The Salutation is housed in a lovely old building and has pleasant and charming décor.
It does not serve food at weekends nor does it offer free wi-fi to all customers. It is surrounded by MMU buildings, and staff and students can access their university wi-fi from inside The Salutation.
I attended on a Saturday afternoon in search of a hot meal and wi-fi. As neither was available, I ended up leaving without buying anything.
The Salutation was a wonderful place to end my nostalgic stroll around the campus. The pub is in great condition & so is the range of Bollington cask ales.
Well done Dermot! Looking forward to another visit in september & listening to some more of your Mcr tales!
Friendly, professional, accomodating Team. Good food with gluten free requirement sorted. Fabulous play list and great live music to round off our visit. Thank you Team Salutation...hope to visit again soon xx
1st time here and suitably impressed. Tasty beers from Bollington brewery. Looking forward to a second visit
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I used to frequent the Sal when I lived in Hulme, long before it was taken over by the University. It was at that point a little rough around the edges, and it's future didn't exactly look bright - still, Frank Sidebottom was an ad-hoc performing regular, and that made it all OK.
Fast forward to one winter's night in 2022, and although it clearly hadn't moved an inch, it looked and felt like it was in a completely different place - from the outside, lit-up and surrounded by shiny and modern looking University buildings, you feel like you're in some kind of grandiose museum - unusual, but I quite like that. If this is what it takes to save a wonderful building like this, then so be it
On the night of me and my friend's visit, England were playing in the football World Cup so we were in need of some urgent respite away from the tanked up hoards of Christmas jumper bells and nowty security guards.
Inside, the pub was refreshingly calm, and happily the interior hadn't changed much - the exquisite ceiling design was still in place (rest assured the pattern pre-dates the birth of a certain Austrian dictator's political party).
The ale - provided by Bollington Brewery - was confidently given the thumbs up by myself and all in my party. I had Bollington Best - it was fresh and light tasting. They also do food, but I'm yet to indulge.
The staff, which at that point seemed to be made up mostly of University students, were friendly, chatty and very helpful.
All in all I'd say this is now one of the best pubs in Manchester - a few minutes walk from the city centre, but a world away its late-night slightly chaotic nature.
Charles Richard Manchester
+5
Charlotte Brontë who is said to have started her famous "Jane Eyre" at this 19th century inn might have saved this placed from eaten up by this interchangeable faceless university buildings.
The dark stout beer and the veggy burger are good, staff is nice and the typical locals complete the picture of an normal pub - just avoid looking out of the window, it's too bizarre.
Highly recommended!
Lovely little place close to Manchester Uni’s.. Food was really good and the staff are amazing. Will be back. Thank you guys
Great pub with a good history and very pleased it was saved from demolition. Also restored as a great pub with good Bar-food.
Great staff 👍
Old world pub hidden in the University campus, just away from the bustle of Oxford Road. Great selection of ales, now linked in with Bollington.
Very friendly staff and cheap drinks. Great if you need to book out a space for a small get together or a university event.
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