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@woodworm001

Жыл бұрын

Is this a recent thing? I used to stay there 20 years ago for training courses and it was ok - they were still Britannia back then? Maybe before they wore it down ... I remember at the time I had the choice to the Britannia or Sacha's as we had an account with them, but the Britannia was right next door ...

@MrScottev

Жыл бұрын

Have you tried the Metropole in Blackpool before?

@THABONEZONE

Жыл бұрын

These hotels are the ritz compared to some of the hotels in Blackpool

@siraff4461

Жыл бұрын

It would have been interesting to see what the other guests' room was like - the one who said it "stinks". It seems there were two sides to that place - the side the upgraded you to and the side where you said it didn't smell so great. I think you under estimate how known you are. Remember if any of the staff have even the slightest interest in their profession they are likely to at least know of the usual people - like yourself - who are around. Even if they don't there may well be some kind of off the books policy that people there from a company (therefore known not to be a reviewer) will get the slums while others get the refurb stuff. Its very coincidental the guy in the lift wasn't impressed and was from a company yet you and the next door both got free upgrades. You're going to have to start turning up on spec and wearing a fake moustache like that bloke from allo allo.

@jackhays1246

Жыл бұрын

horrible it's needs a massive refurbishment, stayed there last year wasn't impressed at all..

You’ve not had the full Sachas experience without a double windowless room. You’ve literally no idea what time or day it is. Everyone seems to have some memories of this place. For me it was getting lost and stumbling into a service room with mouldy plates covering the floor. There was also a young lady with a glass eye snorting coke by the entrance at 2am. It’s like a portal to the weirdest parallel dimension…

@josephsmith7200

Жыл бұрын

The glass eye tops this off 😂

@LELABTV

Жыл бұрын

It's the glass eye lady for me 😂

@heisenberg9739

Жыл бұрын

I wanna go

@markfox1545

Жыл бұрын

'Literally no idea'?

@KillBoyUK

Жыл бұрын

Stay there once in a windoess room with GF about 15 years ago for after a nice out. Don't remmber to much as well we just been on a night out and well did plenty of what young 20 something couples did..... I do remember frack loads stairs

I feel bad for the dude who had to stay there because his company accommodated him 😂

@Enterstainers

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, if that's the kind of place your company accomodates you with, you gotta ask yourself how little they value you as a person.

@goose_clues

Жыл бұрын

typical japanese company

@ZG0002

Жыл бұрын

I'd of taken a look at the room and quickly booked myself a travel lodge or something then contacted my company in the morning.

@Dan23_7

Жыл бұрын

With my job I’m away twice or once a week depending on rota and we always get booked into a travel lodge. Some are nice, some are a little tired. Some are quiet, some are noisy. One bank holiday in 2021 I had to stay in a premier inn. The difference was astounding, it had a/c, the bed and pillow was like a cloud. That was a one off 😂 Some travel lodges have a/c but are far and few between. Bracknell has and Donington services has too 😂 I will say in every TL the bedding and towels are always clean, and if you’re lucky the kettle will be too 😂

@ChrisHopkinsBass

Жыл бұрын

Oh…..Britannia Hotels - what a surprise!

I stayed there once, I was trying to find the place and asked some cops for directions, one said “why on earth did you decide to stay there? You should find somewhere else” 😂

@shaneoconnor5319

Жыл бұрын

Also when we arrived the reception had a second hand clothes market going on in the open area…. I’ve never seen anything like it!!! 😂😂😂what a kip

I always feel a tinge of sadness for hotels like this - like a neglected house that’s falling to pieces but that has masses of potential if only someone would spend a bit of cash on it. Thank you for such a fair and unbiased review. You now have a new subscriber.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

thanks Susanne, welcome to the family

@mikeorr9533

Жыл бұрын

It's a bargain at £55 pn for a reason

@radiohead123451

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeorr9533 not really when you think for another £20 a night you can stay at a travel lodge or premier inn. This place is grim. Never had a bad experience at travel lodge or premier inn always clean and tidy. Rooms are modern with very comfy beds. Why would you not just pay a bit extra.

@mikeorr9533

Жыл бұрын

@@radiohead123451 I meant the reason they don't invest and upgrade it

@carlthejedi

Жыл бұрын

No matter what anyone does with this hotel, it's close to Tibs St, and if you're from Manchester you know what type person walks there at an evening

Britannia hotels give absolutely zero F's 😂 At this point i just gotta admire their total ruthlessness. Merry Xmas Tim.

