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Kimpton Clocktower HotelvsPremier Inn Manchester City Centre (Portland Street) Hotel
Both hotels are highly recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, The Principal Manchester scores significantly higher than Premier Inn Manchester City Centre - Portland Street. The Principal Manchester scores 81 with endorsements from 5 sources including The Telegraph, Lonely Planet and Rough Guide.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel
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Rough Guide
Time Out
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Oxford Street, Manchester M6O 7HA
From $82/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Lonely Planet "A special boutique hotel, combining the grandeur of the public areas with the modern look of the bedrooms." Full review
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 "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 "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 "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 Telegraph8.0
"A hip bar and restaurant have put it squarely on the city’s nightlife map." Full review
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 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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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 "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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Premier Inn Manchester City Centre (Portland Street) Hotel
Oyster
112 - 114 Portland St, The Circus, Manchester M1 4WB
From $83/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Restaurant
- Smoking Rooms
- Multilingual
- Air Conditioning
OysterMid-Range
"The mid-range 233-room Premier Inn Manchester City Centre Portland Street is the biggest Premier Inn chain hotel in Manchester." Full review
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The renovated guest rooms, which range from Singles to Family Rooms that sleep up to four, are spacious, bright, and clean, and come with big flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, tea/coffeemakers, and free Wi-Fi. The hotel imposes a Quiet Time from late evening to early morning, and a novel “100 percent goodnight sleep guarantee,” meaning guests can request refunds if they lost a night's sleep due to a problem in the room.
