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Motel One Piccadilly, Manchester

34 London Road, Piccadilly, Manchester, M1 2PF, United Kingdom. (show on map)

Expert reviews

New York Times review:

“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.

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Motel One Piccadilly, Manchester. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.5 out of 5.0

Ranked 5th in Manchester

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What guests liked

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

4.5
Julie

7 January 2026

Perfect location

Excellent location, very close to Manchester Piccadilly station - perfect for an overnight stay before (or after) getting a train to (from) the Manchester Airport.

4.0
Oliver

6 January 2026

Great stay, will certainly book again.

Cleanliness, bathroom and especially the breakfast was great. Superb location to the city center, as well as the train station. Staff was very friendly throughout our stay.

Suggest not to offer "soft boiled" eggs if you cannot serve them; they turn hard boiled within minutes when you offer them together with the hard boiled eggs. Perhaps add some smoked salmon with condiments. But these are little issues, the breakfast was fantastic, even when compared with some more expensive hotels in town.

5.0
Vincent

5 January 2026

Exceptional

Friendly staff, nice bar area, clean quiet rooms, hot showers with plenty of pressure.

5.0
Martin

5 January 2026

Perfect base for a weekend break

Really helpful desk staff - thanks particularly to Ryan for sorting out my reservation. Excellent location - central but very quiet. Comfortable and impeccably clean room.

Allgood

4.5
John

5 January 2026

Fabulous

Real value hotel, great price

Stain on bedclothes

4.0
Susan

5 January 2026

It was a nice room .

Didn't have it

No bedside table/ shelf.

5.0
Katie

5 January 2026

Exceptional

Great value for money very close to the station and center. Was very clean to a high standard. Very comfy bed.I had a lovely stay and the staff where very accommodating and friendly. Staff also came daily to see if we needed anything. Lovely bar area with friendly staff. I would highly recommend this hotel.

NA

4.5
Kelly

5 January 2026

A nice break

The property is lovely and clean

Nothing

4.5
Waldek

5 January 2026

Super comfortable stay opposite the railway station

Second stay at Motel One Picadilly and it's still great. Staff is very professional and helpful, location fantastic and despite the very central position, windows do a fantastic job of silencing all the external traffic. Design of all areas is very thoughtful. Shower is massive and very comfortable. The continental breakfast provided is simple (boiled eggs are the only hot element) but good quality and fresh. I had a grreat stay.

Carpet in the room is a bit tired. Not bad yet but I think it's probably the first thing to need some refreshing soon.

5.0
Manc

5 January 2026

Exceptional

Everything was good

5.0
Karl

4 January 2026

Exceptional

Location was perfect, staff very friendly

4.0
Joanna

4 January 2026

Fabulous

Cleanliness location staff good overall good value for money

Nothing

5.0
Monica

4 January 2026

Exceptional

The breakfast is really good

5.0
Victoria

4 January 2026

Great value for money

The hotel is great value for money. Room was a decent size, bed comfortable, all very clean and friendly staff.

4.5
Ian

3 January 2026

Great location

Great location opposite Piccadilly station. Really lovely staff, very helpful. Room was comfortable and very quiet. Continental breakfast was okay and Reasonably priced. Free WiFi.

The coffee at breakfast was very weak

4.5
Roberta

3 January 2026

Would recommend

Great Location, excellent staff, lovely room, lovely breakfast

5.0
Tiarnan

3 January 2026

A great start to the new year

I really liked the security guard on at night he was a very lovely man

Nothing

5.0
Brett

3 January 2026

Excellent staff, facilities and location. Definite recommendation for anyone to stay

The hotel was perfectly situated and was close to car parks The staff were all excellent The room was clean, well appointed and very comfortable

Nothing, best hotel I’ve stayed in for ages

5.0
Jamie

3 January 2026

Lushhhh

Little Blonde lady behind the desk was amazing and cute

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4.0
Enes

2 January 2026

Good hotel near Manchester Piccadily station

Great one day stay for business. 5-10 min walk to the train station

5.0
Carol

2 January 2026

Perfect for my all-too-brief stay

Great location, comfortable bed, friendly staff. I stayed for one night to attend a concert at the O2 Apollo and unfortunately I had to leave very early in the morning to catch a flight, so I didn’t have much time to enjoy the room, and I couldn’t take advantage of breakfast. There are screens in the reception area to book an Uber which was very handy for me as I don’t have the app. It all worked quite well.

If I’d spent more time there I would have liked a more comfortable armchair. The bar doesn’t serve food apart from basic packaged snacks. Apart from that, everything seemed really good.

