Selina Birmingham - Hostel

29 Apr'24

30 Apr'24

1 room, 2 guests

Selina Birmingham - Hostel

England | Mon, 29 Apr - Tue, 30 Apr | 1 Room, 2 Adults

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Selina Birmingham - Hostel

3-star Hotel · Birmingham

3.5/5

(63 reviews)

Amenities

24-hour front desk

Hiking

Locker Room

Multilingual Staff

Smoke-free property

Library

Property rules

Check-in: After 03:00 PM, Check-out: 11:00 AM

About property

Location: With a stay at Selina Birmingham - Hostel, you'll be centrally located in Birmingham, within a 5-minute drive of Utilita Arena Birmingham and International Convention Centre. This hostel is 1.7 mi (2.8 km) from Bullring Shopping Centre and 5.9 mi (9.5 km) from Cadbury World.Rooms: Make yourself at home in one of the 37 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.Attractions: Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.

St. Paul's Church - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Birmingham Cathedral - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
Victoria Square - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Chamberlain Square - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Birmingham Children's Hospital - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Birmingham Town Hall - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Centenary Square - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Birmingham Repertory Theatre - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Library of Birmingham - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Birmingham Christmas Market - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Spirit of Enterprise - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Aston University - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
Utilita Arena Birmingham - 1.2 km / 0.8 mi
Symphony Hall - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi

The nearest airports are:
Birmingham Airport (BHX) - 25.5 km / 15.9 mi
Coventry (CVT) - 50 km / 31.1 mi

Amenities: Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, a communal living room, and tour/ticket assistance.Business Amenities: Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage.Dining: At Selina Birmingham - Hostel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Continental breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to noon for a fee.

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Birmingham, England, B3 1RJ

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3.5/5

(63 reviews)

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1/5

74louisef on Apr 10, 2024

Awful experience to be honest. If I wasn't there because I had no other choice I would have complained there and then but was emotionally drained. Booked a room with shower and sink. All the walls were dirty or water stained. Shower blocked when using it. Water was cold. Room was freezing when I walked in. Bed seemed clean, only reason I stayed. I slept on top of my own towels ect just in case. Silver fish crawling around the floors. Room 209 ground floor. Needs major attention. The cafe and reception staff seem lovely though. Had to call in sick to work because I can't do my job on zero sleep. People walking the corridors seemed to sound like they were about to walk through the bedroom door. Paper thin walls.

5/5

çağıl k on Feb 04, 2024

It was such a lovely and welcoming atmosphere! We stayed in a standard superior room. The room was very clean. Bed was very comfortable. Even though our room was close to the railway, we did not have any issues when trains passed. Bathroom was a bit cold but it was not a problem. We'd like to thank them for listening to our preferences for the room and their prompt replies.

1/5

sian739302729 on Jun 14, 2023

The room was so small for a standard, it just had enough space for a bed. Not only that it was incredibly dirty, stains all over the walls and floors, layers of dust on the lampshades on the bedside table, the radiator was coming away from the wall. The floor was so dirty I had to walk around in my shoes because I would get a layer of dirt on my feet/ socks. The walls were paper thin, we could hear the conversation of other guests staying in the room opposite to us, this wasn’t because they were so loud it was because the walls were so thin, when people walked pasts the room it sounded like they were in our room. At night when we turned off the lights, there is a huge green light above the bed, light coming through the curtains and a lot of light coming from under the door which made it very difficult to sleep. We did pay £77 for one night which isn’t a bad price for Birmingham. However for that price I do at least expect the minimum and have a clean room.

1/5

TeamTaylor01 on Jun 14, 2023

Hotel is more like a hostel/halfway house than hotel. Room Very small and basic. Room had a stained glass door that did not open and no window No hot water in shower or taps No tea/coffee facility. Room very hot with no air-con Bedside lamp had no bulb Bathroom door lock broken No handle to close bathroom door from room side Visible signs of damp in room and bathroom Staff not too friendly and do not know the area well

1/5

xpastel_pixelsx on May 30, 2023

There is so much to unpack here when it comes to Selina Birmingham. Never again am I staying at this hellhole of a hotel. For a name like Selina, the hotel sure is nightmarish to stay at. It's shameful that the hotel shares the same name with my non-biological/cosplay partner. There is no breakfast but at least, the bedding, the pillows and the duvet are comfy (but most likely due to the fact that I’m tired) and the wi-fi is decent. Unfortunately, this is where the compliments stop, especially when the dorm rooms are so dark, you have to turn on the flashlight on your phone in order to see. Not to mention, there is no television in the room I was staying in. To make matters worse, the dorm room is cold, coupled with no heating. I honestly don't mind the cold most of the time but the room temperature is too cold for my liking. Speaking of the ground floor, the Korean receptionist told me that I'm not allowed to eat my food at a table at the cafe and told me to climb the stairs all the way to the third floor in order to eat my food. It isn't fair, considering the receptionist with the short, dark hair tends to allow me to eat my food at a table at the cafe during the very early hours of the morning. I eventually lost my patience and yelled at the Korean receptionist. It's rare when I lose my patience. I threatened in a growly voice with, "I suggest you fill the pot noodle to the top with water unless you want a scathing, negative review to be blasted on the radio for everyone to hear?". Finally, she got the memo. The rooms, bathrooms and toilets and facilities are unsanitary (for example, there are biscuit crumbs all over the bed sheets. I didn't know until I got out of bed), the entire hotel itself is not accessibility-friendly as if the lack of a lift and the staff not being accommodating towards disabled people such as myself isn’t of any indication, the kitchen and the kitchen equipment on the third floor are dirty, there is no hot water in some of the bathrooms within the dorm rooms, the bathrooms and the dorm rooms are shared (therefore, there is no privacy), the lights keep turning themselves off if you’re idle (I’m more used to turning on and off the lights on my own accord), you need to pay £10 for a padlock which is complicated for disabled people and the list goes on. The toilets, bathrooms, kitchen etc are just as dirty as Badea Faulkner and Olive Allison Brown from the Avanzar House in Middleton, Manchester not cleaning up after themselves. And don’t get me started on the staff being problematic. They aren’t very useful to the point where I had to shout at them due to their language barriers and them not listening to me, let alone understanding me. This is troubling for autistic people like me. Never in all my years have I encountered such frustrating hotel staff members. Compared to the other hotels I've stayed at in the past, the hotel staff in these hotels were never infuriating. If a lack of staff doesn’t tell you the appalling state of the hotel, I don’t know what will. Speaking of the absence of a lift, this is worrying for wheelchair users. I don't know how the incompetent hotel staff members expect wheelchair users to be able to go up three flights of stairs if there is no lift. Disabled people, I repeat, DO NOT stay at this dumpster fire of a hotel. It’s a rip-off given the extortionate prices, it’s a scam and it’s false advertising. This hotel is so bad, it made the Travelodge hotels look good and that’s saying something. When the receptionist asked me if I’m going to write a positive review for a radio station and an online publication, I nervously laughed. I just couldn’t bring myself to tell him that I’m going to write a negative, scathing review. In short, this hotel is equivalent to Spyro Reignited Trilogy in terms of the lack of accessibility. Just like Toys For Bob and Activision, Selina Birmingham seriously needs to re-evaluate their priorities and take notes from Insomniac Games when it comes to how to be willing to go the extra mile to cater to the disabled community. Bottom line: Toys For Bob, Activision and Selina Birmingham need to be inclusive to all, not exclusive.