OYO Rowton Hotel

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Reception
Standard Twin Room, 2 Single Beds
Hallway
Bar (on property)

Reviews

4.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Breakfast available
  • Business services
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Alcester Street, 145, Birmingham, ENG, B12 0PJ
  • Place, Birmingham Hippodrome
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Place, Bullring & Grand Central
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Place, O2 Academy Birmingham
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Airport, Birmingham (BHX)
    ‪29 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Single Room, 1 Single Bed

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

Standard Double Room, 1 Double Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

Standard Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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About this property

OYO Rowton Hotel

This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a 24-hour front desk. Other amenities include wedding services and a ballroom.
OYO Rowton Hotel offers 241 accommodations with complimentary toiletries. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include showers. This Birmingham hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

During your stay at OYO Rowton Hotel, you're just a quick walk from Hurst Street. You'll find features like a restaurant, a bar, and breakfast (surcharge).
  • Free WiFi
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Full breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include luggage storage and wedding services
  • 5 minutes by car from Broad Street and 5 minutes from Symphony Hall
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. There are 4 meeting rooms available. A complete renovation of OYO Rowton Hotel was completed in January 2017.

This Victorian Birmingham hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy full breakfast on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM and on weekends from 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM.
The Naylor Bar - This bar serves dinner and light fare.
Princess Helena Suite - This restaurant serves breakfast only. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Street parking available
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM on weekends; GBP 7.95 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Princess Helena Suite
  • The Naylor Bar

Family friendly

  • Cot (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 4 meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 1 building
  • 5 floors
  • Ballroom
  • Built in 1903
  • Renovated entire property - January 2017
  • Smoking not allowed
  • Victorian architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Cot (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 2 AM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are available for GBP 10.00 per night.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 7.95 per person
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 10.00 per night

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Property is also known as

Paragon Birmingham
Paragon Hotel Birmingham
Rowton Hotel Birmingham
Rowton Birmingham
Rowton
Rowton Hotel
The Rowton Hotel
OYO Rowton Hotel Hotel
OYO Rowton Hotel Birmingham
OYO Rowton Hotel Hotel Birmingham

OYO Rowton Hotel Reviews

Reviews

4.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 73 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 177 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 185 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 205 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 360 out of 1000 reviews

5.6/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Staff & service

5.4/10

Amenities

4.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

8/10 Good

JK

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was fine, staff were helpful room was fine shower was good. Tea coffee and TV. All I expected worked perfectly.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified

4/10 Poor

Julie

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

Give it a miss

Very tired room. Single glazed windows which were very dirty. Really thin pillows.damp stains around the windows. No tea at breakfast. Didn’t help that I was stopped by a chap as I was arriving. Asked me if I was staying there and told me he’d checked in then straight out. Showed me pictures of dried vomit in the corner of the room and dirty stained sheets.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified

4/10 Poor

mark

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Jesus.

Make sure you pack an oxygen mask. The whole floor on the fourth was shocking, damp, freezing cold, rotten. The staff tried their best. Someone was moving furniture all night above our room and it weren’t no regular headboard bashing !
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

It's fine as long as you aren't overprecious

Room was fairly basic but fine if you don't mind the shower leaking onto the floor but it wasn't that bad. There was a bit of a draught coming under the door but it was officially a storm that night. The corridors were also very tired looking and needed a good paint but I wasn't sleeping, eating or sitting in them and so it wasn't an issue for me. Bottom line is that I would go there again
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

sueusher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very happy to have stayed here overnight. Everything was satisfactory and the building is amazing
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Nathan

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

Not very nice

Not nice. Dirty, sick in the lift, blood on a door. Fire alarm constantly going off, no fire. No apology when checking out even tho alarm was still going off. Ridiculous
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Das Gebäude ist wunderschön!! Nur leider gabe es in meinem Zimmer keine Heizung und war dementsprechend etwas kalt (könnte aber auch an den Renovierungsarbeiten liegen). Das Personal war dafür aber super freundlich und zuvorkommend.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Louise

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

Will return

Second stay at the rowton and will return. Is being refurbished so not perfect, hairdryer and clock not working, bathroom shelf needs tightening but staff very pleasant and helpful, room clean and comfortable. Very good price.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

