Old Farm Hotel

Disappointing
Traveller Type: young couple
  : It was very good English breakfast.
  : The room was cold.There was no WiFi in the room and poor reception elsewhere in the hotel.The bar was never open at any time.

Very Poor
Traveller Type: review category business travellers

Very Good
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : The staff were generally polite, efficient, not outright unfriendly, but clearly too busy to smile much. The rooms were clean and comfortable. The grounds were pretty, well-maintained, and pleasant to sit in, whatever the weather, which was conducive to catching up with my family. The food was excellent when catering for my mother's wake, especially when accommodating my vegan daughter with some excellent cake. Just a pity many could not stay long enough to eat it all. Onsite parking is available but limited and not really enough even if only half of the rooms (5/10) were full, never mind if visitors to the venue arrive on top, as is needed if holding a Wake or any function?There is on-street parking nearby for mourners potentially.... (but the stay is limited to one hour) This venue is advertised to cater for a wake of 70 mourners. This could work, provided all mourners arrive by public transport. We had fewer than 20 people, and most could not park. (Most were not local enough to arrive by train/bus, but the local population could do this easily)There are excellent cafes within a 15-minute walking distance of this hotel, which are very pleasantly situated in the lovely Bournville Green area, where coffee/tea/Brunch can be obtained as breakfast and access to hot drinks from the kitchen/bar closes at 10 am at the hotel. (as you would expect from a bed and breakfast facility) Bournville does not have pubs, etc., as expected in an area created by the Quaker Cadbury Family, and IMO this has maintained the areas beauty. You may need to travel for evening meals and takeaways if that is what you want. I would happily recommend The Old Farm if you need Bed and Breakfast accommodation based in this part of Birmingham if attending for business or pleasure with one vehicle and no pets.
  : We had previously stayed here as an extended family in what was a family-friendly dog-friendly hotel able to accommodate relatives and others attending my father's Wake in 2017 (Indeed, my brother and I had virtually lived there with his dog when our father was ill for several months for long periods)..... this is no longer the case after our mother died in 2024 due to a change in ownership and a general change in customer attitude and provision. This caused some heartbreak to two relatives unable to mourn with us and having to sit in the car park of the hotel (though unable to park their car) having traveled long distances with small, well-behaved, trained dogs. The hotel needs to warn those following previous experiences of a dog-friendly hotel that this is no longer the case and that the hotel is completely different from what it was. The hotel must warn families that mourners cannot park nearby for more than an hour, so realistically, no more than 5 attendees can attend a wake unless it is over within 60 minutes and they walk there from the crematorium or arrive by taxi. I should have checked Trip Advisor before booking; I cannot blame anyone else for assuming it was still the place it was.

Very Good
Traveller Type: group
  : Close to Cadbury world
  : Could do with chair in upstairs bedroom 3 so could sit at desk to do hair etc

Good
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : Lovely old building
  : Too close to the noisy road

Very Good
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : The lady was very pleasant and welcoming and it was very clean and tidy
  : The tapes in our room didn’t work properly.

Fair
Traveller Type: review category business travellers

Wonderful
Traveller Type: with friends

Very Good
Traveller Type: group
  : Very good breakfast, slept very well and nice, powerful shower
  : For the price was fine

Very Good
Traveller Type: group