UK city with £2.40 pints named one of the world’s best for a night out

THE BEST places to go for a night out in the world have been revealed by a panel of global travel experts.

Exploring the local nightlife is one of the highlights of a lot of people’s holidays, with the range of evening options hugely important when picking their destination.

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Luckily for them, Time Out has put together its inaugural ranking of the World’s best cities for nightlife.

While there are plenty of exotic locations on the list, one closer to home has also made the cut, with Manchester coming in at eighth on the list, ahead of the likes of Buenos Aires and Singapore.

Time Out praised the city’s inclusive atmosphere, as well as its early rave spirit.

They wrote: “Manchester’s best clubs are equal parts inclusive and authentic, with clued-up clubbers rejecting mainstream venues and adopting the spirit of early rave in industrial estate venues like Hidden or The White Hotel.”

It’s unsurprising to see the northern powerhouse on the list, with some places even serving pints for less than £2.50.

Sinclair’s Oyster Bar is famous for its old-world interiors and its fascinating history.

However, the pub is also famed for its low prices with a pint of mild or dark lager priced at just £2.40.

The Grade II listed building was moved and meticulously rebuilt brick by brick following damage during the Christmas blitz in 1941 and a later close call with an IRA bomb in 1996.

Today, the picturesque 1720s inn still stands proudly where it was most recently situated.

As part of the Samuel Smith’s chain, it also aims to recreate the simpler times of the past, with mobile phones banned inside, to encourage punters to chat while sipping on their bargain beer.

The city also has a huge selection of nightclubs, with Time Out not the only ones to single out Hidden for praise.

Secret Manchester listed it as their top spot for a night out in the city, saying: “Hidden spans across multiple rooms in a five-floor warehouse building.

“Resident DJs Martin Loose Cuts and Anton Fitz regularly spin the decks, and there are four separate club areas here “

“There’s The Basement Room (The Den), Blue Room, Courtyard and Hangar Space, as well as exhibition spaces too.”

Other beloved spots in the city include Fac 251, which celebrates the history of Factory Records, famous for bringing bands like New Order and the Happy Mondays into the thriving Manchester music scene.

Manchester’s eighth place in the overall table was the third highest in Europe, with German capital Berlin taking third place overall and Rotterdam in the Netherlands pipping it to seventh.

Number one overall was Brazilian metropolis Rio de Janeiro, with Time Out enjoying its “up-and-coming gastronomic hotspots like Alba and Vian Cocktail Bar”.

They continued: “They become dancefloors at the weekend, taking over from the traditional ‘nightclub’.”

In second place was capital of The Philippines, Manila, while Guadalajara in Mexico and Austin, Texas, USA filled out the top five.

Grace Beard, Travel Editor at Time Out, said: “Nightlife has changed a lot over the past four years.

“But while club closures and work-from-home culture have thrown its future into question, cities the world over have done what they do best: rolled with the times.

“Our inaugural Time Out ranking of the World’s Best Cities for Nightlife champions the destinations where a great night out is an easy find and, with affordability a key metric in our ranking, won’t break the bank.

“With our on-the-ground recommendations from local Time Out experts and three DJ city picks, you have an essential guide to today’s nightlife capitals – and where to go out there.” 

Meanwhile, this city has been named the nightlife capital of Britain.

And this is what it’s like inside the “best club in the world“.

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