The Anonymous Widower

A Liverpudlian Hotel

I’ve just come back from Liverpool, where I stayed in the Hope Street Hotel. It is one of my favourite city hotels and I would rate it as the best city hotel, I’ve stayed in, in the UK. It certainly magnitudes better than one famous London hotel, C and I stayed in, where we were constantly  interrupted all night by the reception wanting someone, with the same name as myself.

What I like most about it, is that it is a real Liverpudlian hotel, where the staff reflect the true nature of the city, where they have a joke and a tale for everyone. So many luxurious city hotels, as the Hope Street Hotel is, are very anonymous and could be anywhere. In some, I’ve stayed in, you find no local staff at all.

It is also an excellent gluten-free hotel, that actually bakes all of its own bread, including the gluten free. How many hotels do that? On Thursday night, I ate in the restaurant and they’d also made their own ice cream. Also, as befits a coastal city, there is always plenty of fish on the menu.

C liked her baths and the bathroom in the room I had was spectacular.

A Spectacular Bathroom

She would have loved it, although despite several tries she never managed to book the hotel.

I have feeling that I got a room upgrade because I booked with a Platinum Amex card.  It’s happened to me quite a few times in 4 and 5-star hotels, as often a lot more guests want the cheaper rooms, so those they know or have a decent card get the upgrade.

Every time I go, the hotel seems to get better.  This time, they had fitted new televisions which gave access to all the Freeview channels and Sky Sports. So often C and I stayed in a hotel, where her favourite Radio 4 wasn’t available and most don’t have my favourite Radio 5 either.  But Hope Street  has both and also all of the odd ones like BBC3 and ITV4.

Full Freview Television

Note that the Hope Street Hotel scores 4.5 on Trip Advisor, as opposed to the Lowry in Manchester, which scores 4. Remember too, that the Hope Street Hotel is at the heart of the University and many attractions in the city. Most of the other places you want to go are just a walk down the hill and if you need one a taxi back.

March 9, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Food | Coeliac/Gluten-Free, Hotel, Liverpool