The Sawyer’s Arms Manchester is a historic pub at 138 Deansgate. Its late nineteenth century building is Grade II listed, with a curved corner, richly decorated red glazed terracotta at street level and traditional architectural details above. The setting gives a city centre meal more character than a standard modern bar.
The kitchen serves British pub food shaped by more than 150 years of pub tradition. Familiar main courses, pies, fish, burgers and seasonal specials are designed to sit naturally beside a pint. Smaller plates and bar snacks make the venue equally practical for a quick stop or a shared meal with friends.
Cask ale is a defining part of the drinks offer, with beers drawn from specialist breweries alongside lager, cider, wine, spirits and alcohol free choices. Staff can help guests navigate the changing taps. The broad bar selection and central Deansgate position also make the pub a useful meeting point before other plans in Manchester.
The pub welcomes families and combines food with sport and a sociable traditional atmosphere. Dietary and allergen information is available through the current menus, including a menu for dishes without gluten containing ingredients. Guests with allergies should still check preparation and cross contact directly with the team.
Address: 138 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2RP, England
The Sawyer's Arms Menu
Sandwiches
Available Monday – Friday until 4pm. Served with your choice of skin-on fries, chunky chips or house salad.
Crispy Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich
With Gochujang mayo, little gem lettuce, pickled pink onions and crunchy slaw. On rustic ciabatta.
Fish Finger Sandwich
Nicholson’s Pale Ale battered fish goujons with tartare sauce, in a brioche bun.
Grilled Halloumi Sandwich (V)
With grilled red peppers and basil pesto, on rustic ciabatta.
Nicholson's Club Sandwich
Triple decker sandwich. Grilled chicken breast, crispy smoked back bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise, in toasted farmhouse bread.
Chargrilled Sirloin Steak Sandwich
21-day aged sirloin steak, served medium. With chimichurri sauce & baby watercress on rustic ciabatta.
Sandwich Choices
Choice of side included with sandwiches. Truffle & Parmesan Fries available as an upgrade.
Choice Fries V
Choice Chips V
House Salad (VE)
Tomatoes, cucumber and mixed leaves in a pineapple & lemongrass dressing.
Truffle & Parmesan Fries
Gold Buffet Dishes
£24 per person
Cheeseburger Slider
Chorizo And Chicken Skewers
Goats Cheese And Spinach Croquettes (V)
With tomato salsa.
Lightly Dusted Calamari
with a sweet chilli & mango salsa.
Mini Lamb & Mint Pies
Salmon & Dill Fish Cakes*
With tartare sauce.
Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings
with a BBQ glaze.
Smoked Scottish Salmon & Avocado
Spiced Grains Salad (VE)
Sweet Potato & Apricot Falafel * (VE)
Silver Buffet Dishes
£19.50 per person
Goats Cheese And Spinach Croquettes (V)
With tomato salsa.
Salmon & Dill Fish Cakes*
With tartare sauce.
Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings
with a BBQ glaze.
Crispy Chicken Sliders
Lightly Dusted Calamari
with a sweet chilli & mango salsa.
Spiced Grains Salad (VE)
Smoked Scottish Salmon & Avocado
Pulled Beef Rib Croquettes*
Bronze Buffet Dishes
£16.50 per person
Wholetail Scottish Scampi
with tartare sauce
Beer-Battered Mushrooms (V)
With a sour cream dip
Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings
with a BBQ glaze.
Tossed Grain Salad (VE)
With a pinapple and lemongrass dressing.
Pulled Beef Brisket Sliders
Smoked Scottish Salmon & Avocado
Vegetarian Buffet Dishes
£18.50 per person
Goats Cheese And Spinach Croquettes (V)
With tomato salsa.
Beer-Battered Mushrooms (V)
With a sour cream dip
Sweet Potato & Apricot Falafel * (VE)
Spiced Grains Salad (VE)
Spiced Falafel Sliders (V)
Halloumi & Veg Skewers (V)
Sharing Boards
Sandwich Board
Roast beef & horseradish, grilled chicken & avocado, mature Cheddar cheese & chutney* and free-range egg mayonnaise sandwiches.
