Motel One Piccadilly, Manchester
Expert reviews
“Across from the Piccadilly Rail Station, the sleek design inside Motel One, an outpost of the German budget hotel chain, makes up for the more dingy feel of the street outside.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Manchester.
What guests liked
- Excellent location
- Comfortable beds
- Friendly staff
- Free Wifi
All you need to know
Located in the heart of Manchester, Motel One is bright, clean, and comfortable. Just a short walk from Piccadilly Station, Canal Street, the Gay Village, and Piccadilly Gardens, and about a 25-minute drive from the airport, you’ll be close to everything when you stay at Motel One.
The hotel lobby provides guests with a comfortable atmosphere for lounging, working, and enjoying complimentary snacks and drinks throughout the day. The space feels clean and welcoming with floor-to-ceiling windows, colorful furniture, and comfortable seating. Wake up to a breakfast buffet in the lobby, offering fair-trade coffee and widespread organic goods, from pastries and fruit to cold meats and yogurt.
Motel One’s rooms are sleek and modern, providing an abundance of natural light, crisp white linens, and a neutral color palette. Private bathrooms are chic and clean with standing showers. Guests can choose from two different floor plans: a standard double room with a king bed or a standard queen room with a queen bed. Both of these room choices accommodate up to two guests.
Pet-friendly rooms, free WiFi, heating, air-conditioning, a 24-hour front desk, and an onsite bar make for extremely convenient amenities. The hotel staff speaks a variety of languages, from Greek to Italian, so this hotel is welcoming to travelers from all over the world.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
3 November 2025
Very good
No fridge
2 November 2025
Easy
Value for money and convenience to train station
2 November 2025
Great staff and location (for trains & airport)
Staff are welcoming and professional. Even gave me room upgrade! Room was larger than I expected & spotlessly clean. Good shower with organic soap and shampoo. Good buffet breakfast. Location opposite Manchester Piccadilly Station is perfect - only a 3 minute walk. I have stayed here 4 times, whenever I have a morning flight from Manchester Airport. There's a direct train to Manchester Airport that takes less than 30 minutes. So convenient.
TV image quality was poor & pixillated. Probably due to a poor signal as my room was at the very end of a long corridor. The mattress was too firm for me.
2 November 2025
Very well located and comfortable
Great location next to the train station, clean room, modern appliances, good breakfast
Would've loved to have had a safe in the room to leave valuables in
2 November 2025
Enjoyable overnight stay in a friendly, comfortable and clean hotel. Would highly recommend.
Perfect location to amenities, parking close by, we used CitiPark on Dale street. Tram across the road from hotel direct to coop live. Friendly staff. Good value for money. Comfortable bed. Would definitely recommend and use hotel again.
No negative comment to give. Very happy with our stay.
1 November 2025
Very good
Clean & convenient location
Tv hardly watchable at night
1 November 2025
Exceptional
Location, friendly staff
1 November 2025
Very good
Staff friendly - bathroom clean and new
1 November 2025
Fabulous
close to train station
nothing
1 November 2025
Excellent value for money and superb location.
Location and helpful staff and very modern and clean.
Freebies TV reception was poor. Shame as it was a fairly modern TV
1 November 2025
Great budget accommodation in a good location
Close to the station. Great reception/bar area. Clean. Comfortable bed
The room is quite basic with no wardrobe
1 November 2025
Lovely
Everything
Nothing
1 November 2025
Great value accommodation
Central location, close to railway station. Friendly, helpful check-in . Good sized room and bathroom Clean room , comfortable bed. Good bar!
1 November 2025
Exceptional
Lovely atmosphere, location and clean room with a good shower. Quiet and the log burning on the screen was a nice touch
31 October 2025
Very good
Great location
No bedside table No bin in bedroom
31 October 2025
Very happy with my choice of hotel, plus there’s an amazing fish and chips shop just across the road, i would recommend
Very close to the train station, helpful staff and very clean
as above
31 October 2025
Grand
The hotel it’s in a perfect location only just across the road from Piccadilly station
N/A
31 October 2025
Very good
I loved how warm and inviting the lobby and reception was. Reception staff were very helpful with our bags as we were early for check in. I stayed here with my son for a concert and it felt very safe and literally across the road from the train station and tram station.
There was nothing I didn't like.
31 October 2025
Very good
the room was clean, bed was comfortable
would have like somewhere to eat in the hotel
31 October 2025
Fabulous
Excellent all around experience
Nothing
31 October 2025
A great place to stay if you require public transport . Staff very helpful
Great hotel opposite main railway station , convenient if you arrive by train . Tram stop very close --and walkable to city centre
Nothing
30 October 2025
Exceptional
I always stay at Motel One Piccadilly when I want to be close to the station for an early train. The room is clean and comfortable and the staff friendly and helpful.