James

Liked: Staff & service

It all right :)

Shower some few hair on wall no clean wipe it, very cold in room, bed is sleep is ok, most noise door bang all time. Reception staff was good friendly :).
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great value for money. Clean rooms, good amenities for a nights stay! Good location centrally.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

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

Only Book Here If You're Desperate

Bed was uncomfortable; I felt every spring in the mattress. Wifi was advertised in-room but only one of my devices could even detect it. The room was a freezer box with a non-working radiator; I complained and eventually got a space heater -- they refused to change rooms. I described my experience to my Uber driver when I left and he informed me that the Rowton is a place where people tend to go for a few hours, not a whole night. The place definitely had that feel.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Bathroom sink blocked. Sink stopper was in a locked position and I had to pry it apart with metal keys. Fan in bathroom was constantly on even half an hour after light was off. Hair dryer died with excruciating rasp. Otherwise everything fine.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An absolute dive Only a matter of time before it’s shut down
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Decent for price

Reception looks clean and nice but as soon as you enter the lift and make your way to the room, its whole new world. Overall decent for the price I paid. Good for using to just sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Verified

4/10 Poor

Amanda

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

Wish I’d slept in the car!

Second time staying here.....and oh my days, this time I wish I’d slept in the car!! Room was freezing, so cold that we had to get under the covers BEFORE we went out to get warm. Heating was just a small electric radiator that kept turning off. Reception Staff wasn’t interested. Asked for more coffee to keep warm and got told no by rude receptionist. People on landing standing round whilst the place smelt like weed!! I know it’s cheap but wow, don’t even get heating!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Windows were so old they was creaking in the wind, bed was the same. Shower was just cold water
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

georgiana

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

Disgusting

The hotel hallway is very dingy, the shower is grimy the window sills are disgusting. The place smell of damp . All around entirely disgusting
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Kieran

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Did not feel
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

John

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Not good

Basic like an hostel.check in interrogation.eg.why book a twin when travelling solo.wanted photo i.d if you come in with someone else they will need photo i.d.etc no toileteries no milk stale hard coffee...
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

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

Wrap up warm

Looks the sort of place that would have been a grand hotel in its heyday, unfortunately that was years ago. Corridors & rooms are now very tired, peeling walls & dated decor. Draughty windows & a single tiny heater meant a very cold room. Not the sort of place i'd take the Mrs (or girlfriend) but just about did the job for a couple of lads on a night out!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Liked: Staff & service
My stay was amazing because I got to check in earlier which really suited my needs at that time
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Shareen

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

Best customer service!

Firstly I want to say when I read the reviews about the Rowton I was very apprehensive about staying there, but after my stay there last week I feel those negative reviews are completely unjust. I had a Christmas do to attend that night I was travelling alone and sadly my drink was spiked, I was left paralysed in the process losing my phone, keys, cards everything! A colleague brought me to my hotel, but the vigilant receptionist saw I was not in any fit state and refused to let me colleague take me to my room without security. I don’t remember any of this at this point I was paralysed and had blacked out. I woke up at 5am in the morning with no recollection of what had happened to me, I was tucked up safely in bed but didn’t know how. I was freaking out still with the after effects of being spiked I was in full on panic, frantically searching for my phone trying to understand why I felt like I’d be hit by a truck. I went to reception and was met by the front desk manager Amy and her colleague who were incredible, there’s not enough words I can say for how much they helped me that night. They had notes about what happened from the receptionist at the day shift Shazia, who even wrote the description of the men that brought me back with contact details so I could verify things. They calmly explained to me what happened both concerned about my well being and health. They all went the extra mile and made sure I got home safely when I had nothing. Thank you so much.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Cheap and cheerful

For the price was very surprised.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Dominic

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Grim but cheap.

The sheets were clean. That was the only thing. It was cheap so I got what I paid for. But my ceiling was mouldy and the windows were all green with mould.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On my last nights stay I was torn from my sleep twice within an hour due to the fire alarm going off at 12.30am and 1.30am. And the staff members were not help full and i was unable to return to a peacfull nights sleep resulting in less than 4hr sleep gaind.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019