Eastern Bloc

“Great vibe, good value, lovely staff!”

Rob Dunphy★★★★★

This was a last minute trip to the city searched what was on and a drummamd bass night popped up at this legendary Manchester institution. This famous record store was a surprise destination. The vibe was on point quality beers friendly staff (bar and door ) more importantly heavy bass

S★★★★★

I've been visiting EB for years now, whether that's for buying records upstairs or countless day & night sessions downstairs! From the record store staff to the bar staff to everybody in between, I've always had a good experience here. It's recently had some renovations done including nice new flooring as well as a much needed modern new website which is x10 easier to use and navigate thanks to Kieran & the team! Will always be close to my heart this place! We need to support & keep institutions like this going :)

Gerard★★★★★

Had a great day in November 2022 at eastern block records when Karl Bartos (ex Kraftwerk) done his book signing there. I’ll never forget the friendly staff . The lad who ran the record shop there came downstairs to meet us and then put a load of Kraftwerk songs on blasting through the cafe/record store. I had around 40 items for Karl to sign and laid them out on a table , I think people thought that we were with Karl. I got the lot signed and got to meet a Legend. We are back in Manchester on 22 nd may 2026 as Kraftwerk play Manchester . When we left Eastern Block after meeting Karl we wer

Johnny G★★★★★

Great cafe/bar fantastic food and a great vibe all the staff made me feel really welcome and even help me pick out records when I clearly didn’t have a clue what I was looking for you guys rock thank you so much what a great team 💚💚💚💚💚💚