Ark
Venue Brief
Manchester three-room nightclub where a dress-coded door, a friendly bar and rolling deep-house DJ sets host a young Mancunian weekend-party crowd.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- Dancing
- Age guide
- 18-25
- Dress code
- Smart Casual
- Demographic
- Backpackers
- Music genre
- Deep HouseLounge/Chill HouseCommercial Hits
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year Round
- Clientele
- LocalsUK
- Offerings
- Bottle ServiceVIP Booth
- Open times
- Mon ClosedTue ClosedWed 10 PM–4 AMThu ClosedFri 8 PM–4 AM BestSat 8 PM–4 AM BusySun Closed
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About Ark
Deansgate Locks puts you on a short stretch of Whitworth Street West where the arches run one bar into the next, so most nights here start somewhere nearby and end up inside by midnight. Doors open at 8pm on Friday and Saturday and don't close until 4am, with a single midweek session on Wednesday from 10pm — the rest of the week is dark. Music leans on deep house, with chill-house and commercial hits filling out the rooms as the floor thickens. Bottle service and VIP booths are there if you want a base, but the $$ band means a night out doesn't have to involve one. The crowd skews 18–25, mostly local Mancunians and UK visitors with backpackers in the mix, and the door works to a smart-casual standard that's worth taking seriously on peak weekend nights. Year-round, and rated 4.4 across more than 1,200 reviews.
