Travelodge Manchester Central Arena



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Travelodge Manchester Central Arena is an excellent choice for travellers visiting Manchester, offering a quiet environment alongside many helpful amenities designed to enhance your stay.
Rooms at Travelodge Manchester Central Arena offer a flat screen TV providing exceptional comfort and convenience, and guests can go online with paid wifi.
An on-site restaurant will also help to make your stay even more special.
Given the close proximity of popular landmarks, such as Manchester Arena (0.2 mi) and Manchester Cathedral (0.4 mi), guests of Travelodge Manchester Central Arena Hotel can easily experience some of Manchester's most well known attractions.
While in Manchester be sure to experience local lobster favourites at Tattu, Rosso Restaurant and Bar, or Manchester House.
Looking to explore? Then look no further than Gay Village (1.0 mi), Chinatown (0.8 mi), and Science and Industry Museum (1.0 mi), which are some popular Manchester attractions – all conveniently located within walking distance of the hotel.
Enjoy your stay in Manchester!
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Food was nice, had a cheeseburger meal for tea and then £9.99 unlimited breakfast the following morning which was lovely and had a great selection.
Mike on breakfast who seated us was lovely & so sweet. He never failed to say morning to people walking past him, he was checking in on everyone and helping out clearing up. Lovely man! :)
Overall it was a good stay and would definitely return!
When we got to our room on the 3rd floor, it was absolutely spotless! The bed was amazingly made and the bathroom was so clean! The room smelt lovely, it was so cozy walking in with the curtains shut and the bed light and table lamp on, makes you feel right at home.
We were going to have a drink at the hotel bar but it was too nice to sit inside, didn’t realise the had a Beer Garden until after 🙁 it looks incredible out there! So clean and tidy.
We went to the Nicki Minaj concert which was cancelled unfortunately we were very disappointed but hoping to make the rescheduled one. We had a late night pizza from the bar and heard someone shouting in the reception area so went to see what was going on and a team member called Dean was shouting at the security guard and telling him to tell people outside to stop smoking. We felt really bad for this security guard being treated like this by Dean. I would have gave 5 starts but Dean brought it down to a 3 for his hostility.
Overall we would stay here again but I think maybe a certain team member needs talking to 🤷🏼♂️
AO Arena and Victoria Station just down the road.
All staff very friendly and helpful.We were given fab instructions as to how to get to the COOP Arena from Victoria Station. Simple enough just go to Victoria jump on the tram to Piccadilly Gardens then get off at the Etihad Campus. Thankfully the tram fare was free for the month.
Room was comfy but at £180 for one day is daylight robbery . Shower gel and handwash was available along with decent towels.
We used the hotel Cafe for food and drinks and were happy with what we had.
Breakfast was £10 each which we thought wasn't too bad and a good choice.
Overall happy with the stay apart from the price.
We had a few issues. On arrival no soap in the shower dispenser, completely empty and we thought the sink one was also empty but it was blocked. We saw a cleaner on our floor and she was lovely and sorted this out. The worst thing was the card key swipe, so annoying. It never worked properly during our whole stay of 3 nights, so up and down in the lift but after they "sorted it" it made no difference whatsoever so you are stood at you door trying and trying again for AGES until eventually it suddenly works. They have a notice at reception which states "We are also experiencing a minor delay with keycards so please bear with us and give your cards a few minutes to activate as our system is all WiFi connected" well ours was not a "minor delay" it took ages.
Despite building works outside and many guests staying there we did find our room really quiet.
Now I've got my bearings for the AO arena I may not stay there again if I can get similar price not far away but would stay if I couldn't.



Also easy walking distance to City centre.
The hotel has a bar and restaurant on the ground floor, we had the self service breakfast which was goid value for £9.50 per person.
Rooms are basic but functional, for the price we paid, due to demand for the Peter Kay tour at the arena, I have stayed in much better accomodation.
There is also alot of noisy building work next door.
It is also the first time I have been greeted by security staff in reception, when returning around 22.45, who wanted our room number and checked us off their list before allowing to access our rooms, despite us having our key card. You require your room key to access all doors from reception including the bar area.
Staff all friendly and helpful.



When we arrived, we found all the vending machines empty, leaving us unable to get a drink. I then overheard a young lady asking for water, only to be told to get it from the bathroom. How appalling is that? Suggesting a paying customer drink water from the bathroom is simply unacceptable.
I have always chosen Travelodge for their great breakfasts and good customer service, but this experience was completely unprofessional and out of line. I would NOT recommend this hotel at all.
"Extra charge for parking but very close to hotel and 25% off full price parking. 24hrs £12 - 25% "Read full review
"If travelling by car - get there as early as possible, then forget you have a car."Read full review
"There are major building works ongoing so expect large noise first thing in the morning."Read full review
"There is a small car park great value at £10 for 24 hours. Pay at Horizon machine on the car park. "Read full review
"The beds arent the comfiest and the pillows werent brilliant, but the overall stay was fine for what we needed"Read full review
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