Food on Campus

Easter 2023 Opening Hours

Please note that the following outlets will close for three weeks for the Easter break from Monday 27 March until Monday 17 April:

• The Market (including The Market Coffee Counter and Potato Shack), University Place
• Change Cafe, ground floor Engineering Building A (Grosvenor St entrance)
• The Hive, 2nd floor AMBS

Then the following outlets will close for two weeks for the Easter break from Monday 3 April until Monday 17 April:

• Cafe 204, Chemistry Building (opening hours w/c 27 March 8.30am-2pm)
• Arthur's Brew, Arthur Lewis Building (opening hours w/c 27 March 9am-4pm)
• Code Cafe, Alan Turing Building (opening hours w/c 27 March 9am-2.30pm)

The outlets below will remain open over the Easter break:

• Smiths, Michael Smith Building 8.30am-3pm
• Alan Gilbert Cafe at The Learning Commons 8am-7pm (weekends 10am-4pm)
• The Place, University Place 8.30am-3.30pm
• Collaborate, ground floor Engineering Building A (Booth St East entrance) 8am-5pm
• Connect Cafe, 2nd floor Engineering Buildings A & B 8am-4pm
• Greenhouse Cafe, ground floor George Kenyon Building 8.30am-3pm
• The Library Lounge, Main Library 9.30am-2.30pm
• Sackville Street Coffee (formerly Starbucks), Sackville Street 8.30am-3.30pm
• Lime Cafe, lower ground floor Samuel Alexander Building 8.30am-3.30pm

Our normal opening hours during term-time are:

• Cafe 65, ground floor AMBS 8am-4pm
• Michael Smith Cafe, Michael Smith Building 8.30am-3pm
• Alan Gilbert Cafe at The Learning Commons 8am-8pm (weekends 10am-4pm)
• The Place, University Place 8.30am-3.30pm
• Collaborate, ground floor Engineering Buildings A & B (Booth St East entrance) 8am-5pm
• Change Cafe, ground floor Engineering Buildings A & B (Grosvenor St entrance) 8am-5pm
• Greenhouse Cafe, ground floor George Kenyon Building 8.30am-3pm
• The Library Lounge, Main Library 9am-4.30pm
• Sackville Street Coffee (formerly Starbucks), Sackville Street 8.30am-3.30pm
• Cafe 204, Chemistry Building 8.30am-3.30pm
• The Market (including The Market Coffee Counter and Potato Shack), University Place 11am-3.30pm
• Connect Cafe, 2nd floor Engineering Buildings A & B 8am-3.30pm
• Arthur's Brew, Arthur Lewis Building 9am-3.30pm (closing 3pm on Fridays)
• The Hive, 2nd floor AMBS 8.30am-3.30pm
• Lime Cafe, lower ground floor Samuel Alexander Building 8.30am-3.30pm
• Code Cafe, Alan Turing Building 8.30am-3.30pm

The following outlets remain closed for now:

• Cafe Arts, Martin Harris Centre will be open for performances and concerts only
• The Library Coffee Cart, Main Library

Please note that all our cafes are now cashless. Please pay by card or use your staff/student ID card to save 10% (staff) 20% (students) on all food and drink purchases.

North Campus

In line with the North Campus clearance project, Cafe North (Barnes Wallis Computer Cluster) will close on Friday 10 June 2022, as staff and students move across to MECD (Manchester Engineering Campus Development) the new home of Engineering and Materials. We have opened three new outlets in MECD this year; Collaborate on the ground floor (Booth St East entrance), Change on the ground floor (Grosvenor St entrance) and Connect on the second floor. Please note that Sackville Street Coffee (formerly Starbucks) remains open 8.30am-3.30pm Monday to Friday.

Please use our map showing all our University of Manchester campus outlets to find your closest cafe.

If you're looking to order refreshments for a meeting or an event on campus, please contact our colleagues in Hospitality.

Here at Food on Campus we pride ourselves on being honest, customer focused and affordable, providing you - our students, staff and external guests - with a variety of delicious, high quality food and drink options across campus to keep you fed and watered.

In addition, we are proud of our sustainable ethos and the fact that we take responsibility for the impact our business has on the environment. Where we can we use local suppliers, only source meat and fish from sustainable sources where animal welfare is assured, and are committed to making Greater Manchester single use plastic free.

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