ABode Hotel, Manchester
Expert reviews
“The original fittings at this converted textile factory have been combined successfully with 61 bedrooms divided into four categories of ever-increasing luxury: Comfortable, Desirable, Enviable and Fabulous on Fifth, the latter being five seriously swanky top-floor suites.”
“ABode Manchester, set in a striking 19th-century former textile warehouse, is just a two-minute walk from Piccadilly railway station. Original features such as parquet flooring and metal columns combine with quirky décor to create a stylish retreat, while a decent food and drink offering makes staying in an option.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Free Wifi
All you need to know
Comprising 61 rooms, ABode Manchester boasts stylish accommodations in a Victorian warehouse building. While the exterior of this structure looks historic and vintage, the interior has been refurbished with chic and contemporary design while still maintaining a few of the old-timey elements. You will notice intricate craftsmanship, a vintage staircase, and grandiose chandeliers throughout the building.
Choose from three basic rooms: Comfortable, Desirable, and Enviable. All of these rooms come with beautiful design elements, like crown molding, high ceilings, wood floors, and lovely window treatments. Each bathroom features colorful and unique tiling, along with standing glass showers. Enjoy walk-in showers, luxury bedding, and climate control, but upgrade to the Enviable room for a separate living area.
This property also has higher-tier rooms that feel like mini-apartments, all individually designed to create one-of-a-kind experiences. Guests can enjoy extra room and charming quirks, like spiral staircases and skylights, in these upgraded spaces.
You can have breakfast for an additional fee at Brasserie Abode, with menu items ranging from fresh pastries to a full English breakfast. Order in-room cocktails from the bar menu for a fun night indoors.
Right across from Piccadilly Station, and only a few minutes’ walk to the Northern Quarter, ABode Manchester offers an incredibly central location, perfect for sightseeing and exploring.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
19 August 2025
Omar on reception is a great guy and a credit to the hotel!! Plus he is a Gooner EIE!!
Location, stay every year. close to Piccadilly station.
AC remote did not work, too tired and tipsy to call down though as had a few at the footy
19 August 2025
Excellent location for both Picadilly rail station and restaurants and shopping
Convenience to Piccadilly
Nothing
18 August 2025
Really good value for money in great location.
Industrial vibes. Next to train station. Historic. Nice staff.
Small rooms. Our room was at the back and it was really noisy whdn trash was collected in the morning.
14 August 2025
Nice, just missing A/C
Good location close to the train station and lots of bars with a (paying) parking behind the hotel. Rooms are nicely decorated, staff was friendly and price/quality is good.
No working A/C in the rooms, but a fancy (Dyson) fan. Not great if you’re not able to sleep with warmer temperatures. A 4* hotel should have modern A/C systems.
10 August 2025
Great location, comfy bed, take ear plugs
Great location, comfy massive bed
Noisy and could hear people in other rooms and slamming doors, and on the street. Not soundproofed.
8 August 2025
Pleasant
Very helpful staff. Room quiet, clean and just right for our break. Ideal placement
Out of action lift. Only so much exercise you can take. Also felt mattress was on the soft side.
7 August 2025
Good value
Staff were helpful and friendly. Food was good
It was a bit noisy in the night, people on the street.
6 August 2025
Really nice hotel and great location
It’s really very close to the northern quarter and market street and Piccadilly station. The staff was great and the room was clean and spacious
The elevator wasn’t working the entire weekend I was there so had to take the stairs to the 4th floor each time but I got a nice work-out because of it :). Also just one elevator for a big hotel is not enough.
4 August 2025
Comfortable stay in the heart of Manchester, 5 mins walk from the station
I stay in a lot of hotels and frankly, this one was one of the best for the price given it's central location. The room itself was a bit dated but the bed was really comfortable...not hard like most but not overly soft either. I slept really well. I was allocated Room 111 on the first floor. The room was quite large with lovely high ceilings and period features throughout. Amazingly, for the location, it was pretty quiet...bit of street noise but nothing over bearing. The bathroom was fine, with good water pressure and plenty of hot water in the shower. Another feature I loved is the windows opened to allow fresh air to enter the room...a feature not always available in many other establishments.
