thanks kev iam doing my very best here , food has never been better here new menu up, we also going to do bbqs every saturday afternoon as long weather holds out!!! themed fancy dress nites as last one was great!!!, iam holding a skittles night on 9th may start 6pm should be a laff , keep a look out for more updates :Dwell thanks you kev for your comment , can i just add they are still a decent crowd that come into the port and ive had no trouble since i took over management few weeks bk, and weekends are still very busy here , the real ales here are good and ive yet to get a complaint!!!!!, disco karaoke i dont have on every weekend!!!! , and the port will never turn into a dive as i wont let it , as for a pool table that was just a comment, i cant myself see that happening , i was brought in to attract young and old , and i tell you this things are picking up here!! if customers are happy iam happy , iam sorry that the port is no longer for you , i have plenty of customers coming back and its growing , give me a few months and this place will be booming I'm afraid I must agree with cannockchaser. At one time the Port was different to most pubs in the area - it attracted a decent crowd (packed to the rafters on weekends), served good real ale, there was no loud music and there was rarely the prospect of any trouble. For me an ideal local, and at one time I couldn't sing its praises highly enough. But now it seems to be heading the way of all the other chavvy dives in Tipton. Disco/karaoke, and now talk of a pool table? It'll be going the same way as the Lounge Bar and the Nag's Head before you know it. Ok if it gets the crowds in thru the door (but I'm not convinced) fair enough, business is business, but it's not for me sad to say.

A number 1 Odin?......sounds like a bit of a number 2 to me.......A few notable events on my last visit that I observed from my perch. Didn't seem to be as busy as usual.
Beer I had (number 1) was perfectly acceptable.
Some geezers took their pints back and got them changed, overheard it was something to with sparklers.
A tramp was going round selling the Big Issue, only it wasn't the Big Issue. He was waving some free magazineabout, hoping, people would pay him to go away.
Couple of middle aged blokes almost came to blows, one left, after a very heated debate and some handbags.

@Citizenwolfie "As for the Welly "dumbing down," I would have nothing of the sort - I meant it more that people sould broaden their horizons instead of flocking to the Wellington all the time. The other local pubs should indeed strive for greatness but it's difficult when the Wellington is as popular as it is."

I agree wholeheartedly, although the Welly is the pub I use most at weekends it does not always have my total beer trade there other pubs I
use, including the three you mentioned. Weekdays however it is difficult to drink in the city, due to lack of connecting public transport.

The Briar Rose is just a pub, although very cheap.....prefer the Old Contemptables....2 minute walk from OJS......excellent range of well kept ales - pint and a large glass of paint stripper £7......Blastbeat, you are welcome to the Briar Rose - I will stick to the very popular Old Joint Stock and the Wellington which is just round the back of OJS.Odin has obviously fallen for the wine hype or has too much money to burn. For £6 I`d want the wine in a 10 gallon bucket served by a strapping buxom serving wench (that`s not meant in an Andy Gray sexist way incase your concerned)

The Briar Rose a minutes walk away....in Birmingham City centre...... served the same paint stripper and an ale for £5.40.

Good to report that the price of Guinness, is still the same as it was before the January VAT and beer duty increases.There seems to be a raft of new staff in place at the Anchor, all very friendly, no need for the landlord to have taken such drastic action about the previous problems though......only kidding, still a great pub.Apparently the landlord has had a word with the regulars about the spitting, farting and spilling beer problem and assured them the barstaff will stop doing it............

Bacchus is a strange pub. But in a good way.

Upon first entering you might be mistaken for thinking it's actually four different bars. If you go in with somebody, one of you could be sitting in a Medieval banquet room, while three feet away your friend is in a Rennaissance Library. It's beautifully decorated whichever room you sit in.

Unfortunately it's let down by expensive drinks and food. Don't get me wrong, the meals my girlfriend and I had were very nice (standard Nicholsons' menu) but the beer was pretty poor and not worth the £3 and upwards I paid for it (and this was 2 years ago). The staff in there seemed a bit standoffish as well and don't seem to make an effort to get anybody served quickly. Understandable if they were busy but this was on a quiet Wednesday night.Absolutely no excuse for this let down. At least four lines of which two were shut for line cleaning at 5pm. Could the owner / manager get their lazy asses out of bed before the bar opens to clean the lines? The limited and uninspiring choice (of two) was overpriced. Food was too expensive to wet the appetite. Such a pity as with the location this place could be something special! An amazing place, I've never seen anywhere like it, good choice of beers and generally well kept, completely amazing decor, the only donwside is it can be very busy with limited seating esp if any more than 2 of you, go and have a look at least

They`ve had a couple of real ales on for a while which are pretty acceptable. Some of the prices are quite appealing - Banks`s bitter and a lager £2.05. The all day breakfast is cheap and fills a hole....and yup there are some oddballs in there (including me on occassions) the pick must be the twirling Frank Sinatra addict with the arse hanging out of his ripped kegs.Often you'll find a couple of unsavoury characters loitering around the quiz machine. They never appear to win, yet they spend hours playing.

Other than that, the beer is decent, a good range of pub snacks, which is important. Occasionally the bogs could do with a wipe.
Probably the worst pub in Moseley ... and at times the world. Peeling 1970s wallpaper and odd people who are old before their time.