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Kimpton Clocktower HotelvsINNSiDE by Melia Manchester
Both hotels are highly recommended by experts. Overall, The Principal Manchester is the choice of most writers compared to INNSIDE Manchester. The Principal Manchester scores 81 with praise from 5 sources including Time Out, The Telegraph and Rough Guide.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel
Lonely Planet
Rough Guide
Time Out
Wallpaper
Time Out
The Telegraph
The Guardian
The Guardian
Independent
The Guardian
Oxford Street, Manchester M6O 7HA
From $82/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
"A special boutique hotel, combining the grandeur of the public areas with the modern look of the bedrooms." Full review
Star
"Occupying one of the city’s grandest Victorian buildings, a terracotta-clad extravagance built to a design by Alfred Waterhouse in 1891, the Palace is part of a small deluxe chain."
"The restored glass dome over the vast reception makes for an impressive entrance, while the Tempus bar mixes original Victorian flooring and tiles with cool design." Full review
"Impresses for its creamy interiors of dimpled headboards, voluminous drapes, a gloriously restored glass domed atrium, and grand spaces chiseled with acres of marble, stone and granite." Full review
"The splendid Victorian red-brick edifice...has magnificent features and 271 elegant bedrooms. A big attraction is Refuge, a bar-restaurant collaboration with Manchester's Volta." Full review
8.0
"A hip bar and restaurant have put it squarely on the city’s nightlife map." Full review
"I really like the newly revamped Kimpton Clocktower Hotel (doubles from £107 B&B), near the Palace Theatre on Oxford Street. The former Refuge Assurance Company building is Grade..."
"The Kimpton Clocktower hotel on Oxford Street, opened last year, has loft-style rooms inside the sumptuously restored Grade II-listed building"
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September 18, 2021
"From the fragrant florist at the doors of the echoing marble lobby to velvet furniture, cocktail shakers and record players in the suites, it’s a class act."
"An imposing Grade II-listed Victorian building in the heart of the city, the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is stylish and welcoming"
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INNSiDE by Melia Manchester
The Telegraph
Jetsetter
Oyster
Time Out
Independent
First Street, Manchester M15 4FN, England
From $67/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
7.0
"INNSIDE Manchester is a modern, stylish hotel in the city’s new First Street area and is the brand’s first venture in the UK." Full review
"Striking new hotel in Manchester's emerging cultural quarter, with contemporary interiors and a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant." Full review
Upscale
"The striking four-pearl Innside Manchester is part of the new First Street development, so there's plenty of entertainment all around, and it's a short stroll into the city center." Full review
"Situated midway between Deansgate and Oxford Road stations, Innside is a shiny new hotel in a revamped area, with big modern rooms and suites." Full review
"Rooms are equally design-led with minimal decor, open-plan bathrooms and sketches of Manchester on headboards...the hotel is next door to one of the city’s best art venues, HOME."