The kettle didn't work properly. Found a workaround for my short stay but that was my only issue which I reported upon checking out. There was an A/C unit but no controller I could find. A fan was provided (Dyson Airblade) but it wasn't the best...but it did the job.
30 July 2025
Clean hotel in a very central location
The location is very central and the design of the hotel is very nice.
The hotel was extremely warm. We did have a fan in the room which was appreciated as the room didn't have aircon however with such a big room and old building it didn't help too much.
29 July 2025
Cozy and luxuriouse
The staff were wonderful and the room was stunning very clean and the bed was amazing
Nothing to fault with the room but upstairs guest were having a party and we could hear everything
28 July 2025
Fabulous
Great size room, comfy. Shower was fantastic, clean and modern room.
Smart TV would be a great touch.
28 July 2025
It was ok, the location was good - breakfast was ok! Nothing was outstanding- just ordinary.
The original features in the building.
We had a twin bedroom instead of a double bed
28 July 2025
Fabulous
Staff were excellent. Particularly the gentleman on reception who was wonderful - very helpful, polite and competent!
26 July 2025
Pleasant
Location: close to Manchester Piccadilly Station and Piccadilly Gardens.
Shower pan had not been cleaned properly and there was a visible dirt stain. Base of shower pan was damaged and unsightly.
25 July 2025
Very good
Room was so warm!! Lovely big fan but it didnt really help much
24 July 2025
Fabulous
The only bad thing I have to say is the temperature of the room was way too not, with no air conditioning working it was hard to sleep
22 July 2025
Good enough, though expensive during festivities.
Location was excellent and the rooms were quite nice and spaceous. Overall the staff was really helpful, especially at reception.
The room was really hot so the whole day we needed to use the mobile ac. Further, breakfast was really expensive. 20GPD per person. Then walking over to the Brasserie the prives on the menu were 5-10GPD?! We went there for the Oasis concerts. So prices were high and therefore value for money was questionable (375 per night). However, in normal circumstances this should be much better. The location makes up for a lot of these disadvantages.
22 July 2025
Very nice hotel, let down by no aircon.
Location, Building, Decoration, Beds, Shower. Pretty much everything except the air con.
The Air Con in the room didn't work. The fact a Dyson tower fan was already in the room (the same for my three colleague's rooms) suggested it is permanently out of action. Being a city centre hotel, there isn't really an option to open a window due to noise and air quality. I can't score a hotel over 7/10 if the air con doesn't work!
22 July 2025
Too warm in Manchester
Great location. Hotel comfortable. Great staff
A little dated and could do with a refurb & clean up. No air conditioning. Very hot. Hotel provided an ineffective fan.
22 July 2025
Im summary a good stay in a great location
Location is excellent, bar/restaurant area very nice
Rooms were quite hot and stuffy
20 July 2025
Very good
Location & modern interior Great breakfast selection on the menu
19 July 2025
Would go again
Really comfortable bed. Clean. Lovely building.
We didn’t get two towels.
18 July 2025
Poor customer service and poorly groomed staff
Good location good room size.
We stayed 1 night for the Oasis gig. No air con working in our room. They had put a small rotating fan in the room but this did not alleviate the humidity. Breakfast and the service by the waiting staff was poor. No butter or sauces provided or offered by staff. The edges of the toast on the cooked breakfast were very hard. My wife's bacon was all stuck together and not cooked sufficiently. We tried to get their attention but we didn't manage to do that until we had finished our breakfast, finally called a waiter over and showed him the bacon,he agreed it looked undercooked and barely edible. He did not offer a coffee or juice as a goodwill gesture, so I said can we have 2 more juices please and he said yes.We waited for 10mins but they never arrived. So we went back to.our room and checked out. The receptionist said did we enjoy our stay, so explained about breakfast. She said you can have a coffee or juice to take with you but we declined. She was very polite and apologetic and obviously this was no fault on her behalf. We also thought a few of the reception staff and waiting staff looked quite unkempt and some of their uniforms didn't look clean. You expect better service when you pay 335 quid for one night with brekkie.
