ibis budget Birmingham Centre

Clean and functional

The room was clean and everything worked.

Cons Only 2 pillows on the bed. The bed was quite hard. No kettle (but I suppose it is a budget hotel)

Music concert

Overall Great

Stayed in a newly renovated room, a much better design than the old type. Great idea to put the bathroom in one room (previously sink and shower were in bedroom, toilet separate) staff are very friendly, location is great and rooms were spotlessly clean. The hotel also accommodated my room allocation/location requests which I appreciated.

Cons I was in room 553 and the water pressure for the shower was very poor, very low pressure which was not ideal. The room was also fitted with an air cooling or air conditioning system, this did not work at all, essentially just made noise but did not seem to blow any air out at all. I am confident it was not user error by myself, as friend were staying in the room opposite and theirs worked quite well. The few issues were a little frustrating, especially after the newly renovated room was to a high standard itself.

It was clean, and the personel where friendly.

Cons The room was small

Room was clean but won’t stay again because of the noise

Shouting in the corridor at 4 am. No one came to sort it out. We had to tell them to shut up they went on for a further 10/15 minutes.

Cons Bed was hard.

Central hotel which does the job

The hotel is central and that made travelling to the conference I attended easy. The staff were friendly and helpful. There's a Morrisons store right across the street and the Indian restaurant opposite is excellent - The Cafe Racer

Cons No tea making facilities in the room. There’s no AC. It's like this weird hybrid that cools above 18c and heats below it. I wanted the room cooler but it was 17c/18c and it wouldn't do it. Breakfast was good except it's a cold buffet (nothing wrong with that) and they had cheese but no cold meat like ham. Which is odd.