Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, Manchester
Expert reviews
“The Clocktower Hotel offers contemporary comfort and boutique-hotel chic for history buffs. After a renovation costing more than 25 million pounds, the Clocktower has kept intact the lovely period faience in hallways, and the glass-domed ceiling in the spacious lobby, while converting former clerks’ offices into wood-paneled bedrooms with soaring ceilings and sleek subway-tile bathrooms.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 hours in Manchester.
“In an imposing terracotta Victorian building, with ornate original features and one of Manchester’s most popular bars, the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel combines classic good looks with a cool streak. And, despite its grand public areas, it’s warm and welcoming, with thoughtful extras for all guests, from families to dogs.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Friendly staff
- Great breakfast
- Comfortable beds
- Free Wifi
All you need to know
With a variety of stunning spaces, Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is particularly aesthetically-pleasing. Nestled in a Victorian-era building dating back to the 1890s, Kimpton Clocktower Hotel has unparalleled craftsmanship, apparent in every room. Guests can enjoy the greenhouse-like lounge with incredibly high, opaque ceilings, bold-tiled flooring, and full-size indoor trees. The hotel restaurant’s crown molding and vintage wooden floors create a space filled with character. Vintage wood paneling in many of the guest rooms adds to this historical hotel’s charm. In the hotel ballroom, you can take in the largest event space in the North of England.
There are many different floor plans to choose from throughout the hotel, but each room comes with tasteful decor, private bathrooms, WiFi, and satellite TVs. Depending on the guest room, you will likely find fun pops of color, different-textured materials, exposed finishes, and incredibly comfortable bedding.
Located on the lively Oxford Road, you will only be a short walk away from abundant attractions, shops, and restaurants. However, the onsite dining does not disappoint. The Refuge Dining Room offers a vibrant space to enjoy an eclectic meal, or check out The Winter Garden for afternoon tea in an elegant environment. You will be within walking distance from several sights during your stay, like the Palace Theater, Bridgewater Hall, Library Theater, Canal Street, and the Manchester Art Gallery.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
23 July 2025
Very good
Unfortunately, we arrived late and had to leave early - we would have loved to spend more time at the hotel, as it was gorgeous!
23 July 2025
Exceptional
One of the most amazing place to stay
23 July 2025
Wonderful stay in the city centre.
Room and breakfast = excellent.
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21 July 2025
Excellent time
Could do with a spa or pool
Nothing
21 July 2025
A must stay!
WOW what an amazing hotel. Absolutely beautiful - the design, the spacious and luxurious rooms, the shower amenities. We didn’t want to leave! The staff was welcoming and had amazing recommendations and they even brought the pizza we ordered - to our room!
Just one point for improvement- when we came for breakfast at 9:40 (ends at 10) we didn’t have a lot to choose from, so either arrive earlier or maybe they can top up so there’s enough for latecomers.
21 July 2025
Wonderful weekend making memories with my son
Large room with 2 double beds perfect choice for our party. Staff so friendly and helpful
My Son thought the breakfast was too soggy being stored in the water type servers especially the hash browns
21 July 2025
This is a great hotel that feels indulgent with amazing staff.
Hotel amazing. Staff incredible and felt luxurious. Loved it!
Can’t think of anything…
18 July 2025
Impressive and high quality city stay
The beautiful historical building. Large and modern rooms.
17 July 2025
Exceptional
The photos don't do The Kimpton justice but it's hard to capture the magnificence of the building in a few shots. My advice if you stay is to wander round and explore the building as each corridor, room and staircase reflects an eye for detail that should be celebrated.
16 July 2025
A very pleasant stay.
Good breakfast and very convenient location. Helpful staff. Very pleasant environment.
The bar does not have a cask ale (real ale). This meant I had to find a pub for an evening drink.
15 July 2025
Great stay
Spacious rooms and comfortable.
All was good
14 July 2025
My two kids and I had a great one night stay in Manchester and kimpton was a lovely place to stay.
room was great. The bath was nice but I'd have preferred a shower for one night with my kids but it was a lovely room , as was the whole building and the location was ideal for us whizzing around the city centre. The breakfast was great too
A shower would have been nice
14 July 2025
Very good
Very good all round
Not too impressed by food menu
14 July 2025
Great stay
Everything was excellent , lovely comforable room in a fantatic historic building retaining mainy of its original features
just the hot drinks to order at Breakfast time with a busy time the drinks come well wll after you have eaten your breakfast
12 July 2025
Fabulous
Great location, spacious rooms and lovely staff
12 July 2025
Absolutely perfect
Beautiful building, wonderfully presented. Staff were brilliant, and the food and service also.
Little hot in the room - but was a heatwave
12 July 2025
Great stay.. lovely staff
Very high quality
Nothing to complain about :)
12 July 2025
Perfect one night stay, ideal location
All the staff were friendly and helpful Rooms were well equipped and comfortable Location is perfect near lots of places to eat and Oxford road train station The building itself is so beautiful The social hour the hotel does between 5-6pm was a really nice touch. Would definitely stay again.
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11 July 2025
Best hotel I've ever stayed in!
Amazing service from all staff. Free upgrade to the room was above and beyond and most welcome. The balloons were there as requested on arrival and also a bottle of wine which was a nice extra. Awesome building and room. The social hour was a pleasant extra. Breakfast was delicious.