18 July 2025
Comfortable stay with good breakfast included in a very reasonable nightly rate.
The location was ideal and the room & bathroom were very comfortable and clean. We really appreciated the very high standard fan provided as well in the hot weather which meant we had a comfortable sleep despite the AC not working.
Not much we didn’t like - perhaps some of the decor could do with upgrading.
17 July 2025
Pleasant
Service was good and location
Broken AC made it hard to get any sleep. A bit dated and rooms weren't as clean as hoped.
17 July 2025
Great hotel great location let down by no air conditioning on a very hot night
Stated here before and love it - great location, good sized rooms, lovely bathrooms and great facilities
We stayed on a really hot night and the air conditioning wasn’t working. The room had a fan but as the windows didn’t open the room was very very hot. This is my one criticism- everything else was great and I’ve stayed before and would stay again but would check re air conditioning if weather was hot
15 July 2025
A comfortable. well designed hotel, very convenient for the station
The hotel is very close to the station and in a beautiful building. There are lots of places to eat, shops, bars etc nearby. The bed was comfortable and the bathroom was on the small side but had all I needed, and had nice complimentary toiletries. Decor is tasteful and modern and the communal areas, especially the bar and restaurant area are lovely. I had a very nicely cooked English breakfast served to me by a cheery waiter and the bar man kindly made me up an ice bucket to take to my room in the evening. I paid £76 for b&b which I thought for a city centre was quite reasonable. although it was a Sunday night and the hotel wasn't busy from what I could see.
The room was very hot, only one window opened a crack and the aircon wasn't working. A Dyson-type fan had been provided which provided some cooling air but even with that on constantly, I woke in the night sweltering. The room had a high up window at the end of the bed where my head was and when it got light in the morning, I had the sun streaming in on me because I'd struggled to pull the curtain across. There was a ringing noise (like an alarm) going off for ages in the evening which was irritating, but obviously not the hotel's fault. I thought that the TV was on the small side. I went out to get some food in the evening and found the area outside the hotel going up to Piccadilly gardens very unpleasant. It was rubbish strewn and there were lots of homeless people / people begging. Around Piccadilly Gardens a woman was screaming in the street at a man calling him a crack head and telling him to keep away from the kids and there were large groups of men hanging about. I know none of this is the hotel's fault and locations around stations are often a bit sketchy but as a single female, I didn't like the atmosphere and quickly went back to the hotel when I had been planning to go for a walk around the area. I have to say on Monday morning the place felt completely different outside with no sign of people begging or groups of men hanging about.
14 July 2025
Fabulous
Great first impressions with lovely greeting from lady on reception and and an upgrade to one of the huge top floor rooms. Fantastic location by Picadilly station and cooked to order breakfast a big plus!
13 July 2025
Central location, close to Picaddilly station, short walk to pubs, restaurants and shops.
Helpful friendly staff. Maintenance man helped straight away. Fantastic breakfast.
Air con wasn’t working during the heatwave but the staff sorted out a great Dyson fan for our room. Apart from that, a great stay.
13 July 2025
Very good
It was peaceful and in a good location
Unfortunately with the weather being very hot there was no air conditioning working in the hotel
13 July 2025
Great location to connect to airport train and if you get a good deal then great value for money.
Location, size of room, value for money
Aircon was not working and mattress was too soft for us
12 July 2025
Lovely design throughout and great value with friendly staff
Amazing design throughout the hotel and room. Comfy, spacious, with all details and amenities well thought out. Lots of wood (always preferred over carpet!) Wouldn't hesitate to stay again. :)
Confusing that the cheap bottle of water in the room had to be paid for (not in a minibar).
