The Edwardian Hotel, Manchester
Expert reviews
“In the heart of the city, this elegant option invites you to unwind with its atmospheric spa (complete with a urban subterranean swimming pool, sauna, steam rooms and cutting-edge gym), luxurious afternoon teas, and memorable dining including contemporary Japanese and Mexican small plates in Peter Street Kitchen.”
Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Manchester.
“Gladstone, Dickens and Fitzgerald…just some of the names associated with the historic Free Trade Hall, now an elegant business hotel with high-end trimmings and decor. It has done its best to preserve the memories of the building’s most famous visitors.”
“This five-star hotel, set in one of Manchester’s grandest buildings, the Free Trade Hall, often hosts celebrity visitors to the city (Simon Cowell and Sven-Goran Eriksson among them). Guests will enjoy the spa and unique restaurant, and the location’s also handy for visitors to the Manchester Central Convention Centre.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Free Wifi
- Swimming pool
All you need to know
Formerly a historic Free Trade Hall, The Edwardian Manchester, A Radisson Collection Hotel, is an upscale boutique hotel with a rich history. The grandiose architecture and archways of the exterior reflect the fascinating history of this building, while the interior has been refurbished to include contemporary design and thoughtful details. Over the years, this incredible structure has served as the backdrop to political rallies, world-renowned music shows, and violent protests.
Each room includes modern amenities, like comfortable beds, high-speed WiFi, high-tech spa-like bathrooms, and crisp white linens. Minimalist design permeates each space, showcasing an earthy and neutral color palette throughout guest rooms. Some rooms come with incredible city views, and the penthouse suite provides the most luxurious experience with an abundance of space, impeccable design, and plush furniture.
Enjoy a dip in the hotel pool, a massage at the Espa spa, or a workout in the fitness center. Grab a signature cocktail in The Library curated by Assouline, which also provides access to famous fashion books and an afternoon tea. Peter Street Kitchen, the hotel’s main restaurant, has a chic and elegant atmosphere, serving Mexican small plates and contemporary Japanese, with an extensive selection of adult beverages, including cocktails, sake, and wine.
Hotel deals & lowest price guarantee
We partner with Booking.com and Agoda. Both booking websites offer the lowest price guarantee, so you can be certain you will always get the best deal for this hotel. If you have seen a better price elsewhere, all you need to do is contact the booking website, and they will refund you the difference immediately. You can price match right up until the day before check-in.
Location
Recent guest reviews
24 February 2025
Thoroughly enjoyable and was a rare treat.
Luxurious hotel. The spa was small but enjoyable enough. Rooms were comfortable. Staff were lovely and customer service was amazing.
The spa and pool felt crowded and not relaxing due to a number of young children jumping into the pool. I thought that booking the hour for use of the facilities would feel more exclusive.
24 February 2025
Relaxing and always my go to place
Very clean, neat and lovely staff and amazing breakfast spread
Nothing
23 February 2025
Perfection beyond expectations and would certainly return.
Loved the quality of everything, the spa and the service and the food and the Peter st kitchen restaurant.
Not applicable everything was top notch.
23 February 2025
Was a perfect stay well worth the money just feel more should be done about kids ruining the pool for everyone else
Everything about the property was stunning. Staff etc were amazing
There was way too many kids jumping in and out of the pool and running all over everyone’s beds. It ruined it for everyone else in there.
23 February 2025
Nice experience with some quirks
Nice hotel, with friendly and helpful staff. The breakfast was excellent (the queue was quite long, though). The design feels modern, and the rooms were clean.
A bit noisy, from the hallway and from the outside too. There was also a problem with the AC unit, it was stuck on heating even on lowest temperature. It required a staff member to come and restart it. There was also an annoying loud sound coming from the bathroom, sounded like a loud wall drill. Staff couldn’t help much because it happened sparsely. This was at around 1 AM. Probably something with the sewage, when the person upstairs flushed the toilet.
23 February 2025
Excellent hotel, will stay again
The hotel was superb, front office staff were very friendly, hotel was very neat. Breakfast was delicious with lots of variety.
WC could do with replacement. Very long queue for breakfast, we waited over 20 minutes.
22 February 2025
Satisfying.
I liked the facilities, pool and SPA, central location and cleanliness.
Check-in is at 3:00 pm. I arrived at 2:30 pm and was asked to wait until 3:00 pm which would not make a difference if I checked in earlier just to drop the suitcase. Breakfast was terrible, i.e. limited choice of food, cold and disgusting coffee, overcrowded restaurant - a 3-star level. I asked a hot oat milk for coffee but was given a cold dairy milk instead. At the end, I was presented with a bill for breakfast which was supposed to be included in the price of the room. Would not include breakfast next time. TV channels are limited to sports and channels in Arabic and Spanish. No news channels other than BBC1 Manchester, not even SKY News. At night a fire alarm went off and I could not sleep until morning wondering if I should prepare for evacuation from level 9. I was advised at the reception that the matter was investigated and if I don't hear from them, then I should stay in the room. I had no idea how long it would take. Surely there must be some protocol in such situations.
