Great location 5 minutes walk from the coach station and 10 minutes walk to The Bullring Shopping Mall. The staff were very friendly and welcoming and booked me in straight away and showed me to my dormitory bed, showers, toilets and kitchen. My bed was warm and comfortable with a privacy curtain, locker and electric socket. Breakfast included apples, oranges, bananas, bread/toast with jams, marmalades, peanut butter, Nutella and tea/ coffee. It had a nice lounge area for chilling out with free tea and coffee anytime of day. Kitchen for cooking yourself with a microwave and refrigerator for storing food. Would definitely stay here again and thoroughly enjoyed my 6 nights here.

All good.

Close to a wedding reception in The Old Library. Complimentary toast, tea/coffee breakfast - as a hostel, guests do their own washing up. Cctv covers 2 parking spaces and the entrance. 24hr car park £3.80 per day until midnight within about 200 yards and free road parking from 6pm Saturday and all day Sundays. Clean rooms and clean shared bathrooms close-by. I think only one room has an en-suite.

I was happy, but some people may be worried about:- 1) Location is down side streets , though I felt fairly safe with lots of folk walking around late Saturday night. 2) Most guests appeared to be singles staying longer term, but managers have strict rules so that everything is in order.

Great value, very comfy bed, 24 hour access all made it great. The complimentary breakfast bar (toast, coffee, etc) was a pleasant surprise in the morning

No fault on the accommodation at all, but it was a bit nervy finding the place, the general area looks a bit rough/run down, a bit off-putting when you're not from a major city

This was a fantastic stay with great value for money. Staff were lovely and room was large. I booked a single room for so cheap it was only about 10 dollars more than a dorm!

The only thing is the location, whilst I felt safe for the most part, the last turn off the main road to the street the hostel is on is very dimly lit and very scary to walk at night alone especially as a woman. At one point a car stopped right next to me and I thought this was the end... it's only about 200m or less to walk this section but for this reason I might not pick again. I had read this in reviews when booking and I have to agree.

Organised and helpful staff. Entrance with code and code cards, heavy, safe doors, CCTVs. Lots of showers and bathrooms. All clean and with air-wicks [you can rent towels]. Comfortable wooden bunk beds with curtains, power sockets, good stairs to climb. A big-enough locker [take your own safety lock or buy a good one at the reception]. Spacious, clean kitchen. Good, refurbished and clean social area. Good house rules that keep the place low noise and orderly (no loud phone calls, media devices w/o headphones, wash and clean your stuff etc.), rules are reinforced thanks to staff and regulars. A mix of different visitors and nationalities – backpackers, regulars, for work or tourism. 15-25min walk to get around, bus stop/station, train station. Safe room to lock your belongings if you need to [free of charge when staying].

It's a hostel. Oftentimes if something is a bit off it's because of the different type of people visiting or simply the large overturn of people. Staff handle it surprisingly well. The area is industrial – as most of Birmingham. Some might find it a bit off-putting, but once you take a walk – the graffiti around the are is real nice, there are new establishments opening in the old buildings, there are CCTVs, etc. Remember to take care of yourself and your safety first in any place. Some mould developing at one of the showers, but the hostel is working on renovations gradually.

Location - 5mins from the main coach station. 10mins-15mins from city centre and main rail stations. Close to shops, etc. Building - Easy to miss but not what you expect to see inside; bright colours, well light, small reception, mini bar, EQUIPPED KITCHEN (missing from website). Staff - Very helpful, friendly, accommodating. Dorms - I stayed in a mixed 6 beds. clean, comfortable, curtains for privacy. Showers - Enough and clean.

Bedside light would complete the dorm. Could do with a fan in the room. I didn't ask, so it may have been available. May be offer a small menu for side orders e.g. chips, garlic bread, olives, tacos. It would need to have sufficient demand for it to work.

It was an amazing stay second time in the backpackers the staff is is amazing I could honestly mention Visha for being the bestest at all the time. An hard working asset for the Organisation.

Well again the same staff not every staff is the same apart from the above mentioned staff there is only one gentlemen who is kind rest of them absolutely pathetic never knew was I the guest or them at some points but never mind attitude is the biggest problem they have mentioning it when approaching them in the absence of visha, gave me this disappointment. I think the management needs to look after this thing.

The kitchen area and breakfast were simple but had plenty of space to cook and store food along with decent breakfast options. The rooms were spacious and had plenty of room for luggage in the lockers for nothing bigger than a carryon size bag and backpack. The bathrooms and showers were nice, clean, and well kept. The lounging area was very nice and there were games to play and tv to watch while hanging out. The beds were decently comfortable and had a privacy curtain and outlets in each bunk.

It is a bit of a walk depending on where you are coming from. It was a 20-25 minute walk from the bus station and the tram only cuts off a couple minutes. The area is kinda out of the way making me not feel the most safe at night but I didn’t have any problems while staying.

I spent three nights here and, as a female single traveler, it was an amazing experience. The position of the hostel is central - the centre area is reachable in a 10 minutes walk - and Digbeth itself is a really interesting neighbourhood to walk through. Beside me being alone, I didn’t feel scared at all walking back at midnight. The rooms were clean and super nice - had my little bed and closet. The bathrooms were at my surprise always clean and available. Overall I had the most comfortable stay. The staff as well was really friendly and welcoming, got upgraded in an all-female bedroom for free and had some really nice chats with the receptionists. Absolutely recommended.

The booking and checking in process was really easy. The room I was in was located within a few steps of one of the bathrooms, both were really clean and had a fresh smell and feeling to them. The bed I was in was very comfortable and the surrounding curtain of the bunk was excellent for giving yourself some privacy and making it dark. The locker in the room was more than ample in size for the amount of luggage I had.

The only thing that would have made the experience even better was being told about either bringing a padlock for the locker or about the option to buy one, but once I knew about this the lovely man at the front desk sorted me out very quickly with buying one.