Desserts
Finish your buffet with some savoury or sweet treats.
British Cheese Selection (V)
Double Gloucester, Farmhouse Cheddar, Blue Shropshire and Somerset Camembert cheese with a selection of crackers, English beer chutney and celery. £3pp
Dessert Platter (V)
Salted caramel profiteroles with chocolate sauce and baked vanilla cheese cake, with a raspberry sauce.
Breakfast & Brunch
Traditional Sausage Sandwich
British pork sausages, in farmhouse bread.
Vegetarian Sausage Sandwich
On farmhouse bread.
Traditional Bacon Sandwich
Smoked back bacon, in farmhouse bread.
Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Scottish Salmon
On toasted rustic bread.
The Nicholson's Breakfast
British pork sausage, crispy smoked back bacon, golden hash brown, roasted mushroom, roasted tomatoes, black pudding, baked beans, toasted rustic bread and choice of two free-range eggs cooked to your liking.
Smashed Avocado & Poached Eggs* (V)
On toasted ciabatta.
Nicholson's Vegetarian Breakfast (V)
Vegetarian sausages, golden hash brown, roasted mushroom, roasted tomatoes, baked beans, toasted rustic bread and choice of two free-range eggs cooked to your liking.
Sides & Add-ons
Fried Egg (V)
Poached Egg (V)
Smoked Back Bacon
Sausage
Hash Brown (V)
Avocado (VE)
Veggie Sausage (V)
Bar Snacks
Sticky Chicken
Sweet chilli & som tam dressing
Lightly Dusted Calamari
Mango & sweet chilli salsa
Halloumi Fries (V)
Sweet chilli mayonnaise.
Padrón Peppers (VE)
Loaded Chunky Chips
Pulled beef brisket, mature Cheddar cheese.
Hand – Cut Nachos (V) – Small
Hand-cut tortilla chips, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños. Add pulled beef brisket
Beef Brisket Nachos – Small
Hand-cut tortillas chips , pulled beef brisket, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Traditional Sausage Roll
With Bloody Mary ketchup*.
Small Plates & Sharers
Hand – Cut Nachos (V) – Large
Hand-cut tortilla chips, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños. Add pulled beef brisket
Beef Brisket Nachos
Hand-cut tortilla chips, pulled beef brisket, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Oven-Baked Camembert* (V)
Topped with pumpkin seeds, honey & thyme. With beer chutney and toasted rustic bread. Recommended for two.
Tomato & Basil Soup (VE)
With basil pesto, and toasted rustic ciabatta.
Pulled Beef Rib Croquettes*
Gochujang mayo, watercress & pickled pink onion salad.
King Prawn & Smoked Scottish Salmon Cocktail*
With toasted ciabatta, little gem lettuce and a bloody Marie Rose sauce.
Roasted Garlic Mushrooms on Rustic Toast (VE)
In a creamy garlic & spinach sauce. On toasted rustic ciabatta.
Tomato & Basil Soup (V)
Toasted rustic ciabatta. Vegan alternative available.
Our Pie Collection
We pride ourselves on serving the very best traditional pies. Our pies are served with buttery mashed potato, thyme roasted carrots and a rich gravy.
Beef Rib, Shin & Brisket Pie
Cooked in a rich red wine sauce, topped with light pastry.
British Steak & Nicholson's Pale Ale Pie
Awarded gold at the British Pie Awards. Blade of beef in Nicholson’s Pale Ale gravy in a thyme pastry pie.
Chicken, Leek & Tarragon Pie
In a creamy white wine and tarragon sauce. Topped with golden puff pastry.
Fish Pie
Cod, salmon & king prawns in a creamy white wine sauce, topped with thyme & mature Cheddar mash. With long-stem broccoli and thyme roasted carrots.
Mushroom & Spinach Suet Pie (V)
In a rich red wine and tarragon sauce. Vegan alternative available.
