The ultimate Manchester Father's Day guide for a great day out

Father’s Day is fast approaching, and there’s a wealth of dad-based activities going on across the city for fathers of all kinds, from the beer and pie lovers, to the ravers, to the gardeners to the ones who are basically still children themselves.

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If a slap-up Father’s Day lunch is in order, Albert’s Schloss is offering up a free beer on arrival to every dad who turns up to eat (two courses start at £23), from 12pm. You can stay on for live entertainment too, from The Piano Man, the Feel Good Choir and DJ Paulette till the early hours.

Over the road, the Impossible bar is offering a ‘dads eat free’ offer, with a free beer thrown in too for pre-booked parties of four.

Meanwhile, new ramen and bun spot Suki Suki on Deansgate is offering a free bottle of Asahi to every customer who comes in to tell a dad joke on the big day. Dads are surely at an advantage here.

Dads heading to Zouk for its infamous Sunday roast are instructed to wear their ‘craziest dad shirt’ to have the chance of winning a £50 voucher, and another £150 drinks voucher too.

Smart Portland Street hotel The Alan is doing a special Father’s Day 50-day aged picanha steak for two, served up with beef fat potatoes, greens and bone marrow gravy for £60.

Head to the Refuge, and if you order a pie for lunch from the peerless Great North Pie Co, you’ll get a free beer gift back from the Track brewery to take home with you.

If your dad is the posh cocktails type, there are some excellent options across the city. Why not take him for an old fashioned at Schofield’s bar on Little Quay Street, or something