Just like a whiskey (or whisky), some hotels mature with age and one such example is the Midland Hotel in Manchester.
Situated in the heart of the city beside what used to be the main railway station, at least in 1903, the Midland Hotel has long stood as one of Manchester’s icons.
With 312 rooms, the hotel certainly has room to accommodate many visitors to this wonderful northern city although since the railway stations moved, the guests are more conference and wedding parties rather than industrialists from a by-gone age.
Adriaane Pielou in the Guardian recently wrote a review of the hotel, which has undergone a £12 million refurbishment, to see whether the hotel has managed to keep hold of it’s identity and to ensure that the grand old building really has matured with age.
Going by his review, it seems despite spending all that money only some of the rooms have been redeveloped so it is recommended that you check before you book to ensure you get one of the newer rooms. Assuming you do, there seems to be little to complain about although a second tip from Adriaane is to try to stay as high as possible away from the dance floor.
The hotel’s restaurant received very good reviews which as Adriaane himself remarked on, quite an achievement when you have at least one wedding going on to cater for and all the other guests too.
Overall it seems the hotel is keeping touch with modern times while still retaining the essence of what made these grand railway hotels such an iconic place to visit ever since the railways brought the masses to the cities of Britain.
More information on the Midland Hotel in Manchester.
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