The best advice I can give on this hotel is simply STAY AWAY!! A cheap hotel does really not give this hotel justice, the travelodge is cheap, however this is beyond cheap and really is not worth staying in. I work in a travel agents and live near Birmingham, however just wanted something really cheap for a night out, and would never ever stay in this hotel again!! Its described as centrally located, located on Alcester Street, however is quite out of the city centre, and a taxi ride away from the Arcadian, and definatly a taxi ride from Broad Street. The hotel is one half of a converted Victorian Hospital, the other half being another more ...  Read the complete review

Something of a departure for me in many ways is this one, after the semi disasterous year I enjoyed last year this 12 months of 2008 was marked down as clearing debts and enjoying myself time - how to achieve both being somewhat of an impossible balancing act. But the debts cleared up faster than expected so in early May I turned my head to the new target - having fun, lots of it. One of the forum sites I am a relatively active member of has pretty regular meet ups, and after deciding it was funtime the next was due to occur in Birmingham at some point during July, so in keeping with the fun but keeping out of debt ethos I went off to find some decent hotel ...  Read the complete review