Hen Party in Manchester

1. Cocktail Making

Become your own mixologist as you shake & mix your very own drinks for the night in a popular, central Manchester bar.

2. Life Drawing

Surprise the bride to be with a creative workshop, complete with your own nude male model to draw inspiration from for your artwork!

3. Smartphone Hen Treasure Hunt

Explore Manchester’s best bits while competing against your friends in a variety of themed questions and challenges.

4. Lip Sync Battle

Split into two teams and sing, dance and strut your heart out to an iconic tune of your choice in the classic lip sync battle experience.

5. Disco Dodgeball

Dance and dodge in the totally unique disco dodgeball event. Combines a disco atmosphere with hilarious dodgeball rules.

6. Dreamboys Show

Add some eye-candy to the weekend with the well-known Dreamboys strip show and even meet the guys afterwards!

7. Bottle of Vodka & Booth

Secure your place for the night with a VIP style reserved area and bottle of vodka to kick off the celeb­ra­tions.

8. Dance Parties

A great little addition to any celebration, learn the moves to a song of your choice and throw together a fully chore­og­raphed routine with your friends.

9. Bubble Mayhen

Complete challenges and play hilarious mini games with the twist of being trapped in a giant inflatable bubble!

10. Goofy Games

The title says it all, complete ridiculous challenges that include giant inflatables, getting wet and silly costumes for the whole group.

Places to Eat in Manchester

Because of it’s mighty size, Manchester has a multitude of options when it comes to eating. This makes the task of feeding a group of giggling girls much easier for you! From every cuisine, small café’s fancy restaurant and quirky side-street fast food – there’s something for everyone. If you’re only visiting for a short and sweet weekend, it’s good to know some of the best places to eat in Manchester, so you can have full and happy bellies throughout the celeb­ra­tions.

A great idea if you’ve got a big group on your hands is tapas. A variety of tiny dishes everyone can try and share is an easy way to make a memorable evening meal. For some of the best tapas in town, head to Bar San Juan and you won’t be disap­po­inted. If you prefer just ordering your own meal and enjoying it at your own pace, still to the classics! Pizza, pasta and authentic Italian cuisine can be found at the highly rated Rudy’s Neapolitan Pizza restaurant on Cotton Street. The eatery boasts simple and sleek décor so they can focus on delivering proper Italian grub.

If you’re looking to experience Manchester at it’s core, there’s no better place to eat like a true Mancunian than Yard & Coop. Found on Edge Street, this bustling restaurant serves classic British and American diner-style cuisine. The cocktails are funky, the atmosphere is vibrant and the theme is super fun! Our wild card eatery in Manchester has to be Lahore Manchester, which is so popular that it’s not that wild at all. Serving Asian fusion food, this restaurant is colourful and cool, with a mid-range price tag for quality and unique dishes.

The Printworks

A must-visit for a hen party in Manchester, you’ve got your lot around the Printworks area. A great place to start your night with a bit of casual grub, eateries like Hard Rock Café can feed a bus load of giggling girls before you go out for a cocktail or two.

For a combination of food and drink, why not try the Australian themed Walkabout in The Printworks? Rowdy and filled with classic Australian tropes, this themed bar is a little different from your average British pub that’s for sure. For dancing on the tables and guzzling beer, Bierkeller is the place to be gals.

Northern Quarter

Probably the Manchester area with the largest walking distance between bars, the nightlife talent in the area is worth the extra wobbly steps to and from. Full of independent quirky bars, large and small, to suit all tastes. Here, you’ve got popular secret bar Dusk Til’ Pawn (disguised as your average pawn shop from the outside), and Black Dog Ballroom which offers nice cocktails a great social meeting place.

Mackie Mayor is a good base for all things food and drink, presenting a warehouse style venue with different food and drinks vendors, and Cane & Grain offers up an American style bar with a special of tasty ribs if you get a bit peckish!

Deansgate Locks

Under the impressive arches of the train station you’ll find a collection of bars to blow your socks off. To be honest, you could just do a full hen night in Manchester around Deansgate Locks if bar hopping is your kind of thing!

You can find all sorts around here, from flowery cocktails and perfect selfie backdrops in Lola Lo and the classic Revolution down by Deansgate Locks.

Deansgate

There's something for every group. Here's a recommended list of Deansgate bars in Manchester to visit.  Revolucion de Cuba, based just off Deansgate,­ is a latin inspired dining and late bar venue with live music most nights. Have a lovely cocktail in The Botanist which is a horticultral hideaway. Another great cocktail bar in Manchester is Dirty Martini

Spinnin­gfields

This is based in the financial district of Manchester and boasts luxury shops, upmarket bars and restaurants.­  If your groups prefer's to escape from the busy hen party manchester scene, then this is place. Here are of the best bars in Spinnin­gfields, The Oast House, Australasia and The Alchemist.

Reasons to Visit

Something for Everyone

Manchester is full of eclectic people, shops, eateries and districts. There’s a place for everyone in this bustling city, no matter what kind of bride to be you’re celebrating.

The Variety of Nightlife

From the Electric Press to Park Row, Oxford Road and The Northern Quarter – take your pick for the night out.

The Arches

Although it’s a working city, Manchester is beautiful. A lot of the districts are broken up by the old train arches, with unique venues built underneath round rooves in places like Deansgate and the Locks.

Art & Galleries

If your budding bride is a huge art fanatic, she’ll be drowning in possi­bili­ties here in Manchester. There’s fabulous street art and galleries like the Manchester Art Gallery just waiting to be discovered.

Musical at Heart

Music runs through Manchester’s veins, and you can find all genre’s of music in the different neig­hbo­ur­hoods of Manchester to suit your tastes.

An Easy Breezy City

From the easy to use transport links to the tourist-friendly layout and even the sheer amount of great value accom­moda­tion, Manchester is not a stressful place to celebrate.

Getting Around Manchester

Whether you're staying city centre or one of those fancy hen party houses in Manchester, you’ll find getting to Manchester will be stress free from wherever you are, it has links from anywhere!

Manchester is home to a capable and varied transport system. With two major train stations that everyone uses to get through the colossal city.

• Piccadilly Station for the Northern Quarter, City Centre & Portland Street
• Victoria Station for the Printworks, Arndale & Deansgate

Both these fantastic stations have trams, buses and taxis linked to allow even further transport if where you’re headed on the hen party in Manchester is a little further afield.

The tram network provides easy-peasy travel throughout the city so you can save your weary legs for the dance floor!