Can I just say with the fiery courage that is available when using a nickname that I preferred this pub before the re-furb? WIth no concession to proof or even accuracy the impression I get is that if the management can't get a pub in Moseley, then Moseley must come to them. Very welcoming and to the new Hockey-ites in their nearby lofts and penthouses - a new emphasis to the description Jewellery Quater perhaps? - with prices to match. But for all of the contemporary Sunday supplement additions of which you happy while away a pint just looking at, something of the pub-of-the-people atmosphere and charm of previous has been lost. But then that's a personal bugbear of mine and this is by no means a bad pub which still knows how to serve a decent pint, and I'll very rarely pass it without popping in. Points for professionalism.Yes, found The Red Lion now but it seems to be one of those "invisible bars" as it does not appear in lists of "pubs nearby". It is also not listed as "Jewellery Quarter".Cracking review in the birmingham mail ...
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Really enjoyed my visit. Pub was quiet (Sunday afternoon), great selection of ales which are ordered by the number, displayed on a plasma TV. Bar staff were very friendly and even gave us a number of the local CAMRA magazines hot off the press. Also they permit you to bring in your own food and will give cutlery etc out.The cat is called Wellie!
When I visited she was feasting on Peperami curtosy of one of the customers, who she swiped when he wasn't paying her enough attention!good choice of ales but getting expesive for the ales
as no windows that open can get a bit smelly in there and why have bar stools hogging the serveing area on busy weekend nights?

My first visit so no axe to grind re previous management etc. Excellent beer, great pork babs, cheap. Plenty of space. Memorabilia. What's not to like?Sad to see there has been a little strife over the change in ownership. All i can say is that this was and still is the best pub in wolverhampton. The real ales are great and the Holden's Mild top notch. Being a historian, i love the memorabilia. Not eaten much here, so cant comment on thatBest pub in Wolverhampton, Holdens mild, Bathams bitter and Murphy's are all top notch.Dr's verdict - try all three.

Thanks "the giant" for the luck, currently we are doing 16oz t bones and 10oz sirloin steaks, I can order in any wine you request and larger T bones if you require but unfortunately we have lost the bathems. we have a fine selection of sexy beers though with The Dark hatters Mild, Holdens and at least 2 guest bitters aswell. Infact this Sunday all Cask will be on sale for £1.50 as we are shutting for the refurb on mon, tue, wed (6th, 7th, and 8th October)

If you would like to book the number is 07515460175. Just try and give me a bit of warning for any special requests. Thanks for your comments. See you soon.Wish you lots of luck, Viki, though I make a point of staying away from pubs even remotely linked with the word karaoke. Let me know when the 32oz T-Bone with a bottle of chateau neuf and pint of Bathams return!Hi all, if you can get a copy of "Out inn Brum" turn to page 16 and I think it's well worth a read.

I was pleased to see that a substantial refurbishment is under way.

It was also good to see good food been served.

I wish Viki would turn the music down a bit, but if thats all I can find fault with I lookforward to many more good nights out.

This is a pub thats on its way back.

Well done Viki and Staff.

Great pub, great beer selections and Hobson's Mild is quality. Nice little outdoor section and a host of rooms. The comments here say it all.

As it can get very packed, i just have a sneeking regard for the White Swan just up the road - truth is if you do one, you will do the other!Not much to be said that hasn't been said already. Great pub, great beer and the staff are top notch.This is a fantastic pub, currently surrounded by large building sites. Newcomers might find the location a bit obscure (unless they have come by bus) but it is well worth seeking out.

A welcome outlet for Fullers beers in Birmingham, which is usually busy, but with enough room for everyone. Good food too.Went here again..... just gets better was very busy on a Friday afternoon but the beer was excellent a couple of barrels had gone but even though it was very busy they got changed straight away and the line was cleaned top service had a Pie from the specials menu Balti Sausage Pie excellent the pint of discovery I had was cool and refreshing the half of honeydew was tasty and clear like I said it just gets better.WARNING. The Bailiffs who issue warrants for your arrest. Drink in this pub.

