King Street Townhouse, Manchester
King Street Townhouse is a sophisticated boutique hotel tucked away in the heart of Manchester’s upper King Street conservation area. Housed in a stunning Grade II-listed building inspired by Italian Renaissance architecture, the hotel masterfully blends historic Victorian charm with modern, bespoke luxury. It’s a favorite for those who appreciate character and design, with each of its 40 individually styled rooms offering a unique sense of place.
The hotel’s standout feature is its seventh-floor rooftop terrace, which boasts a heated infinity pool offering incredible, unobstructed views of the Manchester Town Hall and its iconic clock tower. Beyond the pool, the property houses a state-of-the-art gym and a tranquil spa, complete with a unique Himalayan salt cave—the only one of its kind in the north of England.
The building itself has clever nods to local heritage, such as suites named after influential Mancunians like the architect Alfred Waterhouse and Abel Heywood, the city’s former progressive mayor. Guests can also enjoy the “Tavern” restaurant, which serves refined British cuisine, or partake in a seasonal afternoon tea in the cozy lounge.
Its location is perfect for exploring the city. You are just a short walk from major cultural hubs, including the Manchester Art Gallery and the vibrant Northern Quarter. Whether you’re interested in world-class shopping or catching a show at the nearby Palace Theatre, the hotel serves as an elegant, central sanctuary amidst the city’s lively pulse.
Expert reviews
“You’ll instantly feel relaxed in King Street Townhouse, a charming 40-room boutique hotel. From its infinity spa-pool with a spectacular view of the Town Hall clock, and stylish public areas, to bedrooms you’ll struggle to leave, this is an indulgent retreat in the city centre.”
“This beautiful 1872 Italian Renaissance–style former bank is now an exquisite boutique hotel with 40 bedrooms ranging from snug to suite. Furnishings are the perfect combination of period elegance and contemporary style. On the top floor is a small spa with an infinity pool overlooking the town hall; downstairs is a nice bar and restaurant.”
What guests liked
- Excellent location
- Comfortable beds
- Friendly staff
- Swimming pool
- Free Wifi
Location
Recent guest reviews
10 April 2026
A lovely atmosphere with modern luxury decor, fabulous staff and good food.
Fabulous location, ten minutes walk from Victoria Railway station, five minutes from main shopping centres and situated perfectly for fabulous restaurants. The room was beautifully finished, large bathroom and espa products. The inifinity pool is a bonus, a fabulous place to chill, I watched the skyline of Manchester during a storm, fork lightening over the building tops whilst relaxing. The breakfast, outstanding quality, and beautiful surroundings.
I reserved time in the Kingstreet Spa, on the evening I stayed the weather was stormy with wild rain and thunderstorms. The spa is located next door to the hotel, with access only via the main street, the facilities are beautiful but consisted of a quiet room, steam and sauna... the pool is located within the main hotel on the 7th floor where there is also a sauna. Dissapointed in the access to the spa.
8 April 2026
Excellent from start to finish. Will definitely be back!
The room and facilities were second to none.
31 March 2026
Excellent hotel, would reccomend.
Friendly Staff, nice hotel.
Only thing I would say is that they could do with bar staff later on in the hotel bar. The reception staff were great and offered great service but unfortunately were not able to make the cocktails that we would have liked as they were not bar staff. Other than that, fantastic hotel.
28 March 2026
Excellent location for a short stay in the city
Stunning building and very well presented
Only gripe is that the spa is just that little bit too far down the road to comfortably wander down in a robe so you have to get dressed to go and leave.
25 March 2026
Lovely qwurky hotel just my vibe. The beds were so comfortable and the staff were all fantastic and couldn’t do enough f
Lovely boutique hotel with the most fantastically comfortable beds .
13 March 2026
Lovely hotel, staff need to up their game and look after guests.
Location. Rooms. Breakfast. Infinity pool.
Robes in bedrooms were a bit threadbare.
Had to come down to reception to order drinks to the infinity pool. Tried to use the phone but was on hold for 2x 15 mins. No staff to answer phone.
Also was overcharged at checkout. Phoned up as soon as I got home. Recorded msg to say reception was closed. This was for the rest of the day.
2 March 2026
Thank you so much !
Not being able to open a window but understand why
25 February 2026
Loved the place definitely coming back
Very neat and beautiful
Just the bath tap in the room it was clean but just didn’t feel like using as I thought it was clean enough for me to use .
23 February 2026
I’ve stayed in many hotels all over the world, this is right up there
Amazing hotel, the pool on the roof is incredible
A lot of work going on early in the morning
22 February 2026
Fabulous place to relax.
Quiet and calm in a busy city.
Lift could take a little while. And there is only one.
27 January 2026
Enjoyable. Will come back. Will ask for a room other than room 10.
Location and brilliant front of house staff. Great shower. Cracking breakfast.
The WiFi in my room (10) wasn’t great.
The layout of the room was a bit odd - you have to walk through the bathroom to get to the bedroom.
19 January 2026
Perfect cosy night away
Beautiful stay. The property is cosy and welcoming. The rooftop heated pool just tops off a gorgeous visit.
12 January 2026
Boutique, cosy, city centre stay
Gorgeous design, central Manchester, clean, well kept
11 January 2026
Super relaxing and premium stay
Super clean and great facilities.
