Whether you're looking for a casual game of darts between drinks or planning a full-on competition with friends, Manchester has you covered. The city offers a variety of venues where you can test your skills, whether you're aiming for a 180 or playing Around the World. In this guide, we've listed everything from darts bars and specialist venues to pubs with interactive dartboards. Explore our guide to find the best places to play darts in Manchester.
Where to play darts in Manchester
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The best places to play darts in Manchester
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1Flight Club Private dart oches
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2Twenty Twenty Two Tournaments and happy hours
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3Boom Battle Bar Augmented reality darts
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4Lane7 All the games
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5The Bierkeller Steins and 180s
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6Black Cat Club A gamers haven
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7The Light Stockport Interactive darts
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8Box A sporting haven
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9The King's Tap Classic boozer darts
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10Swinton Poolhall Old-school complex
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11Roxy Ball Room State-of-the-art boards
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12King Pins Tech darts
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13Rileys Home to the PDC Open Championships
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14Steven Charles Snooker Centre Vintage snooker and darts
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15The Black Lion Pub with pool and darts
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The best places to play darts in Manchester
Private dart oches
Flight Club has revolutionised darts, offering semi-private playing areas with state-of-the-art boards, meaning plenty of friendly competition. The venue is lively with a bar where you can order drinks straight from the oche. Choose from a range of digital games to compete against your friends, before enjoying some food from the on-site restaurant, which you can also order to your area. One of the highlights is the popular bottomless pizza brunch.
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98 King St, Manchester City Centre
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Tournaments and happy hours
At Twenty Twenty Two, you can enjoy a game of ping pong while sipping on tasty drinks in a lively, roomy venue decored with colourful artwork. Get competitive with darts and explore the bar's list of tasty drinks, including plenty of cocktails. The venue hosts a variety of events to keep guests entertained, such as tournaments, darts nights, happy hours, and DJ sets. Take on the bartender at Dead Eye Darts Club every night of the week, where you can double your drinks if you win.
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Little Lever Street, Manchester City Centre/Northern Quarter
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Twenty Twenty Two
016-123 793 60 - Read more on Thatsup
Augmented reality darts
Boom Battle Bar is the ultimate place for playing games while enjoying drinks and a lively atmosphere. Activities include axe throwing, darts, shuffleboard, pool, and beer and prosecco pong, with some enhanced by augmented reality. The dart boards combine state-of-the-art technology with a load of different game modes. Karaoke booths are also available, and you can enjoy a variety of drinks, including cocktails and snacks like wings and fries.
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The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, Manchester City Centre
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Boom Battle Bar
016-166 991 10 - Read more on Thatsup
All the games
Head to Lane7 in Altrincham or Deansgate for drinks, food, and a variety of games in a neon and graffiti-adorned space. This lively bar offers bowling, pool, darts, arcade games, beer pong, and karaoke. Enjoy delicious burgers and a diverse selection of drinks, including cocktails, hard shakes, wine, and draft beer.
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6 Stamford New Rd 235 Deansgate, Manchester City CentreLane7 Manchester Altrincham
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Steins and 180s
The Bierkeller Manchester is a buzzy venue that brings a Bavarian party vibe to a traditional beer hall setting. It's a great place for drinks and events, with live sports, quizzes, comedy nights, and themed bottomless brunches on offer. The bar features a wide range of beers, including large steins, and the menu includes satisfying street food like currywurst, pizza, and wings. Play darts or pool in their games room, or sit down with a stein in hand to enjoy a live sports match on one of the big screens.
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The Printworks, Withy Grove, Manchester City Centre
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The Bierkeller Manchester
08-000 548 179 - Read more on Thatsup
A gamers haven
The Black Cat Club is Manchester's ultimate entertainment hub, blending music, sports, shuffleboard, and darts in one vibey venue. With live DJs, exceptional food, and drinks, you can easily while away a whole day here. It's home to the city's first interactive shuffleboard and dart boards with six game modes, and is the perfect spot for fun and relaxation.
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43A Brown St, Manchester City Centre
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Black Cat Club
016-147 093 75 - Read more on Thatsup
Interactive darts
The Light Stockport may be a cutting-edge cinema, but it also offers additional entertainment, including bowling, arcade games, darts, and karaoke. The darts here are interactive, with four fun games and three difficulty levels to choose from. Check out Disco Wall and destroy the blocks, or aim for the bull in Robin Hood. You can also book out an entire oche and order drinks straight to you and your friends.
