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Kimpton Clocktower HotelvsNew Union Hotel

The Principal Manchester and New Union Hotel are both rated highly by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, The Principal Manchester is preferred by most reviewers compared to New Union Hotel. The Principal Manchester comes in at #7 in Manchester with praise from 5 publications including Lonely Planet, Wallpaper and Time Out.

Kimpton Clocktower Hotel
8/10
Oxford Street, Manchester M6O 7HA
From $82/night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Laundy Room
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"A special boutique hotel, combining the grandeur of the public areas with the modern look of the bedrooms." Full review
Rough Guide Rough Guide
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."
Time Out Time Out
"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
Wallpaper Wallpaper
"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
Time Out Time Out
"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
The Telegraph The Telegraph
8.0
"A hip bar and restaurant have put it squarely on the city’s nightlife map." Full review
The Guardian The Guardian
"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 Guardian The Guardian
"The Kimpton Clocktower hotel on Oxford Street, opened last year, has loft-style rooms inside the sumptuously restored Grade II-listed building"
Independent Independent
"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."
The Guardian The Guardian
"An imposing Grade II-listed Victorian building in the heart of the city, the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is stylish and welcoming"
New Union Hotel
7/10
111 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6JB
From $126/night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Breakfast in the room
  • Baggage storage
  • Flatscreen TV
  • Street parking
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Time Out Time Out
"Pink, but not exclusively so, the New Union has a great position on the corner of Canal and Princess streets." Full review

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