Mercure Sheffield St Paul’s Hotel

The Mercure Sheffield St Paul’s Hotel occupies a prominent position on St Paul’s Place, right in the city centre and within easy reach of the train station, the shopping quarter, and the cultural venues along Tudor Square. It is, fundamentally, a business hotel – corporate rates, conference facilities, the lot – but it earns some proper respect thanks to the Sky Lounge.

The Sky Lounge is the rooftop bar on the upper floors and it gives you a Sheffield view that’s genuinely worth having. Steel City spread out below, the hills that ring the city visible on clear days, and a drinks selection that makes it a legitimate destination for locals as well as hotel guests. If you’re entertaining clients in Sheffield, this is a reliable option for impressing them without any effort.

The rooms themselves are exactly what you’d expect from a Mercure – consistent, comfortable, well-equipped for work travel. Good desks, reliable Wi-Fi, blackout curtains, the things that matter when you’re staying midweek for meetings. Weekend leisure guests come for different reasons but the location works just as well – the Crucible and Lyceum theatres are a ten-minute walk, and you’re in the thick of the city centre immediately.

Breakfast is a decent buffet spread. The restaurant handles lunch and dinner adequately. The Sky Lounge is where the real action is, and it operates well into the evening at weekends.

Parking is available nearby at Q-Park St Paul’s if you’re driving in. The hotel itself doesn’t have on-site parking, which is standard for a city centre property of this type. Rates are competitive for what you get, particularly mid-week.