One Eight Six
Venue Brief
Manchester live-music bar where a house band, mid-week jazz and weekend DJ nights behind a dress-coded door host a young Mancunian gig-and-party crowd.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- DancingIntimateLive Music
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Smart Casual
- Cuisine
- Various
- Demographic
- Tourists
- Music genre
- TranceJazz
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsUK
- Offerings
- Bottle Service
- Open times
- Mon ClosedTue ClosedWed ClosedThu 8 PM – 2 AM BestFri 7 PM – 3 AM BusySat 4 PM – 3 AM BusySun 8 PM – 2 AM Busy
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About One Eight Six
Food here is deliberately broad — a kitchen that doesn't pin itself to one cuisine — and it works alongside bottle service at the tables, with a $$ band that keeps the whole thing within reach of a normal Manchester night out. The programming swings between jazz and trance, which tells you most of what you need to know about the room: small enough to feel intimate, built for dancing rather than standing around, and used to live sets as much as recorded ones. Doors open Thursday through Sunday, with the long Saturday running from 4pm to 3am and Friday from 7pm, while Thursday and Sunday wind up at 2am. Smart casual is enforced at the 186 Deansgate door, and the crowd skews 25 to 45 — a mix of Mancunians, wider UK visitors and tourists who've found their way down.
