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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Recent guest reviews
13 April 2025
Pleasant
The entrance and bar area was lovely and all the staff were very friendly, however the room was quite dated and not very appealing, it had also not been cleaned the best as the tiles and shower screen had smears and hairs on the bathroom floor. The bed was very comfortable however and it was in a great location, however I would not book again based on the room.
12 April 2025
Fabulous
Location is excellent and room was large
12 April 2025
Very good
Lovely room and gorge staff, really helpful and nice people overall. Will deffo stay here again. Thank you for having us :) Rob and Mark :)
10 April 2025
Location, easy to get to from airport
The old style/ modern feel of the hotel is lovely. Loved the Bluetooth speaker in the room. Tea / coffee/ biscuits etc is always added bonus. Would recommend
10 April 2025
Beautiful historical setting with modern decor and safistication steps away from shopping dining and train station
Historic buildings and location
Nothing
8 April 2025
Good value for money and great location but building in need of another refurbishment.
Nice refurbished historical building,
Mattress and pillows too soft and room very small.
8 April 2025
Excellent stay in an excellent city in a great location
Location was great, also very good value for money. Room was also spacious and bed was comfy.
Parking was convenient but as with all other hotels these days, was still an additional cost that we could have done without. It was discounted by the hotel right enough and wouldn't put me off booking again
8 April 2025
Great hotel. Definitely staying next year and upgrading to a suite Excellent in every way. 👍🏾
No usb socket to charge my watch and earphones.
7 April 2025
Fabulous
Rooms were gorgeous and location is perfect
7 April 2025
Great stay
The location was great
Got cold at the night a bit
4 April 2025
Stylish hotel with fantastic location.
Beautifully clean and tastefully decorated. Fantastic location with a car park only 50 metres away. Reception staff attentive and well informed. Only towels for one person in the bedroom although we didn’t mind sharing. Dinner was great but the waitress wasn’t well informed about the menu so we ordered extra carbs when both dishes came with potatoes already.
2 April 2025
Last min change from a scary hotel in Manchester (solo female traveller)
The giant bed was comfy, the bathroom was fresh and modern, the staff were helpful and the breakfast was nice.
Air conditioning wasn't working, I felt a little uncomfortable with the lock not working from inside the room (even if it couldn't be opened from the outside), the breakfast choice wasn't that large, no self service, just a la carte.
1 April 2025
Fabulous
Lovely room but a bit hot, good food.
31 March 2025
Overall a really lovely experience and room, I'd stay again.
The room was lovely, a huge bed and lots of space and I loved the bathroom, I wish more places had the controls at the opposite end to the shower head.
I was really warm considering it's only March my room was warm and the air con wasn't working (I did ask and was told they're not working) and although I had a fan I did find it really warm for sleeping.
31 March 2025
Overall a great stay, staff are first class.
Fantastic location, staff were incredibly welcoming and helpful. Room was very spacious.
Room could have been a little more modern, would have been helpful to have bedside lamps.
30 March 2025
Great staff and location
Most comfortable bed ever !!! Well appointed rooms
Virtually no sound proofing , so noises from other rooms :(
27 March 2025
A great hotel but experience tainted by parking issue
Spacious room Great breakfast excellent location
Description on Booking.com says Parking which in my experience means its available FOC but in this case its not so suggest you change it to "parking for extra fee" or remove On arrival no one told me about how the parking arrangement was made so unfortunately for me despite putting my car reg into the computer on reception I was unaware that there was a charge for parking & subsequently received a £60 parking fine. This was frustrating when I had paid for 10 rooms b&b. When I rang hotel after receiving the fine I was told I should have been informed at check in & when I advised that I wasn't I was told its in the small print so not their issue.
25 March 2025
Very good
Really spacious room in a great location
25 March 2025
Good value good city centre location
Very large room bed very comfy
24 March 2025
The hotel is beautiful and historic. The staff was kind and accommodating. Some street noise, but overall a great stay.
The hotel is beautiful and full of history. The room had everything I needed and it was very comfortable. The staff was incredibly kind and accommodating. I had a competition that day, and they made sure we had an early breakfast, which was very thoughtful. The bathroom was also excellent. Overall, a great experience! Nice restaurant too.
The property is very nice, but be aware that street noise can be an issue. If you’re sensitive to noise, consider requesting a quieter room.
23 March 2025
Fabulous
Good location, easy parking and lovely room
22 March 2025
Fabulous
Good location, helpful staff.
Bit hot and stuffy, air-conditioning not working and no opening windows.
22 March 2025
Mid week value.
4 star accommodation in the city at 3 star prices mid week.
2nd time we've been and it's to hot , air conditioning not working and no opening windows which makes it a bit stuffy.
22 March 2025
Pleasant
Location was good.. breakfast was good
The bed was a good size but very noisy and wooden part around it kept banging into
21 March 2025
Great city centre location
Quirky room, very pleasant staff
What sounded like a kitchen extractor fan going all night
21 March 2025
Fabulous
Breakfast was great, location was great and staff were excellent
There’s always room for improvement somewhere
18 March 2025
Good value stay in a convenient location..