MUSHROOM & SPINACH SUET PIE (VE)
In a rich red wine and tarragon sauce. With long-stem broccoli, thyme roasted carrors and a rich gravy with baby potatoes.
Mains
8oz Chargrilled Sirloin Steak
21-day-aged steak, chunky chips and a choice of peppercorn* or bone marrow bearnaise sauce.
Chargrilled Chicken & Chorizo
Chargrilled chicken breast, pan-fried chorizo, long-stem broccoli, sautéed baby potatoes.
Garlic Chicken Schnitzel
Schnitzel smothered in garlic butter, skin-on-fries, watercress and pickled red onion salad.
Nicholson's Fish & Chips
Hand-battered haddock in Nicholson’s Pale Ale. Chunky chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce. Add curry sauce.
Nicholson's Fish & Chips (Large)
Nourish Bowl Salad ▲ (VE)
Kale, brown rice & quinoa salad, with cherry tomatoes and mango, long-stem broccoli and pumpkin seeds.
Ocean Fish & Chips
Hand-battered* haddock & breaded wholetail Scottish scampi, Chunky chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce. Add curry sauce.
Pan-Roasted Salmon Fillet
Crushed baby potatoes, long-stem broccoli and Scottish mussels with a white wine butter sauce.
Pesto, Cheese & Spinach Gnocchi with Chicken
Basil pesto, creamy garlic & spinach sauce, thyme panko breadcrumbs, rustic garlic ciabatta. Add Chicken.
Pesto, Cheese & Spinach Gnocchi (V)
Basil pesto, creamy garlic & spinach sauce, thyme panko breadcrumbs, rustic garlic ciabatta.
Salmon & Dill Fishcakes*
With glazed baby potatoes, house salad and Sicilian lemon Mayo.
Sausage & Mash
British pork sausages, buttery mash, caramelised onion gravy. Vegetarian serve available.
Vegetarian Sausage & Mash (V)
Vegetarian sausages served on a bed of creamy mash and topped with gravy.
Sirloin Steak Sandwich
21-day aged sirloin steak, served medium, with chimichurri sauce & baby watercress, on rustic ciabatta. Served with skin-on fries.
Chicken Caesar Salad
With crisp lettuce, cherry tomatoes, smoked bacon, Parmesan, croutons, and a classic Caesar dressing.
Burgers
Our mouth-watering burgers come with lettuce, gherkin, tomato and mayonnaise on a brioche bun and are served with skin-on fries.
Spinach & Falafel Burger (VE)
Pink pickled onions, plant-based slice, baked mushroom, tomato salsa. Vegan alternative available.
The Nicholson's Burger
Double beef patty, cheese sauce, smoked back bacon, crispy onions, hash brown.
Buttermilk Chicken Burger
Crispy buttermilk chicken breast, smoked bacon, Cheddar cheese, guacamole.
Beef Brisket Burger
Chargrilled beef patty, hand-pulled BBQ beef brisket, cheese sauce.
Spinach & Falafel Burger (V)
Pink pickled onions, plant-based slice, baked mushroom, tomato salsa. Vegan alternative available.
Classic Cheese & Bacon Burger
Chargrilled beef patty, smoked back bacon, Cheddar cheese.
Sides
Halloumi Fries (V)
Sweet chilli mayonnaise.
Skin-On Fries (V)
Chunky Chips (V)
Truffle & Parmesan Fries
House Salad (VE)
Tomatoes, cucumber and mixed leaves in a pineapple & lemongrass dressing.
Garlic Ciabatta (V)
Long-Stem Broccoli (VE)
Puddings
Sticky Toffee Pudding (V)
Bourbon vanilla ice cream.
Zesty Lemon Tart (V)
With berry coulis and freshly whipped cream.
Double Chocolate Brownie (V)
With bourbon vanilla ice cream.
Apple & Cinnamon Crumble Pie (VE)
Mixed berry coulis and indulgent custard.
Juice
Apple Juice
Cranberry Juice
Orange Smooth Squeezed
Pineapple Juice
Hot Drinks
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