Love it!!! What a fantastic place, great people, great surroundings and great beer!!! I love my history, and in particular Manchester History, and the "BP" has it in abundance with murals on the walls and characters behind the bar.... We grabbed a quick bite to eat, service was really good, plenty of choice and all at a reasonable price. Highly recommend paying visit, if anything just to see the amount of whiskies on offer!! First real day of sunshine in manchester and found myself sitting within the pleasant surrounds of the rear beer garden at the Britons Protection in town. Proper traditional pub nestled just perfect in the hustle and bustle of the city centre. Had a very nice club sandwich from the new food menu and a pint of real ale. Lots of quirky features about the pub that will last in my memory far longer than the exceedingly boring journey home on the train. Long May the likes of these real drinking establishments flourish and brighten our days ahead.Recently been in the Britons protection not been in for a while seems like there has been some improvements but kept everything original in this old fashioned pub. Large beer garden at rear is very clean and has been painted including the whiskey flavour map on the wall as this pub is big for whiskeys. I had lunch here as i realised that they had a new food menu, the menu had a wide variety of choice and was reasonably priced. The food was nicely presented and tasted good just what i wanted for at lunch time. Ale was excellent and will be returning soon.

This pub is much-improved since my last visit - eighteen months ago. The ale range is greatly improved and the pub has a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere. The pint of Ossett Silver King I supped was superb. Well worth a visit. 9/10.A gem of a boozer. I'm looking forward to another visit tomorrow night :)That stout I had was Hand Drawn Monkey - beer of the year and 2.8%!

What have Manchester arndale centre done??? They have made what made people want to sample the beer in this place as they walked past in surprise to misting out the windows and shutting it off because some liberal has moaned about seeing people drinking. Such a shame.I love the Micro Bar. Who would have thought such a place existed in the Arndale?

They have a nice selection of local beers on tap and a fantastic array of bottled beers and glasses you can buy to take home.

They also have Anchor beers on tap which is nice, we tried the Anchor Summer Ale last time we went there.

When we've been here it's usually at the start of a bar crawl throughout Manchester, and is a good starting point. I've only been once specifically to get some bottled beers to take home, as it's not convenient to carry them around all day!. Visited Micro Bar not long after it opened. Today is my second visit. Despite the indoor market location it has a relaxed pub-like feel. Good to see the place evolve. Good range of bottles and several cask ales and a real cider. The Flensburger Gold at £3.40 is a bargain! 8/10.

Good old fashioned pub in a office blocky part of central Manchester. Friendly welcome and a nice pint of Titanic (?) for 3.50, and not too squashed mid afternoon. Appears to attract serious beer lovers of a certain age, with the odd late lunching office worker thrown in. Had the pleasure of calling here again, this time on a Friday lunchtime for a quick pint. Despite being fairly busy, service was swift and efficient, and there was still room inside to take a seat.This is certainly a proper traditional looking pub. 8 hand pumps, of which only 1 was unavailable. Had a pint of "Black Coral Stout" which was very nice indeed.

Wasn't too busy on my Saturday evening visit, but I imagine would have soon filled up later on.

Would definitely recommend a visit.

Average city boozer handy for the station - ale quality was a bit iffy.Beware - another price increase. Pedigree £3.70 a pint. Sunbeam £3.60 a pint. Kronenburg £4.40 a pint. The regulars are voting with their feet.Tidy pub, well kept beer, food looks good, stocks Monster Munch, handy for Piccadilly station. I have friends who usually turn their noses up at Marton pubs (beer snobs) but they enjoyed this place when I took them in before our trains.

This is by far the best bar in this part of Salford. It has a good selection of craft ale from around the UK and beyond including a fair few from local brewer First Chop. Their is a good selection of food available and most of the staff are friendly and helpful.
Beer is at craft beer bar prices rather than local pub prices but given the location that isn't much of a surprise.This place is next door to the new BBC media city complex which is probably why the prices are a bit steep. I expected Dom littlewood to stop me from buying a pint and say "don't get done get Dom". Staff are a bit like robots and seem more interested in filling the fridges than serve customers. The real ale was on form but would like to see more local micro breweries on offer.Very mixed feelings about this place. My original visit was quite promising with prices on the reasonable side.

However, after a recent visit and a price hike to £3.80 a pint I'm totally put off.

Seems to me that they've clocked on that with the BBC brigade moving up from "the smoke" and have raised prices accordingly.

More alarmingly, they display in full view on a blackboard, full breakfast £8.30!!!

How ludicrous?