The Forest Hotel - Dorridge
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Station Approach
Dorridge
West Midlands
B93 8JA
01564 772120
Katie Bolton
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The Forest Hotel description
Hotel / Conference Centre / Pub / Restaurant / Party Venue / Business Meeting Rooms
Medium (1-150)
The Forest Hotel Solihull is a privately owned hotel with 12 boutique en suite bedrooms. The hotel has a friendly local bar and contemporary restaurant listed in Michelin, the Good Food Guide and awarded 2 rosettes with the AA since opening in 2001. With 2 conference and private dining rooms The Forest offers competitive delegate rates and comprehensive menus for any corporate or private entertaining.
The Forest Hotel Solihull was built in 1870 when the train station opened and has traded as a hotel ever since.
Gary and Tracy Perkins took over in 2001 with the vision of creating a neighborhood restaurant with good quality food and service, the restaurant is the heart of everything The Forest stands for.
Our en suite bedrooms, each tastefully decorated with free WiFi, tea and coffee making facilities, and other extras you would associate with an AA 4 star restaurant with rooms grading. The 2 private function rooms, the Olive and Claret have licences to hold weddings and civil partnerships and can accommodate private dining for 10 to 140 guests for events from christenings to 80th birthday parties.
Venue suitability
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Venue facilities
40 spaces
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Other venue facilities
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Explore the rooms this venue has for hire by expanding the sections below.
The Olive room is the larger function room with its Victorian vaulted ceiling, own bar and dance floor, stylish décor, air conditioning for comfort, party lighting and I pod compatible sound system to set the mood.
Capacity
As meeting room:
60
For dining:
130
As theatre:
120
For dancing:
220
For a reception:
130
19m x 8m
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The Claret room is the smaller function room out of the two, it has a lovely atmospheric feel to it with dimmable wall lighting, air conditioning and its own independent music system and iPod dock.
Capacity
As meeting room:
20
For dining:
40
As theatre:
40
For dancing:
40
For a reception:
40
13m x 6m
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