A quirky secret bar lies hidden beneath Manchester city centre, celebrating all things Christmas with those lucky enough to know where to find it.
Miracle on Cross Street - Manchester's only Christmas Grotto bar for adults - can be found in the basement of Salt Dog Slims just off St Ann's Square in the city centre.
The secret bar is back for its second year in Manchester, and Christmas-loving adults can indulge in some festive drinks in a grotto-inspired venue - a treat for all the senses.
Open for a limited time - just six weeks of the year - between November 17 and December 24, Miracle on Cross Street is already proving extremely popular and is urging guests to book in advance so they do not miss out on this unique festive experience.
The speakeasy-style Christmas-themed bar is an excellent place to relax and unwind at this time of year, and we headed down into the basement to check it out for ourselves.
Miracle on Cross Street - Manchester's only Christmas Grotto bar for adults - can be found in the basement of Salt Dog Slims just off St Ann's Square in the city centre.
The secret bar is back for its second year in Manchester, and Christmas-loving adults can indulge in some festive drinks in a grotto-inspired venue - a treat for all the senses.
Open for a limited time - just six weeks of the year - between November 17 and December 24, Miracle on Cross Street is already proving extremely popular and is urging guests to book in advance so they do not miss out on this unique festive experience.
The speakeasy-style Christmas-themed bar is an excellent place to relax and unwind at this time of year, and we headed down into the basement to check it out for ourselves.
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00:00 walk into something that is so seriously Christmas with the decor, the Christmas trees, the fireplaces,
00:07 everything, Christmas music and Christmas cocktails.
00:10 A quirky secret bar lies hidden beneath Manchester city centre, celebrating all things Christmas
00:16 with those lucky enough to know where to find it.
00:19 Miracle on Cross Street, Manchester's only Christmas grotto bar for adults, can be found
00:25 in the basement of Salt Dog Slim's just off St Anne's Square in the city centre.
00:30 The secret bar is back for its second year in Manchester and Christmas loving adults
00:35 can indulge in some festive drinks in a grotto inspired venue, a treat for all the senses.
00:42 Open for a limited time, just six weeks of the year between the 17th of November and
00:46 the 24th of December, Miracle on Cross Street is already proving extremely popular and is
00:52 urging guests to book in advance so they don't miss out on this unique festive experience.
00:58 The speakeasy style Christmas themed bar is an excellent place to relax and unwind at
01:03 this time of year and we headed down into the basement to check it out for ourselves.
01:08 Our owners and founders are well travelled and they go from all over different places.
01:15 They went to New York and they saw a Christmas grotto over there and they thought why not
01:21 bring that to the UK.
01:22 This year is hopefully going to be our best year yet.
01:25 It's something where it goes from the cocktails to the service.
01:29 So the service here is completely different to our bar upstairs which is bar service upstairs,
01:34 down here is table service.
01:35 So it makes it a little bit more intimate.
01:37 It means that the people on the floor can go and sit down, they can relax, they can
01:42 just enjoy Christmas basically.
01:44 We'll bring the cocktails to you, we have cocktails that are so specifically Christmas
01:49 such as the gingerbread and caramel old fashioned that is garnished with a little gingerbread
01:54 man and an orange twist.
01:56 So it's a bit of a homage to classic cocktails but with our Christmas twist.
02:00 Whether you're here on a date night, whether you're here in a group booking, a staff night
02:04 out Miracle basically accommodates for it all.
02:07 You can have the intimate relaxed feel but you can have the party and the fun side as
02:11 well.
02:12 I think Christmas is the best time of year especially for us because it gives people
02:16 an opportunity to just relax.
02:19 You work so hard all the way through the year and then that opportunity to let off some
02:23 steam to wear a Christmas jumper, to put on your silly hats, to sing along to songs.
02:30 It basically when it comes to Christmas it turns into one big karaoke where people can
02:35 sing along to Mariah Carey, they can come in and enjoy the drinks.
02:38 It also means that people are a little bit, well quite honestly a bit more festive and
02:42 it means that they can relax.
02:44 We've been very fortunate that a lot of people have come down to chat about it, to basically
02:48 take photos of it, to promote it.
02:50 The popularity of this year has gone through the roof.
02:54 We're basically like the halfway house of Christmas when it comes to either the markets,
02:59 a meal, a night out.
03:01 We're a place that has become a destination to celebrate your Christmas.