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A few yards down from the Anchor, this traditional place is also on the CAMRA National Inventory due to it's interesting layout- central bar with a small back room reached by a side corridor- and tiled interior. The place is very friendly, and the ales here are more than acceptable. I was starving and didn't expect any food to be on offer, but I was wrong- nice cheap pies! This is one of the best areas in Birmingham for pubs and the White Swan helps make it so.
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Decent pub, in an area with lots of competition. Pleased to see the addition of Jennings ales alongside the old Banks's range.
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A very friendly place and whilst it has a smaller selection than The Anchor, it is my preferred choice. The Banks's Mild is excellent and the building truely a delight to visit.
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Lovely pub, limited range of beers but all very nice, very nice old fashioned place and the staff very freindly. Well worth popping along to before or after a visit to the Anchor down the road.
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I love the White Swan! Not such a huge selection of real ales as the Anchor up the road, but this pub feels much more relaxed. The ales are great and the mild is excellent. Nice to unwind there after 90 minutes at St. Andrews. The clientele and bar staff are really friendly.
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If you can't get into the Anchor - and it is often rammed - a more than acceptable alternative is this handsomely tiled pub. In fact the more you use it the more The Swan might become your preferred option. A smaller choice of real ales, but always well kept. Very attentive service, there's often at least three staff behind the bar. Great for watching footie and a handy stopping off point before and after matches at the Blues. The vibe is usually cheerful and friendly with Bluenoses at their most philosophical.
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A great pub with Banks' beers and guest ales. The friendly Landlady didn't object when I changed my mind about the pint I wanted - she'd hardly begun pouring it though, luckily. Nice interior, seemed friendly enough for a posh-sounding stranger to have a decent quiet pint or two.
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Does the oh so beautiful Bridget still work here?
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This is a great pub, but if you drink lager I'd recommend bottled. Ladie, the lavs are rotten.
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Very old-fashioned palace of a boozer, all brass, dark wood and ornate green tiling, this is a Banks' pub just down the road from the Anchor, set between a couple of disused warehouses on a Digbeth side-street. The landlady is friendly, the beer extremely well-kept (including some from Jennings') and fairly cheap, making this one to seek out when in central Brum.
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I like this place, especially the neat Victorian style tiled corridor that leads to the cosy back room
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Cracking pub, forms part of the the Golden Mile pub crawl, that is, The Spotted Dog, White Swan, The Anchor & The Lamp Tavern. Good Beer, Good Atmosphere & The Pogues always seem to playing on the Juke Box which is a bonus.
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Beautiful Victorian pub in the same style as The Anchor, friendly and a good atmosphere.
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