Hotel International  

The lack of cleanliness. The lift which took ages to get up three floors. The incessant noise which sounded like a rave right in the middle of our room, meaning that neither of us had a wink of sleep all night. We would have slept easier on a park bench. At breakfast, the coffee cups were stuck to the tray, the knives and forks weren't too clean either.The fornt page of Booking.com on this hotel is completely misleading. It is not clean. All in all the worst hotel I have ever stayed in and I've stayed in a lot.

Its Loction and initial character

Its was out of date everything was untidy and needed a good face lift, Our room was mucky the curtains were grubby & did not close and they were too small for the window, The batrhroom door did not latch and the toilet seat was broken, Stains on the doors basis poor and not clean. In the dinning room the seats were stained and needed cleaning, the curtains were grubby. Overall the hotel was like a backpackers hostel , the cost should have been no more than £25 per room with breakfast, rather than £70 that we paid

Hotel international when i arrived which i found easily enough i was greeted by friendly staff , who told me all i needed to know in regards to breakfast times etc . the rooms was ok tv only had 3 channels but was not staying in to watch television rooms was a little bit noisy but its manchester and you do have tram tracks outside annd piccadilly train station across the road , the breakfast facilities was really good and friendly staff again for the price i paid i would stop at this hotel again. they even held my luggage for the day when i checked out which was good of them.

free Wi-Fi

Nicely located next to picadilly, Hotel International could be wonderful, and in a way I don't want to change it. The interior was deeply spooky; dimly lit corridors, walls covered with dead film stars from the past staring with fixed never changing glamour, silent and rather gauntly haunting the old goth in me loved it...but it was spooky, a little too spooky perhaps, especially as I was travelling alone. If the ghosts of Peter Cushing and Vincent Price had come screaming down the corridors at me I would not have been in the least surprised. In a way, I don't want that to ever change; Most Haunted missed a trick if it never visited. The breakfast was nice and the staff very friendly, however...

The room was ghastly. Seedy grandeur doesn't quite do it justice. Dark, dim and a little frayed in aspect, the carpet was dark and grimy with marks on, the curtains hanging forlornly as the window offered a view of a brick wall. I noticed the curtain rail was hanging onto the wall for dear life, preparing to fall off in a last act of defiance. The water from the tap tasted foul. The whole room was grimly utilitarian, the television offering only the five terrestrial channels. Not quite a crack den, but close. The showers were shared with the other rooms, four cubicles lit by a single bulb with their plastic curtains rather tatty. It was like the set of a seedy 70s slasher film. I have recommended this hotel only to my goth/metal friends to experience a deeply unsettling atmosphere. In a way I hope it never changes, but I felt deeply relieved to leave the oppressive, heavy and frightening aura of the place.

I had expected an en-suite room.

i booked a double room for one night which costed ONLY £50!! hotel international is a really well designed hotel. there are photos of hollywood celebritys all over the walls it such a quaint place, some people may think the decor is a little outdated but it was right up my street. the price was great for me as im a student and was well within my budget. there is a breakfast included in the price which had great variety with a choice between a fry-up and/or cereal and/or toast. as a vegatarian i had some toast and vegetarian breakfast which was lovely and very satisfying :) the whole hotel is spotless and very clean the rooms were a decent size and very clean and well stocked with a kettle and tea, coffee and milk. overall i was very impressed and already have plans to stop over again for a shopping weekend :)

the only fault i could find with this hotel is that it could of done with a mini fridge in the room to store cool drinks or snacks. the beds only have 1 pillow and also my mattress was a little uncomfortable but i think it may just be down to preference as i enjoy an extremely soft mattress

Nothing, awful place to stay. Never again

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The staff were really nice.... friendly kind and pleasant

The public areas were well cared for and looked after....The location was perfect. Just across the road from the railway station, across the road from the tram stop, 2 mins walk from Piccadilly gardens, 2 mins from the Arndale centre..2 mins from lots of pubs, clubs, Canal street... Perfect !!!

The receptionist was very friendly.

It was generally just awful. I felt very depressed when I first went in the room. There wasn't even a bathroom (this was a shared facility down the hall). Polystyrene ceiling tiles, flourescent tube lighing, peeling wallpaper and constant noise from the taxi rank/train station/main road/ trams - which were all right outside the hotel and our window. I'd rather have stayed at home and missed the concert.

Location is just at the center of the city. About 50m far from Picadily station Manchester. Very cheap accommodation comparing to other hotels in the area and very good breakfast included! Services and room were standard. You got what you pay! Rooms are very same as on the pictures. Cleaning every day.

Amazing value for money, toilets/shower are always literally across from your room a few steps away. Very, very clean (cleaner than most luxury hotels!), nice comfortable bed. Lovely friendly staff, brilliant choice at breakfast of cereals, toast and a full cooked breakfast aswell, coffee, tea, orange juice etc. Able to store luggage there before and after check out if want to explore the city. Laid back, helpful attitude from staff. Wardrobe/cupboard space, bedside table. We've stayed there twice now and it's such good value, wonderful!

Telly frozen on a few channels and only had bbc, itv, 4 and bbc3 but really good anyway considering the price! Also not a good view but once again what else can you expect! It's so cheap you don't care!

Located in central Manchester opposite one of the entrances to Manchester Piccadilly station, so around £35 for a room (with shared toilet and shower) for the night with breakfast and Wi-Fi included was a bargain. I just needed to catch an early morning train to the airport, so this hotel suited my needs well. A lift is available.

The first thing I saw as I entered the room was the sink, the rather plain walls and a lack of natural light asthe window looked out onto a duct with water pipe, so the first impression was that of a spacious prison cell. Drawing the curtains dealt with the ugly view, and I only planned to come back to the room to sleep at night. There was a large window above the room's door which let in rather a lot of light from the corridor at night, and noise did carry in when people passed by outside. The noise was not frequent though and the bed was comfortable, so I managed to sleep all right. Wi-Fi signal in my room was generally weak, but it was strong in the lounge area on my floor. There were some comfortable sofas there and it was empty, so I was able to use my laptop in peace.