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For a start, The Moon under Water has free wi-fi. If you are staying in town close to Deansgate but have no Internet and don’t know where to get online, this is the place to go. Their Cloud network supports o2 mobile Internet, but you can get on the web even if you only have an email.
The Moon under Water is as huge as it gets – apparently it is in the Guinness Book of Records as Britain’s largest pub. Originally, however, it was a picture house, and one of the photographs you will find hanging on the wall shows the entrance with “Oklahoma” listing. The original building dates back to 1916, and the initial purpose dictated – and now explains – the size of the building.
I’ve been to the pub at different times. On a Saturday you may well be in for some dance floor action and loud music. Thursday is a fix for curries. In the day it is not uncommon to find old respectable ladies sitting and chatting over a meal, while at night the public is younger, merrier, and “dressed to impress”.
Being a Wetherspoons pub, Moon under Water will be serving specialty ales, so if you are a lager or bitter fan always ask for their seasonal drink lists. They presently take part in the UK-wide Real Ale Festival.
It may sound bizarre, but their WCs are something of an artwork. Forget the traditional tile-and-glass interiors of today: here you will be walking on the soft carpet and looking at century-old wall tiles. You can vividly imagine those ladies in long dresses with high-neck collars trailing down the washroom’s aisle or powdering their noses in front of the mirrors.
