The Holiday Inn Express Manchester CC - Oxford Road

“Excellent value but see parking notes, clean, comfy bed and near nightlife”

Booked on Sunday night to stay after seeing Layton and Nikita show at nearby Bridgwater Hall. We booked via traveluro and it cost just £48 for the room including breakfast. Absolute bargain! Room 601 was spacious and clean. Nice decor and modern clean bathroom. Bed very comfy, room on 6th floor w… more

Booked on Sunday night to stay after seeing Layton and Nikita show at nearby Bridgwater Hall. We booked via traveluro and it cost just £48 for the room including breakfast. Absolute bargain! Room 601 was spacious and clean. Nice decor and modern clean bathroom. Bed very comfy, room on 6th floor was quiet and had blackout blinds so I slept like a log until someone’s alarm next door went off at 7.30 and stayed on for half an hour! Not a big problem. My expectations of breakfast weren’t high as it was so cheap but it was fine. Good choice of fruit, drinks, croissants, drinks (and hot drinks available free any time eg bedtime hot choccy), plus cooked breakfast to self serve. I had berries and yoghurt then full English with orange juice and cappuccino. I don’t think there were veggie sausages and the only egg option was scrambled but all hot and tasty. Staff were friendly and helpful. There was a little sign in bathroom saying if you’ve forgotten toothbrush, comb, shaving stuff ask at reception and they’ll provide it free which is a nice touch. There was shampoo and bodywash in the bathroom and fluffy towels. Only minor faults were remote for tv didn’t work but buttons on back of tv did the job. And sink seemed blocked up but cleared the following morning. Mentioned both to reception. Parking was a bit confusing. We followed hotel website advice to use europarks carpark at M17DA which is handy. On arriving, signage said park using RingGo. There wasn’t a manned parking ‘kiosk’. On the RingGo app there is no option to enter holiday inn express discount and on phoning up number on their sign, again no option to enter that code so it wanted £18 to park for 24h instead of £9.50. We then tried the tiny carpark adjacent through narrow arch but too small a space to park in so returned to the previous carpark and paid £18. On leaving the carpark we then noticed a payment machine (not a ‘kiosk’) which had instructions for holiday inn express but we didn’t see this until too late. It’s by the exit arch- see pic.

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“Central hotel”

Visited here on a Sunday evening for a show that we were going to watch in Manchester. The hotel is very central, 2 minute walk to the Palace theatre, 5 minute walk to the main Christmas markets etc. Our room was bigger than average and a huge shower which was great! Only issue we found we had was … more

Visited here on a Sunday evening for a show that we were going to watch in Manchester. The hotel is very central, 2 minute walk to the Palace theatre, 5 minute walk to the main Christmas markets etc. Our room was bigger than average and a huge shower which was great! Only issue we found we had was the breakfast provided.

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“Good value for money”

Checked in about 3.30pm and our room was ready. Trainee helping on reception but no issues. Given Room on 6th floor. Room was spacious. Tv was outdated, old style free view and not a smart TV. Bathroom was lovely. Wifi available in the room. Slept well. Blackout curtains were brilliant. Went for br… more

Checked in about 3.30pm and our room was ready. Trainee helping on reception but no issues. Given Room on 6th floor. Room was spacious. Tv was outdated, old style free view and not a smart TV. Bathroom was lovely. Wifi available in the room. Slept well. Blackout curtains were brilliant. Went for breakfast at 9am. No cups by the coffee machine had to ask for some. Limited tables. Food was nice but wished we had gone earlier. Hotel was good location. Would stay again for the reasonable price. Handy SPAR shop round the corner for drinks and snacks.

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“Needs an upgrade”

Hotel desperately needs an upgrade. Room was relatively clean but lots of stains on the carpet, curtains and chair and had a strong smell of mustiness and smoke. Air conditioning didn’t work but there was a fan in the room which whilst not ideal helped (although we weren’t told the air condition… more

Hotel desperately needs an upgrade. Room was relatively clean but lots of stains on the carpet, curtains and chair and had a strong smell of mustiness and smoke. Air conditioning didn’t work but there was a fan in the room which whilst not ideal helped (although we weren’t told the air conditioning wasn’t working at any point) Check in took ages with a huge queue up the stairs. Breakfast was ok but not enough tables so had to wait for a while. Definitely not worth the price we paid for.a Saturday night when there are so many other hotels nearby. Will not stay here again.

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