The only good thing about it is the fact my cat was dumped in a cat carrier behind there…he went to the rspca when I adopted him, it’s now 10 years later and Willis is living the good life!

@thatcatboab

Жыл бұрын

❤️x

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

oh bless him!

@mrcactuar7190

Жыл бұрын

When he meows, do you look at him and say 'Whatcha talking 'bout Willis?'

@thatcatboab

Жыл бұрын

@@mrcactuar7190 Different Strokes? Pretty sure he became a wee horror.. hitting woman.?

@mrcactuar7190

Жыл бұрын

@@thatcatboab i didnae ken that...except the little part. Last i saw of him he was a security guard.

Oh my days, I used to work here about 30 years ago as Assistant Night Manager. Back then, the place was always busy with functions. Hotel security had an office three floors under street level. Anyone misbehaved during functions. Security would take them to the room to await the police. Jenny's Restaurant was a busy pizzeria, and next to Jenny's was a French themed restaurant that they tried to focus on fine dining. I remember the nightclub called Saturdays that was linked to the hotel. The internal rooms were always embarrassing, so even then, we would upgrade where we could. We were given quite a lot of discretion about upgrades, discounts etc. Best thing about working here was having access to the roof where it was nice to spend your rest break. The views across the city then were amazing.

@simonwarburton2293

Жыл бұрын

hi also used to work there as an assistant night manager, the night club (fight club!!) was just full of thugs and gangs. had a terrible time trying to keep that from spilling out and finding it's way upstairs don't remember a night when it didnt. most nights had to call the police myself and other staff being threatened and physically abused and the residents as well, not the best of places to work that's for sure, nice to see that they have removed all the stuffed animals including "sascha" the polar bear that was the first thing you saw on entering the hotel! the best bit was after the fight club closed we could all go down to the pizzeria and get a pizza pile on what ever we fancied, best pizza ever.

@Youarehighvalue

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't the club called Fridays

@simonwarburton2293

Жыл бұрын

@@Youarehighvalue yes that's correct it was the restaurant during the day and most evenings but it became the fight club on Saturday evening.

@Sound-Dimensions

Жыл бұрын

I also used to work here on the bar . on club nights - (full of lonely businessman looking for company - horrific !) at the end of the night as well as closing the bar up we had to wash up by hand and sweep up the used condoms from the floor! On a positive note I got chatted up by the lovely singer from the band "the christians"...

@justintemp

Жыл бұрын

Blimey. It worries me that I recall the names of the Bar and pizzeria too... Scarry memories

Whilst any bad hotel is usually down to poor upkeep I genuinely think they wouldn't be so bad if the guests looked after the fittings as they should. You imagine how many pissed up people stay in city centre hotels and don't really care how they behave.....worth considering.

Another good "worst" review. I like the fact that you don't slate the hotels just for the sake of it, but do mention the positives as well. I suppose the most worrything though is how many of them are owned by Britannia....

@mallatratt36

Жыл бұрын

a lot the owner of thes hotels is the 3rd richest of hotels in england not bad for crap hotels

Wow, that was a blast from the past. I was the apprentice electrician there. We transformed that place from an old C&A store to one of the finest hotels in Manchester in the 80's. A lot of good memories working there.

For £55 a night in central Manchester the room looked decent enough. The bed looked as though it could be replaced, but I would happily stay there for a night or two if needed at that price.

@1940ssinger

Жыл бұрын

no way a weekend though lol

@plumbeats4573

Жыл бұрын

Tim def stayed on the cheapest night. I had to stay here one Saturday night and it was like £110 per night for a way way worse room than his was, no free upgrades

@Mr-kn6uk

Жыл бұрын

Im wit you this place is gold if you look around

@b1nary_f1nary

Жыл бұрын

It looks totally fine. Some peoples standards are so obnoxiously & unreasonably high these days. Like find a few cobwebs and call it ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

@plumbeats4573

Жыл бұрын

@@b1nary_f1nary nah but Tim had a good experience, it doesn't take away from all the bad ones. Go there during peak time and youll see its grim, paying £110++ for a room with no windows. the air gets so stuffy its horrible. Plus the long queue for no reason and they'll likely tell you the room isnt even ready for another x minutes

I used to stay here whenever I travelled to Manchester for gigs because it was cheap - The windowless rooms would get so hot in the summer I’d have to get up 5 or 6 times in the night for a cold shower - And as an extra treat I was once in the pool downstairs and an elderly man swam past me and preceded to cough up phlegm and spit it in the water next to me - Oh the memories!

