The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
Expert reviews
“Visiting rock stars and luxury hunters tend to favour this modern, five-star hotel (not to be confused with the arts centre in Salford Quays), where the fabulous bedrooms have enormous beds and ergonomically designed furniture.”
“Like a true Mancunian, this five-star hotel is showy without being pretentious and fiercely proud of its roots. Huge stylish rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows and attentive service keep guests coming back for more, while art exhibitions, a spa and people-watching opportunities make it an enjoyable place to linger.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Private parking
- Great breakfast
- Free Wifi
All you need to know
The Lowry Hotel is a luxurious and modern hotel situated on the banks of the River Irwell. This high-rise building is a key component of Manchester’s skyline, and its all-glass appearance makes it impossible to miss. With an ultra-chic foyer, complete with massive ceilings, tons of space, contemporary lighting, and clean lines, this space encapsulates the atmosphere of the entire hotel.
Choose from five different spacious floor plans: deluxe king double, superior king double, a suite with a river view, executive king, or a junior suite. You will have floor-to-ceiling windows, comfortable beds, iPod docks, plush furniture, and plenty of space no matter which room you choose. The private bathrooms feel extra luxurious with marble floors and walls, glass standing showers, and soft bathrobes.
Relax for a day at the hotel spa, which has five treatment rooms, including a relaxation room, a couples room, a sauna, a gym, and a hair salon. Dine at the onsite River Restaurant, serving a variety of chicken, fish, and beef. Next to the restaurant, you’ll find a lovely cocktail bar boasting great drinks and live music. Along the side of the Chapel Wharf building, step out onto the large terrace that showcases dazzling city views.
The People’s History Museum and the Manchester Cathedral are only a five-minute walk from this hotel, making this an extremely convenient location in Manchester.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
4 January 2026
The Lowery was lovely.
lovely room staff and service
the breakfast room was very busy and we waited 20 minutes to get seated
4 January 2026
Nice
Everything
Parking
4 January 2026
Excellent
Very nice staff and rooms
Parking is expensive and they don’t make it clear that the codes change every day
4 January 2026
Fabulous hotel and staff.
Just a room only booking but was given a free upgrade into a lovely room. The hotel is where it is so not the most wonderful location but its excellent staff and facilities make up for that. A great night's stay!
Car park could have been cheaper for guests.
3 January 2026
Exceptional
The breakfast was amazing as was the afternoon tea
Everything was fabulous
3 January 2026
Overall a great stay but a few tweaks needed.
The staff were all really friendly and the hotel is in a great location. The breakfast was fab! We would definitely stay again.
The mattress was too soft and the pillows could do with an upgrade as they had seen better days. The shower wasn’t the most powerful.
3 January 2026
Great stay very central to shops and restaurants
Great location staff were polite helpful and friendly.
2 January 2026
Exceptional
Beautiful Hotel
31 December 2025
Exceptional
Huge, clean, lovely rooms. Great breakfast. Always a great experience to stay at The Lowry.
31 December 2025
Great team and great hotel
I’m a regular guest at The Lowry and without doubt this is the best hotel in Manchester Vicky, the General Manager and the Management team are always on hand 24/7 to assist and deliver 5 star service I have great pleasure in writing this review to thank the Lowry team for their continued service levels Well Done Team Lowry we cannot recommend you enough Looking forward to our next visit already
30 December 2025
Great base for some Christmas shopping
Excellent location . The staff were really welcoming and couldn’t have been more helpful . Secure parking . Our room was very comfortable and the breakfast offering was good
We stayed on a Monday night in December so the restaurant was not open in the evening
30 December 2025
Exceptional
Comfy, clean and very helpful and attentive service.
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29 December 2025
Fabulous
Location, helpful staff. Clean and modern
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28 December 2025
Amazing location with large bedrooms. Food was lovely and staff all welcoming. and
Rooms are very spacious Breakfast was delicious and plentiful
The bridge was closed albeit no fault of the hotel. There was a short walk around the bridge onto Deansgate.
28 December 2025
Amazing amazing amazing
The most amazing hotel with the most amazing staff I have travelled the world and this will always be my favourite hotel. Me and my daughter are neurodivergent and they always go above and beyond to make sure we are comfortable everyone of the staff that work there take time out to speak to you as a person not as customer and super friendly.
27 December 2025
We enjoyed our stay at the Lowry Hotel but I felt it needed to offer something more. We were a bit disappointed that the
It was modern and clean. The rooms were lovely and spacious.
No entertainment at all in the hotel.
26 December 2025
Fabulous
Lovely hotel rooms - comfy bed and facilities. Great location for our needs.
Table service in the bar was not good. Unable to order from the bar so reliant on table service which was poor due to one/two at the most serving. We waited for 20 min plus before anyone came to our table. The drinks were great but slow. Staff working were great just not enough of them.
25 December 2025
Very good
Good
25 December 2025
Excellent
Spacious clean room and bathroom.
Rooms feeling a little dated now
25 December 2025
Excellent
Clean spacious room and bathroom.
Rooms starting to feel a little dated.
25 December 2025
Always love it here, gorgeous hotel!
Always love it here, gorgeous hotel!
The only thing it’s missing is a full spa area (pool, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi)
22 December 2025
Exceptional
Room was lovely, staff are amazing but the breakfast is second to none
21 December 2025
Spacious rooms with a luxury feel
Perfect location. Great rooms. Great value for money
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21 December 2025
Fabulous
Great location. Excellent and Friendly staff. Clean, spacious room. Quiet and peaceful, no outside noise, which is great for a city centre hotel.
