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Address
2 Canal Street, Manchester M1 3HE, UK
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Phone
+44 16 1236 9003
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Website
www.velvetmanchester.com

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About this place Velvet

Velvet is a small boutique hotel with a ground-floor bar and restaurant at 3 Canal Street, right in Manchester's Gay Village. The hotel is gay-friendly and mainstream rather than a gay hotel, but its location puts you within a few steps of the Village's bars and clubs. Plenty of the people drinking and eating downstairs are part of that crowd. The restaurant is the better-known half: steaks, fish, a lunch menu and vegetarian dishes, at prices below what the decor suggests. Rooms sit above a busy nightlife strip, so weekend nights can be loud. If you sleep lightly, ask for a room away from the street.

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Gay Gay-friendly (straight venue) LGBTQ+ Food served Outdoor Patio Multilingual staff Walk-ins welcome Outdoor terrace Day venue Evening venue Year-round Gay-popular

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sarah burns
sarah burns Jun 2026
★★★★★
K Dimitrova
K Dimitrova Jun 2026
★★★★★

Its a great place to stay and the staff have been very friendly and helpful! However, i find the "Breakfast in bed" prices ridiculous. For 10 pounds per person, you get 2 pastries, strawberry yogurt, an apple, and Kellog's cereal! Nothing savory which made me take paracetamol as my stomach could not handle so much sugar at once! This so-called breakfast is not worth the money so they should definitely provide English breakfast instead, especially if you need to travel for a long time skipping lunch afterwards.

Evelyn Hurst
Evelyn Hurst May 2026
★★★★★

The Velvet hotel is a very well furnished place with a gorgeous bathroom. The bed was comfy and the linens felt very fresh. It is noisy, but it’s on Canal Street so that is to be expected. I think ear plugs in the room could be a nice addition but not essential. The illy coffee machine was very tasty and a nice change from usual rubbish hotel coffee. The only couple of pointers are the TV doesn’t load/ work properly. I think it’s because the wifi is overall not good. It probably just needs a booster but we wanted to chill out in the morning and it was a bit of a faff. Nut allergy handling was pretty good, but just needed tightening. I did state I had an allergy but there were still bags of peanuts in our room when we arrived. At breakfast, I was served a nut free selection but they still delivered crunchy nut in for my partner and another pastry which was possibly nut free but we couldn’t tell. I would say 9/10 people with allergies do not want any of that product in the room. Clarification at time of checking in would support this. Overall though we had a lovely stay and thank staff for being so welcoming :)

Nicola bacon
Nicola bacon May 2026
★★★★★
Michelle Codling
Michelle Codling May 2026
★★★★★

Great hotel. Well decorated. Comfy beds. Good amenities. Great location. Prosecco on arrival was a nice touch. We were at the back if the hotel and it was quite noisy from the street so maybe ask to be at the front.

Sara Roberts
Sara Roberts May 2026
★★★★★
marlene luciani
marlene luciani May 2026
★★★★★

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