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
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 January 2026
Exceptional
Friendly staff, nice bar area, clean quiet rooms, hot showers with plenty of pressure.
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
5 January 2026
Fabulous
Real value hotel, great price
Stain on bedclothes
5 January 2026
It was a nice room .
Didn't have it
No bedside table/ shelf.
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.
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5 January 2026
A nice break
The property is lovely and clean
Nothing
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 January 2026
Exceptional
Everything was good
4 January 2026
Exceptional
Location was perfect, staff very friendly
4 January 2026
Fabulous
Cleanliness location staff good overall good value for money
Nothing
4 January 2026
Exceptional
The breakfast is really good
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.
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
3 January 2026
Would recommend
Great Location, excellent staff, lovely room, lovely breakfast
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
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
3 January 2026
Lushhhh
Little Blonde lady behind the desk was amazing and cute
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2 January 2026
Good hotel near Manchester Piccadily station
Great one day stay for business. 5-10 min walk to the train station
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.
2 January 2026
Comfy
Verg comfy and clean
Tea facilitys and products very basic and poor quality tea bags
2 January 2026
Fabulous
Lovely hotel very clean perfect location 👌
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.
1 January 2026
Excellent
Clean Near the train station
N/a
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
1 January 2026
Second time here, can’t fault it
Very clean, loved the reception
Nothing
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.
1 January 2026
Exceptional
Central to where we needed to be
Nothing
1 January 2026
Exceptional
Very friendly
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.
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.
31 December 2025
Exceptional
everything in this hotel is amazing perfect location, lovely staff
N/a
31 December 2025
Exceptional
Staff were lovely and very helpful
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😊
30 December 2025
Fabulous
Very good location, friendly staff and good price.
30 December 2025
Very good
Locstion, Staff
29 December 2025
Exceptional
Friendly staff and atmosphere.
What's not to like!
29 December 2025
Exceptional
Very clean and staff was helpful
29 December 2025
Exceptional
Staff go out of way to help
Price of rooms can be very high at times
29 December 2025
Very good
Location
I was looking over offices and they could see in my room!!!
29 December 2025
Fabulous
All was gud
all.okay
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.
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!
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.
28 December 2025
Exceptional
Clean&comfortable
27 December 2025
Exceptional
Rooms and common areas
27 December 2025
Exceptional
Easy to find and staff was really friendly
Can’t think of anything
26 December 2025
Exceptional
Very comfortable
Nothing
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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7 January 2026
Perfect location