm, and on Sundays 12noon-3.00pm and 7.00pm-10.30pm. This old and much extended, low ceiling "cottage" pub is a favourite with the south Manchester student crowds. The bowling green-beer garden is a great attraction on summer evenings. Good beer, including Marston's Bitter, Pedigree, Owd Rodger and guest beers, and food in an intimate (if busy) atmosphere.
  
  
• Fletcher Moss
  1 William Street, Didsbury, Manchester M20.
  Open Mon-Sat from 12noon-11.00pm and Sunday from 12noon - 10.30pm. Real ales available including Hydes Bitter, Mild, Premium and Black. Recently refurbished pub, popular with locals. An interesting collection of old photographs and cigarette cards.
  
  
• Royal Oak
  729 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury Village, Manchester 20. Tel: 0161-445 3152.
  Restored to its former glory after a disastrous fire, this pub offers a wide range of cheese and pâté lunches of giant proportions. No games, music or children allowed. Sky Sports television. A busy old-fashioned and comfortable inn. Open Mon-Sat 11.00am-11.00pm, Sunday 12noon-3.00pm and 7.00pm-7.30pm.
  
  
• The Didsbury
  852 Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury,
  Manchester 20. Tel: 0161-445 5389.
  This fine old pub is now part of the Chef & Brewer chain of Carvery Restaurants.
  
  
• Ye Olde Cock Inn
  749 Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury,
  Manchester 20
  A busy popular pub with a vast range of good local and imported beers, with regular changing ales (see the chalkboards outside).
  
  
• The Marble Beer House
  57 Manchester Road, Chorlton,
  Manchester M21. Tel: 0161-881 9206.
  Open Mon-Sat from 12noon-11.00pm and Sundays from 12noon-10.30pm. Real ales available, including Marble Brewery Bitter, Chorlton Bitter and Totally Marbled. A cosy friendly pub converted from a one-time off-licence.
  
  
• The Beech
  Beech Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
  Manchester 21. Tel: 0161-881 1180.
  Voted City Life Pub of the Year in 1983, this pub offers an impressive selection of beers served in top condition. No food, smoky, and no fuss.
  
  
• The Metropolitan
  2 Lapwing Lane, West Didsbury,
  Manchester M20. Tel: 0161-374 9559.
  Open Mon-Sat from 11.30am - 11.00pm and on Sunday from 12noon - 10.30pm. Real ales available, including Timothy Taylor's, Tetleys and Boddingtons. A conversion from the old Midland pub without the usual fake antique décor and props. Good food available and adequate wine list, if rather expensive.
  
  
• Scruffy Murphy's
  256 Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield,
  Manchester 14. Tel: 0161-256 0012.
  One of two Scruffy Murphy's in Manchester, and both are close to the student campus of Manchester University. A wide selection of bottled beers, including Guinness. Food available.
  
  
• The Welcome Inn
  Rusholme Grove, Rusholme,
  Manchester M14. Tel: 0161-224 4306.
  Tetleys and Stones bitters available. Hidden behind Rusholme's Wilmslow Road so-called "curry mile", this traditional old pub was formerly the haunt of BBC personnel (whose studios were once around the corner in Dickenson Road) and of the wrestling fraternity as it was once owned by the Sinclair's, one-time champion wrestling family, before their retirement to Tenerife.
  
  
• Osbourne House Inn
  32 Victory Street, Rusholme,
  Manchester M14. Tel: 0161-224 9534.
  Hydes bitter and mild ales available. A friendly pub, recently refurbished and rather busy as a Manchester City Football Club fan's meeting place on match days.

The Red Lion, Withington

The Didsbury

Scruffy Murphy's, Fallowfield

Ye Old Cock Inn, Didsbury

Jabez Clegg, University

Dirty Nellies, Fallowfield