The Bay Horse Tavern

Very good food, beer and service all in a cosy atmosphere. i had the wild mushroom pudding (suitable for vegans) served with thrice cooked chunky chips and mushy peas. one of the tastiest meals i've ever had! highly recommend 😊

Great atmosphere to catch up with friends and family. the pub is located strategically within the heart of manchester city centre. most importantly, this pub is super dog friendly. your four legged friends can stay indoor and outdoor! they serve delicious sunday roast too!

Chicken and leek pie was absolutely 10/10 unreal. i actually keep thinking about it since. gammon was a bit disappointing as it was essentially a thin bit of ham rather than a steak. bevs are good and service is great + loads of places to sit 👌🏻

Difficult to rate this pub. we booked a table for four for sunday lunch. all of us chose the roast beef. the veg and yorkies were great. martin meekat loved it but the beef was very tough. the lovely waitress apologised and offered alternatives. we declined as the rest of the food was good. they cut our food and drinks bill in half which was really impressive. our haddock goujon starters were also good as was my brightside odins beer. the ladies had a £30 bottle of rosé. a bit pricey. this seems mainly a food pub with table on the ground floor and a good sized basement room where the kitchen and toilets are also to be found. (there is an accessable toilet on the ground floor.) there is a small bar area for dedicated drinkers like martin. not happy about card only so cannot give 5*. giving 4* for their handling of the issue.

Having booked a table for 5 people, the start of our meal was very pleasant, the waitress was very helpful and gave us the time to properly look through the changed menu and to catch up with the rest of the table. ordering starters pork belly starter and pie for mains, and various drinks, we enjoyed the surroundings on a hot saturday night. as a hindu i don't eat beef and had explained that to the waitress, it was another member of my table that said the chips were cooked in beef drippings. after sorting that small issue, we enjoyed our drinks. the pork belly starter was fantastic, really was good, you do need to try it, crispy and flavoursome. on the menu it did say the pie would take longer, which wasn't a problem for us and when it came that was also pretty tasty. the issue we had when asking for the desserts, we had to approach the bar to place our order, one of our party went up and was met with a snide comment and was told to order with another person. we ordered two honey and ginger creme brulé and sticky toffee pudding, both were good, nothing really to shout about. the issue we had was when paying for the bill, total came to around £170, again taking the bill up to the bar to pay we didn't feel that service we had received warranted the £17 charge, instead we wanted to leave something less, we each paid the amount we thought was appropriate, covering the bill and extra for the tip, wanting to leave £15 instead. once we all paid and leaving the pub, we were told that we were still short, we did ask if the service charge was optional and the person behind the bar said there was still money to be paid, the interaction left the evening sour and wasn't the experience i had expected. good food but service could be improved.