LUXURY HOTELS: LEVEN Manchester
The style: Capturing the intoxicating spirit of one of Europe’s most exciting cities combined with everything you could want from a luxury hotel experience. Manchester is undeniably a proud city - a place that is both ceaselessly celebrating its rich industrial and cultural history, and at the same time, forever looking forward and embracing innovation. It is the birthplace of countless cultural movements - in everything from music and fashion to science, industry, politics, and beyond. And you would be hard-pressed to find a hotel that embodies the city’s idiosyncrasies better than LEVEN Manchester.
As well as this, you are just a 10-minute walk from the hospitality mecca that is Manchester’s Northern Quarter - arguably the best concentration of bars in the whole of the UK’s North West. Likewise, you are just a short stroll from Market Street, Manchester’s central shopping district, where you can lose an afternoon wandering through the mix of big-brand stores and quirky independent boutiques.
In the main hotel entrance and Lobby, you are invited to bask in the coalescence of past and present. Sleek interior elements - like the brass-topped bar, vibrant emerald-green wall tiling, rich brown leather armchairs, and gold light fittings - simultaneously recall 1920s Art Deco elegance and 2020s chic design. Edgy, contemporary works by the likes of Lillie Bernie adorn the Lobby and Lounge walls, continuing this pleasingly jarring juxtaposition of décor.
LEVEN’s Lounge and Lobby has the feeling of a private members’ club - but one you’d actually want to be a member of. Think less stuffy old fellas drinking scotch, and more trendy millennials coiffing cocktails. With the friendly staff pulling dual shifts as both receptionists and cocktail mixologists, LEVEN really does embody the relaxed nature of honest northern conviviality. A joint venture by Manchester-born entrepreneurs Joshua and Ben Senior and industry innovators Wellbrook Hospitality, LEVEN Manchester is the first in what will be a series of hotels under the LEVEN brand. This will also include the LEVEN Lifestyle concept, which will encompass co-working, co-living, and retail spaces - as well as a line of merchandise. Every guest is gifted a complimentary pair of limited-edition LEVEN socks! The hotel in its current incarnation is only Phase 1 of Team LEVEN’s plans, with Phase 2 launching later this year. This next stage will see the opening of a 1,700 sq ft subterranean cocktail bar and a 4,000 sq ft restaurant across the ground and basement floors.
LEVEN offers everything Manchester prides itself on: a contemporary space, a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, and hospitality that makes you never want to leave. There’s a reason why Mancunians argue, rather convincingly, that Manchester is the centre of the universe. And if LEVEN is anything to go by, they just might be right.
Mike Bryans, Posted 05/07/2022 |
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