The Cow Hollow Hotel, Manchester
Expert reviews
“Its own way this boutique hotel is doing something that feels fresh and honest, true to the Northern Quarter’s historic zest for originality. In the wider context of Manchester city centre, which lacks interesting, independent stays, it is a find.”
“This hip new addition to Manchester’s Northern Quarter knows how to treat its guests with hi-spec interiors and plenty of treats – including free prosecco and nibbles, Netflix in all rooms and milk and cookies before bed. Many original features have been retained from the former textile warehouse it occupies, too.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Boutique style
- Comfortable beds
- Friendly staff
- Free Wifi
All you need to know
Nestled in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, The Cow Hollow Hotel is a charming and intimate boutique hotel with a fantastic location and excellent amenities. With only 16 guest rooms, you can guarantee that this cozy hotel offers strong attention to detail and excellent customer service.
Upon entry, guests will be greeted with exposed brick walls, indoor greenery, and an earthy color palette. Guest rooms offer more exposed brick, distressed furniture, smart TVs, king-size beds, 400 thread count sheets, and complimentary Netflix access, combine to create a rustic, yet elegant, atmosphere with plenty of amenities. The private bathroom attached to each room is equally luxurious, with a glass rainfall shower and REN toiletries.
While coffee and tea are offered in your room, a complimentary breakfast bag is provided during your stay, in which you can enjoy fruit, yogurt, juices, and granola. You can also grab a complimentary hot drink from the onsite Aviary Cafe, available for self-service all day, every day.
One of the best perks of the Cow Hollow Hotel is the unbeatable location. Only 0.6 miles from the Palace Theater, a 12-minute walk from the Manchester Arena, 0.2 miles from Piccadilly Gardens, and 1600 feet from the Piccadilly Train Station, the bustle of the city will be at your fingertips. The Mule Cafe is located close to the hotel, so daytime food is only a short walk away. In the evening, visit this trendy cafe for a glass of wine.
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Recent guest reviews
11 June 2024
What a beautiful property. Thankyou to all the staff for making our stay so enjoyable
Extremely clean and quaint property and the free breakfast to your room is a lovely touch
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5 June 2024
Amazing
Great design and very clean
Nothing loved everything
3 June 2024
Exceptional
Atmosphere
2 June 2024
Fabulous
Location, room and staff are very cool !
1 June 2024
A keeper, will definitely return. Fabulous
Staff, location, doing it different, guest-focussed Nice touch Prosecco & nibbles free first night
Choice for breakfast
1 June 2024
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, the hotel staff were very attentive and happily brought up coffees to our room.
The hotel exceeded our expectations. The property was clean, with many amenities and with very friendly staff.
There was nothing that we didn’t like.
30 May 2024
Fabulous, I would like to do it again
The characterful luxury styling, the attentiveness of staff, room service, information pack, breakfast in bed - just the general feeling of being cossetted from the moment of arrival until we left.
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27 May 2024
Beautiful boutique hotel
Great location , friendly staff, great cocktails, the room was very clean and absolutely beautiful
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25 May 2024
Fabulous
Amazing room and a comfortable bed. The decor was lovely. The little touches of sweets to go that extra mile for customer service. They also offered a glass of free prosecco between 5pm-7pm and cookies & milk before bed, but we didn't take advantage of this! The breakfast was lovely.
The only negatives we can say was the unsteady flooring in the room we were in and the drainage 😂 The shower and sink filled up quite quickly before being able to drain.
22 May 2024
Exceptional
The decor was amazing quirky and very stunning. The staff where so friendly and welcoming and very helpful. Love the idea of cookies and milk before bed brilliant place highly recommend.
Nothing it was all brilliant
21 May 2024
Exceptional
This is a little hidden gem of a hotel, the staff cannot do enough for you absolutely fantastic all around
21 May 2024
Good position for our stay and ticked most boxes
Great staff and breakfast was good
Nice room, but a bit cramped. The hot water was a difficult thing to find.
21 May 2024
Perfect for an overnight stay in Manchester
Very quaint and quirky Complimentary extras Small and friendly
No restaurant but the hotel compensated for that
20 May 2024
Lovely stop over when in Manchester although wuite expensive.
Lovely, lovely staff. Quality fixtures and fittings, good in room breakfast, fabulous location.
Room was very small for the price. Pillows not good. No way to make tea or coffee in the room.
20 May 2024
Amazing!
Loved everything about this stay!
20 May 2024
Lovely little hidden gem
Bathroom was stunning Great location hidden away even walked past it Great little touches to stay
Our room was on the ground floor and backed onto the bar was was a little off putting when can hear the bar
16 May 2024
Perfect
Super friendly staff
A little pricey but it’s individual so happy to pay a little more
16 May 2024
Fabulous
Quirky, very nice staff
14 May 2024
Very good
Cool pad. Lovely decor. Breakfast was simple but tasty and hit to spot, good choc croissant & fresh oj.
Small room. I was travelling for work and could have done with a little more space to do some work in the room. There were communal areas I could have used. But I was whacked and wanted to stay in my room.
12 May 2024
Very good
The style. The processo and breakfast were also a lovely touch
11 May 2024
Fabulous
For a last minute booking the Cow Hollow Hotel exceeded my expectations! The bed was very comfortable and it's well positioned in Northern Quarter. But the staff were wonderful and friendly, sweets on arrival and free Prosecco in the evenings made this a very enjoyable work trip.
Room was really comfy and clean, bathroom was a bit small and there wasn't a table so breakfast was a bit more awkward to eat
7 May 2024
Great stay in Manchester, really enjoyed the hotel
Cow Hollow Hotel was a lovely place to stay in the centre of Manchester. Lots of little luxuries provided, the bed was really comfortable. The staff couldn't do enough for you, really friendly & helpful.
7 May 2024
Very good
It was a brilliant stay apart from the shower.
It should be made clear ahead of booking that the showers are "eco showers" and low pressure + low heat. It can be quite an important part of the decision making process (especially when only one night with travel the following day.)
30 April 2024
Lovely, relaxing , tropical
Calm and trendy vibe! Absolutely great and comfortable stay. The staff are so friendly and super accommodating to any requests. The milk and cookies before bed was such a treat and was lovely waking up to the breakfast in bed! Top 5 hotels I’ve ever stayed in for vibe, comfort , staff and the extra details they go above and beyond on
Hotel facilities
Services
- - Room service
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Fax/photocopying
- - Concierge service
- - Shared lounge/TV area
- - Daily housekeeping
Food & Drink
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Safety deposit box
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
Outdoors
- - Outdoor furniture
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
11 June 2024
Brilliant stay!
Staff were so lovely and couldn’t have been more helpful! Took my mum for a weekend away to celebrate her birthday with some shopping, staff were incredibly welcoming from the second we walked in, it was mentioned briefly in passing when we were checking in the reason for our stay and when we went up to the room they had left a note in the room wishing her a happy birthday which was such a lovely touch that put a smile on her face. The bed was very comfy, and the breakfast was nice (especially the chocolate croissant!) The location couldn’t have been better for what we needed.
There was a fair amount of stairs but that wasn’t a problem at all, and staff always offered to help with luggage so it really wasn’t a problem for us