Reviews of Birmingham Central Backpackers

58 Coventry Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, England B5 5NH

86.9%

944 out of 1012 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Birmingham Central Backpackers'

Atmosphere
89.6%
Location
83.2%
Facilities
82.4%
Cleanliness
84.0%
Staff
93.6%
Value
89.6%
Safety
85.6%

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77.1%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 60%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Nina Persson

Alone

Visiting friends or family

05 July 2011 Nina would recommend this property

Liked: Really nice and friendly staff, and lovely atmosphere.

Disliked: It is located in the middle of an industrial estate, and walking there by myself in the evening was a bit scary.

40.0%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 80% Facilities - 40% Safety - 20%
Location - 20% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 40%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

04 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It was cheap

Disliked: Pretty old and run down, in a pretty dodgy area

100.0%
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Adriana Roberta, Adile R. Pacheco, Zapata

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

02 July 2011 Adriana Roberta, Adile would recommend this property

Liked: I spent one night and one day there and it was really nice!

Disliked: I have nothing to complain about.

85.7%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Partying / nightlife
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities

30 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great atmosphere common room, free soup in the evening, very helpful staff.

Disliked: An industrial dishwasher in the kitchen would make it much more easy :)

100.0%
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Andrea Zec

Alone

City break

29 June 2011 Andrea would recommend this property

Liked: Everything.

Disliked: None.

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break

29 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Really nice atmosphere and common room; highly recommend.

Disliked: -

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rebecca stevens

With friends / other travellers

Events / festivals

28 June 2011 rebecca would recommend this property

Liked: I found it very secure and found the facilities better than I had imagined.

Disliked: nothing springs to mind

100.0%
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Sal Southard

Alone

Business / conference
Visiting friends or family

26 June 2011 Sal would recommend this property

Liked: I loved the pod beds - very comfortable and private with the curtain at the end. I found the whole place really friendly and staff very helpful; I enjoyed my stay.

Disliked: There was nothing to dislike. It was all excellent.

94.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Anne-Sophie Loquais

Alone

City break
Sightseeing & culture

26 June 2011 Anne-Sophie would recommend this property

Liked: Very friendly, colorful and homy! It's 1 min-walk from the bus station, 10 min from the city center.

Disliked: The surrounding area is not very friendly, and may be scary.

48.6%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 40% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 20% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Business / conference

21 June 2011

Liked: A good place to stay if you want to meet people from all around the world.

Disliked: The beds were really uncomfortable. The location was really noisy with a pub in close proximity that blared out music until the early hours. Not a good place to stay if you want to sleep.

85.7%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Business / conference

20 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Colourful property with helpful staff and nice atmosphere. Nice breakfast.

Disliked: Bit noisy on Saturday night beacuse the closer pubs.

91.4%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Dawn Beales

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

18 June 2011 Dawn would recommend this property

Liked: very relaxed atmosphere and the lounge area was a really nice place to chill, meet people and watch dvd's or just read a book.

Disliked: the sleeping area and lounge/kitchen were in seperate buildings

74.3%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

City break

16 June 2011

Liked: I liked its proximity to bus and train stations, and the fact that it had female only dorms.

Disliked: Dorm was cramped, bed linen didn't smell fresh.

77.1%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

SYED MUKHTAR SYED MANSOR

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

16 June 2011 SYED MUKHTAR would recommend this property

Liked: clean room and helping staffs...

Disliked: maybe just the surrounding area.. looks so scary...

100.0%
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Gabor Prudencio

Alone

Business / conference

14 June 2011 Gabor would recommend this property

Liked: All the people I met there were amazing, the atmosphere itself.. in fact I was supposed to move after 2 days, the Company I work for wanted to pay for a 3 star hotel in City Center....but I decided to stay. I ended up saving my company money, I had more fun, and the people I met there, are probably gonna be friends forever. That includes staff and other "backpackers".....I feel the luckiest bloke around.... thank you very much BCB!..cheers and carry on! nagyon köszönöm! ...muchisimas gracias!!!!!

Disliked: nothing. Absolutely nothing.

97.1%
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Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Matic Vogric

Alone

Business / conference

08 June 2011 Matic would recommend this property

Liked: positive atmosphere

Disliked: everything was great

74.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 60%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Business / conference

03 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very friendly staff and atmosphere

Disliked: There could be more showers: on a crowded day you may have to wait a while...

94.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Evgeniya Surovtseva

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

29 May 2011 Evgeniya would recommend this property

Liked: x-box in room

Disliked: uncomfortable beds

91.4%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Praveen Gounder

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

28 May 2011 Praveen would recommend this property

Liked: So easy to meet people in their big, busy lounge room. They have so much free food! The staff are very helpful. Comfy beds.

Disliked: The place is a bit hard to find. Lockers are a bit small and the hostel a bit old, but that adds character, right?

100.0%
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Tomas Aguerrebehere

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

27 May 2011 Tomas would recommend this property

Liked: Great place to stay. People working there are TOO KIND. Just good people helping travelers in any way possible.

Disliked: Nothing.

94.3%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities

20 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It's near train station , very convenient .

Disliked: The bed is too soft,,

100.0%
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Qasam Javaid

Alone

Work / volunteering

17 May 2011 Qasam would recommend this property

Liked: Relaxed atmosphere, was made to feel at home. The staff (Canadian/polish guy, sorry cant remember your name) provided excellent customer service.

Disliked: no wifi in dorms, but told that will be set up soon in a few weeks

74.3%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 60%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

17 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The atmosphere and the friendly and helpful staff

Disliked: The location

100.0%
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Logan Sulek

Alone

Partying / nightlife
Visiting friends or family

17 May 2011 Logan would recommend this property

Liked: Awesome place! So funky could stay there in the pub just fer the fun of it great people as well. It's worth goin' over to Bgham just ot stay there fer a couple o' nights and have some fun.

Disliked: absolutely nothin'

100.0%
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Binu padmanabhan Nair

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

13 May 2011 Binu padmanabhan would recommend this property

Liked: Friendliness and helpfulness of the staffs, they gave information on what ever questions were asked and should keen interest to help in whatever way they could. They are the best!!

Disliked: Wished there were lockers


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