The best hotels in Birmingham

What are the best hotels in Birmingham?

Birmingham is a big, bustling West Midlands city with Victorian shopping arcades, old canals, a growing food scene and plenty of arts and culture. Whether you’re here for a weekend of shopping and cocktails or fancy somewhere a little more special, there’s a good choice of places to stay. Hampton Manor Hotel gets our vote for a memorable escape, with its Gothic manor house, lovely grounds, excellent food and cosy cocktail lounge. For a central city break, The Grand Hotel Birmingham is hard to beat, with elegant suites, impressive Victorian interiors and a rather lovely bar.

Take a look at our Where to stay in Birmingham guide for a closer look at the different neighbourhoods. Alternatively, you can scroll down the page for our full selection of recommended hotels in Birmingham.

The Best Places to Stay in Birmingham

For a City Break

• Central, comfortable and affordable, Malmaison Birmingham has made itself into an easy choice. Its 193 rooms and suites provide plenty of choice and versatility, and the chic bar and restaurant solve the problem of where to eat too. Expect neutral shades, and pop art on the walls.
• Hotel Indigo Birmingham is a striking asset to the Birmingham city centre skyline, a tall building, with a Tetris-like facade. Inside the geometric design continues, in a range of specific styles and colours, throughout the 52 rooms and suites. The indoor pool and spa are great additions for a city break stay, and the restaurant and bar are very good too.
• Hotel du Vin is well located for the station, and for Birmingham’s fanciest shopping streets. A charming example of the Hotel du Vin chain, this property has 66 rooms and suites, decorated with a rather masculine edge, and plenty of green. It also has an excellent bar and restaurant, plus a spa.

For just out of town

• Hampton Manor Hotel is something of an escape from bustling Birmingham. Its Gothic facade is set within its own grounds, in Hampton in Arden (about 13 miles out of town). Inside Goth style continues through the 19 rooms and suites, and permeates the communal spaces, which include two restaurants, a cocktail lounge and a greenhouse. This is the sort of hotel you don't need to leave, from the welcome cocktails, to tasting menus, wine and whiskey pairings, cooking lessons, and the pampering spa treatment menu. Perfect for couples or groups.
• Grace and Savour offers a chic escape from Birmingham, this time to an idyllic restaurant with just five rooms (it's part of the Hampton Manor Hotel above and is located within the manor's walled gardens). Newly built, and surrounded by gardens and kitchen gardens, this spot is known for its extraordinary 15 course tasting menu, using home-grown, foraged, pickled, infused, and carefully sourced ingredients. Each of the rooms is brand new, built and decorated in a Scandinavian style, with natural materials, and beautiful concrete-moulded baths.

For Romantics

• Edgbaston House is a chic bar and restaurant, with just six guest rooms, and plenty of glamour. There’s an Art Deco feel to it, with lots of shiny black and gold detail in the bar and restaurant, yet plenty of crisp whiteness in the spacious rooms upstairs. Many rooms have roll-top baths, and one suite has two showers, side by side.
• New Hall Hotel & Spa is a grand, 600 year old manor house, turned luxury hotel, in a leafy spot just outside Birmingham. Some guests are just here for the spa facilities, or the 2 AA Rosette restaurant, but the 60 charming rooms and suites deserve a mention too! There are actually two restaurants here, one of them the fine dining rosette winner, and the other a more relaxed brasserie. And there’s a gym and large indoor pool as well as the spa. The decor befits the grand surrounds perfectly.
• Saint Pauls House is a restaurant and bar in Birmingham’s jewellery district, with a collection of simply, but stylishly decorated suites on the floors above. Each room has tea and coffee making facilities, unique tartan, and romantic city photography on the walls. Close to the museums, and shops.
• The Grand Hotel Birmingham is a properly grand choice, an institution dating from the Victorian era, and still dripping with grandeur from its vast height ceilings in the bar and restaurant, to its elegantly imposing staircase complete with marble pillars, and spacious suites with four-poster beds. Even if you opt not to stay here, we recommend you try the cocktail bar, with its bygone era charm, and the chic bistro/ restaurant.

For Great Value

• The High Field Townhouse is a carefully converted townhouse, with 12 surprisingly large rooms and suites, and an even more spacious bar and restaurant, just a short stroll from Birmingham’s city centre. The decor is comfortably elegant, with well-shaped furniture, and well-chosen fabrics and colours. You’re close to the botanical gardens, and lots of places to eat and drink.

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Travel Information

• Birmingham Airport has good connections to other destinations in the UK and Europe, and it’s only about ten minutes from the centre of town by train, half an hour by bus, or 20 minutes in a taxi. If you’re travelling by rail you may find yourself coming via London, which is only about an hour and a quarter away, or via Manchester, which is about an hour and a half.
• If you want to hire a car we recommend you visit our online partner, Rentalcars.
• Birmingham is a city break destination, with year round appeal. The weather is more pleasant in the middle of the calendar year, but it will be easier to book attractions, and marginally easier to book accommodation outside of the school holidays.

Still not sure?

• Originally part of Warwickshire, Birmingham has expanded around itself, and now includes parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire, so it’s worth checking out these locations too,
• Alternatively, contact one of our friendly Gurus for personalised advice.