Velvet Manchester hotel review: ‘The look is opulent and sophisticated’ – The Times

Located on the famous Canal Street at the heart of the Gay Village, the Velvet Hotel is a handy five-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station. Opened in 2009 and bought by KRO Hospitality, which also owns Indian restaurant Asha’s Manchester and the soon-to-open Forty Seven hotel, in 2017, it’s housed in a beautiful, listed red-brick former cotton mill.

The 17 new rooms and suites, unveiled this summer, are the big draw. The hotel has expanded into the building next door and upped its interiors game, tasking Meraki Design (previous hotel projects include Michael Caines’s Lympstone Manor) with creating sleek, contemporary schemes. Light from huge windows lifts the dark, almost black walls and wooden floors; bedside tables resemble cotton reels in a nod to the building’s