Air conditioning in the room... it was hard to find the control and then operating was hit and miss - didnt seem to work at first. It was too cold on arrival! When returning to the room on one occasion the interior security latch stopped us getting back in the room! Only way to re enter the room was for an engineer to hammer off the latch! Breakfast was delicious but let down because it was a little cold!
11 July 2025
Fabulous
We have stayed here a few times. Great location and great staff.
11 July 2025
❤️Kimpton
Love the architecture, the room size, the history. It’s a wonderful building.
9 July 2025
Frequent visitor to the Kimpton .Love it !
Welcome by the staff .Location next to train station
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9 July 2025
Amazing hotel
The hotel was amazing, my 9 year old absolutely loved the beds and the yoga mat. We couldn't fault the hotel at all
The only downside was our room was at the front of the hotel so we heard all the noise from the pub opposite (until 3am) we would have preferred a room away from the road especially with having a 9 year old with us.
9 July 2025
Clean, cosy and comfortable
We loved staying here! The staff are so attentive and helpful, it was really affordable for how clean and comfortable the room is. The location was also great for walking around the city.
Nothing
8 July 2025
Very good
A beautiful space, great breakfast.
The restaurant music was very loud.
6 July 2025
Fabulous
Beautiful buildings, worth exploring in their own right.
1 July 2025
Exceptional
Beautiful hotel
29 June 2025
Exceptional
Gorgeous building with utterly excellent rooms and service. Everything with our stay was utterly faultless - the boxed rose I requested for my partner was beautiful, the room decor was thoughtful and inkeeping with the building's heritage while remaining practical, and walking around the beautiful tiled interiors and staircases really did feel like an experience. This is really a very, very special place. We're already hoping to return.
29 June 2025
Great stay at beautiful hotel in ideal location.
Fantastic room. Beautiful building and shared areas. Helpful staff.
28 June 2025
Realky lovely and well located place to stay
Wonderful hotel. Lots of great features. Room was amazing.
Finding the room was a bit of a maze and it would be helpful if the lifts had numbers to help navigate around the hotel.
27 June 2025
Exceptional
Very impressive hotel with excellent staff.
26 June 2025
A fantastic stay in a great location.
The entrance is beautiful, so impressive to walk into. We loved the tiling running throughout the corridors and our bedroom was roomy and comfortable.
22 June 2025
Fabulous
Interesting historic building with lovely period features, but also excellent modern facilities and features as I'd expect from the Kimpton.
Slightly confusing layout of the rooms/wings (although the building itself is definitely part of the attraction of staying here!) which could have been explained a bit more clearly on checking in.
22 June 2025
Exceptional
Amazing decor. Big clean room. Fantastic breakfast.
22 June 2025
Loved it
Fabulous building - room was a little small but very comfortable.
21 June 2025
Exceptional
Everything about this hotel makes you experience memorable from the reception staff to bar staff in fact, all the staff were brilliant we will be back we made to feel special
There was nothing I didn't like what a fantastic stay
20 June 2025
Exceptional
The hotel is located near to the city center. Employees were well trained, polite and always smiling. The hotel was comfortable.
20 June 2025
Beauty building
Beautiful building Suite was stunning. Well decorated Continently located Rooms well equipped Staff lovely. We had room service for breakfast. Really good. Well cooked and tasty.
Air con in the room wasn’t great. And the heat was awful.
17 June 2025
Stunning dog friendly hotel.
Beautiful hotel. Staff incredible. 100% dog friendly. Great ambience with candles and scents throughout public areas and rooms. Extremely clean.
No drop off zone (we received two fines in the post as a result of dropping off / collecting our bags, as it is apparently a bus lane only - directly at the front of the hotel).
17 June 2025
We had a lovely stay although we weren't in the hotel for long
room
nothing
16 June 2025
Stunning luxury
A beautiful, impressive building with fantastic service and absolute grandeur.
16 June 2025
Exceptional
Impressive
Nothing
16 June 2025
Amazing stay
Great hotel. Beautifully done. Great staff
16 June 2025
Fabulous
The building is stunning in every aspect. Breakfast was great. Really comfy bed. Staff really attentive and great.
The nets on the windows in 1 room had couple of small marks/stains on.
16 June 2025
Exceptional
The room was excellent, Room service and the food was beautiful and the staff were very helpful and took care to understand my questions and queries
16 June 2025
Fabulous
Incredible place absolutely loved it !!! Beautiful ! So close to all the shops and bars. So easy to go out
Breakfast was mid. Ice coffee was lush but bacon was under cooked. And the scramble eggs were not yum. But that’s me being picky
15 June 2025
Exceptional
Decor, comfort, staff, facilities
14 June 2025
Great hotel all round
Great all round! Great location, breakfast and staff. Hotel is beautiful and bed are so comfortable
Nothing
14 June 2025
Excellent Stay
Beautiful hotel ! Amazing Staff, each and every one was warm & welcoming. Room was beautiful, comfortable & stylish. Loved every moment!
Wouldn't change a thing
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Kid meals
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Packed lunches
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Minimarket on site
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Fitness centre
- - Games room
- - Nightclub/DJ
- - Fitness
- - Bicycle rental
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Parking
- - Parking garage
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Lower bathroom sink
- - Emergency cord in bathroom
Outdoors
- - Outdoor furniture
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available
26 July 2025
Lovely as always.