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3.5 out of 5
Cobden Hotel Birmingham
166 Hagley Road, Birmingham, England

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 113 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 239 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 265 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 218 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 167 out of 1002 reviews" "

6.2/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Ismaila

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The birth room
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Sadie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really friendly staff& nice big rooms. Room service was until 5am which is really good. I would stay again&recommend to others xx
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Aqib

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good food and beer.😊
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Delia

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
Comfortable good sized room, nice breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Blaise

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Angela

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Shabby but definitely not chic!
This hotel very shabby and cold! Gym equipment out of order, jacuzzi out of order, no door on sauna and sauna and steam room not working! Tiles falling off the walls in showers and radiators rusty! Broken windows so glass on the roof of the conservatory in breakfast room. The room was cold on arrival! No bed side lights, big hole in bath so i put a plastic cup in it in case anything crawled out! Location doesnt make you feel safe lot of police cars and homeless asking for money!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Allan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Reception staff very helpful not only with check in but with advice for local travel. Room was a bit shabby, shower needed an upgrade, air con didn't work.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Jaime

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Need for improvement
Hotel needs a complete refurb. All pictures on website are outdated so it's complete false advertising and you wait ages for bar staff to get you a drink. My advise is to stay clear of this hotel and pay more for a bit more of a guarantee you don't get this horrific mistake we made.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Traveller, Stratford Upon Avon

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is nothing to like about this property. The room is NOTHING like the pictures! it was in an absolutely disgusting state. The rooms were filthy, there was blood all over the floor, the toilet hadn't been flushed. The bedding was filthy. The smell of weed was overwhelming. I did not stay here, I walked in and walked straight back out again, I had booked 2 rooms and neither room was used.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Candy, London

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel does not look anything like pictures. Really tired and rundown. Chunks of wall/dressing table missing. Flaking paint just really in need of attention
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Needs a complete refurb, bedroom doors battered light flicker in room Jacuzzi our of order, beams in pool rusty, tiles in pool To be honest all very shabby
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Location was convenient and clean but the building was shabby worn and tired
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel. Cheap price but top notch facilities and friendly staff. Highly reccommended.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Allan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Okay
Room #97 Floor boards make too much noise when you walk around Toilet seat kept moving
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
It was okay
Room #97, floor board needs to be fixed makes hell of a noise when walking and toilet seat also needs fixing as keeps sliding away
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Paddy, Birmingham

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Room and Hotel it self is a bit dated. Bed was uncomfortable and the bathroom was not clean. we found bits of hair stuck around the Bath and the worst part was the toilet did not flush. We got back rather late in the night and we didn't realise about the toilet until the morning resulting us to use the public toilets instead. Did mention it to the Receptionist however She had just apologised. It was embarrassing. Tip- Make sure you check the room before staying!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Graham

Liked: Staff & service
Coben Hotel
Although i only booked 48 hrs in advance i go a goo price for a Saturday night but the room we were given was a bit worn and tired. Nothing like the photo's shown. I couldn't turn off the radiators, the LED lamps either side of the bed got extremely hot which tells me that they were cheap imports from China as LED lamps dont get hot to touch. The room itself was tidy, bedding clean though the shower room could've been cleaner and a shelf in the shower would be helpful to put shampoo and shower gell on. i don't know if the main part of the hotel or leisure centre is any good as i didnt use them
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Allan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Last weekend I booked this hotel in Birmingham and it was so bad hotel that I cannot describe the pain I went though. I went to staff and asked them to change my room they said they don''t have anything other than that room. I do not know how hotel has 3. 5 star when it is not even 1 star. Pictures are so misleading and room and other facilities are in so bad order that I cannot describe them. Carpet where old and smelled vetly bad, very scruffy. Heating did not work all night next day they fixed it all night I slept in cold. Toilet had mold in it and bath tub was dirty with other people hairs. Sink had a crack in it. Not health and safety and fire evacuation poster was in the room no details of assembly point in case of fire. This is not a hotel this is a horror house. On top of it I called Expedia many times but Expedia system was down.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Kim

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel is in need of some maintenance
The bed linen and bath towels are clean and the bed is comfortable. The receptionist was friendly and helpful. However the hotel is run down and in serious need of a repaint and general maintenance. Very disappointing when you have been guided by the website. The waitress in the restaurant was very pleasant and polite however the food was not edible and two of our party of four had upset stomachs the next day ( one having partly eaten the curry bites and the other having eaten the fish cake etc. The two guests that weren't ill ( one partly ate Nachos and the other ate a few chips and a piece of pizza. We would not choose to return to this hotel and was glad that we only had one night here and that we had booked a different hotel for our second night.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

A

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

alan

Business traveller
Disliked: Room comfort
Cold
Room was freezing
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would not return
Room was on ground floor, had a thin window and was next to the car park which was on a busy road. It was breezy as if a window was open, and very noisy day and night. The heater did warm up the room well and the family room was large. I did have to move one of beds away from the breezy window. The shower room was basic but adequate. The pool has an additional charge and the jacuzzi was broken but we had the pool mostly to ourselves when we visited. The bar area was not family friendly on the Friday and Saturday night we stayed. There were drunken arguments and swearing often by different groups of people. There was a visit from a police van one evening. Did not seem to be any hotel security.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Joanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Jasmine

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

peter

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Concert.
Everything worked as it should. All staff were friendly and knowledgeable. The place was warm and the breakfast excellent. Just that parts looked worn - corridor carpet and bathroom door and sink. We were advised that the Argentinian restaurant oppssute was good, and it WAS!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were nice and friendly and the breakfast was good value
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Amanda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
A stay for 1 night.
The hotel was in need of some TLC, handles were loose,there were marks and rips on the walls.my room was very noisy being next to the lift. My friends room had a blocked shower.When she spoke to a member of staff she was told maintenance didn’t work on a Sunday and then was handed a plunger! breakfast was ok and the rooms were adequately furnished. Sheets and towels were clean too.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the fact the event room was at the hotel. I disliked the pool area. Hot tob filthy. Dirt scrum bubbly in the hottub.was theregore not interested in the pool, which is smaller than rhe photo advertisesd.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

David

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thankfully short
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

John

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Happy with service and it was clean the staff were friendly, ordered food, arrived quickly freshly cooked.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

Robert

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Cheap. Never again.
Plenty of builders vans outside when I arrived, cheap, so understandable. Not the type of place for a family break. Dated carpets and decor, but 5 minutes from Birmingham centre. Room door frame had been kicked-in and badly repaired but locked so safe enough Noisy bar, the same rubbish was outside the main entrance for 2 days. 2 nights was enough.
Room door frame.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location great price, friendly staff just the job if you are looking for accommodation on a budget.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
There was no pressure in the shower Moved room again no pressure in shower We couldn’t have showers The staff member expressed that all rooms were occupied & everyone were in the showers
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Kampreet kaur

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It’s nice place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Hemant

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Althea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb
Excillent staff great location ,clean rooms comfy beds
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Julie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Sam

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Ok as a basic use hotel
If you don't expect much, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Bree

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable Room
The hotel was very comfortable and staff were attentive, would definitely recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Chesney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Anthony

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Changed room as the sink was falling off the wall so was the skirting board. Bathroom tiles had little or no grout in them. Generally needs money spending on the place.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disgusting rooms
Had change room 3 times. Third room the the toilet , sink /drains smell awkful and mafe me feel sick. I asked for a receipt and was never given to me. Poor service truly disgusting rooms. People smoking and load music.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019