For Red Dwarf fans the one disused bar area seen at 13mins was setup with tables and chairs to be a restaurant in the series 2 episode ‘better than life.’ It had horrendous dark floral wallpaper back then and apparently did until recently although it’s now been painted slightly more tastefully judging from your footage.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

love red dwarf

@djmikeyc

Жыл бұрын

I think it's in the "stasis leak" episode too

@gc7820

Жыл бұрын

@@djmikeyc that was the midland hotel in that episode

@djmikeyc

Жыл бұрын

@@gc7820 good knowledge! Must have got them mixed up

@markhart4922

Жыл бұрын

Wow

Just as a side note to your video, this hasn't always been a hotel. This building used to be a C & A clothes store before the firm closed its stores in the UK. You may or may not remember C & A. Their clothes were branded with the 'Canda' label. Older viewers will remember it well and may even still have some of their clothes in the back of the cupboard. In 2000, due to competition from Tesco and ASDA, and to expanding high street names such as H&M, Zara and Topshop, C & A announced its withdrawal from the British market, where it had been operating since 1922. They still operating across Europe.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Yes I used to always get my clothes from there lol

@pamelaadam9207

Жыл бұрын

They had a teen range called clockwork back in the 80s

@gingermongoose3325

Жыл бұрын

The ladies loved buying their knickers from there, as the C&A label meant that they couldn't put them on back to front.

@noahswann

Жыл бұрын

@@gingermongoose3325 the old 'uns are the best!

@jacko717

Жыл бұрын

What year are we talking here? I remember C&A only in the Arndale centre, I actually worked there as a store detective for a time. That's around '94 to '96; in fact the last day I worked there was the day of the Manchester bombing.

£55 in Manchester? Absolute bargain! You even got a hairdryer with a brand new diffuser. Biggest problem was that the door didn't lock. I would have taken a trip down to receptionShame about the lack of water in the pool, I'd never expected to be able to swim in a budget hotel and it would have been an amazing bonus. I would have gone out of the hotel for a meal and drink.

@nige3801

Жыл бұрын

There's lots of bars and eateries right by the hotel, which is in the Northern Quarter. Also the coffee pot, around the corner, does a nice breakfast (so you can have a lie in!)

@bobby6517

Жыл бұрын

Some people expect the world for a couple of quid

@radiohead123451

Жыл бұрын

@@bobby6517 not really travel lodge and premier inn have proved you can offer decent accommodation at a cheap price. Stopped in Manchester recently at travel lodge and it worked out at around £75 a night much better than this s**thole. Britannia hotels are renowned for being horrible the one in Birmingham is the same.

@Ragnar8504

Жыл бұрын

@@radiohead123451 My experience with Travelodge St. Pancras in 2015 wasn't that much better than this. I (very politely) complained that the sink in the bathroom took over 15 minutes to drain and asked if they might be able to get someone have a look at it. They offered to move us to another room instead, which we politely declined because the bathroom was even worse and the room lacked the secondary glazing that made our original one acceptable - Gray's Inn Road can hardly be considered quiet and it wasn't very warm either. I definitely found it odd that adjacent rooms were so different, some with decent secondary glazing, others only with the single-glazed aluminium windows (gold anodised) from the 60s or whenever the place was built.

@pmberry

Жыл бұрын

The door looked like it'd been kicked in at some point. Not great.

"Nightmare on Tib St." has me creased. 😂😂😂As someone who lives in Manchester, I can confirm that Sacha's is notorious. I still applied for a job there, lol - glad I never heard back.

I've stayed at the britannia in Edinburgh twice, both times i've booked the windowless room and both times they upgraded us to a better room. Im starting to think those rooms don't actually exist in that hotel at all!

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

oh they do!

@johnsopa5921

Жыл бұрын

@@WalkWithMeTim maybe there's just something about me and my GF that makes them know we would complain!

