Conference Aston

I was here for a conference and the conference facilities were pretty good. The hotel is very well located for Central Birmingham and easy to get to. The bedrooms are small but adequate, with a small desk large enough to work from. The food and bar facilities, however, are appalling! My first meal was lunch and there were three hot choices. All three of these choices were for special-needs eaters: there was no meat! The only meat available were cold accompaniments to the salads. The eve...

A fairly basic room. Good location and great staff. Excellent breakfast, perfect poached eggs... The pool is not in the hotel but instead is part of the university.

Lovely campus and nice lunches offered as part of external conferences held in Conference, Aston. Attended a JCT course with some colleagues, enjoyed the campus vibe ! Nice after lunch sunny walks in mid Feb inside the campus. Car park available within campus as well.

My booking was made through a third party however the hotel say they never received it which I find hard to believe. They had plenty of rooms available when I booked and the agent I use never sends me a confirmation (which I received) until the hotel has accepted the booking. I arrived only to be told that there was no booking made and that they couldn't accommodate me for my entire stay. One of the days had since had every room fully booked by one company, maybe it's just coincidence but it ...

Unfortunately the hotel staff member was quite rude, the walls are paper thin and you can hear multiple rooms from yours, hence the two stars. If you need information about parking don't even bother calling, I imagine the reason for their curtness is that they have an agreement with the parking lot and get money for directing customers to only to the millenium parking lot. There is PLENTY of on the road parking which is a lot closer and cheaper, oh and also free from 7pm to 8 am. I had hoped ...