Welcome to modern Manchester – or at least one side of it – at the glitzy, ambitious, unapologetically opulent Gotham. It is not cheap but in a city with few boutique hotels, it offers a little pizazz and pampering
Manchester’s identity has been forged in a now much-mythologised past of wild nightlife, radical politics and defiant working-class culture. This is the city of the Chartists and the Hacienda, Morrissey and Mark E Smith; a cocksure northern crucible of famous football clubs, great music and gritty art.
In truth, that was only ever half the story. For instance, King Street – Manchester’s business district, designer shopping hub and now home to the new Hotel Gotham – has nurtured several generations of Mancs who are more interested in escaping Coronation Street for the cocktails and bling of the Cheshire hinterland. Such people will love this hotel which, with its £500-a-year, top-floor members’ bar, Club Brass (also open to residents), in many ways embodies modern Manchester: glitzy, ambitious, unapologetically wealthy.
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