Is The Mini Hotel -Birmingham City-FREE BREAKFAST pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at The Mini Hotel -Birmingham City-FREE BREAKFAST?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime.

Where is The Mini Hotel -Birmingham City-FREE BREAKFAST located?

Located in Selly Oak, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham. Chamberlain Clock and Woodgate Valley Country Park are also within 1 mile (2 km). Birmingham Selly Oak Station is 11 minutes by foot and University Station is 13 minutes.

The Mini Hotel -Birmingham City-FREE BREAKFAST Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

6/10 Okay

helen

17 May 2025

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

You get what you pay for; small but it says mini hotel Room & bathroom clean but stairway needs painting

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

David

20 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hungry in Selly Oaks.

Failed to provide breakfast on Saturday. Apparently I was the only person in hotel! Otherwise excelent.

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gary

26 Jun 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Grim

Our Employee refused to stay at the hotel . alternative accommodation had to be sought.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Debbie

24 Nov 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The thing about this hotel is that check in and check out is done by email, and picking up a code to get your own key. There is no reception and so no service as such. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, just took some getting used to. I would have appreciated slightly larger cups in the room and a coffee sachet as well as tea.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Lynsey

9 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

We had the top room it was nice and clean as it was warm we had to open the roof windows and the traffic noise was quite bad till late on. Could have had a fan in the room to combat this. The outside of the property lets it down it’s hard to locate as no sign. The rest of the terraces look very run down and not very inviting. The room itself was small but adequate for what we needed. If you want a cheap place to sleep for the night then you couldn’t go wrong here.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jean

20 Sept 2025

This place did not exist. It was a house for students and we have evidence of landlords tel no. To confirm this. It was a total scam and we would like a refund of our money please. We were left stranded and had to find other accommodation.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Laura

19 Jul 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very small rooms, I understand it says “mini” hotel but it felt claustrophobic, narrow stair cases and no sound proofing. Could constantly hear people coming and going, the room itself was boiling. I was in room 7 and it was 31 degrees and yet there was a storage heater in the room instead of a fan. The view of the garden was disgusting. Breakfast was pitiful cheap sausages, lukewarm beans and some egg, watered down squash and no coffee, not even coffee in the room and there was just espresso cups in the room so unable to have a proper cup of tea.. there were no shhampoo or shower gel left in the bottles and was hair in the shower drain, some poo on the toilet brush. The whole feel of the building was uncomfortable and felt unsafe. Staff were weird and hide behind a divider during breakfast. The front door was irritating and difficult to get into, and there was no sign on the building to indicate it was the mini hotel. The sign in the room made it seem like affordable luxury but there wasn’t even the effort to get the basic needs of a hotel room right. The beds must be decade old as all the springs are coming through, awful night sleep. The rooms look dilapidated and in desperate need of painting. The WiFi was nowhere to be seen and so I had to rinse my 4g. No plugs near the bed so couldn’t charge my phone whilst in bed or sat down. Also no sugar in the room. Just pay a bit more and avoid the disappointment, prioritise safety and hygiene and just stay at a premier inn.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Michael

4 Jun 2025

This so called hotel never sent me detail for checking in until the day after. I had to find another hotel in Birmingham. I could not get in contact with the people and when I did they kept cutting off the call I that this place is nothing but derelict property. You should delete it from your listing as it’s a scam!!!

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Hardip

12 May 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

The accommodation is expected what you pay for. Its like student accommodation.

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

sean

6 May 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Second time here had a good sleep, breakfast was okay but could do with changing the sausages there not the best.

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

sean

10 Apr 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Tidy rooms had a good breakfast thank you for a nice stay.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

23 Mar 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The bed is very poor because the mattress is too old, need update. The bed lien is damaged and it have holes so need new bed lien and wash regularly. They gave me wrong key code by email from Hotels.com. The door code is not good as it is complicate as you gave me the wrong code for the door. If I am alone, it will be difficult to access the code. I had been sent message and no reply at all. The breakfast is not very nice. I smelt lot of smoking in the my bedroom No.2 which was not good as it affect my health and not enough sleep through my weekend. Staffs are not friendly and unwelcome. Why do you hide from the curtains and privacy. The lights were flickering on the stairs. I am very disappointed. I won’t return to the hotel next time. Please update ALL the rooms. I will report to the hotel inspector to check your hotel.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Susan

21 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Nice cosy room, felt safe .Can be a bit noisy with other guests in other rooms.Also the bathroom noises from the other rooms.Otherwiswe great value for money .

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

RUPERT

12 Mar 2025

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disappointing

Very small room . The door handle came offf. The heating wasnt on in room.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Warren

8 Mar 2025

Selly oak poor

Very poor heater didn’t work it’s not easy to get into bed the bed is slotted into space so u only can get in from front heater didn’t work no1 to meet u breakfast is poor and cold if u not down my 8 wouldn’t go there again won’t offered no money off for the heating not working lots of rubbish outside house on busy main road in selly oak

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

15 Feb 2025

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Brutally Honest: Avoid at all costs

