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Reviews of Hilton Birmingham Metropole

4 out of 5
Hilton Birmingham Metropole
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England

Reviews

7.8

Good

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Rating 8 - Good. 99 out of 435 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 63 out of 435 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 63 out of 435 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 26 out of 435 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Niamh

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pleasantly surprised at how nice the hotel was and had everything we needed. Breakfast was particularly good with so many options and I was pleased it wasn’t a standard crappy hotel breakfast that has become the norm for big chains. Great hotel and would stay again. The only downside was that the parking was supposed to be £15 so I was shocked to checkout and see a bill for £30 for staying less than 24hr!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Andreea on 28 Mar 2024
Thank you for taking a moment to share your experience. I am pleased to see that you had a very enjoyable stay at the hotel, in particular your experience at Breakfast. I hope we will have an opportunity to welcome you back to the hotel very soon.

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Jayne

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel, very large. They tried to put me in a single bedded room and charge me additionally for breakfast upon arrival although I had paid for a king bed room with breakfast included. I had to query the booking. I didn’t really find this good service.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Liam, WINDSOR

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was there for a convention and it was very well set up.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Lesley

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Freezing cold room - I thought a window was open but it wasn't . There was a mini plug in heater but you wouldn't want to have that switched on whilst asleep. Room service option virtually non existent, 4 options and very poor quality for the price. Staff very pleasant and rooms and area very clean. There are other hotels in the area I would choose next time.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Lucy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location if watching something at the NEC!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Next to NEC friendly staff, bed was soo comfy and wonderful breakfast would recommend
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

james

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was no better than a Travelodge. In fact I have stayed at better and cleaner Travelodges. Food was poor-frozen chips is not what you expect from a Hilton Hotel. Breakfast was a little better with a fairly good selection but a perfect example of how to murder mushrooms. Would not stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Naomi

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adrian, Doral

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stayed
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Deborah

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Irene

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
I had stayed at this hotel previously and was very happy but this time they gave us a room that was sharing a wall with the lifts and the constant noise of lifts going up and down was unbearable. We asked for another room and they gave us the one next to where we were and you could still hear it but the main problem there was the windows were old and fitted very poorly and there was a very noticeable cold draft all night and the noise isolation was not there at all. I will probably stay there again because it is sooo convenient for NEC but I will request a room as far away from the lifts as possible.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Gustavo

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Raisa

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities
Not happy with the room and staff
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Emma

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Marshall

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fourth stay this year in a Hilton Branded and the worst.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Jonathan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Large corporate feel
Nice hotel in good position. Very busy, very noisey too. Bar prices are high as expected with hotels but quality of drinks on draught were poor. Obscure brands. Good hotel for stop offs and shopping but not a couples retreat etc.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yogesh

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jayne

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Kayleigh

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Beverley

Travelled with family
Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disappointed
Phone was broken, my daughter went and told them, nothing done so couldn’t order room service from phone, my daughter went and bought drinks up hotel bought food and was still charged room service, flushing the toilet in the morning and water poured through bath drain from toilet, for a Hilton hotel and the price of 195 for one night, I expected more. Travel lodge next time fir me.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

William

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Huge christmas party going on, no sleep due to shouting and banging til the ealry hours. Drunk guys inappropriately commented about my teenage daughter, the staff not helpful and when I raised an email complaint, I got an apology only! Premium price for a below-budget hotel
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Laurie-Ann

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great location - An underwhelming stay.
Nice staff, easy check-in service. The room was okay, but expected more for a four-star hotel. Very dated especially in corridors, also found a fake eyelash on the floor of the room, sign that the room wasn't cleaned thoroughly or attentively. Various things in bathroom could have been restocked like pad bags, tissues, lotions etc. Heating reading reviews is a common issue to get working efficiently but once we got it working it was okay. Room service HORRENDOUS do not recommend. Overpriced and underwhelming, the equivalent of pub food. £19 for Vegan Fish & Chips is a ripoff. My boyfriend's food was raw. Thankfully lovely staff removed the charge of the food from bill. But for a four-star hotel we expected a lot better. Spa facilities are not included and require an extra charge for a four-star hotel do not find acceptable. Even if they are separate companies that needs to be signposted better. 90mins for £10 for use of facilities is a bit meh. Also, the spa facilities require as much refurbishment as everywhere else in the hotel. For roughly £400 for three nights, we expected at least a robe in the room. Not worth the price tag. The king-size bed was at least comfortable. We also feel accessing information regarding room service and other amenities needs to be more accessible in the room as well. Overall I would rate this hotel three stars and it is only because of the name of the hotel it gets away with such overpricing. Convenient location but an underwhelming stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sons birthday
It was book for my sons birthday and we had a fantastic time and the stay was great
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Helen

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Ideal for my trip to resort world. However check in took forever, the queue snaked the whole way around reception and half way up the corridor. Luckily the receptionist was apologetic and very helpful. The room was a disappointment; the heating didn't work so it was freezing when I got in there. A small heater had been provided which soon warmed up the half of the room it was in, but a draft blowing through the wall vents was so bad I had to put the spare quilt in front of the lower one and pile two pillows on top of the lamp to block the higher one!!! Considering it cost £166, I was not impressed.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Gethin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Jill

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
A "ringing" review
After avoiding Hilton's for a while I was unfortunately reminded of why. A repeating failing fire alarm that sounded every 15 minutes or so for close to 3 hours. Peaking with a wake up call just after midnight wasn't excatly expected. This was only then further soured by the response from the lady on reception who was far from understanding and quite frankly unnecessarily rude and rash. On a more positive note the hotel was clean, and is quite impressive and the young bar staf (who were serving a very large party at the same time) were very pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kirsty

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Layla

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Great hotel, right where we needed to be, very comfy. Staff very welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Karen

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Amanda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was convenient for the NEC and straight off the motorway.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Andrew, Honiton

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Reception staff welcoming and efficient. Bedroom well fitted out with comfortable bed. Bathroom adequate. Restaurant very disappointing. Fast food based menu i.e. burgers pizzas and pastas. Very basic and unimaginative My chicken breast was very watery in consistency (probably should have been cooked longer). Service was very poor. I was sitting near the till and there seemed to be problems sorting out bills plus one family came to ask what happened to their food as they had been waiting so long. Wine prices high for very ordinary white wines - served at room temperature. Breakfast okay. Location very convenient only 10 minutes walk from Hall five and flexible on-site parking so would stay there again if attending the same event but would make sure I ate before arrival
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
What was positive…..Close to resorts world and NEC. Breakfast was amazing, great selection and very tasty. Reception area and bar was nice. What wasn’t so good. Checked into room at 3pm and bed had no sheets or duvet. Had to wait to nearly 4pm for them to come up and sort out. The stairwell to the rooms was more reminiscent of an NCP car park than a hotel. Concrete floor with no carpet, which I’ve never seen before anywhere. Fire alarm at 11pm, which although not the staffs fault was somewhat inconvenient.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Oliver

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Cliff

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The area around the hotel was good. Lots of shopping and food outlets. However, the room was very cold (even after adjusting the thermostat). We also seemed to be on the flight path making the room very noisy. Breakfast had a lot of choice, unfortunately of poor quality and bland. Wouldn’t recommend, their business model doesn’t rely on repeat custom.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient to the NEC exhibition Halls. Very easy parking entry and exit by prepaying for the parking.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Ashbe

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Loved it, lovely room . Plenty of staff
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Mandy

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely room. Excellent service. Very very friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daniel Kai-Kong

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location and close to the airport
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023