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CHRISTMAS AT LOCK 84  ·  Festive menu from £35  ·  Festive Afternoon Tea from £29.50  ·  BOOK A TABLE
Eating Meal Together
Eating Meal Together

MANCHESTER

KEEPING IT LOCAL

All day dining in a relaxed, stylish setting

Beside the Rochdale Canal, Lock 84 cooks seasonal dishes with produce from Manchester’s best independent suppliers, from Bury black pudding to Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire cheese.

To get in touch call us on 0161 383 0033 or email welcome@lock84.com

Lock 84 festive dining
Lock 84 festive dining

Christmas 2026

Festive dining all through December, from £35 for two courses or £40 for three: butter-poached turkey, beef rump, a chestnut Wellington and all the trimmings, served beside the canal.

Made for office parties, family get-togethers and catching up with friends. Groups of eight or more, please send your pre-order 14 days before you join us.

Afternoon tea cakes on a stand at Lock 84
Afternoon tea cakes on a stand at Lock 84
Afternoon tea for two at Lock 84
Afternoon tea with Prosecco, scones and cakes at Lock 84

Festive Afternoon Tea

Throughout December

Turkey and Vimto cranberry sandwiches, warm scones with Rodda’s clotted cream, mince pies with Baileys cream and chocolate yule log, with unlimited tea or coffee.

£29.50 per person, £34.50 with Prosecco, £44.50 with Veuve Clicquot.

All Day Dining

Daytime menu, 11.00am to 4.00pm
Evening menu, 4.00pm to 9.30pm

Executive Chef Chris Hall and his team cook seasonal small plates and mains with produce from Manchester’s independent producers, and Vimto, invented ten minutes’ walk away on Granby Row, in the chilli jam and the hoisin.

The menus change every month, so there is always something new to try.

Small plates and cocktails at Lock 84
Small plates and cocktails at Lock 84

Breakfast

Monday to Friday, 6.30am to 11.00am
Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays, 7.00am to 11.00am

The Lock Keepers Breakfast is £20: the breakfast tables of cereals, granola, fruit, Greek yoghurt, cold cuts, cheeses, artisan breads and pastries, plus any one cooked dish, with bottomless Worker Bee coffee and Brew Tea Co. tea.

Choose from a Full English, our Manchester Muffin, American pancakes or the Floddie, the grated potato cake the canal builders lived on. All our eggs are cage-free.

Open to hotel guests and visitors alike.

Full English breakfast at Lock 84
Full English breakfast at Lock 84
Manchester Muffin at Bottomless Saturdays, Lock 84
The Floddie with poached eggs and hollandaise at Lock 84
Brunch with a Manchester Scotch egg and coffee at Lock 84
Brunch with a Manchester Scotch egg and coffee at Lock 84
Brunch dishes on the table at Lock 84
Brunch and cocktails at Lock 84
Smashed avocado and poached eggs on sourdough at Lock 84
Whipped feta and roasted tomato on sourdough at Lock 84

Bottomless Brunch

Every Saturday, 12.30pm to 3.30pm

One brunch dish each and ninety minutes of spritzes, Prosecco, wine, beer and soft drinks, served beside the canal. £35 per person, or upgrade to Whispering Angel for £20.

Brunch favourites include the Manchester Muffin and Eggs Benedict. Last sitting 2pm, over 18s only.

Our brunch dishes are also on the daytime menu every day from 11am.

Afternoon tea for two at Lock 84
Afternoon tea for two at Lock 84
Afternoon tea cakes on a stand at Lock 84
Afternoon tea with Prosecco, scones and cakes at Lock 84

Afternoon Tea

Monday to Sunday, 12.00pm to 4.00pm

A classic British afternoon tea beside the canal: finger sandwiches, warm scones with clotted cream and jam, and handmade cakes, with tea or coffee for as long as you like.

£29.50 per person
£34.50 per person with a glass of Prosecco
£85 for two with a half bottle of Veuve Clicquot

Lock 84 Bar

Lock 84 Bar

Open daily, 7.00am to 1.00am
Bar food, 11.00am to 1.00am

At the heart of the hotel, Lock 84 Bar suits a quick catch-up, drinks before a show, a working lunch or a nightcap. No booking needed.

Signature cocktails, a wine list chosen by the team and our own Lock 84 IPA, brewed with our neighbours Seven Bro7hers.