Recently acquired by the hotel chain Holiday Inn, The Bromsgrove offers a decent quality stay at…read morereasonable prices. After a £3.5m refurbishment in 2008, the hotel is now one of the best in the local area. Having said that some of the rooms are still quite small, and the restaurant is nothing to write home about, however there are excellent gym and swimming facilities on site, and a golf course just round the corner.

What a lovely little hotel - I recently went here for a friends' wedding reception and was amazed…read moreat how cosy and nice it was. The outside looks like an old manor house, and it is beautifully lit at night - really shows off the features. Inside, the building is lovely - really pretty and spotlessly clean! It's not a huge hotel, but their function room can hold up to 150 for an evening function, and it is a really lovely, intimate setting. As it is only a small space, the bar isn't very big - and when we were there,there were only two staff working the bar which lead to delays in being served. The food is fantastic and they have a nice little garden area too, which would be ace in the summer, but too cold for a January wedding!! Not a huge amount of car parking tho, so get your guests to car share as much as possible!!

We had an amazing breakfast this morning as part of The Learning Conversation Group. Glad there is…read morea fantastic new Chef who completely gets what the customer needs.

Do not buy vouchers from this hotel, my mom brought me a christmas present of 100 pounds, which I…read morecouldn't use because of covid, then couldn't find the voucher. The hotel said they didn't have a record of it, but if I ever found it they would honour it. Found it and they still wouldn't honour it.

We got married at Brockencote Hall back in 2009! Since then they have been taken over, given a lick…read moreof paint, changed the service and by the frames in the hallway, won a bunch of awards. It's still magical going there and great to go for our very first Sunday Lunch. The food was gorgeous, the presentation awesome and the surroundings quality. This is definitely one of our most favourite fine dining locations in the world. For a special lunch or dinner, I highly recommend it. We also must stay again to see what the refurbished rooms look like!

For almost 10 years I've wanted to stay at Chateau Impney…read more And just before the end of 2017 I got my first chance. And about two weeks ago, I found myself there again for a second impromptu stay. Our first stay was out of necessity, as we thought we had a bed somewhere else for the night. Now we could have stayed at another place, on a blow up bed. But we decided to treat ourselves to The Chateau instead - no brainer. It had been snowing that day in late December, so as we arrived just before dusk, there was a light layer of snow on the grounds. It was perfect. The room we got (603 I think) on this first occasion was at the front of the building. It wasn't a terribly big room. But it was extremely comfortable and the bathroom, with shower only, was spotless. The bed was excellent also. That evening we ate at the bar and I had what has become the best egg sandwich I've ever had. Our second visit was after three days of canoeing and camping on the River Wye. Again a last minute decision, we both had the same idea when it transpired no one else in our group wanted to camp for a fourth night. Chateau Impney. And this second visit was amazing. The room we got (609) was fabulous. It was more spacious, both the bedroom and bathroom. The bathroom had a shower AND A SEPARATE BATH! Luxury indeed. We made the most of both. And as for the bed, it was just as comfortable as before. But after our river adventure it was even more amazing. Best nights sleep in a long time. We had dinner in the restaurant on this occasion, which was fine. I had a very nice mozzarella and parma ham starter. And a good risotto for the main. After this we were both in a food coma, so retired to bed. I almost forgot, the breakfast here was really good on both occasions. A really good full english and the usual continental stuff on offer. We are definitely going to be back.

The hotel and property were beautiful, and the reception desk staff were friendly and helpful. It…read moreall went wrong when we went to the dining room for dinner. The front desk had made a reservation for us when we checked in. However, the restaurant didn't get it, so that started things off wrong. They didn't want to seat us for over an hour, and we told them we were very tired from sightseeing all day and didn't want to wait until 8pm to eat dinner. There were only about 5 tables full besides ours. So they sat us and then promptly ignored us for the rest of the evening. We had to go to the bar to get our own drinks. A person from the kitchen brought our food out and no one ever came back to our table. The 3 waitresses were so rude and kept giving us the evil eye the entire time we ate. I have never in my life been treated so badly by wait staff at a restaurant. I can't believe that servers and wait staff are allowed to treat guests so rudely. We drove hours out of our way to stay here on the recommendation from a friend who said it was wonderful. We will not be recommending this place to anyone, nor will we ever return.