My stay was an absolute nightmare. The bed was beyond awful—cheap Amazon frames that creaked loudly with every tiny movement and a mattress so thin and worn that I could feel every single spring stabbing into my back. It felt like sleeping on a pile of scrap metal. The so-called “free buffet breakfast” was a complete insult: a sad bowl with a few slices of bread, a few pale, shrivelled sausages that looked barely cooked, and a bowl of baked beans that were lukewarm at best. Just the bare minimum of effort. And let’s not forget the “juice,” which was just watery squash that tasted like disappointment. They provided exactly two teabags no matter how long you stayed, and the teacups were practically shot glasses, forcing me to buy my own mug just to have a decent cup of tea. There was no Wi-Fi, despite it being advertised, and every attempt to contact the hotel was completely ignored. No matter how many times I reached out through Hotels.com or direct messages, I got nothing but silence. Same goes for “washing facilities” none to be seen. The walls were so thin you could hear everything—other guests stomping around, slamming doors, talking loudly at all hours with no regard for anyone else. This wasn’t a hotel, it was a glorified, poorly managed HMO with a price tag that made the experience even more insulting. Every corner was cut, every detail neglected. It was an absolute waste of money. Avoid this place like the plague.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

David

7 Dec 2024

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Does not meet the described standard. No car park. Limited breakfast. Poorly maintained room. Damaged linen.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Afnan

6 Nov 2024

Liked: Amenities

Convenient location for me and good value for money

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

simran

23 Oct 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Rubbish stay

Rubbish stay avoid at all costs not worth wasting your money

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Vaishali Sanjay

27 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

Close to UOB, Small rooms in a house. Narrow stairs to climb 2 floors with luggage. No Hotel Board, no attendant, was struggling to locate the hotel and check in. No cleaning stayed there for three days. No garbage pickup. No room tea/coffee fill up. Just basic stay.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

James

16 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Very, very poor customer service

Don't trust the information supplied when booking this property. THEY DO NOT CONTACT YOU 24 HOURS BEFORE TO PROVIDE CHECK IN INFORMATION. I chased them by phone less than an hour prior to check in advising I was arriving shortly advising they hadn't sent check in information. They didn't return my call. I then text them stating I hadn't received check in information. I received a curt reply with no apology stating they don't supply information prior to check in and that was the fault of the booking agent. No apology for this was supplied despite this being an issue between the property and Hotels.com. They actually had the audacity to advise me to take this up with Hotels.com rather than dealing with this themselves and further inconveniencing other customers. The walls are paper thin and when someone has a shower or flushes the toilet in their respective rooms it sounds like you are in there with them. The breakfast was decent but limited. For a very, very basic stay with absolutely zero customer service this accommodation is nothing more than okay, if you expect decent customer service and politeness don't stay here.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tina

25 Aug 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

This is the first and only time I have left a "hotel" without staying in a non-refundable. It did not feel safe here. It's not a hotel, but an old house on a busy road. No soundproofing and floorboards creaking loudly above me. Other guests kept leaving front door unlocked so anyone could get in and there are no staff or reception. I sent a message with a general question to the the hotel and never heard back. My expedia confirmation said I would receive my check in instructions 24 ahead... had a text message less than 1 hour ahead. Other guests kept asking me how to get in, was confusing. There was not one bit of signage to even say it was a hotel! I was so confused I walked past it twice! Once I got to my room in the clustraphobic house, it was filthy, disgraceful. The bed was messy all the covers kicked off with an a pizza box, food and old crumbs and dirt all over the sheets and the bed had OLD DIRTY TOE NAILS ACROSS THE BEDSHEETS. Room filled with rubbish and old takeaway, dirty and unclean. I have never seen anything like it. Kept trying numbers until I got hold of them, by this point I was really upset. They said they gave me the wrong room... and then gave me the wrong code for the next room! Luckily I got them to stay on the phone with me until was in new room. This was clean, but as I said it was noisy, no soundproofing, doors are heavy and slam and unlocked front door and no staff made me feel unsafe. It was on a busy main raod. I got the hell outta there!

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

4 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

Poor experience & mould on bread

Check in process is fine and simple - lock box on wall code sent via sms. Hotels.com says parking available - but you need to hunt for a parking space in a near by street Room very clean and tidy but the bed makes a noise everytime you move. I very much doubt the large gap under the door to the room would be fire safety regulations. There is a strange smell in the bathroom Towels were wet when we arrived and were not able to use them, lucky enough they never made the bed too wet.(as thats where they were) Doesn't matter whether the window is open or closed you can hear every single car go past. The front door slams shut, our room was right next to it, so i was awake since people started leaving around 630am! I could hear every single foot step from the people in the room above. I could also hear their toilet flush and at one point it sounded like a bucket of water being tipped on the floor, I'm assuming this was the shower. I could even here the buttons from the lock boxes being clicked when people return the keys. Breakfast this morning started off ok, until I found mould on a piece of my sons bread. Only member of staff apologised and kept telling me it was new bread, clearly it isn't that new if there was mould on it. Juice dispenser was leaking into a bucket (concerned it gets put back in the dispenser Contacted manager about issues, no response from message and phone number doesnt ring.

Doubt this meets fire safety regulations

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tony

3 Aug 2024

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Breakfast wasn't brilliant as it was only slightly warm. Food didn't taste great

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Mabelle

29 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I tried messaging the property for check in information and did not get a response via Expedia. The only option was to call the property and it was difficult for me as I only have a data eSIM and had to rely on my friends to call on my behalf. It took ages for someone to pick up and it has been a stressful and frustrating process. Room was small but decent for the price. Breakfast was supposed to be included but the door to breakfast room was locked even though it said “open from 8-9am”. No code was provided for unlocking the door to breakfast and nobody was around to provide any assistance. Will not recommend this to anyone

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

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