Men’s changing for spa was quite a walk but other than that everything was great. We also wish the rooftop pool had the option for later use 10/11pm.
10 January 2026
Great place the staff need bringing up to speed
As always the property is in a great location and the rooms are very quiet
The staff seemed to have gone backwards.
8 January 2026
Girl trip Birthday treat
Omg blown away in so many ways prestige hotel. Excellent service friendly staff.Decor was immaculate loved it every detail. Infinity pool wow no words the veiws on from the pool unreal. Excited for breakfast.
200 deposit unexpected only on apple pay. But for the experience made up for it.we made memories for life.
3 January 2026
Amazing hotel/staff/amenties/room. Decent location about a 5/10min walk from the better restaurants/
The hotel itself. Staff were great. Rooms were lovely and clean. Best part is the shower! Loved it. Stayed last night and already booking again for 3 months time.
The bed/pillows. Because it was two single beds pushed together the fact that my partners mattress was very sunken/dipped it made it a little uncomfortable to sleep.
3 January 2026
Amazing, would stay here again over anywhere else
Super relaxing and staff are amazing, can't do enough for you
Nothing
9 December 2025
Serenity in the city centre
Thermal spa, cozy room
7th floor facilities very small
8 December 2025
Brilliant, comfy, clean and located perfectly.
Room was amazing, so comfy, cute and peaceful. The vibes in the bar and the place where amazing. The staff were so friendly. They helped take the bags to the room for us and they also made sure that our bags were well looked after for the whole day on the day of check out. The infinity pool is an experience and it can be both relaxing and fun as there are 2 small things you can do in the pool that improve your experience (try the buttons on the walls). It is perfectly situated near some outstanding restaurants in the heart of Manchester. We would definitely visit again.
The view from the infinity pool is the only thing that I think could have been better. Other than the fact that is was slightly underwhelming every other experience was perfect.
6 December 2025
Great staff, amazing rooms . 10/10 experience
The room was amazing , from the clean beds and gorgeous smelling toiletries to the great staff. Had an amazing stay
No complaints here !
5 December 2025
amazing stay had lots of fun
i loved the lauout and the lighting
nothing
28 November 2025
Luxury boutique hotel in Manchester
Beautiful spacious comfortable room with unique art, textiles and huge luxury bathroom with walk in shower and free standing bath. Espa toiletries. Spa area with rooftop jacuzzi/ pool and steam room - free to use as hotel guest and open from 7am - no booking needed. Central location on quiet street.
Nothing !
27 November 2025
Favourite hotel in Manchester
Beautiful room, great location. Lovely hotel, friendly staff and a quiet room, comfy bed & good nights sleep.
Nothing
25 November 2025
Great for a short work trip
Excellent room with plenty of space to relax
It wasn’t possible to stream from your own device onto the television and watch Netflix etc. The bed was a bit lumpy.
24 November 2025
Lovely stay, good facilities, some small issues could be ironed out
Good location, excellent facilities, friendly staff.
Some housekeeping issues in room - dents and damage to walls, damage to carpets, cold tap didn’t work in bathroom.
Small issues but when paying premium prices expect these to be sorted
20 November 2025
Would 100% return, Lovely staff and the infinity pool area is 10/10
Very luxurious and in a perfect area for the christmas market
14 November 2025
King st townhouse
Loved the set out of the room the spa was lush and clean. Very comfortable all staff excellent!
There was only minor issues that can be easily addressed little untidy area of decor where previously been a leak and it not quiet been redecorated but again only a small area in room.
On the room service the spoons and milk for cereal wasn't there but reception prompt corrected this and sent some to the room plus gave us extra 30 min longer complimentary to checkout which was helpful other than that it was a amazing stay!
12 November 2025
Beautiful hotel with fabulous spa
Lovely rooms, fabulous bar, best city spa facilities I’ve ever seen.
Nothing
10 November 2025
perfect from start to finish.
The rooms were so comfortable and staff were super helpful and decorated the room beautifully.
8 November 2025
Great apart from the initial greeting
We love it and have stayed many times
Receptionist when we checked in was surly and also told us that because we had booked via booking . Com we had to pay £40 to use the gym . This proved not to be the case but you do need to pay !20 to access the spa . Subsequent front desk staff and all others were lovely
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kids' meals (additional charge)
- - Kid-friendly buffet
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Packed lunches
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna (additional charge)
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa & wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Massage
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Beauty services
- - Facial treatments
- - Waxing services
- - Manicure
- - Pedicure
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Spa facilities
- - Back massage
- - Neck massage
- - Foot massage
- - Head massage
- - Hand massage
- - Full body massage
- - Movie nights (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - BBQ facilities (additional charge)
- - Sun terrace
Cleaning services
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Emergency cord in bathroom
- - Visual aids: Braille
Pool and wellness
- - Rooftop pool
- - Infinity pool
- - Heated pool
- - Swimming pool
Miscellaneous
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered

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11 April 2026
The best hotel we have stayed in in Manchester. No noise from the road, other guests or staff.
Beautiful bedroom, excellent bathroom, very quie - no noise from other guests, well laid out, quality furniture, well decorated, perfect.