Reopened in Feb 2024 after an extensive refurbishment, Founder's Hall is a large modern bar facing Manchester Town Hall across Albert Square, first opened by brewer JW Lees in 2013 originally as Dutton's.

The main body of the pub is essentially a large open space, with wooden partitions breaking up into distinct areas, the walls are covered in a lot of brown wood. The seating is a mixture of booths, high and low tables. The bar is long and opposite as you enter, there is a bank of seven handpulls in the middle flanked by keg taps on either side. This flagship pub is the only JW Lees pub that sells Boddingtons bitter which they brew under contract. A long board behind the bar lists the beers on tap with strength and price. There is an extensive food menu if you wish to eat.