Woodman, Birminghamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Still open but not very busy on a recent Sunday evening. Very good Everard's beers on and a fairly striking pub.
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Disappointing to say the least, for traditional substitute tip, yeah some very nice tiling etc but really a sh** ho** is what it is so don't bother as the beer was not very good either.
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It has some great interior tiling and a traditional ambience. Yay! But when it's packed it's hard to navigate your way to the loo's Doh! The bar service by the young barmaids was prompt and attentive. Yay! But I had to send both my pints of real ale back. Doh! However I had a great pint of Amstells. Yay! But the shaven headed, burly tattooed raucus, 95% male clientele and a magazine on the bar with a double paged spread devoted to skinhead culture unnerved me. Doh! Then again they were, apparently, all Bluenoses and the black faces that entered were greeted warmly. Yay! But someone announced over the sound system that there was to be a collection in aid of someone I didn't know who had got wrongly sent down (actually I seem to remember a rattling tin present for his kiddie's birthday). Doh! But then everyone was genuinely courteous and friendly towards me, and considering the length of my hair I felt quite as though I belonged - yay! - 'cos on Saturday night they blast out some utterly brilliant northern soul, 60s r&b, ska and Two-Tone. YAY! I hope this helps in your decision of whether to tarry a while here or not.
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Top pub, had so many good nights and always look forward to the guest ales and finishing the crossword for Stuart and Audrey. A real pub and to few remain in the city.
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This pub is still traditional the only problem is it is not ansells anymore.
Brums most famous drink which is the ansells mild used to sell like hotcakes by the gallen,but no longer served.
They do have 3 ever changing guest ales which are well kept.
It is now mainly a blues pub but still real
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Disappointed to see how far this pub has fallen since its served a world-beating Ansells Mild a few years back. Only 1 Everards beer on, and not great. The pub has also faded from the Victorian glory it had, though a few more customers might help it a lot. The Think Tank across the road is certainly not providing custom !
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Victorian pub with original features. Real ales. A shrine to Birmingham City FC.
Steve Smith - 20 Aug 2006 22:10 |
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