@davidsworld5837

Жыл бұрын

but if Tim had just stayed in a windowless room would not have had the noise or the cold draft from the rubbish windows

@clairedobson2240

Жыл бұрын

Sadly they do. I had this misfortune of staying in one in Birmingham City centre & to make it worse the room really smelt of tobacco smoke.

@alanmon2690

Жыл бұрын

Uh, they certainly do. I stayed in the Brittania hotel by the bus station in the early 90s. As an ex-warehouse it had large floor areas so the internal rooms didn't have windows, just a curtained recess with fluorescent light to simulate daylight. The hotel wasn't too bad, magnificent entrance, decent "proper" restaurant and a pasta bar.

Honest review as always, I’ve never minded out dated, cleanliness is the most important part of any stay, followed of course by comfort, thank you for the review Tim x

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, thanks june

@beng6062

Жыл бұрын

June bonks (Tim)

I stayed there for a couple of nights a few years back. While the decor was tired (especially in the corridors), it was nowhere near as bad as it’s made out to be. The hotel isn’t old at all. It was converted from a former C&A Department Store in the ‘90s. Underneath all the plastic domes stuck on the outside is quite a decent Art Deco building!

Enjoying a lazy Sunday binge watching your vids. You are always very well mannered and respectful to people and the properties, so rare on youtube these days. Well done mate.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gav

I'm.local to the area and I remember Saschas when I was 20 back in 1989 and nothing as changed,still the same exterior and the reception area hasn't changed, Sasha's bar that is situated on Oldham st is like the bar Mos eisley cantina from star wars lots of odd characters believe me.

I have a challenge for you Tim, there's a hotel on Lillie Road which I often travel past, called 'Hotel Lily', the Tripadvisor rank is second worst in London. I entered the lobby and left soon after 😂 would be interested to know what a stay would be like

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

noted

@ohdearplays2579

Жыл бұрын

I've stayed there & was just awful, seems they spent the budget at reception & totally forgot about the customer experience upstairs. I highly recommend the Ibis hotel near it which is formally called "The cockpit" hotel - was like my second home!

@guilfoyleperrie7581

Жыл бұрын

Good thinking

@potatie_huh

Жыл бұрын

Oh my Mum and sister stayed at Hotel Lily a few years back, and to this day they STILL refer to it as the worst hotel they've ever stayed in 🤣

If people think this is a bad hotel then they've never actually stayed in a bad hotel.

@CAESARbonds

Жыл бұрын

I have seen far worse.

@paulmcgrath6118

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@penguinnips

Жыл бұрын

the mattress !!

@renataostertag6051

9 ай бұрын

@@CAESARbonds So have I. It's ridiculous what some commenters say here.

@seanaj3273

6 ай бұрын

When I think of nasty places motel comes into play rather than hotels. 😂

I think your "workstation that's missing a chair" is in fact the TV stand for the old CRT TV they obviously used to have in there and never bothered to remove.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Oh makes sense

I stayed here regularly in 1989 it was a five star hotel , the rooms were amazing and the food was fabulous they had a French restaurant and a night club . I have fond memories but it didn’t look anything like it does now what a shame thanks Tim x

I stayed in this hotel a couple years ago and enjoyed my stay. It was a little run down in places but I was not disappointed in any way. My room was identical to the one here except there was no second bed, there was a sitting area instead. I stayed for 2 nights and could not have asked for a more helpful staff either. I hope things don't go too downhill!! The area was amazing for the price.

@SparkThaMetal

Жыл бұрын

why do you sound like hotel staff lol?

@pinball7113

Жыл бұрын

Okay Deborah. Back to hoovering the hotel carpets now hen.

@kaysmith8992

Жыл бұрын

@@pinball7113 some people just have different expectations. Whenever I go to London I often stay in run-down hotels in the Bayswater area, but as long as the staff are helpful and there's hot water and no obvious dirt, that's all I need for one night.

@davidmajor5393

Жыл бұрын

Stayed there myself with my partner a couple if times, usually for nights out , going to gigs. Never had a problem. Pretty basic but fine fir a few drinks round the city center

@sofitocyn100

Жыл бұрын

Did you write a good review?

As someone that has secondary employment in a hotel, if you cannot operate the bottom lock on the door at all, it is usually a feature of the lock that it automatically double-locks when the door is shut (therefore it appears broken). There's a pin which activates the lower bolt when the door is closed in to the frame. In my opinion it defeats the object of having a deadlock, but our lock provider says they are proven to be so secure that no extra bolt is required. As long as hotel staff know what they are doing when handing keys out there is no issue. Take from that what you will.