4.0
Dylan

2 January 2026

Comfy

Verg comfy and clean

Tea facilitys and products very basic and poor quality tea bags

4.5
Lindsey

2 January 2026

Fabulous

Lovely hotel very clean perfect location 👌

5.0
Martyn

2 January 2026

New Years Eve

The location of the Hotel for us is fantastic, right where we need to be, the price for New Years Eve also very good value. The beds are very comfortable, the rooms are great layout and love the bathrooms. It is always clean and tidy and the staff are friendly and efficient.

Only think that would make it better would be safety deposit boxes in the room, but not essential.

5.0
Miriam

1 January 2026

Excellent

Clean Near the train station

N/a

4.5
Daniel

1 January 2026

Great location, fair price

No smart TV - had to take it off the wall to use Roku stick 1 of 3 lifts not working, long wait time for elevators

4.5
Keira

1 January 2026

Second time here, can’t fault it

Very clean, loved the reception

Nothing

4.0
Geoffrey

1 January 2026

Great city centre location with cosy atmosphere

The location was convenient and the hotel was welcoming and comfortable. The staff were all friendly, especially the famous Felix at the bar! We enjoyed sitting downstairs for a drink, and the rooms were very comfortable.

5.0
Ledgard

1 January 2026

Exceptional

Central to where we needed to be

Nothing

5.0
Kieron

1 January 2026

Exceptional

Very friendly

5.0
Derek

1 January 2026

Reccomended

It was a very friendly place to stay. We loved our room it was on a high floor and we loved the view. The staff were really helpful and friendly. We enjoyed our stay and would come back but without breakfast.

The breakfast choices. I have enjoyed continental breakfas in other hotels and the choices were better. They need a new porridge supplier. Its supposed to thicken. I put less water in than it said on the pot, but it was very runny.

4.0
Chris

31 December 2025

All you would need for a comfortable one-night stay.

Comfortable, clean room. Friendly, helpful staff on reception and throughout the hotel.

Nothing comes to mind, but we were happy to have a quiet room on the eighth floor.

5.0
Martin

31 December 2025

Exceptional

everything in this hotel is amazing perfect location, lovely staff

N/a

5.0
Kirsty

31 December 2025

Exceptional

Staff were lovely and very helpful

5.0
Shee

30 December 2025

The best in Manchester!

My stay wasfrom November 13-15, 2025. Everything was great. I'd definitely return to stay when in Manchester. The staff who attended to me, Quam Ibrahim was super professional, helpful and friendly. The best service I've ever experienced. Thanks for making my stay so pleasant Quam!

Nothing😊

4.5
Miha

30 December 2025

Fabulous

Very good location, friendly staff and good price.

4.0
Suthon

30 December 2025

Very good

Locstion, Staff

5.0
Hodges

29 December 2025

Exceptional

Friendly staff and atmosphere.

What's not to like!

5.0
Courtney

29 December 2025

Exceptional

Very clean and staff was helpful

5.0
Shamsul

29 December 2025

Exceptional

Staff go out of way to help

Price of rooms can be very high at times

4.0
Emma

29 December 2025

Very good

Location

I was looking over offices and they could see in my room!!!

4.5
Mehjabee

29 December 2025

Fabulous

All was gud

all.okay

5.0
Carrie

29 December 2025

Exceptional

Excellent value for money, beds are big and very comfortable. Plenty of space in the rooms and good walk in shower. Staff are super helpful and friendly.

4.5
Steven

29 December 2025

If you are used to staying at a Travelodge or Premier Inn, try the Motel One group and be surprised.

Pleasantly surprised. Hotel very modern, great location. I had asked for a quiet room and that is pricisely what I got. Nice modern shower room, plently of hot water. Not once did I put the heating on despite the cold outside. I very lovely touch by putting a Christmas card outside the door on Christmas day. Staff very attentive

As someone who designs/ refurbishes hotels there were a couple of things that I did not like. Lots of lighting but all on one switch. The two artemide tolomeo bedside lights hard to turn on as switch on the top and a stretch. No bedside tables/shelf to put phone/ specticles etc. on, and would have liked a couple of drawers for my clothes (but understand if people are only staying for a few days). Apart from that decoration was good, clean and modern. Must mention the bed and pillows..........a joy!

4.0
Faisal

29 December 2025

Very good

Clean and simple check in. Friendly staff

No bed side tables, TV had bad reception. Balcony but no access. Lacked the facilities you'd expect.

5.0
Tunde

28 December 2025

Exceptional

Clean&comfortable

5.0
Siapan

27 December 2025

Exceptional

Rooms and common areas

5.0
Jason

27 December 2025

Exceptional

Easy to find and staff was really friendly

Can’t think of anything

5.0
L

26 December 2025

Exceptional

Very comfortable

Nothing

4.5
Hailey

25 December 2025

Fabulous

We could check in immediately even though we arrived in the morning. Very lucky indeed that the room was available and they gave it to us promptly. Very good service from the counter staff. Slightly far out from the main city area but good for short stays if you need to head to the train station as it was just directly opposite.

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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