please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Called in while looking for beers from the festival list, and managed to find a couple. Condition of the ale not as bad as Pear Tree, but not sparkling. Not my favourite spoons, and must admit I only call in when a festival is on.
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Hurtled downhill recently this place. If the amazingly unpleasant staff on door and bar don't put you off, the clearly reheated food and inability to pour a decent pint surely will. Bottled Okocim alone can't save this..
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Very large pub in City Centre. Was the longest bar in Europe, but as someone else reports that is no longer the case. Typical 'Spoons pub, but with even more of the human flotsem and jetsam that frequents these places.
Takes ages to get served on account of insufficient staffing levels for a pub of this size. But that's corporate pub running for you. Had food once, it was the usual fayre.
I have been in here around 15 times since it has opened and at least half ogf the opccasions has seen a fight.something kick off in here. Albion and Villa fans/hoolies had an 'off' in here once or twice, Blues fans use it before home games, so AVOID on a Saturday - well just AVOID fullstop really.
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Possibly the worst pub I have ever been in! Full of scum. Saw a bloke washing his hair in the toilets sink and got approached by a 60 year old prostitute! Makes you never want to go to a pub again.
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This pub used to be the nearest one to work so it was a regular haunt. It's very hit and miss. Some days you can have a great time, other times you can't get out fast enough. I've not experienced the same vagrant/shagging in the loos problems as other reviwers but I would definitely agree that it's often hard to get served, especially at around 5pm when it's chocka with the escaped from work crowd.
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Used to have the longest bar in Europe, I believe thats changed hands now. This place gets alot of bad press but I find it quite a good place. I think the basic problem is (as with most spoons) the shortage of staff.
It used to be very busy and because the bars so long and there are so few staff customers do get annouyed from waiting. Its a typical wetherspoons problem of not enough staff period. The Briar Rose near by has the same problem and it comes from area managers trying to meet targets.
Its a large place, at one end is the smoking area which is quite small, the rest of it is dedicated to non-smokers. Even though the bar is huge I find it easy to get served, just stand in front of a till is my tip, plus its alot quieter now (i don't know why).
I would say a place to have a drink with mates either during the day or before hitting the clubs, I personally would take my family there just doesn't seem like a family place to me. But thats just me.
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The worst wetherspoon in brum. Vagrants kept coming in walking around asking for change. Had to take real ale back several time as it was undrinkable.
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Full of passing bag heads and tramps, staff rude, and diabolical waiting time for a pint, unless you are a friend of the bar staff,also 2 blokes shagging in gents told doormen and they did nothing!! give this pub a wide berth
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Dodgy. Had an attempted bag snatch on my mate here and witnessed several daytime tramp fights spilling out. Staff are mixed, some are very helpfull although had a few rude treatments here. Convenient for lunch but thats about it.
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gives wetherspoons a bad name. awful food, rude staff, dirty place.
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Nice friendly staff and usual large selection of cheap beer.
Huge impressive long bar that nearly stretches the length of this large JDW offering.
Very Nice 4 a pre club drink, 9/10.
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Very convenient for a bite to eat and a drink, while having a break from shopping. The cliental was abit rough. Bar staff were averagely polite but what surprised me were the door staff. They make you feel so welcome! Really charming gentlemen who opened the door for us and greeted us with a big smile. I couldnt believe they worked for wetherspoon. these guys were very professional!
anonymous - 29 May 2006 09:24 |
The worst spoons pub in brum. Ambivalent staff and lots of sorry not available, if you find one thats got a clip it is usually off anyway. Save time and anger, go to the Square Peg or the Briar Rose and see what can be done by 'spoons staff that give a stuff about people.
As CAMRA once said in an early GBG avoid like the plague.
anonymous - 14 Mar 2006 20:39 |
Very large pub, with a very rough clientelle even by
'spoons (and Brum) standards. Packed on shopping days.
The saving grace is the array of handpumps which can
be put to good use during beer festivals.
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i agree this could be a lovely pub, but alas! Wetherspoons have got their grubby hands on it.
When I last visited (shortly before Christmas) I was so disappointed with it i wrote and complained to Wetherspoons (what did I get back? A £5 voucher. Great, I'll have to go in another Wetherspoons....)
Rubbish service, average food, dirty pub, impolite bar staff......I could go on....
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This could be a really great pub with some care to the finer details. Its spacious and in a great location but like any wetherspoons it seems grubby. Hard to find a table where the previous visitors meals have been cleared away. Recently the meals seem to be taking longer to arrive and the portions seem to be getting smaller
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Well it's a Wetherspoons so everyone knows what to expect ie: poorly kept beer, indifferent bar staff, grubby interior etc. Not really my cup of tea, especially when there are far far better watering holes round the corner.
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full of old drunks and chavs
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Cheap beer not always the reason for nipping in anywhere,this is
one of wetherspoons poorer efforts which is a waste of a suberb location a spacious through lounge,except for the very tasteful decor,excellent old pics of Brum & its more famous sons & daughters,food ok,but if you're 40+ leave it until the daylight hours
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A great place to start off on a night out up Brum before heading off to Broad Street. Cheap beer, despite the very long bar, if its rammed, can take an age to get served. If you like pub grub, then the 'Peg is definately a good option. Then again, so is the Figure of Eight.
anonymous - 19 Jan 2005 13:42 |
Another cheap Wetherspoons pub. Sticky tables etc. Not a great place, but cheap!
anonymous - 2 Jan 2005 19:53 |
Another cheap and cheerful Wetherspoons venture in the city centre. Used to be a department store, and as such the bar is long and narrow. Service is ok, but they do tend to all congregate around one part of the servery. Another pub let down by a ridiculously long bar. Good mix of people in here, typical Wetherspoons clientelle. Expect heavy security after 3pm on a Friday and a Saturday, as it has been known to kick off in there. Second best Wetherspoons in Brum.
Stuart - 24 Jun 2004 14:23 |