I dont have anything that I do not like about this hotel. It is my first choice when I want to stay close to the station.
30 October 2025
Very good
Good breakfast Excellent central location by station. Easy to walk or take teams of buses
30 October 2025
Would definitely stay again.
Nice decor. Bar area ok. Close to train station. Easy for coop live concerts. Shirt walk to shops.
Only complimentary breakfast that was rather sparse looking. We all requested twin rooms but all ended up with doubles. Wasn’t a real problem for us but might be for others.
29 October 2025
Brilliant stay. Very helpful and friendly staff. Don’t really use any of the additional facilities
Good location, clean, friendly helpful staff
The room was warm and couldn’t work the air con
29 October 2025
Exceptional
Great team, very efficient and polite.
29 October 2025
Exceptional
Poppy was so friendly when we arrived. Showed an interest in why we were visiting Manchester. Gave us an extra key card as I was with my teenage daughter. We really liked Poppy!
Nothing, it was clean, comfortable, great location, lovely staff
29 October 2025
Excellent stay. I would definitely recommend this hotel.
Staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast was good. Excellent location near the station.
29 October 2025
Very good
Bed was really comfy and the staff were amazing in letting us check in early
29 October 2025
Great place to stay.
Great location and staff.
It didn’t matter what I did with the thermostat the room remained really hot.
29 October 2025
Brilliant
The hotel smelt amazing. The facilities were clean. The bed was comfortable. We were allowed to drop our bags off before check in, in order to go to our concert. The bed was super comfortable.
The tv didn’t have many channels but it didn’t effect our stay.
29 October 2025
Great stay
Spotlessly clean and so close to everything we needed
Offices opposite could see into windows if curtains open so maybe some voile would be useful under curtains
28 October 2025
Fabulous
Location is ideal for metro, Piccadilly rail station. Only a few minutes walk from the Arndale centre.
Could do with a couple more coat hangers in the room.
28 October 2025
Very good
Great location. Lovely staff. Clean rooms.
28 October 2025
Exceptional
Brilliant location, nice room, great bar area.
28 October 2025
Exceptional
Great value for money! Friendly staff and clean room.
28 October 2025
Clean and comfortable room in a nice well-located hotel
Great location. Friendly helpful staff. Clean, comfortable and well -equipped room.
N/A
28 October 2025
Very good, great location.
The room I was initially given faced an office block which made it quite dark, I asked the receptionist if they had a room with a city view. I was given the key to a city view room which was much brighter as the hotel was not that busy. I do not know when you book if you can request a city view room or if if it based on the price you pay.
28 October 2025
Very good
The Motel One hotels always offer a certain standard for a reasonable price. This one is directly opposite the train station and it#s also right in the city centre. Rooms are clean and functional. Bed was comfortable.
The rooms are rather small. Breakfast is OK but they never offer any warm food.
28 October 2025
Enjoyed the stay. Would recommend.
Location. Friendly staff. Quiet.
Quite small, with not a lot of storage space for bags and clothes.
28 October 2025
Lovely friendly staff, spotlessly clean and great location.
Location
28 October 2025
Perfect for. short stay.
Opposite Piccadilly station and short walk to centre
Could do with more storage space
27 October 2025
If i back to machester i definitly back to motel one and highly recommend it to my friends.
So nice and friendly staff, so much clean
I couldn’t find any thing bad about that
27 October 2025
Great place to enjoy Mancgester
Location was great. Fabulous view. Clean. Good breakfast. Attentive staff.
No bin in the bedroom.
27 October 2025
Fabulous
Great location, decent room size. Didn't think it was as small as some ppl mentioned. I honestly have no complaints
27 October 2025
Always stay here! Love it
Always stay here! Love it
27 October 2025
Great value for money!
The staff were so accommodating and made us feel comfortable at all times as LGBT+ travellers. The room was a good size and clean with very comfortable beds and little noise despite the central location. If you are travelling to Manchester for a short trip I would highly recommend as it is less than a 5 minute walk to Manchester Piccadilly Station.
Nothing.
27 October 2025
Great location clean to
Location right next door to Picadilly station
Room window are not sound proof enough you could here the trams
27 October 2025
Fabulous
Central and clean
Expensive bottles of water!
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Bar
Services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Shared lounge/TV area
- - Daily housekeeping
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Lift
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
Miscellaneous
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - Fire extinguishers

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3 November 2025
Fabulous