We liked the spacious, well appointed room.
18 March 2025
Great location, great rom, great bathroom.
Great room. I loved the size, aesthetic and cleanliness. Location spot on. Really interesting room. Loved the bathroom. Loved the decor and bed. I had to leave early, and kitchen kindly made me my chosen breakfast before they were supposed to open. I would absolutely stay again if travelling in Manchester.
I have so little negative to say. Avocados were lemonned rather than fresh, but perhaps I am spoilt as an Australian to always have fresh avocados :)
18 March 2025
Centre of Manchester near Piccadilly rail station
£7.50 in a taxi to co-op live. Hotel is a 2min walk from car park situated in centre
Restaurant prices are too expensive and not a very good menu
17 March 2025
Close to the train station. Good price on a Sunday night!!
Young guy on reception on the Sunday was great, a good asset!! Close to Piccadilly, so easty for the train. Stayed on a Sunday for Footy at Utd, rates very good as its was Sunday.
14 March 2025
Overall, a comfortable & pleasant stay which could have been excellent
Stylish characterful hotel situated within a short walk to the station and walkable or a short tram ride to the city centre. The bedroom was light & airy with a large comfortable bed & great pillows. A fully tiled en-suite bathroom with an excellent large walk in shower and toiletries. The brasserie doubled up as a breakfast room & a bar in the evening.
The breakfast room was very well laid out and had the potential to be excellent. Unfortunately not all of the waiting staff were fully conversed with breakfast service as on ordering 2 full vegetarian breakfasts and coffee was told neither was possible. I chose an alternative breakfast, although enjoyable, would not have been my first choice. I overheard an adjoining table order a vegetarian breakfast and coffee with a different member of staff & was dismayed when this was delivered to the table. I queried this to be told the other member of staff did not usually serve breakfast. I have addressed these issues in a request from the hotel manager but have yet to receive a reply.
13 March 2025
enjoyable
room was lush
everything was lovely
11 March 2025
Pleasant
Great location and room was comfortable. Facing the main street but not too noisy on a weekday evening. It's great that there was an iron, fan and hairdryer.
11 March 2025
Nice place rooms very warm and staff friendly
Location was good and staff very friendly
Noisy
11 March 2025
Very good
Everything
Could hear room above which woke us early
9 March 2025
amazing
beautiful
no usb sockets in room o
6 March 2025
Perfect location
Pertect location. Big room. Breakfast a la carte. Restaurant does not meet the requirements in terms of service, cleanliness and food quality They left us an open packet of biscuits for consumption...
5 March 2025
Handy location overpriced breakfast
Old building character
Noisy at night scraping on floor above and rooms too warm
2 March 2025
Fabulous
Room was a bit too warm, windows couldn’t be opened.
2 March 2025
Very comfortable stay in a great location - would recommend!
The staff were fantastic, very attentive and helpful. Particularly the man on reception when I checked in (didn’t catch his name but 9pm on 26 Feb) he had a great manner. Bed was lovely and comfortable!
Very small thing but the breakfast was cold. Very good flavour but unfortunately I think the avocados had been in the fridge so made the rest of the plate cold too.
27 February 2025
We will continue to stay here--a warm welcome and fantastic location.
Location is brilliant. Have stayed here a couple of times and the staff both at the front desk and in the adjoining restaurant are exceptionally friendly and helpful.
Shower leaking onto the floor, overflowing in the tray.
27 February 2025
comfortable, staff was good, clean room.
location, the room was clean .
27 February 2025
Comfy
The bed comfort
The noise outside
26 February 2025
Very good
unfortunately the brasserie was not opened for dinner that evening - that was the only very minor thing. There were many other places to eat nearby so it was fine.
21 February 2025
Great cosy room
Great location and the room was very clean. Lots of nice added extras such as Bluetooth speaker and Dyson fan. My husband asked for an extra pillow which was delivered to our room 5 minutes later.
Couple of things in the room looked dated and in need of fixing but nothing major.
20 February 2025
Very good
Big rooms massive bed location very good.
Could do with a bigger tv as the room was so big
16 February 2025
Good value for money, just wish there was slightly better sound proofing
Spacious and perfect for an overnight stay!
Not enough sound proofing- could hear people upstairs and outside
15 February 2025
Very good
Lovely room. Spacious with parquet floors and nice firm bed. Wooden staircase to reception like my old school.
Odd it wasn't busier
14 February 2025
Overall great stay and value for Money ,we would stay again.
Easy to get too, good access to parking and discounted. Great location to get to other areas of Manchester Friendly and polite staff.
The rooms were nice, but there were bits of ware and tear, such as damaged wooden floor, and broken toilet seat. Our room was located right by a service elevator and/or laundry room so was a bit noisy late afternoon.
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
- - Air conditioning
Miscellaneous
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Face masks for guests available
14 April 2025
Great location and lovely sized rooms.