Czech Bar

I like to see bars catering for the niche areas of the market, because it detracts from the drudgery of having thousands of places targeting the same moronic individuals that consider a good night out to be one where the actual memory of it ceases to be.
Czech Bar unashamedly fills in the niche in the Manchester market for Czechs, and does so in an accessible, friendly way. The drinks are reasonably priced, there are some good offers on, and the general vibe of the place is laid-​back and welcoming.
It is fairly out of the way for most people to bother wandering around to though, but I can’t think of a good reason not to do it once in a while.

I doubt whether Alfie B. has actually spoken to any of the staff here — this bar is run by Czechs, it is mainly staffed by Czechs and Slovaks, the beer is Czech, Czech bands play there, they run Czech nights and they show Czech ice hockey matches. I don’t think it is trying to tap into any British trend whatsoever — it is simply a bar designed to appeal to the local Czech and Slovak communities as well as locals and students. Rant over. Czech mate.
I used to come to this bar on Mondays to take advantage of the £5 pitcher offers they had on. Unlike many student pubs, Czech Bar uses decent alcohol for its cheapo pitchers and cocktails. I don’t understand why there is a constant 2 for 1 offer on cocktails, but I’m not complaining. The beer is good value — you’d pay at least an extra pound a pint for a Staropramen at any city centre bar. On a weeknight there tend to be a few locals playing pool and a few Czechs at the bar, leaving most of the comfy sofas and booths available making it a really good place to meet a group of friends for a quiet drink or to start a night out.
Last time I went in there one of the guys behind the bar locked us in when it got to 11pm. He told us there had been a few attempted armed robberies at closing time lately, which is a shame. If this place opened up on the Oxford Road (perhaps in place of Scu Bar) it would be less likely to suffer from this problem and more likely to attract passing trade which would make weeknights a bit livelier. But I like it just the way it is.

The ingeniously entitled ‘Czech Bar’ is a bar in my experience staffed by British people, looking to tap up into a trend of about 5 years ago for praising beer from the Czech Republic.
True, they do bother to import a couple of Czech beers that are okay. But the reason Staropramen, Pilsner Urquell and Budvar are famous and available everywhere these days, is because they’re the nicest ones, so they’ve been imported (they’re also the most popular in the Czech Republic).
Other than a few average and rightly unknown beers, its absolute woe in there. Here’s an ode to it:
Czech Bar,
They’ve brought the beer from afar,
Which is a little bizarre,
Because none of its nicer than Star.
This place we shall debar,
Escape, run, and leave the door ajar,
Pick up a tinny from the next door Spar
And consume it our boudoir.

With so many Czech beers filling the fridges of the Uks best bars I guess it was only a matter of time before forward thinking Manchester opened a drinking hole devoted entirely to that wonderland of hops.
But Czech bar isn’t content to just rest on its Budvar laurals, they actually bother to fly in authentic Czech and Slovakian bands to play for their growing list of loyal customers. As such, the bar has become something of a hangout for eastern Europeans wanting a little taste of home. If you’ve had enough of ‘our kid’ and fancy shooting the sheet with our keed then Czech bar really is the place you you.

Great little bar that serves Czech beers (you might have guessed this by the name). Food is really cheap and quite tasty and the staff are really friendly.
Great bar to try a new tipple and chat with close friends. Ill definitely be back soon so its a thumbs up from me!