[toombsey, 12.05.2007] You can tell I don't stay in five star hotels often! We were more than impressed with the service and quality of the hotel. I booked this as a present to my husband and included tickets for a Manchester United game, so it was nice as a treat, bit I don't think we will be able to afford to stay here again! [more]
Perched on the banks of the River Irwell the Lowry Hotel, which the author describes as "sexy and sinous", is part of the Chapel Wharf development of the once unfashionable Salford, which is now compared with SoHo in New York. The "rare in this part of England", airy, five star glass structure hotel "exudes a sense of spacious luxury living". He no
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John Clarke's first disappointment with the Lowry was the lack of a grand entrance - "the main entrance is through the back rather than the more impressive riverside frontage". He is also let down by the surroundings which he describes as having "a slight Beirut feel to the area". However the praises the footbridge designed by Santiago Calatrava wh
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The writer describes the Lowry as a "luxury hotel with minimalist design" and notes that it is situated in the "city centre". He writes that the size of the rooms varies but that "most are spacious" and that some rooms "overlook River Irwell".
The Good Hotel Guide 2005, Great Britain & Ireland, 28th Edition, Page 521
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