Holiday Inn Express - Birmingham Central (UK) (Holiday Inn Express Exeter)

Member Name: adrianhobson

Product:	Holiday Inn Express Exeter
Date:	19/11/03 (99 review reads)
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Advantages: Central, Good parking, Excellent shopping

Disadvantages: Expensive - for Hi Express, Traffic - arrive outside rush hour, No on site restaurant - pub next door

Ideal and cost-effective place to stay for a business or shopping visit to central Birmingham.

Well-lit secure underground car parking with direct lift into lobby. This is a plus when street parking is on a meter and in generally short supply. Usual modern and practical rooms.

No restaurant on site but within a short walk of Broad Street with numerous pubs clubs and restaurants. Asian restaurants are excellent. Tyr Jimmy Spice's buffet off Broad Street - all you can eat for £9.99.

Standard fare at the continental breakfast included in the price but the dining area was not particularly cosy - particularly on the busy day we stayed.

A 5 minute walk brings you to the new Bullring with more shops than you could visit in a day. The new Selfridges is well worth a visit if only for its architecture - with the interior as interesting and surprising as the space-age exterior.

Room rate seemed a bit high at £85 but we stayed on a week-day and during a busy conference period.

Well worth a return visit with the family - hopefully when the rate is a bit more realistic.

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