I stay at this hotel quite frequently and have usually had a positive thing or two to say about it, although last time I went it was a bit below their usual standard. The Britannia is in a brilliant location on Portland Street just by Piccadilly Gardens so is very accessible by tram and also not too bad even with moderately heavy luggage to walk from Piccadilly station. It is in a large building with a deep central 'well' with a large chandelier dangling down and has an air of faded grandeur to it. Rooms here do vary. The budget traveller might well end up in an attic room, and the 'executive rooms' are smaller than you would find in newer hotels. Some rooms have skylights rather than proper windows, although none are as disturbing as those in another Manchester hotel which have no external windows (you feel very disorientated when you wake up). A few rooms suffer from noise from the nightclub but most are quiet. Some of the furnishings are showing their age. Prices are reasonable for a city centre large hotel, particularly if you book over the internet where some outstanding value can be had. The staff of the hotel are generally pleasant and helpful people who do their best to accommodate reasonable requests. Customers are a wide variety of people - flight crews overnight here frequently, there are business people, and people of any age are welcome. Nobody could feel uncomfortable with the atmosphere.
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Perhaps a less need to cram would have made it an even more effective opinion. I think you missed a lot of things out that should have been covered (like what exactly are the prices, what actual facilities are there and how big exactly are the rooms?) BUT perhaps the odd perusal wouldn't hurt. Sorry.
flossy 17.05.2001 16:52
Nice if youve got the money...I guess I will stick to camping!!!
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