815

I love this place. And I don’t even live in Manchester! I live in the Seattle area and when I visited my cousin in summer 2021, we had a lovely evening of perfect cocktails and conversation with Fritz (when he had time—this place gets busy!). Fast-forward to November and I’m planning my cousin’s birthday from 3k miles away. Naturally, my first thought was to somehow include cocktails at 815. Sarah was wonderful and super responsive to my emails. I was able to reserve the VIP section at a really reasonable rate. They also were very flexible about my getting them payment the day before because of my travel and they allowed me to store my cousin’s birthday cake (from Wild Orchid Bakery!) until we arrived later in the evening. Once there, we were greeted by Sarah and then Jake who was our funny and attentive connection to the bar. He was so nice and flexible about when to bring out the cake (even though I know we weren’t the only customers he was dealing with that night) and made the evening even more perfect. Many, many thanks to 815, Sarah, Ryan, Fritz, and Jake for a truly memorable evening (and, as ever, delicious cocktails)!

We recently had a small private (20s themed) party here and the staff went above and beyond our expectations. Everyone loved the food, drinks, staff, and the atmosphere. The drinks, homemade pickles, charcuterie board, tacos, and flatbreads (essentially pizzas) were an absolute hit. This was everyone’s first time at this place and most definitely won’t be the last

I don't get the whole Speak Easy hype in the past couple of years. It's really old fashioned and drab feeling and I don't know why anyone would want to sit in uncomfortable low rise chairs eating sub par food with overpriced drinks in a dingy atmosphere. The excessive replies back from the owner are weird also. I noticed that when I was reading the reviews. They make excuses for their establishment instead of simply making the improvement for a better business or atmosphere. They have a sharp and rude reply back for many of the reviews. It's probably how they treat half of their customers.