Hotel du Vin

Housed in the Victorian red-brick former Birmingham Eye Hospital, this branch of the upmarket Hotel du Vin chain has real class, with wrought-iron balustrades and classical murals. Its 66 rooms have spectacular bathrooms; there's a spa and a gym, a bistro with worn floorboards and a stellar wine list, plus a pub and lounge bar with comfy, duffed-up leather furniture.