Wingate by Wyndham Birmingham/Inverness - Birmingham, Alabama

Josh H.

As other reviews have pointed out, this hotel is under heavy renovations. The room we had was probably 80% completed, but the tub was a complete mess. But we were aware of the renovations and the "dust" didn't bother us.

The 2 frustrating parts were related to timing. We were given a ground floor room with a window a few feet away from where the construction workers were working and they started loudly doing their thing at 6 a.m. on a weekend day where we were going to sleep in. Not ideal. Then, at 11:00 the maid began pounding on the door and informed us we were past checkout time. The Wingate website clearly says 12:00. They need to get on the same page with their policies.

Those problems aside, it appeared that this hotel will probably be acceptable enough when the work is finished. If the price is right and you're not picky, it's probably just fine.

Tom P.

Hotel is showing age and needs renovation. I was a little disappointed in the condition based on the price we paid. Furnishings were scratched, marred and stained. Walls were cracked, dented and marked. Shower tile grout had plenty of mildew. Drain in the bathroom sink was rusty from a constant water drip. The worst part... the room had that old, musty smell that gets into your clothes and luggage. Looby and pool were nice and well kept, however. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Good location, but I doubt I would stay here again until a renovation is complete.

Joseph P.

The room is adequate and serves it's purpose; it's nothing fancy, but it's also not too shabby. The courtesy guest that checked me in was personable and friendly. That being said, my room faced the back side of the hotel and I was awoken several times in the night by loud talking and laughter coming from the back parking lot. I genuinely thought there was some type of party going on. It is unclear to me if these were employees or if they were guests; nevertheless this occurred several times throughout the night and into the wee hours of the morning. If these were employees partying and playing around in the back parking lot, they clearly don't value their guests. If it was other guests who were carrying on without giving any thought to those who may be in earshot of their awful noise, the front desk would have had to have heard them (considering I was on the second floor and could clearly identify their conversations) and should have respectfully asked them to keep the peace. It should have been handled before ANY guest was awoken. My intention was to address the issue with the front desk employee at check out, but was distracted when I had to scavenge the grounds to find any employee who could man the vacant front desk and help me. I'm very disappointed in my stay here and will be staying elsewhere for all future Birmingham stays.

Chris A.

We had to go to Birmingham and chose to stay at this motel. We got a great price through AAA. Our first room had some issues, and we reported it to the staff. They only had a suite left and bumped us up for the same price. The staff were all friendly and helpful. Breakfast the next morning was very good. We would stay there again.

Charles W. B.

We had many problems here but hopefully won't be experienced by everyone. The place was under renovation and really should have been closed until completed. The lobby was under yellow-tape with torn up floors. Our room was pre-update and had a broken lamp and a non-working telephone, neither of which were corrected while we were there despite our reports. Again, once the work is completed this should not be an issue but you should check with the desk before booking. The other issue was that were first double-charged and in the process of correcting that the hotel charged us a 3rd time. In the end it was all settled but it took 3 weeks from when we first checked in and also mainly because we did not give up.

Kasi R.

We had a great stay. Nice roomy hotel room. The hotel looks like it is going under some intense renovations right now so rates were great, we just had to deal with a bit of a lack of parking spaces with all of the renovation supplies in the lot.

ChrisGitonga

Arguably the most disgusting stay. Our first room had bed bugs. They changed rooms for us again and the room we got had sheets that had something that seemed like mucus or something.... the receptionist was really nice though. I will definitely not be a return guest.

Donald P.

My family and I were just passing through Birmingham and needed a nice hotel to stay at for the night. We looked up this hotel online and thought that it would more than accommodate my family. However, it definitely didn't.

Upon arriving, we went up to our rooms to find that they seemed to have stopped working on them halfway though. The closet was unfinished and had paint and drywall chips all over the floor and it hadn't been vacuumed. When we opened the window, it looked like they were mudding the drywall above the window and it had run down the window and was smeared around like it was barely cleaned off. My daughter found what looked like puke on the bathroom wall by the toilet. There was also some kind of brown substance on the wall beside it. The hotel was nowhere near full and they chose to put us in half-done rooms.

We had planned on swimming in their outdoor pool that night. But when we all got ready to swim and were down there, we found that the pool had been completely drained, except for some brown water toward the bottom, and had caution tape draped around it like it was a crime scene from CSI. The website never indicated that the pool was closed and the receptionist failed to inform my wife of that when she made reservations for us to stay there.

When we went down for breakfast the next day, we were even more disappointed. The muffins were really dry, like they had been refrigerated from the previous day. There was cereal, but no milk. The orange juice tasted like tang or some other imitation orange drink.

When my wife spoke with the receptionist, she was less than helpful. She just told us that she was sorry and handed us the receipt. Stay here at your own risk! I would avoid at all costs.