The hotel used to have a full sized stuffed polar bear on the plinth by the stairs that go up into the reception and in the downstairs bar/restaurant they also had swordfish and a shark mounted on the walls. Never found out why.

You know it's not a good sign when Tim arrives at your hotel 😂

@ThesecitydaysUkblog

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

lol except when I turn up at a best rated one :-)

@MiaHoney

Жыл бұрын

@@WalkWithMeTim They're obviously quite confused then :D

OMG, I worked Here many years back as a porter. When On Nights , Down in the nightclub around 3 ish, the DJ announced room for a vastly reduced price to sell them, and shouted out, if you got lucky tonight grab a cheap room! . Weird looking at the video as its not changed over the years to much. Great Videos

Another great review. I don't think Tim ever stays in anything that isn't Britannia! There are certainly a lot of them about. It's as if they have taken over these lovely buildings and not really done anything apart from keep them going with the bare minimum.

Our standards in the UK 🇬🇧 are disgracefu in everything not just hotels..especially in the last 40 years

I stayed here a few years ago in a room with no windows with a friend. We had a random column between the beds, curtains on one wall to make you think there was a window, it was unbearably hot and the artwork in the room was a drawing of a naked woman. Ended up with a migraine because of the heat and no windows. It was cheap and you get what you pay for I suppose😂

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

yes so many are talking about how hot the hotel is

@flumpaustin1994

Жыл бұрын

You shouldn't have to pay for a migraine.

For £55 I'd honestly expect worse than that, doesn't seem to bad at all for that price

@MayaLove777

Жыл бұрын

I mean you can get a room at Travelodge for £59 so.....

They say they upgraded you to create an impression they're giving better service, when in reality they havent done anything

According to Wikipedia this hotel was originally a department store and was converted to a hotel in 1987!! I have never heard of a department store turned in to a hotel before! Very unique.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

wow I didn't know that either! very odd

I walked past that hotel just a few weeks ago and amazed its still going after reading the terrible reviews years ago when was looking at hotels to stop in for the xmas market

@guilfoyleperrie7581

Жыл бұрын

I cant believe its still open either

@comedyhunter

Жыл бұрын

@@guilfoyleperrie7581 yes I remember back in 2014 looking at the reviews of it and there were photos of those half dome things and they were full of stagnant water !

As a girl with curly hair I really appreciate that the hair dryer comes with a diffuser attachment!

That one doesn’t look too bad - it was a C&A department store built in the late 1920s and it was converted into a hotel in 1987 hence that muddled art deco / post modern exterior which probably has had no maintenance since the conversion. Otherwise, it’s ok isn’t it? Get some fitted windows and a decent cleaner and that place is fine.

Watched this this morning....thank you Tim for doing this so we don't have to. I used to work in the sister hotel..the Britannia and I remember Sachas opening. The hotels had a a bad rep back then ( 30 years ago) and haven't improved in any way at all😲 anyway, I really enjoy your videos so keep on taking one for the team Tim.. you're a better person than myself.

I stayed there about 5 years ago, our friends booked it as it was cheap. Your room looks absolutely gorgeous! I mean properly lovely compared with what we had. It is clean, massive, the bathroom is not mouldy and smashed up to hell. Yep, you got their best suite!!!

The seaside walks and hotspot places to visit are good, but I do really like your worst rated hotel videos. It's the uneasiness or off feeling a lot of these places have, that part down stairs by the gym and pool felt like something from a horror video game. I'm waiting for the moment you find a truly horrifying hotel haha

I used to stay near this place when working in Manchester, and always wondered what it would be like inside. Thanks for ‘taking one for the team’ to show us!

I lived in Manchester City centre 14 years ago and this hotel was known as a bit of a dump even back then. It tended to be frequented by people from certain geographic locations and young ladies who provide services to them .

@kaysmith8992

Жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw the maze-like corridors and stairs I had a feeling this would be a popular place to invite escorts. By 'geographical location' do you mean parts of Manchester or other countries?

@regplate2923

Жыл бұрын

@@kaysmith8992 other countries. It was renown for Middle Eastern gentlemen making merry with the local working girls.

