Speak in Code is a low-lit brick cocktail bar pairing hip-hop, plant-based comfort food and approachable modern drinks made with in-house distillation, carbonation and fermentation.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-20
Plan Your Visit
7 Jackson's Row, Manchester M2 5ND, UK
- Style
- Technique-led plant-based cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Hours
- Friday–Saturday 17:00–02:00; Sunday–Thursday 17:00–00:00.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
- Booking
- Ordinary table bookings are linked through TableAgent; parties are limited to six and larger split parties are declined. The owner strongly recommends bookings and keeps a small number of first-come, first-served bar-stool seats for walk-ins.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
- Menu
- View the venue’s menu ↗Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
41.3 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 83.5
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 16.4
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 45.1
- Serious press
- 26.7
- Social Vibes
- 64.4
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
92/ 100
The existing 92/100 remains the historical proprietary read. This check qualifies cited sources without recalculating the score.
Score context
Becky Cooper and Ian Jones praise Speak In Code’s drinks and service in professional reviews. Cooper finds the hip-hop theme slightly overwrought. Their views do not establish an ordinary-customer consensus or verify later basement claims.
Guest sources checked:
Publication and posting dates are distinct from visit dates. The original score, confidence and stored evidence remain unchanged.
Guest score details
What the cited sources say
- The critics praise inventive drinks and service.
Source reservations
- Cooper finds the hip-hop theme slightly overwrought.
Source excerpt
“Here, the flawless (and, incidentally, vegan) cocktails are inventive and diabolically precise.”
The source excerpt is professional critic prose by Becky Cooper.
Source: theinfatuation.com (linked below)
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- theinfatuation.comBecky Cooper — The Infatuation · 26 June 2025; visit date unknown
Critic review at 7 Jackson’s Row praises the drinks and finds the hip-hop theme slightly overwrought. No new booking or basement claim is established for display by this review.
- creativetourist.comIan Jones — Creative Tourist · Updated 6 February 2025; visit date unknown
First-person professional review praises staff and cocktails. The visible date is an update, not the stored February 5 publication/visit claim. Operator sustainability language is attributed to the venue.
Crowd signal
Google 4.8★ across 956 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.