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Castle In The Air — Bars in Manchester

Castle In The Air

BarsManchester

4 out of 5 stars4.0(2,247 reviews)

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Quick info

+44 161 746 3930
Chill Factor E, 7 Trafford Way, Trafford Park, Urmston, Stretford, Manchester M41 7JA, United Kingdom

About Castle In The Air

On Trafford Way in Manchester, Castle In The Air is a pub serving British eats and beers in a room with big windows and outdoor tables. The kitchen offers a short menu of three dishes, including the Bbq Chicken Melt With Side Salad, and breakfast runs to Eggs Benedict, with cookie dough dessert for afters. Orders are taken on a walk-in basis, and food is brought to the table once seated. TVs around the room show football and other sports. It opens daily, so there is no fixed sitting time to work around. Chill Factor and Play Factor sit next door, making it a stop before or after a visit to either.

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Menu & Prices

3 dishes · mains £10–12
  • Grilled Chicken Breast Burger With Side Salad£10.05
  • Bbq Chicken Melt With Side Salad£12.09
  • Sticky Korean Grilled Chicken Bowl With Coconut-Flavour Rice£10.09

Reviews

4.0/5
2,247 reviews

What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention eggs benedict, cookie dough dessert, breakfast and football on TVs.

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Customer Review Summary

Reviewers split between a good-food, good-atmosphere crowd and a poor breakfast experience. Positives mention hot, tasty portions, the cookie dough dessert, football on the TVs and quick food service. The complaints are specific: Eggs Benedict with a rock hard egg and dry ham, ending in a refund, plus a long wait for food and dessert, and a wrong breakfast order brought out.

Featured reviews

  • Google user
    “I had food here (breakfast) and it was good. This morning I went again for breakfast and it was shocking. I had Eggs Benedict, but the egg was rock hard and the ham was dry. You could see it had been sitting out and had dried on the edges.Taste was a bit of as well to whole meal. They gave me a refund and offered to replace it,declined the food as not trust it afterthat service. I will 100% not step foot in here again,not wen there is so many other restaurants out there.”
  • Google user
    “Had a lovely tea with family, 3 adults and 5 children. The food was hot and tasty and good portions, the cookie dough dessert was to die for. The atmosphere was good and it wasn’t too busy.”
  • Google user
    “This used to be, our go to pub. For breakfast or evening meal. We only live about 10 minutes away. The last 3 times we have been. Food has come out cold. We was a party of 9, for evening meal. 3 pizzas came out stone cold, and the Ramon bowl and salt and pepper bowl, also came out lukewarm. We notified a member of staff, and I gave her a piece of stone cold pizza to hold, she said really sorry, I'll sort it. 5 minutes later came back, to say the Ramon bowl was out of stock. My wife ordered something else. Everything came piping hot. The other 4 people in our party had already finished there food. As they brought the new food, the waitress said, there is complimentary desserts for everyone, just let the bar staff know when your ready. Fair enough, kind of them to acknowledge there had been a problem. Went a week ago for breakfast, just the wife and I. I ordered the large breakfast with black pudding. Bacon was stone cold, beans was cold. Sausage and black pudding was hot. I just ate it, thinking this is the last time. Wife ordered eggs benedict with bacon. Bacon was stone cold. Wife sent hers back, came back out within 5 minutes piping hot. The egg was that hard it was like a tennis ball. Like it had been nuked in a microwave. I went to get a coffee from the machine, as I was waiting to use the machine. I was watching the kitchen workers in the kitchen though the window in the door. They was plating up a breakfast on the pass, using his hands no gloves. Putting the bacon and the sausages on the plate with his hands. Never again will I waste money there. We will use Barley farm from now on”
  • Google user
    “We’ve been coming to this pub regularly for almost seven years because it’s a nice place to relax with the family, even if the food quality has always been fairly average. Unfortunately, after today’s experience, we won’t be returning. My wife and daughter ordered two chicken shawarma wraps because the menu clearly stated the chicken would be chicken thigh. Instead, the wraps arrived with pulled chicken. This review is not about the taste of the food — it’s about the fact that the dish served was not what was described on the menu. If it had been advertised as pulled chicken, they would never have ordered it. We politely asked to speak with the manager, but a man came to the table who never introduced himself or acted professionally. We explained the issue calmly and clearly, and despite the restaurant serving something different from what was advertised, his only response was that there was “nothing he could do.” He then walked away in a very rude and dismissive manner, without offering any alternative, apology, or attempt to resolve the situation. What disappointed us most was not the mistake itself, but the complete lack of responsibility and customer care. We even ended up spending more money ordering different dishes just to continue enjoying our family day out, yet we were treated as if our concerns did not matter at all. Mistakes can happen anywhere, but professionalism, accountability, and respect toward customers should always come first. Unfortunately, none of that was shown today.”
  • Google user
    “There was a vulgar smell in the place along with a piece of chewing gum next to our table. The guy who brought us the food was dribbling and when we looked at the food the bacon and sausage was still oinking 🐽🐖 and the scrambled egg smelt like they were off. I would not recommend at all. There's plenty of other wetherspoons within a 5 mile radius which are much better.”

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Good to know

“Wetherspoon pub serving British eats & beers in a roomy setting with big windows & outdoor tables.”

  • Accessibility
    Wheelchair: entrance, parking lot, restroom

Amenities

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
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  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom

Location

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Castle In The Air
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  • 0.5 mi

    large courtyard beer garden, live music and jam nights, football and sports screens

  • 0.5 mi

    breakfast, fish and chips, burger

  • 0.8 miReservationsWheelchair accessibleOutdoor seating

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