@leeg12000

Жыл бұрын

@@kaysmith8992 Tibb Street? 😁

If memory serves, the basement (Jennys and gym areas in the video) used to be part of a well regarded nightclub back in the 90's. sadly since Sacha's is owned by Britannia, group, it has gone down hill very quickly over the past couple of decades.

I think you might have been better off without a window, it would have been quieter and warmer! You're a brave man Tim, going for a wander round in that place, not something that I would have done 😬

It's great to see you are in my fair city. As a child in the 80s I was always fascinated by this building. I've been in a few times in the 90s and early 2000s for parties etc. It looked ok back then, just a little gaudy. I've never seen any of the rooms. Thanks for taking us round. It's fascinating to see.

I must be an exception to the rule, because some of these worst rated hotels, I don't believe are too bad, yes scuffs, yes some dust, yes paint on carpet, are these things real going to ruin your stay, if the price is reasonable, hot water to wash, and reasonable breakfast, then so what, thanks Tim for another honest review, till the next time.....

Legend has it that those chandeliers date back to Louis XIV. A bit of windowlene and a tube of superglue and they'd be fine in no time.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Britannia, your "favourite" for worst rated hotels. You've been in worse! Those windows were very retro. My main concern would be the maze of corridors and what would happen in an emergency when you need to get out?

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

well fire exits SHOULD be well posted

Another banger Tim! I love when ya do the worst hotel ones😜 Happy holidays to you an you’re beautiful family🎄

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

thank you and merry Christmas

I stayed there in 1991. My dad was on a business trip to Manchester, taking mum, sister and me with him it was my 13th birthday . We went out for dinner in Chinatown. 3am I started to projectile vomit all over the cot bed I was sleeping on up on the raised bit which in those days had arm chairs and sofa. They used to have bedrooms rooms with jacuzzi's. It was quite the place to stay. It's funny how it's all still recognisable after all these years!

They’ve clocked on who you are and gave you a better room there Tim 100 percent the middle rooms are awful. Took my mrs away when I was 18 for the first time all excited to get away , open the curtains, and it’s just a painting behind them couldn’t believe it 😂😂😂

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

wow! was gutted I didn't get to see them

Well it's Britannia so what do people expect?

@wongjiekaimoe1811

Жыл бұрын

Ikr

@KillerGothChick

Жыл бұрын

? Wtf does that even mean?

@Keatoil

Жыл бұрын

?? What kind of foreign hater are you lmfao

@stephenbranley91

Жыл бұрын

@@KillerGothChick "I know, right?"

@obamabiden

Жыл бұрын

@@KillerGothChick they're a chain of hotels

Thanks for doing all these hotel reviews, it certainly helps me when planning somewhere to stay, very much appreciated xx

Tim I love your videos, especially these type of ones!! Hope you and the family have a great Christmas. Looking forward to more brilliant content in 2023

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Harry

I took part in an art show a few years ago in Chester and the location the company chose for the year after was...Sachas. I couldn't believe it, felt so sorry for the people who might have gone along thinking it was a nice venue 😂

This was rather poignant for me as I stayed here in August 1988 for an induction course when I first joined BT. I seem to recall the meals offered were pretty grandiose back then with lots of choice. I’m quite sure they had their own nightclub area back then too. Cannot really remember how the room was but I was a lot younger then!

@neilholding9227

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was there with British rail about same time ..remember they had stuffed polar bear in reception and swimming pool with adjoining nightclub and yeah the meals were amazing

My own memories of Sachas are when I attended the Festival Of Fantastic Films in the 90's, a highlight of which was helping carry the luggage of Dave Prowse up to his suite, due to an absence of porters. I returned there in 2009 for an overnight & was glad to see the place again. Thanks for the review.

Love ALL your content mate. Love it. Lived in England for years. Great Yarmouth, East Anglia area mostly but travelled through a lot. Feels like home. Miss it. Thank you for your unbiased and real reviews.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching Derrek

I have stayed there in a windowless room. There was some sort of extraction fan in the ceiling, the type you would expect to see in a bathroom, and it was noisey! There wasn't a switch to turn it off, presumably because of the room being windowless and it may help with air circulation? Sachas does serve a purpose to a solo traveller who doesn't want to pay the usual Manchester City Centre prices, some being £200 or more. Trivelles in Salford is far worse than this. Tim should have a look at Trivelles Salford. 👍

How can a hotel have windows that do not close. Hearing the outside noise at night would drive me mad. I hope they can sort that out..I d hate to think what a standard room is like. Thankyou Tim

Another interesting video Tim, and always good to see you stop and acknowledge the fans. Merry Christmas!

