The team behind the award-winning restaurant Higher Ground and wine bar Flawd has announced it will be opening a new seafood and listening bar in Manchester. Known as Bar Shrimp, the Manchester bar will be serving up “considered cocktails”, beers on tap, British seafood and snacks with “world-class sound”.
Set to open on Manchester’s New York Street from Wednesday 22nd October, Bar Shrimp aims to be an extension of the ethos found at their current Manchester venues, offering a relaxed and focused bar with delicious food. The seafood-focused menu will offer shellfish over ice, plates such as Cornish crab cocktail and British bluefin tuna crudo, and other bar classics. An Oyster Happy Hour will run every weekday between 4-5pm.
In a statement, the Bar Shrimp team said: “Whether it’s a beer after work, some food with friends or after dinner drinks late into the night, Bar Shrimp will be a dynamic space where the music and energy evolves throughout the evening where everyone and anyone can come together for a memorable experience.”
The bar lounge will be darkly lit with the comfort of plush-red banquettes and floor-to-ceiling drapes, with table service being offered throughout. Located next door to the Michelin Guide restaurant Higher Ground, it’s the ideal place for a drink before or after dinner. Partnering with Stockport-based MasterSounds, Bar Shrimp will feature a Clarity M-1215 sound system, custom-designed for the space, with music director, Lukas Stankunas, curating the music programming every week.
Higher Ground, which opened on the edge of Manchester’s Chinatown in 2023, was founded by Daniel Craig Martin, Joseph Otway and Richard Cossins and has achieved accolades such as joining the Michelin Guide and receiving a Bib Gourmand last year and named one of the best local restaurants in the North West, so we can certainly expect great things for new Manchester opening Bar Shrimp.
The team also opened wine bar, Flawd, on Islington Marina in 2021, as well as establishing the Cinderwood market garden in Cheshire, which supplies both Higher Ground and Flawd as well as other Manchester restaurants.
Bar Shrimp opening times and how to book
Reservations are accepted in the dining area from Wednesday to Saturday at dinnertime and on Saturdays at lunchtime. Sundays will be more of a relaxed atmosphere with no reservations and a bar snack menu offered.
Bar Shrimp opening hours:
Wednesday / Thursday: 4pm-12pm
Friday: 2pm-1am
Saturday: 12pm-1am
Sunday: 3pm-11pm
Bar Shrimp will open on October 22, and you can book a table here.
📍Bar Shrimp, 7 New York St, Manchester, M1 4JB.