Holiday Inn Express is IHG's main budget brand, and is typically a good value / no frills option…read morefor brief overnight stops where you want little more than use of a comfortable bed for a few hours. This one is fairly average in appearance, decor, etc., but has some issues that I would have to mark it down for: - The parking for the hotel itself is limited, and although there is overflow into adjacent parking for a Harvester, this also tends to fill on busy evenings - Although it notionally has air conditioning - not necessarily something that can be expected in UK hotels as of yet :-( - I found it to only be marginally effective, and whan I raised the issue with management they admitted this is an ongoing problem - If you try to mitigate the air conditioning problem by opening a window the noise from nearby Motorway becomes intrusive

I stay here regularly. The staff are friendly and helpful. There is air conditioning in the rooms…read morewhich is good at their price level. There is a Harvester type eatery and a McD adjacent. There is food on offer but whilst it is decent quality,there is a limited choice. I happen to like curry do I don't have to go out. Although it is on the A38 and close to the M5 it is quiet. The rooms are standard but clean with good showers. There is free Wi Fi in the main concourse. I would not hesitate in recommending it.

I go on holiday with my parents a lot, and - sad, perhaps, but true - Droitwich is a traditional…read moremainstay of our car journeys southward. We have made this little Travelodge a home, somewhere we genuinely look forward to visiting. In and of itself, it's nothing special. Technically speaking, I ought to give it four stars because "Yay! I'm a fan!" is oh so true. But in the same way that I'm a fan of Confessions of a Shopaholic... that doesn't mean it's a stellar film. I love this place because of the tradition of the thing. But, again, in and of itself, it's nothing special. The staff are always friendly and welcoming, and it's conveniently located. There's no cafe-bar (why, when they say cafe-bar on trains, does it always sound like capybara? "There is a capybara on the train." Oh! If only, sweet announcer! If only!) and - where was I? Oh yes, there are the typical overpriced vending machines in the modest foyer but little provision besides that, but for us, part of the tradition is to go across the road to the Robin Hood for dinner anyway. They probably do a roaring trade in passing travellers over there. We also used to make a point of battling the Olympic Breakfasts in the next door Little Chef as well, but the breakfasts became gradually less Olympian until eventually the place shut. It had been replaced, last time I saw it, by a sad-looking Indian restaurant and cocktail bar, the building far too large for the two or three people I saw inside. But that's beside the point. Back to the Travelodge. I am very fond of this Travelodge, for such can indeed be so, O Doubting Ones, and while this is doubtless largely to do with happy associations, it's also got a lot to do with never having had an uncomfortable or unclean or unhelpful experience here. There's a reason we come back so much, after all.

needs updating not very clean signs a dog had been on the sofa bed dog hairs on carpet and sofa…read more good pub food across the road at the robin hood and a decent pint

My first Holiday Inn experience (I think) and it was alright…read more The positives: Free wifi Breakfast was included An ice machine in the lobby Blackout curtains Comfy bed Nice shower The negatives: The room was chilly and following the air con instructions to get warmer didn't help, just made the room noisier. No bath. After I paid the bill I realised the GBP/EUR rate they used was ridiculously bad value. Normally when I'm in the UK and I use a card I'm given an option to either pay in GBP or take the rate offered but I wasn't given the option and didn't cop until it was too late. Sneaky tactic. As for the stay itself: It was better than one Travel Lodge experience I've had. But I've had plenty of Premier Inn stays that exceeded this one. And one recent Ibis stay was miles ahead. The positives do out weigh the negatives in terms of count, but not sure I can go any higher than a 3 on this one after the sneaky rate conversion.

As expected from this chain the room was basic but very clean. I had actually forgotten my…read moretoothbrush so was glad to be provided with one free of charge. The nice thing about this place is that even given its proximity to the M5 it was nice and quiet.