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

fans?

@anthonyosborne1089

Жыл бұрын

@@WalkWithMeTim Yes, the group of fans you met down one of the corridors, the one legged air heads, but not very chatty!

Sacha's was originally the C&A department store, Britannia bought the building and turned it into a hotel hence the internal rooms without windows.

I can't believe you were in Manchester and didn't do a review of 'The Gardens' hotel in Piccadilly Gardens. It makes this place look like The Ritz. I always used to stay in The Gardens when I was younger and traveling to football matches a lot, but I'd certainly not want to go back there now. The entrance alone is enough to set the alarm bells ringing! Well worth checking out if you're ever back in the city.

@Captain_Blak

Жыл бұрын

Haha I've stayed there, what a place!

@eatsleepdrums

Жыл бұрын

@@Captain_Blak Haha we should write a book about it Freddie!!

As always thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep these worst rated hotels coming I love them. Going to switch over to Gaby’s channel shortly.

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Wow I loved the tour! It was more like a tour through an old building lost in time rather than your typical hotel review 👏🏻. I loved the old gym and the swimming pool rooms with the flashing lights, very creepy. Absolutely love these type of expeditions

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'm from Bury, so just outside Manchester and I've walked past this hotel hundreds of times. I've been dying for years to know what it's like inside, cause of all the locals horror stories. It did not disappoint 🤣🤣

@Habu2

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't that bad was it ? 🤔

'Straight out of The Shining", yet he still gives it 2/5. _Something_ was good about it in his view. "The hotel's demons kept trying to drive me insane, but the heated towel rails were nice."

The way they say "without windows" make it sound like you have to pay extra to see the outside world. Next they'll be charging for a door

This place gives me the impression that you're walking around an old ocean liner, but it's not been refitted since the early 1900s.

in my younger days Sachas was always known as the kind of place that you could go to if you had 'bumped in to' someone on a night out in town and didn't want to go home, as they always had cheap rooms and was right in the centre and easy to escape to get the bus at Piccadilly gardens the morning after.....

It seems such a shame to let hotels get into this sad state.The swimming pool area was so creepy & the corridors,I certainly eouldnt want to walk around them on my own.Thank you for your honest review! I wouldnt stay there though.

@replayers5354

Жыл бұрын

I got baptized in the swimming pool and have stayed here on another occasion wasnt to bad for the price aha

I've slept in B&Bs and Hotels up and down the Country and they were I'd rate from Excellent to Dire but I also slept rough for over a year in the North East when I was 16 and any accomodation however bad and basic beats a cardboard box in a shop doorway in Winter.

This was really relaxing 😂 Came up on my recommended videos and now I'm hooked!

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! hope u subbed too :-)

You should try the Easy Hotel in Luton....No opening windows at all,some rooms have no windows at all,not even a bin in the room never mind a kettle.....weird smells around the place...😄

I stayed here around 2010ish and omg what a nightmare, we booked thinking wow so close to the city center, only to find the rooms with bugs all over, we got moved to another room and still same issue but this room had a hot tub bath I did not want to get in. How this hotel isn't shut down after all these years I'll never know.

I walked past this place everyday for years. Always looked spooky. Never knew people actually stayed there. The best parking is the big outdoor one behind picadilly Station, used to be 1.50 for 24 hours. Probably a bit more now but much better than 50 quid in a multistory

When I stayed there, had an Are You Being Served camp concierge who was almost certainly clinically depressed telling us about how many people off themselves in the rooms. Then we were in a windowless deep interior room that had tragic fire disaster written all over it. Oh what a night.

I came across your channel as it was on my recommended and I’ve now subscribed, safe to say I like your reviews, unbiased and honest

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rebecca

Stayed here when we saw Harry Styles in Manchester this year.. tbh thought it was alright. For being in the city centre price was great. Yeah decor wasn’t great but did us for the night.

Good honest review as always 👍

I worked close to this hotel in the early 2000s and walked past every day. It was one of the cheaper offerings at the time, so tried to book it for my stag do, but it was fully booked. I opted for an even *cheaper* hotel and it was even worse. Shame I can’t remember the name of it.

