📍 145 Alcester Street, Birmingham B12 0PJ
📍 Address: 145 Alcester Street, Birmingham B12 0PJ, United Kingdom
🌐 Website: oyorooms.com
I know this hotel and I know the area very well. The hotel is a bit of a dump and I believe is currently housing asylum seekers. The area its in is the pitts and is either old factory's or buildings sites for flats. Its a long dingy walk in the city centre. If your visiting Birmingham, I wouldn't recommend staying there.
Lovely staff. I delivered to them and me being cheeky went back 20 mins for the toilet. Let me in and use their toilets no fuss. Us drivers really can appreciate that when you get cut short. Thank you to all the staff
You can’t review this place in the same way you would for a hotel you spend £60 + for. My review is relative for the price I paid. If you want a true reflection on whether to stay here read the below. I stopped here on a business trip with 3 others. Including breakfast it cost us £30 each. Can I really complain about the little things with prices like that? Parking was said to be an issue but directly outside the hotel there is a street, when we turned up I was able to park directly outside the hotel for free, no issues. The building itself is beautiful but like most old buildings needs work. They are refurbishing it. The staff have all been very friendly and helpful across the board. The reception area is lovely and so is the bar areas. The room itself was perfect for our needs. Yes the bed wasn’t the best and the room not the biggest but it was clean. What do you expect for £30??? All tea making facilities etc and coat hangers and hair dryers, TV etc etc. The room was a little cold at first but the radiator was on all night, once in bed no issues. If you’re with a partner this wouldn’t be an issue. The breakfast was fine too. Unlimited drinks, juices, pastries, cereal and toast. They take your order (friendly again) and the food for £5 was spot on. Would I stop here again? If I wanted a cheap night away in Birmingham. Without a doubt. It could be a magnificent place but because the building is old i understand it’s no cheap job!
This place can either be great to be at or worse. The rooms are very lovely and somewhat neat, some of the staff are nice and friendly however there is the odd one that is very rude and impolite. The location is a great walking distance from Birmingham city centre, there is also a bus 50 that goes by the property street. The hotel needs A lot of work done, hence the 3 star. The best part of the building structure is how the down stairs area looks, mainly the reception and waiting area.
Clean, tidy room, comfortable bed, city centre location, the staff were so helpful and friendly, they have a bar and a restaurant, couldn't be happier, very good value for money
Firstly, the building is full of history and character. Great place. People: the staff are very accommodating and helpful. Front desk and the bar did everything they could to make my stay as pleasant as possible. Food was great too. Rooms: a bit of a let down I am afraid. Perhaps due to the listed status they are unable to change the windows to more modern ones, but the old ones leak air.l and noise. Rooms are extremely cold upon arrival, which is not very inviting. The hotel is clearly trying to be more economical with cash and only heats the room when your card key is inserted into the reader. So if you're not in your room, it doesn't get heated. Coupled with the old windows it gets cold. But again, the service was great, I asked the front desk, and a maintenance guy was up there with a heater. The other problem of old windows is the noise. At least 3 or 4 boy racers were up and down the road overnight, which I heard clearly. So not great sleep. Shower facilities are great, no complaints. The overall state of the rooms can be improved by some fresh paint and replacing broken furniture. Cheap gains... And finally, the entrance is so very grande and if a little money was to be spent on making it look better I would thrive, no doubt. Its clear it's being ran on the cheap, for such a grand building, it's a shame. Thank you for my stay.
This is an ok hotel. The lounge area is well decorated. However the rooms are not well maintained. During our stay, the drainage in the bathroom was broken. The management took quick action to restore it. They gave me a different room. So my disappointment of the room was compensated by the well behaved staff. The location is nice, walking distance from city centre. Also, the rooms were cheap. So, it can be a good option for the ones looking for an okay stay at a cheap price.
Very basic but good value for money. Old style hotel that is slowly being renovated. Excellent value and has improved quiet a bit since my last visit. Still room for improvement and will be good once finished.
IF I COULD I WOULD GIVE THIS PLACE 0 STARS! For starters It is not a hotel and the photos it displays are not what the rooms look like!!! It is a hostel for immigrants who make you feel really u comfortable as no one speaks English!! When we first went in we were given the most horrible room, the shower was hanging off the wall, there was no lights, the place was a tip to the point where we went and asked for a refund of our £64. When this was declined, we just walked out as the room was not habitable! The receptionist then rang after us and made us come back and showed us a different room, this was clearly a one which had been recently renovated however the bed was still awful (2 single mattresses pushed together) and when we went for a shower... There was no hot water!! So again we moved room so we could get hot water. We were suppose to stay for 2 nights but one was enough, we handed in the key and left. People who are able to give this hotel a high rating must have something wrong with them. Avoid at all costs!!!!! Save your money!!!! It is not a hotel!!!!
Staff was friendly. My room was very clean. It was somewhat conveniently situated, about 1 mile from the bullring and 1 mile to the city centre. It was inexpensive at £50/night for a weekend rate. The hotel and the rooms are in desperate need of repair and updating. Some of the rooms are still using traditional keys (mine was RFID thankfully). The carpeting in the hallways was no longer adhered to the floor and bunched up. In my room, the shower head was cracked so it sprayed water off to the side and the hardware that holds the head in place was broken. For what I paid in comparison, I was satisfied. If they were to charge a higher rate, I think I would go somewhere else.
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