10 July 2025
Great location, great staff
Excellent location, great friendly, welcoming staff. Beautiful building
Unfortunately the aircon didn't work in out room, a fan was already in the room to use but would have been better for the aircon to have worked. Minimal hanging space as there was no waredrobe
9 July 2025
Outstanding character, great location, a few niggles but would go again
Exceptional character in lovely building, with furniture to suit. Good space in rooms.
Air con didn't work. "Unlimited" breakfast was in practice limited to one option served. Some confusion between the hotel's system and Booking.com's (sorted out fairly easily).
8 July 2025
Perfect location
The building was beautiful. The rooms were big and there was a huge bed. The tram station was in walking distance, so perfect for our concert.
The mattress was too soft for my liking, and the air conditioning wasn't working on a hot weekend.
7 July 2025
Great hotel
Great looking hotel with stunning period features if a little tired around the edges with lots of places needing a re-paint.
There was 1 staff member at breakfast who really shouldn't be in hospitality! To say she was cold and unhelpfully is an understatement.
7 July 2025
Great hotel in Manchester, for the right price it's highly recommended
The staff were great and the hotel really nice.
We had a slight issue with the bed in the middle of the night. The porter came up and fixed it, and then they gave us free breakfast which I thought was good. tks !
7 July 2025
Manchester ABode Hotel
Welcoming staff, good location, breakfast, room size and bathroom and history of the building.
Room ventilation could be easier although it was a very warm week. There is a fancy Dyson air blade but the windows were difficult to open.
6 July 2025
Very good
Location
4 July 2025
Great value stay in city centre
Great location and lovely old building
Bed was quite soft.
2 July 2025
Fabulous
Very clean and functional. Lovely staff.
1 July 2025
Very quiet and spacious and good price
Lovely old building with big rooms and amazingly comfortable huge bed. The staff were very helpful and attentive. Will definitely return.
The lift was a little scary for my daughter. We took the gorgeous wooden stairs. No air con but they supply and plus in cooler that was helpful
30 June 2025
Delightful hotel, nestled in the heart of Piccadilly with wonderful staff
Great setting and location for our concert, the decor was fantastic very tasteful and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful and friendly
No a/c as it was broken so a warm night, the staff did however deliver a very helpful ice fan to try and Taj the edge off. There was also a Dyson fan in the room which we totally missed so our fault!
27 June 2025
Good hotel but won’t stay again in a hurry
It’s in a great location (literally minutes from Piccadilly station), easy to find, good cheap parking, very comfortable bed, good shower/bathroom, spacious room.
Staff are very helpful but not very friendly, one receptionist barely looked up from the desk. The lift is slow, small and very rickety. Room is clean but rough around the edges, the curtain netting was dirty and so was the window. There’s an air con unit in the room but it didn’t work, so we were provided with a Dyson fan however doesn’t give off much power so it was quite hot. Water bottles provided but at £2.50 each! No fridge. Woken after midnight by slamming doors and the noise of hoovering.
26 June 2025
Clean and perfect location
Enjoyed the stay a lot, perfect location and close to the station, shopping and the Northern quarter. The place was clean, rooms were spacious and definitely worth the price. The staff were super helpful and kind too. One of the guys (not sure his name) was a top guy and made sure we had all the help to move our luggage to and from our room due to the lift being faulty.
Just the lifts were not working the two days we were there. Other than that, pretty much perfect
25 June 2025
Fabulous
Loved the building and style... Marshall speakers and retro phones. Staff all friendly and amazing comfy bed. Good breakfast.
24 June 2025
Great location
Great location, a couple of minutes from the station. Room very clean with everything you need in it, can't comment on the restaurant as we didn't eat there but it looked nice
Air con unit was broken which after looking at the reviews appears to be a reoccurring issue. One to note rather than a reason to put you off
23 June 2025
Fabulous
everything good, friendly staff
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
Services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Laundry
- - Dry cleaning
- - Fax/photocopying
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
Miscellaneous
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Face masks for guests available
21 August 2025
Excellent. Will deffo stay again!