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| Loaf is very much like one of the Hollyoaks starlets that pass through its doors on a Friday or Saturday night ? overrated and easily forgettable. Going back seven years, Manchester was still in the grip of post-bomb construction, with a lot of fantastic plans but nothing to show for it yet. Some bright spark had the idea of turning a number of disused railway arches at the bottom of Deansgate into a series of bars (plus a bathroom and flower shop that, quite rightly, died). Little did they know exactly how much Deansgate Locks would affect Manchester nightlife, both in a positive and negative fashion, and the expansive Loaf was built at the far left of the strip. Occupying huge arches, this venue was initially loved the uber-glam Cheshire brigade (its proximity to Deansgate station, and their inability to walk for more than five minutes really helped this Loaf) but that was back in 2000 and that's a lifetime ago in the life of a bar. The venue itself isn't all that bad ? upstairs houses a bar area that holds approximately three hundred, and a restaurant that can seat a touch over one hundred. Downstairs is a bar-cum-vip area that is normally rather busy, and a ?proper? club space (as well as the toilets and cloakroom). The decor was pretty fresh for Manchester until everyone else copied it, but its still more than passable in terms of looks, for the time being at least. Over the years the crowd has changed, and now it's a bit more ?down to earth? (a.k.a. rougher) at weekends at least. Its saving grace is the events it puts on during the week ? the infamous Hideous Kinky has moved here on Thursdays and Eye Candy was the place to be on a Monday, giving this venue a new lease of life ? the crowds on these nights are much more like they used to be. Overall you may feel we're being a bit harsh on Loaf, after all this was initially built as a test project by one of the big breweries, but its hard watching a venue like this go downhill at weekends. A rebranding is definitely needed soon, and no doubt they will polish this huge bar/club/restaurant into something special, but for the time being I can't honestly say that this place is somewhere I want to visit for that long. | |||||||||||||||||
Login or join for free to enhance this feature. Anonymous says... AgreeDisagreeI have never seen so many wanna be glamour models in my life even though they are no doubt underage! Bring back London is all I can say.....shocking!!! brian@pwl.ie says... AgreeDisagreefull of chavs and s*it beer Anonymous says... AgreeDisagreei would have to agrre that female bouncer is an absolute tw*t. Otherwise a decent place if you don't want 2 go 2 far 2 find a decent night out. 1 person agrees, 22 people disagree with this review Anonymous says... AgreeDisagreewatch out for bar staff helping them selfs to tips from your change. the manager seems aware of this problem but not bothered about this. 3 people disagree with this review Gemma says... AgreeDisagreeFemale bouncer very rude, which was a shame as the rest of the staff were nice. Nice chilled out atmosphere and drinks not badly priced either. 5 people agree, 16 people disagree with this review | |||||||||||||||||
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