21 February 2025
I would come back to this hotel again!
Everything about the hotel !
Recommend Car park was a 10/15 minute walk from the hotel
21 February 2025
Lovely hotel in a great location
Beautiful clean hotel
A bit of a wait for breakfast
21 February 2025
Lovely night away and even meal at this hotel
First time using the spa/ poo it’s lovely. Pool was quite busy with children but it’s half term so understand but overall really lovely pool and gym looked nice too. Got a good price for the room and always like how the rooms here are on the bigger side compared to some other 5 star hotels in the centre.
21 February 2025
Exceptional
Spa was great
20 February 2025
Very good
Overall lovely hotel
Just wished the Sauna was working as we were only there 1 night..
20 February 2025
Nice hotel
Great spa and swimming pool.
One of the Bars staff was rude.
20 February 2025
We go here regularly and frequently.
Close to EVERYTHING! Fantastic spa and great room.
Pillows are too soft!!
20 February 2025
Fabulous
The Bed was very comfortable with lovely pillows
20 February 2025
Great stay
Clean, really comfortable
No hair dryer for my wife
19 February 2025
Lovely
Spa, view, staff, food/breakfast, comfy bed.
TV
19 February 2025
Amazing stay! Faultless
It was faultless. The architecture outside, the entrance takes your breath away and it is the definition of luxury.
Nothing
19 February 2025
Very good
Staff Food Concierge young lady was excellent Spa
One room wasn't cleaned out of 3
18 February 2025
Fab overnight stay in a great location with wonderful daughter.
Location and cleanliness.
Can’t think of anything.
18 February 2025
Lovely experience and relaxing day with my husband
Very clean breakfast amazing and fresh The staff so friendly location was close to basically everything Specially about out to Danny on reception for helping us
17 February 2025
Exceptional
Friendly
Nothing
17 February 2025
Wonderful stay!
Fabulous breakfast, gym, spa facilities, comfortable beds, stylish decor, great blackout blinds in the room and brilliant location. Also wonderful cocktail bar in which to start our evening!
Swimming pool is lovely but if only it was bigger! Initially we were a little disappointed that we could only book it for an hour, but in fairness, this meant it wasn't too busy, so the system works well.
17 February 2025
The best
Amazing from start to finish
I loved everything
17 February 2025
Amazing location! Lovely rooms and friendly staff
Great location! Lovely staff and clean fresh room
Just wish staff would of mentioned that breakfast ended at 11am
17 February 2025
We were very happy with our experience.
The room was nice. Room service was good. Staff was exceptional.
The spa was fully booked. The bar was also fully booked. The shower in the room got water EVERYWHERE. Curtains were see-through.
16 February 2025
Amazing stay
Beautiful hotel, friendly staff and great food!
16 February 2025
The Edwardian
A comfortable room with a black out blind for a good night's sleep. The cocktails are very good and reasonably priced,, the food is nicely presented, and delicious..
Nothing to report.
15 February 2025
Exceptional
Spa facilities were excellent.
N/A
15 February 2025
Fabulous
Beautiful hotel in a fabulous central location. Very friendly and professional staff The bed in the room was amazing !
Even considering all the above, the price point of the hotel in at the higher end
14 February 2025
My anniversary stay
We booked it for our anniversary. The hotel is lovely! It’s close to every place we want to visit. The spa is nice too not too crowded. The bedding and the mattress are so comfortable. It’s the best bed I’ve ever slept in a hotel. I’m a light sleeper and the room we’re in is not facing the busy street too it’s quiet. Thank you very much for the effort and we had a wonderful time there.
The tables in the breakfast restaurant are too close together—we were literally seated right next to strangers. We asked the staff if we could move to another table but were told there were no available tables and that we would have to wait. However, by the time we left, there were still plenty of empty tables. When we were seated, the staff just left immediately without explaining where to get the food or how the setup worked. The breakfast selection was average, I will suggest to go somewhere else for a nicer brunch.
14 February 2025
Very comfortable but a few niggles!
Lovely interior, comfortable beds with no noise from the city outside. Breakfast was excellent. The spa area and gym were spotless. Staff were always polite and friendly.
Had quite a few issues which I wouldn’t expect from a 5 star hotel at this price. - The first room I was given (12th floor) had an adjoining door to the room next door. The soundproofing on the door was clearly very poor as I could clearly hear every noise from the next room over (normal conversations, spraying deodorant, etc….) fortunately I was able to move room, but if the hotel had been fully booked it would’ve been a big issue! - Had to ask 3 different members of staff at breakfast for a coffee (no option to self serve), think it just got forgotten! - there was no dressing gown in my room (required for spa) - asked at reception, who sent me to the spa, who told me to call guest services, who said they’d send someone up with one, but they never came…. - cleaners took used glasses from my room but didn’t replace them, leaving me with none Overall it was still an enjoyable stay and the main things were done right - comfy bed, clean, etc! But over the two nights it felt like there were so many little things that left me disappointed for what (is almost) an amazing hotel.