Expensive parking. £32 a night!. Already paying a premium to stay at the hotel, so to charge that much for parking is taking a liberty. Bed was too soft for our liking, we prefer firm mattresses. Also the shower was very disappointing, big shower head, and a trickle of water. I was looking forward to a powerful shower.
18 December 2025
Top quality
Very nice property very clean, and up to date design. Staff were amazing. Room was great Parking was secure
We were happy with everything- if I was being picky the river view wasn’t amazing-
18 December 2025
Exceed my expectation good value for money on the day we went
Very Friendly snd helpful doorman
Didn’t eat as couldn’t find the information . Tv menu not the easiest to find that plus the costs of the chargeable items in the room
17 December 2025
Overall great stay, I would recommend it to anyone
1. Professional, friendly and welcoming staff 2. Efficient service and clean room
1. Rice I ate at dinner was packet, microwave rice 2. Better selection of pillows ( I personally found them to soft and not supportive)
16 December 2025
be back soon
Very welcoming on arrival, nice room, good value for money. Great location
16 December 2025
Exceptional
The staff were excellent and especially the young concierge man. I was walking up to the hotel, in the pouring rain, carrying a large number of bags (Christmas shopping) and he came outside getting himself wet and took all the bags of me and brought them to my room . What exceptional service. The front of house staff accommodated me to have earlier check-in and the manager was so helpful. I cannot fault this hotel
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16 December 2025
Excellent
The staff in the bar are very friendly, took time out to chat, while serving 👍
16 December 2025
Good hotel in excellent location.
Comfy bed, nice shower etc. even changed coffee machine when told the coffee provided for first machine was terrible. Great location - 6 minute walk to city centre. Plenty of bottled water available in room. Bar was nice as were staff. Restaurant was good except that on a Sunday evening, last order is at 20:30 which we found odd for a 5 star city centre hotel.
Was not impressed with watered down shower gel !! Seemed like someone trying to save money in a cheap way. Restaurant was good except that on a Sunday evening, last order is at 20:30 which we found odd for a 5 star city centre hotel.
15 December 2025
Another lovely stay with an incredible Sunday lunch in the River Restaurant.
Lovely as usual and the Christmas decorations are beautiful
Nothing - other than the Hollandaise sauce on my breakfast was luke warm.
15 December 2025
The staff were good, special thanks to Sherman and Gianluca
The location and the size of the room.
The warning alert, a false alarm, hit only once.
14 December 2025
Fabulous
Stayed lots of times n was looking a bit tired in places but has had a face lift n looked lovely
Bit pricey
13 December 2025
Wonderful as always
Superb location excellent staff and so helpful Still a class hotel
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12 December 2025
Excellent stay in a great hotel in a great location
Breakfast was excellent with plenty of choices. Room was super clean. Bed was really comfortable. Special thanks to Joe for help on arrival he went beyond being helpful.
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12 December 2025
Fabulous
Lovely bar area and spacious rooms.
10 December 2025
Amazing
The Bed was huge and super comfy. Room was really big and relaxing. Nice quiet location and not far from shops and bars. Staff were super nice, offered to carry bags to room but we only had one bag. Parking very safe too.
No draft larger or beer at bar
10 December 2025
Would defo stay again
Beautiful
Price of the bar
9 December 2025
Amazing and see you again
Beautiful. Polite staff and delicious breakfast
Coat if parking and inconvenient not being able to park in front of door to offload and load luggage into vehicle
9 December 2025
Exceptional
Spacious rooms with comfortable bed
Slightly expensive parking cost
9 December 2025
Always happy to stay here
Location and safe parking also dog friendly and staff very good
Noise in the corridors outside our room 102 people coming in from nights out on & off til 2am..disturbing for us and our dog!
8 December 2025
Absolutely perfect- thank you
Staff are fantastic! The hotel is beautiful and the room overlooking the river was spacious , with an exceptionally comfy bed ! It was perfect
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8 December 2025
Always a great experience
The Staff and the rooms not forgetting the great breakfast. Geena the customer experience ambassador went out of her way to be helpful.Her idea of the Christmas tree hanging photos of clients photo picture memories was a fun idea .
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8 December 2025
Very very special for us as my husband who is quite ill and was determined to get back to his roots and his favourite h
We love the hotel - having been a couple of times before but felt that this time the hotel is flourishing and the staff were exceptional on this visit- the concierge ; reception staff ; bar and restaurant staff and housekeeping . The room was lovely too .
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7 December 2025
An overnight stay with my sister for Christmas shopping
A classy hotel. Loved the breakfast.
Nothing
6 December 2025
Short but amazing stay
The room was amazing - cozy and spotless
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5 December 2025
Enjoyed a few days break, doing some damage to the credit card
Professionalism and attention of all staff. Proximity to centre of town
Public areas felt cold
4 December 2025
Simply the best
Perfection
Nothing to dislike
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Barber/beauty shop
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Packed lunches
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre
- - Massage
- - Evening entertainment
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Waxing services
- - Make up services
- - Hair treatments
- - Manicure
- - Pedicure
- - Hair cut
- - Hair colouring
- - Hair styling
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Spa facilities
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Back massage
- - Neck massage
- - Foot massage
- - Head massage
- - Full body massage
- - Fitness
- - Yoga classes
- - Fitness classes
- - Personal trainer
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Temporary art galleries
- - Themed dinner nights (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
- - Accessible parking
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals

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4 January 2026
Absolutely stunning hotel! Lovely large rooms with the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in!