Tables of six or more, yes, up to 7pm. After that the whole ground floor is first come, first served — including the booths, which we will not hold for anyone.

Dogs everywhere, always, and there is a water bowl and a biscuit jar by the door. Children until 8pm in the front room, accompanied by an adult.

The ground-floor bar and the accessible toilet are step-free from Redhill Street. The vault room downstairs is reached by fourteen stairs with a handrail and there is no lift — if that is a problem for your group, tell us and we will run your private hire upstairs instead.

Two alcohol-free taps, a proper alcohol-free stout, Manchester-made kombucha, and a coffee machine we actually know how to use. Nobody gets handed a lemonade and a shrug.