13 February 2025
Exceptional
Everything was amazing!
13 February 2025
Brilliant Spa weekend away, can’t wait to come back.
Beautiful building and room, immaculate restaurant.
N/A
13 February 2025
Excellent stay as always
great city location with very friendly staff. Didn't realise we had to book the pool but was no issue.
N/A
12 February 2025
Enjoyable
Layout
12 February 2025
Excellent hotel, lovely spa facilities, lovely spacious room, great location
Excellent hotel, lovely spa facilities, lovely spacious room, great location
12 February 2025
Gorgeous hotel
Beautiful hotel in a very central location. Our room was lovely with a view over the city. The shower was great, and the bed was huge and very comfortable. I had mentioned when I booked that it was a 1 night break for a special birthday, but didn't expect anything, however, they bought a lovely piece of birthday cake with a message and card up to our room - what a lovely extra special little touch 😊. Breakfast was also lovely with lots of choice, for either full English, cereals, fruit or pastries, in a gorgeous setting.
The pillows unfortunately -our heads just sank in to them, they had no support, so you felt flat. Unfortunately this contributed to not much sleep. I tried with 2 pillows together but they were both the same, so no better. Would make more sense to give each room 1 squidgy pillow, and 1 firm pillow.
12 February 2025
Great weekday stay
Really helpful receptionist who also gave us a later check out twice after illness delayed the first late checkout. Great location, quiet rooms. Spa included in the stay which is a bonus but we didn't get to experience that due to illness, also missed breakfast due to the same reason but it was very good value for money including breakfast
Only minor things, I'd rang up previously to book the spa slot before we arrived, turned out this wasn't booked and we had to rebook there and then so if you ring to book in advance - double check that is booked on the day. Also pillows weren't to my preference they were a bit too soft but that's just personal preference, no fault of the hotel, maybe an option of firmer pillows would be useful
11 February 2025
Excellent
Great location and breakfast. Very clean and well laid out room.
Everything. Pleasant staff and good service.
11 February 2025
One night stay in Manchester
The breakfast was amazing! Spa was nice, just remember to book a slot as it's very busy. The gym was amazing for a hotel gym. I was celebrating my birthday and they left me a lovely cake in the room when I arrived. The location is excellent. Check in ans check out very easy. And everything was close by. The views are amazing from the room.
Our room had an interconnecting door which didn't allow any soundproofing. Noises from the other room were quite disturbing. Request a non interconnecting door if possible. The shower is in a wet room which you may or may not like. Parking was a bit of a nightmare but not too bad once I found somewhere 10mins walk.
11 February 2025
One night stay on the 9th February 25
Nice & clean room, managed to check in early, super friendly staff, great location. Just a shame we were only there for 1 night celebrating my wife's birthday
Breakfast was good, and the service was superb, the only negative for me was that the bacon was over cooked, but wouldn't stop us going back
11 February 2025
Very good
Breakfast was nice , however the arrangement of seating is far too close to the point I would say it is uncomfortable. For a quality hotel this needs to be reviewed
11 February 2025
We will definitely be back!
The staff were friendly and upgraded our room. They couldn’t do enough for us and the spa was beautiful and relaxing. The room was huge and fantastic. Clean and modern with comfy beds.
Nothing was bad, it was fantastic!
10 February 2025
I really enjoyed my stay the spa the breakfast everything was exceptional and would stay again
The breakfast was good and a good selection to choose from
10 February 2025
Exceptional
Beautiful hotel in the centre of the city. Great service, excellent spa and pool facilities, and a wonderful breakfast buffet.
10 February 2025
Great place to stay
Was just very clean and nice hotel spa was gorgeous
Nothing really
10 February 2025
Very enjoyable and lovely weekend.
The spa included in the stay was a very good positive and the location of the hotel is perfect. Majority of staff were very nice and made the stay enjoyable and the rooms and spa were lovely.
The staff at the breakfast were not very welcoming and the breakfast was very poor. Spent more time waiting for food to be brought back out to the buffet than actually eating. The staff member at the front desk at the breakfast were rude and seemed ignorant giving us any idea of a wait time or even a welcome.
10 February 2025
Exceptional
The bar, cocktails . Rooms were well thought out. Reception team were great.
The spa was closed
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Indoor pool
- - Spa facilities
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Back massage
- - Full body massage
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Accessible parking
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
Pool and wellness
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Face masks for guests available
24 February 2025
Brilliant stay - definitely not worth £500 a night though