The best boutique hotels in Manchester

The charming King Street Townhouse hotel is appealingly tucked away on quiet Booth Street in the city centre. The hotel provides a homely retreat with luxurious bedrooms including the world’s first ESPA Suite, which is designed as a wellness retreat. This accommodation is complemented by inviting places to eat and drink from breakfast and brunch to afternoon tea and fine dining dinners celebrating the best of each season. A highlight of the hotel is its serene spa, which offers ESPA treatments and comes with upscale amenities like a Himalayan salt cave, thermal facilities, a steam room and champagne lounge.

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From £ 147

per night

This stylish heritage hotel occupies the former stock exchange in Manchester’s city centre. Inside, this history is reflected through original features such as marble columns, stained glass and fireplaces, as well as photos and artefacts that tell the story of the site’s past. The building’s resplendent dining room is now home to brasserie-style Tender Restaurant by chef Niall Keating, with the subterranean Sterling Bar then offering cocktails and wine in a twenties-inspired space with live music. Rooms are classic in style and suites include a three-bed penthouse with views over the skyline.

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From £ 215

per night

This hip hotel in Manchester’s Northern Quarter is housed within a former textile house. Original features of the site, like its exposed beams and fireplaces, are complemented by stylish modern decor featuring playful touches such as palm trees. In the rooms, expect exposed brick walls, marble fireplaces and copper accessories along with high-spec details like rainfall showers and Hypnos beds. The hotel doesn’t have a restaurant but light breakfasts are brought to the room and there’s a cocktail bar where complimentary prosecco and antipasti are served to hotel guests each evening.

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From £ 79

per night

This design-led aparthotel is spread across three former export mills on busy Princess Street in the city centre. Here, stylish studios and suites are designed for long and short stays, with areas to work and kitchenettes incorporated, and the communal areas are multi-functional. There’s a co-working space with a variety of seating styles, a gym with yoga and other fitness classes, and Foundation Coffee House also offering breakfasts and lunches. Completing the hotel offering, The Storehouse hosts events in a space featuring its own bar.

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From £ 88

per night

The five-star Hotel Gotham is centrally located on Manchester’s grand King Street in an impressive art deco building, and former bank, which was designed by Edwin Lutyens. Theatrical and decadent in style, the hotel houses 60 sophisticated rooms and suites in dark hues and atmospheric dining and drinking venues including the bright and airy Honey Restaurant where breakfast is also served. A nod to the site’s history as a bank is seen in the seventh-floor, speakeasy-style Club Brass, which is exclusively for hotel guests and club members, with outdoor terraces for taking in the views.

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From £ 177

per night

Hotel Forty-Seven occupies a listed, red-brick, former shipping warehouse on central Peter Street. A bold interior design scheme pairs the heritage architecture of this site with statement furnishings, rich colours and plenty of greenery. The 32 rooms and suites were designed with the help of a “sleep fixer” to promote a good night’s sleep. You can start your evening here with a drink in The Peterman cocktail lounge before moving on to the upstairs restaurant, Asha, which was created by Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle and serves imaginative Indian dishes as well as each day’s breakfast.

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From £ 109

per night

Located just off a main road in the south Manchester suburb of Didsbury, this boutique hotel provides an escape from the centre of the city. Whether wallowing in a roll-top bath in your room, lazing in front of the fire in the lounge or sipping a drink on the hotel terrace, there are plenty of places to unwind here. The interiors are stylishly designed with original details like cornicing retained. Breakfast is served in a tongue-and-groove panelled room on the lower ground floor and classic dishes such as fish and chips, steak and risotto are served in the comfortable gold lounge when dinner comes around.

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From £ 150

per night

Located on Manchester’s vibrant Canal Street in the city’s Gay Village, Velvet Hotel is an unashamedly grand boutique option with individually styled rooms and a buzzy bar. The hotel brings nods to the hotel’s history as a warehouse into elegant interiors with plenty of glamour. The luxurious rooms and suites, including a duplex penthouse option, all come with high-spec amenities. Contemporary British and Mediterranean influenced food is served at the hotel’s restaurant, Village Brasserie, and cocktails are the focus of the decadent Velvet Bar.

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From £ 119

per night

A peaceful escape from the centre of the city, while still just being a 15-minute drive away, this small hotel is tucked away on a small residential street in the south Manchester suburb of Didsbury. Here, 20 characterful bedrooms are joined by a residents-only lounge and, a highlight of the hotel, its Victorian walled garden. The Garden Lounge and Conservatory is the setting for breakfast each morning and the cosy lounge at the front of the house provides a space to unwind. The reception area welcomes guests in with its fireplace and residents-only bar.

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From £ 150

per night

An award-winning pub and 15-room boutique hotel, the Abel Heywood offers a stay with plenty of warmth and character at the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter where historic, cultural and arts sites are all found within a few minutes’ walk. The hotel pays homage through its name to Manchester mayor and publisher in the 1800s, Abel Heywood, with references made to him throughout the hotel. Stay in smart, comfortable rooms decorated with cityscapes of Manchester and dine on British dishes with locally brewed craft ales in the pub. The Sunday roast here is especially popular.

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From £ 67

per night