Fascinating to see your reviews of Sachas and the Britannia. Having been a regular visitor to Manchester for many years, I've used both and Sachas particularly was ideal for the money, with an excellent restaurant so it's sad to see its current state. Possibly rooms without windows is because they were former industrial buildings and internal rooms were necessary to utilise space and make the places viable? Seperately I'd be interested to see your review of another Britannia, the North Stafford opposite Stoke On Trent station. Long ago, when I grew up around there, it was THE place to go...if you could afford it, well you'd really made it. I stayed there a few years ago and was'nt any longer.!

Another great video! - Tim, you mentioned Bed Bugs in your video (from previous experiences) how do you avoid them? / Do you check before you unpack? I recently brought some home from a Hostel visit 😬

@Lola-AreaCode212

Жыл бұрын

Omg, which city where you in? That's horrifying 😬

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Yes I do!

Before it became a hotel it was a department store C+A. Converted into a hotel in the late 80's and had a very successful night club called Sachas. It went down hill when it was bought by Brittania group.

@Mark-ip7oq

Жыл бұрын

You know your stuff I’m from Manchester and your right

@mutoidliz2320

Жыл бұрын

When stayed in the Britannia the door didn’t even close shut. I had to wedge something under the door and put a mug on the handle! I’m just relieved my 4yr old doesn’t tend to wander 😂! Regardless it was a bed and shower for only a few days,so I didn’t mind that much.

I used to work here as a teenager in the late 90's. It appeared quite ornate and it's red and mahogany colours seemed quite OK back then. The chandeliers were well maintained. Although definitely not perfect! The unused bar/restaurant near the gym was a restaurant called "The French" and used to have lovely furniture and was used regularly. The doors you found led to the kitchen, which the waiters and waitresses would use to bring food and plates in and out. In the main restaurant was also a "pizzeria," which was as Italian as Frankie and Bennys is now 😂. Good times working there, such a shame to see it like that now.

This is my new favourite KZread series 😂 I’ve been binge watching so much

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Yay

You explained yourself why the curtains are stained on the outside, imagine the condensation and or mould those curtains will be absorbing when they're partially exposed to the elements. It doesn't look that bad to be fair; and for 50 quid, well you could do a lot worse! At least it's heated! This is probably their version of a presidential suite though; so I think you should check some of their other rooms out!

I live in Central Manchester and work in the Manchester picadilly Hotel, I always see sachas hotels and too scared to go inside because of the reviews. So im really glad you visited the place as iv heard horrible le tales about the place lol loved this video. But when you work in a 4* hotel such as mine and then visit sachas, sachas Hotel looks more like a hostel lol

I've just subscribed, because of your honest opinion and feedback. Great video Tim 👍🏼

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

Having the pool open like that with no water in seems like a massive hazard

Thanks for another balanced review...sometimes I wonder what people expect for £55, but I think some also have it in for Britannia hotels. There must be some much worse stinkers out there!

@WalkWithMeTim

Жыл бұрын

:-)

I stayed in this hotel in the late 80s, I remember it had a stuffed grizzly bear in the doorway or lobby. It was somewhat of a boutique hotel in those days and was dearer than £55 a night!

Ahh you did sachas! I had to stay here for a week until my new flat tenancy started and it was the cheapest place I could find, I was in one of the centre chamber rooms that has no windows. This place has such a shining vibe to it, I think the room downstairs where they kept the fans used to look different, I went down there and there was no one else there like in the video, and everything was decorated in this same blue/green paisley pattern, the carpets, the wallpaper, the upholstery on the chairs and sofa, everything the same pattern, it has a really weird feeling

I loved this! Thank you for roaming around all of the corners just like I would’ve done.

A lady I knew always stayed in Saschas when on business in Manchester. She could have stayed anywhere so must have liked it. She remarked on the windowless rooms and said they had curtains where a window coulf have been

@iworkout6912

Жыл бұрын

Not this hotel, but once stayed in a windowless room and it also had curtains like you said. But there was large photograph behind the curtain, which sort of made it seem like you had a beach front room...sort of.

@laaaah4577

Жыл бұрын

@@iworkout6912 😅

And to nobody's surprise, it's a Britannia hotel. They have some incredible buildings that are absolutely wasted on them.

Great video! If you ever go to Bangkok, check out the Nana hotel! Stayed there in 2005 - It's barely changed!