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Bridgefield Street
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A sporting haven
Box in Deansgate is a buzzy venue boasting 25 HD screens for all the live sporting action. Enjoy fun activities like shuffleboard, live music, and karaoke with a live band, as well as oches decked out with modern dart boards so you can drink and challenge your pals to a game of darts. The menu features crowd-pleasers such as burgers, sub sandwiches, and pizza, paired with a variety of cocktails, craft beer, and wine.
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125 Deansgate, Manchester City Centre
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Box Deansgate
016-180 497 20 - Read more on Thatsup
Classic boozer darts
Nothing beats a classic game of darts in a traditional English boozer, and you can enjoy that in The King's Tap in Cheadle Hulme. The King's Tap is a welcoming local pub offering everything that makes British pubs a timeless favourite. Enjoy a cosy setting with delicious pub grub, including pizzas and breakfast options, and a wide selection of ales, wines, and other drinks before getting stuck into a game of darts or pool. They also show plenty of live sports, and outdoor seating is available. Both kids and dogs are welcome.
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11 Station Rd, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme
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The King's Tap
016-169 687 57 - Read more on Thatsup
Old-school complex
Swinton Poolhall is a classic leisure complex that originally opened in 1980, offering a variety of activities. It features nine well-maintained snooker tables, 12 English pool tables, and one American pool table. The venue also includes an indoor bowling centre and an on-site gym, and visitors can enjoy playing darts or poker while snacking on a selection of food and drinks served by the friendly staff.
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1 Wellington Rd, Swinton, Salford
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Swinton Poolhall
016-179 406 72 - Read more on Thatsup
State-of-the-art boards
Roxy Ball Room in Deansgate and Manchester's Arndale Centre is the ultimate spot for booze and ball games, offering a range of fun activities in a stylish, ambient setting. Have a game of mini-golf, basketball, ice-free curling, shuffleboard, ping pong, and more. They also have interactive darts, where you don't have to worry about scorekeeping as it does it all for you. It's perfect for beginners as there are six different games to choose from, and the boards explain everything to you step-by-step. After a few games, or even during, enjoy some delicious comfort food like pizza, hot dogs, wings, and fries while sipping on beer, wine, or signature cocktails.
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76-78 Deansgate, Manchester City Centre Withy Grove, Manchester City CentreRoxy Ball Room Deansgate
76-78 Deansgate, Manchester City CentreRoxy Ball Room Manchester Arndale
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Tech darts
King Pins is a great spot for entertainment, offering a spacious and trendy venue suitable for any occasion. It features state-of-the-art bowling lanes with booth service for refreshments, as well as a variety of other fun activities, from ten-pin bowling, ice-free curling, shuffleboard, American pool, batting cages and many more. There are also tech darts which let you play different interactive games based on traditional darts. Guests can enjoy a selection of food and drink options, ranging from cocktails to craft beer.
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Market Street, Manchester City Centre
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King Pins Manchester Arndale
016-166 925 00 - Read more on Thatsup
Home to the PDC Open Championships
Rileys Sports Bars has locations throughout the UK, including Chorlton, which offers more than just classic sports bar amenities. Alongside large screens for live sports, hearty snacks, and refreshing drinks, Rileys Sports Bar Chorlton features a variety of bar games such as pool, snooker, darts, table tennis, and shuffleboard. The venue features dedicated dart lanes, top-quality boards, and a great atmosphere. They also host the annual PDC Open Championships.
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302b Barlow Moor Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
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Rileys Sports Bar Chorlton
016-186 049 60 - Read more on Thatsup
Vintage snooker and darts
The Steven Charles Snooker Centre is located in Manchester's Green Quarter and is a spacious venue featuring twelve snooker tables, including two vintage tables over 120 years old. However, guests can also enjoy snooker, American 9-ball, English 8-ball pool, darts, and table tennis here. The centre also offers a wide selection of drinks and pub-style food, including Sunday roasts, and sports fans can watch games on a wall-sized TV screen and large HD TVs throughout the venue.
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5-11 Cheetham Hill Rd, Cheetham Hill
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Steven Charles Snooker Centre
016-181 916 24 - Read more on Thatsup
Pub with pool and darts
The Black Lion Hotel & Bar, established in 1876 near Deansgate in Manchester City Centre, offers 13 themed bedrooms reflecting iconic Manchester streets and buildings. The traditional pub downstairs serves a gastropub menu and drinks and provides entertainment such as sports broadcasts, quizzes, darts, and pool.
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65 Chapel Street, Salford, Manchester City Centre/Salford
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The Black Lion Hotel & Bar
016-140 012 19 - Read more on Thatsup
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