Amazing building, and the big feature is the Cloud 23 (on 23rd floor) bar with near 360 degree views of Manchester. Sadly it’s a bit of a tourist magnet at weekends which spoils it slightly for residents,however residents get priority access, others have to queue. and often the hotel has big functions on.
The rooms are fine, and high up they have great views, but at the end of the day it’s a Hilton, but worth a visit.

A hotel with a truly stupendous view. Try and get a room as high as possible; certainly go to the top floor bar and admire the sights.
As to the accommodation, then only 3.5 stars.
Nice room, but showed signs of wear and tear. Smallish bed, one easy chair for a double room.
Not enough toiletries for one person stopping overnight let alone two. No gown (as you’d expect for such a class of hotel)
Plastic milk for the tea and coffee.
The breakfast was good, but the table was waited on by a truculent gum chewing teenager.
All in all, we’ve stopped in twice as good for half the price, it was far too corporate for its own good.
We won’t stay again.

hillton hotel is a lovely five star hotel, the exterior is beautiful

Im afraid I am not in a position to review the entirety of the Hilton hotel on Deansgate as I have neither stayed there or visited the Cloud 23 bar or gournd floor restaurant, however, I am able to comment on the most amazing Gym and Pool Facilities. All day access is available for £10 and this is a very worthwhile price when you see what is on offer. Having spent little time in the modest gym I hit the pool and it was amazing. Being situated on the 2nd floor offers up the most amazing panorama of the city whilst swimming (unless you are a dunker!). I went in the evening so I got to see the lights of Manchester including the Palace Theatre and GMEX at one end of the pool and the Spanish Institute and the bustle of Deansgate at the other. The dim and warm lighting creates a very relaxing and calming atmosphere where one can shift between the sauna (with little glowing lights like stars on the ceiling), the steam room (with a fresh hit of eucalyptus as you walk through the door), the generous jacuzzi (which offers very comfortable further inspection of the view outside and the street below), and also the 20metre pool (which has windows on the floor so you can spectate at others below you - for a change!). I found this experience to be one of my favourites whilst living in Manchcester so far. The facilities are very rarely used and so usually its quiet, meditative time on your own.....lovely.

I visited the Podium Bar at the Hilton Deansgate on a night out. It is situated on the ground floor of the Hotel, which is the tallest building in manchester. As I walked in, I felt a little unnerved as it seemed so posh. I felt I didnt really fit in there, although the staff made you feel very welcome and were rather pleasant. Drinks were average price for such a bar, although when a friend told me she paid £7.50 for a small glass of house champagne I nearly died!! The decor is beautiful - marble floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, large comfy leather sofas and a large, concealed eating area. The toilets were quite hard to find, they were right down the side of the restaurant area, and once in there the doors to the cubicles blended into the walls so i spent ages pushing bits of wall to see if they moved!! It's a nice place to visit, but I dont think I could go there regularly. I don't think my bank manager would appreciate it either!!

A fantastic hotel and great bar at the night time. The building is huge-the tallest in Manchester and a great place to go celeb spotting! They serve great cocktails but the atmosphere is a little pretentious. Recommended.

Excellent place, its buzzing 24hrs. Great people and some things are cheap. Backstreet bars 35p a pint wayhey! Loads to do! Very hot and a beautiful place.

This hotel is 1st class with stunning views accross the city dining on the 23rd floor is fabulous. Theres a clear glass floor you can stand on and look straight down to the floor. Cocktails very flavoursome with lots of alcohol in them!
Hotels are plush i particulary like the plasma screens in the bathroom

Opened in November 2006, this is what you call a 'landmark' hotel. Its 279 rooms occupy the lower 23 floors of the 47-storey Beetham Tower, which at 560ft (170m) is the tallest building in Manchester and the seventh tallest in the UK. Architecturally, its modern verticality provides a fantastic contrast to the huge, horizontal red-brick facade of the adjacent Great Northern Goods Depot. Definitely 21st-meets-19th Century stuff.

Although not a boutique hotel (rooms layouts are very traditional) the atmosphere is nevertheless distinctive and modern. All the rooms have flat screen TVs, wi-fi and internet, a fresh decor of chocolates and beiges, with crisp oak wood furniture and sleek bathrooms. The bed was very comfortable indeed. A nice touch is an internal etched window which allows natural light into the bathroom.

Perhaps the best feature is the window - a floor-to-ceiling glass wall. From 12th floor I had excellent views, although this part of Manchester is interesting rather than scenic. Despite the presence of roads around, my room (12th floor) was very quiet - indeed the most intrusive noises were the air-conditioning (isn't it always?) and the bell for the lift nearby.

I was less impressed with the main public areas: the three-storey foyer feels like an underfurnished corporate HQ, and the restaurant is so vast that it can't help but feel impersonal. But the bar on the 23rd floor ("Cloud 23") - whilst pricey - had the stupendous views you'd expect. It has extensive conference and business facilities, including a large theatre-style room.

Service was fine, although my check-in was brusquely efficient rather than friendly, and the room, although very clean, wasn't quite spotless, which I expect for this kind of money. The breakfast was largely a self-service buffet, but perfectly good, with a chef to prepare fresh egg dishes and a decent vegetarian choice (including veggie sausages), and the service here was definitely more friendly and welcoming.

The Deansgate area is still up-and-coming, with plenty of shops but rather less choice in the way of bars and restaurants. But the G-Mex metro (tram) stop adjacent to the hotel provides easy access to the rest of Manchester centre, and Deansgate railway station (100m) has direct trains to Manchester Piccadilly and the Airport. It's very well located for the G-Mex exhibition venue, and the office and entertainment development in the old Great Northern Goods Depot.

So why only four stars? Well, a few things were missing for my £150 (especially as this is Manchester and not London or New York). No shop: so cards, gifts, and those odd toiletries or medicines you might need require a trip outside the hotel; the check-in was a little too brusque for my liking, and the area around is a bit dead at night. But, as a business hotel, it would be hard to fault. Packages, depending on availability and season, vary from £114 to £200 a night, per room.