Premier Inn Manchester (Wilmslow)

Premier Inn's convenient location near Manchester Airport and friendly staff are praised. Guests appreciate the comfortable rooms but are inconvenienced by late dining options.

Rather weirdly, the hotel is hidden behind Hickory's Smokehouse with no branding visible on the main road. It looks quite scruffy from the outside but our room was fine and, most importantly, very quiet. The only disappointment was the size of the bath - not really big enough to lie in but ok as a shower. NB. No breakfast at the Premier Inn or the Smokehouse but plenty of options in the town.

I was in room 10, which is no-smoking and has numerous signs promoting this, plus warnings about the sensitive smoke detector and fines for smoking. However, people are allowed to smoke directly outside the window to the room (either on the path behind or the building behind the bushes) and the smell wafts into the room through the uncloseable window vents. All evening I got cigarette smoking wafting into my room. Also, the floors are paper thin so if you are downstairs you will hear the people above you walking about like they are elephants..... Car parking is shared with the Smokehouse restaurant, but it doesn't offer breakfast.