I have had many good stays at the Hilton Garden Inn brand, but I have never found a particular stay…read moreat the Hilton Garden Inn brand to be exceptional, this is until I visited Hilton Garden Inn Manchester Emirates Old Trafford, which delivered a very good hotel experience.
The location of the hotel as suggested by the name is a part of the Emirates Old Trafford Stadium complex, it is also right next to Old Trafford Metrolink stop, which has services into Bury and Piccadilly, via the city centre, and takes around fifteen minutes, this also makes this hotel the ideal location to be close to the city centre but without the noise and heavy traffic.
I managed to take a look at three different types of rooms during my stay, the first being a King Room with a Sofa Bed, this room did feel slightly cramped and the sofa did seem to get in the way a little, but like all the rooms this was comfortable. My friend stayed in this room and was very happy overall.
The second room I tried was a standard King Room, this was much larger and more spacious, I was delighted with this room however due to an issue with the bathroom (The toilet was unable to stop flushing), I had to be re-located, due to no other standard rooms being available, I was upgraded to a King Room with a Pitch View.
The King Room with a Pitch View was one of my favourite hotel rooms I've ever stayed in, the room wasn't too big, nor too small, but what made the room was the fantastic view, and the balcony, this is a dream come true for any cricket fan. The rooms did get very warm too, so having a balcony did help the room to cool, as windows in the standard rooms did not appear to open, and I did find the thermostat very difficult to use.
I was also pleased with the comfort of the room, as well as the lighting and the fact the room was very quiet, I was able to sleep for much longer than I'm able to at many other hotels, which again goes to show for the good location.
The room rates are very reasonable too, ranging between £63.75 and £85 for my stay, obviously, on event days the prices will skyrocket, but you can understand why.
I did not manage to try breakfast during my stay, as I wanted to sleep for a little longer, but my friend commented "This is one of the few hotels currently offering a full buffet right now", and they did enjoy their breakfast. I do wish they continued it a little longer, during the week the breakfast ends at 10 am.
The facilities in the room also were good, the TV was large, had a decent number of channels including Sky Sports, I was able to get a solid 5G connection in my room, reaching 100 mbp/s+, and I really liked the desk too.
5* - This hotel delivers luxury at an affordable price, it is a dream come true for a cricket fan and I am struggling to name any major issues or anything to warrant removing a star. I do look forward to returning and hope this hotel is used as a statement for how Hilton Garden Inn's should be. The extension to this hotel planned, which will add 100 rooms, will likely make the experience even better.
