Mulligans — Restaurant in Manchester

Tuesday 11th March I had a horrible experience at Mulligans and feel the staff and security do not take women's safety seriously. Especially poignant after they shared an international women's day post 3 days beforehand. A male member of the group I was in showed inappropriate photos of a woman to other members of the group. A lovely woman walking past saw this and called him out immediately, reminding him not only was his behaviour misogynistic and disgusting but also illegal. A male member of staff witnessed this exchange and was stood there for most of the disagreement also calling over security. The bouncer, after hearing the story, with the male staff member as witness, told the offending man to "ignore the woman". As soon as the security and staff member left, the man became aggressive with me and shoved me. I didn't feel able to report this given the response to his illegal and misogynistic behaviour some minutes prior, with his behaviour being accepted by both staff and security. After the pub had closed and my partner and I made sure the last member of our group was in a taxi, we saw the male member of staff who had been witness. We politely asked him if he had heard the earlier exchange, he had, I said it hadn't been handled well and that it had made me feel unsafe. At first he was attentive and seemed genuinely sorry. This changed when the bouncer in a beanie hat called over the bouncer from the incident and told me to talk to him directly. I repeated what I'd said and this is when things escalated. Whilst being interrupted and shouted over, I was told: staff had done everything they could and told both parties to ignore each other - admitting they'd told the man who had broken the law to ignore the woman who had called him out - that I was wrong because I hadn't reported the violence even though I didn't feel safe to, that rather than complaining to them about the response I should just file a police report and worst of all, beanie hat bouncer saying "we didn't know if he was showing pictures of his girlfriend", and "she shouldn't have been sharing pictures anyway". Eventually the 3 stormed off back into the premises. Men who commit this type of behaviour deserve repercussions, but men who stand by and allow the behaviour to continue are just as bad. Mulligans need to give their staff proper training around safety and gender based violence. They need to remind the bouncers what their purpose is and also what is acceptable behaviour. They need to be aware and responsive when the law is broken on their premises. Mostly they need to make sure they're not complicit in misogyny and that women can have the safe and fun night out that...

Guinness fanatic! Disappointed!

I visited Manchester in October 2023 for my Birthday, and we specifically chose Manchester just to try the Guinness in Mulligans after hearing so many good things. We arrived early on the Friday and got to Mulligans about 12 midday. There were a handful of people already in there drinking Guinness but not too many. I was so excited to try my first Mulligans pint, however I have to be brutally honest, I was not blown away at all. In it's defence I tried to make excuses to my wife for reasons why it wasn't that great, especially after dragging her on a 4 hour trip just for the pleasure. 1) It was early and we all know the first few pints of Guinness out of the pump are not the best. 2) I had a fry up for breakfast, and Guinness doesn't go well with greasy foods. 3) maybe my tastebuds were just off that day (it happens). That day we visited three other Irish bars that served equal or better pints than Mulligans. Giving it the benefit of doubt we tried again on Saturday, but it was too busy to get in due to the Rugby. We made one last ditch effort for a second review before driving home on Sunday, and we managed to get in about 1pm. It was certainly busy enough that enough pints had been poured, but again, it was good, but absolutely not great Guinness. I spent last year travelling to Dublin and across the UK searching for the best pint of Guinness, and the only places that come close to the very best places in Dublin are The Auld shillelagh in Stoke Newington (hands down best Guinness in the UK), and the Sheephaven Bay in Camden (a very close second). The Coach & Horses in Convent Garden and the Guinea Grill in Mayfair also serve a better Guinness than Mulligans of Manchester. Sorry but for all those voting this as the best Guinness outside of Dublin, you clearly haven't been to London, in particular North London, which is very consistent for good Guinness as it has a very high population of Irish residents.

Loved Manchester, amazing place, very friendly, so I will definitely be back to try again, as it may just have been a bad weekend for...

Idiotic discriminatory security/bouncers whatever ruin everything.

I went here earlier on this year to experience the Guinness and it was amazing. This was mid afternoon and there were no bouncers, the guy at the bar was really friendly and had a good chat with him. I was wearing a hat.

I was in Manchester for a gig just this last Thursday 26/09/24 and me and a friend decided to walk to Mulligans from our hotel after my good experience.

This was at about 5-5.30pm and we were excited to get to the pub especially after our 20 minute walk.

Then we were met with a typical rude, aggressive, power gone to his head doorman.

No, 'hello', 'good afternoon' or ' how are you?' straight into. 'you'll have to take your hat off if you're going in'. I asked "permanently?" And the obnoxious doorman replied "yeah". I said "I'll leave it" and left. His whole attitude in this short but patronising exchange was off. Pathetic.

To put this into perspective I was wearing a flat cap, smart black jacket, black trousers and shoes. I have seen videos on the website of many people wearing hats inside, especially on St Patrick's Day.

I also suffer from very bad anxiety, self esteem issues and I am very self conscious. I ALWAYS wear a hat. If this is part of the dress code then it is absurd and discrimination and a ridiculous way to lose business.

I really hope this was just the doorman being a c u next Tuesday and he gets told where to go. I'm not paying £7 per pint to feel uncomfortable and be told what to wear. I had enough of that at school. PATHETIC!!!

I'm so petty that I take great happiness in the fact that while I was having one of the best nights of my life that bouncer was stood out in the rain and cold. He could probably have done with a hat come to think of it.

Won't be returning unless I get a...