Palace Hotel, Manchester

...spent a night at the Palace Hotel in Manchester, on business. It is a rather grand, distinctively impressive Victorian building right in the heart of the city, that was originally built as insurance offices, apparently, and still does slightly have the feeling as you arrive in the door of being a rather commercial venue. I actually walked past the entrance the first time, assuming that what I could see was a shopping mall or something - the entrance ...
...the nearest is the NCP Palace car park but at £15.50 a day it's not cheap - a better deal for Palace residents can be had at the one a 5 minute walk away which only costs £7.50 a day if they validate your ticket at reception. It is an imposing building amd hard to miss (clever of me to walk past, actually!) and the entrance hall is cavernous and grand. The staff on reception are friendly and check-in was swift - this is a four star hotel and it ...

sadoldbag 28.04.2008 · Read full review
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...why I stayed at the Palace Hotel in the city. I wondered too. But, I was at a national event organised by a national office, and in their national wisdom, they booked all of us in as resident conference delegates, even those of us who live within, um, walking distance. I do like my own place, my own kitchen, my own bed, but not in an obsessive way, so when someone else wants to pay for me to stay in a nice room where I don’t have to make the bed ...
...don’t say no. The Palace Hotel is located on Oxford Rd near the city centre. It’s near the Palace Theatre, the Cornerhouse cinema and the Sainsbury’s Local store. You can walk to Oxford Rd, Deansgate and Piccadilly stations quite easily, and the Arndale and Market Street shops are only 10 minutes walk away if you know where you’re going (or ask a helpful local…ask me and you might end up in Rusholme as a ‘joke’). China Town is up the road, and there’s ...

zoe_page 03.06.2007 · Read full review
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...until a reasonable time 11:00 and there was plenty to go at, although I did think that in such regal surroundings there would have been a waitress service. You can't have it all I suppose. In all I would recommend The Palace and I would stay there again. ...

mysterishopper 03.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Palace Hotel, Manchester