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Great Barr Hotel

3.0 of 5
Pear Tree Drive, Newton Road, Birmingham B43 6HS, England
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Ranked #72 of 140 hotels in Birmingham
3.0 of 5 stars 63 Reviews
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Chris1612
Carlisle Cumbria
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55 reviews
35 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed November 15, 2011

I was here for a week on business and so was booked into the conference rooms for lunches and evening meals. I enjoyed a good main course meal on the Sunday night, but do not go for the chocolate icecream to finish...no taste! We had a really poor meal on the Monday. They were serving ten of us...some of the... More

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Anthea R
darlington
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3 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed November 9, 2011

i have been at this hotel on business for a week and i can't find too much to complain about, the first evening meal was a bit of a let down however the meals have been excellent the rest of the time, the receptionist more than helpful, the room staff were very good, polite and helpful. The lady at breakfast... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed October 30, 2011
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We booked this hotel before reading the reviews - so we went there thinking it was going to be a right dump. The reception looked clean, tidy and professional - which is normally to disguise the crap rooms - but the room was perfectly adequate - clean warm dry, 32" telly so maybe the bar was going ro be awful... More

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Jcsb36
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed September 20, 2011
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I only booked this hotel because all the big chain hotels were full in the area due to bad experiances in birmingham in the past. When i arrived there were 3 people in front of me at check in with two members of staff and the owner on the desk. I could sense something was wrong when it took nearly... More

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LabrettaMod
Posted by an OctopusTravel traveler
Ipswich
1 review
3 of 5 stars Reviewed August 27, 2011

A very conveniently positioned hotel, good restaurant and bar. Rooms a little tired, ground floor corridor smelt of damp. Good WiFi connection throughout the hotel. More

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Amanda A
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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3 reviews
7 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed August 16, 2011
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We had our wedding reception here on the 30th of july 2011, we had high hopes for the hotel but was terrlby let down, It was very disorganised to say the least, just a few examples at what went wrong. When we came to do the line up to enter for the wedding breakfast. the wedding host was meant to... More

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cookz
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed August 9, 2011
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person found this review helpful

It was my sisters wedding reception an they couldn't organise a p up in a brewery. In the reception were we ate our food it must of been 40 degrees with no air con or even the common sense of bringing water round to the tables without being harassed by sweating red faced guest absolute disgrace would strongly advise for... More

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happygolucky65
Birmingham
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4 reviews
2 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed August 5, 2011

My daughter and son in law had their wedding reception at this hotel on 30th July 2011 - many things went wrong. We have written an email to the Managing Director on 1st August 2011 listing the problems we encountered on the day to give him a chance of an explanation - as this has still not been answered [4... More

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SalesEngineer06
Posted by an OctopusTravel traveler
Manchester
1 review
3 of 5 stars Reviewed August 5, 2011

I stay here because it is a convenient location and offers the basic needs of a business hotel at a good price The hotel has lots of single rooms which help keep costs under control with free wi-fi and breakfast incl Whilst the facilities may not be four star etc the hotel offers good value for money and i will... More

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shamen20
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1 review
1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed July 15, 2011
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nice cleam hotel , friendly service , great breakfast , laundry service a bit pricey. recommended More

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Address: Pear Tree Drive, Newton Road, Birmingham B43 6HS, England

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