Manchester235 is the city's design-led casino: a stylish room in the landmark Great Northern warehouse just off Deansgate, built around cocktail bars and a restaurant as much as the tables, and pitched squarely at a smart night out.
Manchester235 leans glamorous — a sleek, low-lit room where the cocktail bars and the restaurant are as much the draw as the American roulette, blackjack and electronic gaming. It runs poker and event nights and keeps a late licence, and the crowd tends to be dressed for an occasion. It is more about a stylish evening than a marathon session, and it does that better than anywhere in the city.
The casino has no rooms, but it sits inside the Great Northern just off Deansgate, one of the most hotel-dense corners of Manchester. The nearby Radisson Blu Edwardian and the design-led rooms around Deansgate and Spinningfields are a few minutes on foot, with plenty of mid-range chains close by. Wherever you book in the centre, you are a short walk from the door.
There is a restaurant and a clutch of cocktail bars inside, so dinner and drinks can bookend the gaming without moving. Step out and Deansgate, Spinningfields and the bars of the city centre are immediately around you — Manchester's night out is effectively the extra here.
Manchester235 is central and easy, close to both main rail stations and walkable from anywhere in the core. Manchester's hotel and drink prices are reasonable for a big city, and with the whole night out on the doorstep it offers strong value for a stylish evening rather than a budget one.