Had a visit tonight in the name of Quility control. I had a pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord which was super stuff. The nicest pint of Landlord which I have had in a while.Very much a local pub. On my visit they were serving, Ansells 'Mild' and 'Bitter', Bombardier and Pedigree.
Sports memorabilia of golf and West Bromwich Albion. The is dates and pool. Large Garden and right buy the bus stop 12 and U2. Has in the past been in the good beer guide.I drive past this place often. It always looks welcolming. We were the only customers at the time but the beer was beautifully kept. It could do with a smarten up on the inside.

Around 12 months ago i would have given this place a 9 out of 10 but each time i go in the beer seems to be slowly deteriating.I absolutely love Holdens normally but tried a couple of pints of mild and they were flat and smelt of vinegar.Went on to the Murphys which was fine.It's a shame as the pub is really nice and brilliantly situated and i find the staff to be very friendly and welcoming so i don't like to run it down but it's such a shame when it could be class with better kept beer.57evie - The Station doesn't serve Calsberg. Also, if it was flat, why didnt you take it back?57evie - you do sound a bit of a mug mate, why go to a real ale pub and drink carslberg?

I found the three holden beers I tried all top drawer, just a shame its abit out of my way.

Wouldn't win any pub beauty contests, but indeed a great place for a quiet pint of good ale.I agree with the other reviewers. Great little boozer with great beer. Well worth a visit!I can't believe that I have never made the effort to get across to this pub before, its a little belter, with the emphasis on little. Tight bar area with a good range of beers including a couple of guests, the Landlord obviously has a passion for his pub and the beers, because the whole package is welcoming and friendly. We will definitely go back here, very enjoyable.

Returned after an absence of nearly 2 years to find NO CHANGE! thank god. Same great staff, Lesley, Pat, Mary, and others too numerous to name. Same good beers ( with the exception of Kingfisher .... why? )and the same superb food. Authentic Indian stuff with a dedicated and very popular barbecue. Unless you like crowds avoid like a plague when Albion is playing home. This place is HIGHLY recommended.
Suki, the proprietor, has opened a restaurant in Darlaston, I'm going to try it, I'll let you know.Blokey is spot on, though several years of word of mouth have made the Vine into a very-well visited secret ! London Pride was very good (prefer the Bathams though); and still hard to beat the kebabs. Real shame about the lack of a play area, but I guess they don't need that to get the custom. NB their restaurant in Darlaston was really good, though we were the only one there on Sunday lunch - no real ale tho'Two of my favorite things are, good beer and good curry, combine the two and I give you the Vine. This is definately a word of mouth pub, if you dont know where it is or have never heard of it you wont find it. From the outside it looks quite unpresuposing, yet cosy in a manor typical of the Black Country. Its main claim to fame is of course the food, especially the purpose built bbq at the rear of the building serving freshly grilled chicken tikka, shish kebabs, tandoori chicken and naans, there is also a full curry menu. Could do with maybe one more guest ale but the selection of Archers Ales are well kept and always very good. I cant praise this pub high enough, it is "bostin" as the locals would say........

the regulars only policy has me baffled - how do you become a regular if you can't get in there in the first place? and what constitutes the word regular? do you need to go in every day, weekly, monthly or what? the pub itself is locked in the seventies and in urgent need of a facelift. i thought drinking was a social activity, but this place is full of unsociable miserable gits! if you want to see a few friendly faces in shirley, go to the plume, pintpleasebark obviously hasn't as there is rarely any trouble in the plume and certainly no drugs or police raids! Refering again to the previous comment from "pintpleasebarkeep" you refer to people who like to get "lashed" and act "anti social"- well im sorry but i cant think of a better example of being anti social than having a sign outside a PUBLIC house saying - "REGULARS ONLY"-(how hypocritical can you be!)
Also i find the comment stating the 2 local pubs as being "dangerous places to drink" and having police regularly "breaking up fights" and "searching for drugs" to be not only a downright LIE but potentially libelous - i have regularly drank in both the saracens head & plume of feathers for many years and not once have i witnessed any trouble at either. Is this meant as some sort of slur on this forum against these pubs in order to gain extra custom for the overpriced and unfriendly red lion?? ok so you say ... "i am more than willing to pay an extra few pence on a pint to be assured that I won't have to watch my back"
do you mean then that this pub has spent extra on hiring security staff or has sophisticated security measures which might confirm the need to cover extra costs ? ...errr the answer is NO!
i do beleive your talking nonsense !also what you said about people consciously calculating that their combined 20pences pieces could make them more drunk elsewhere, doesent add up really does it???

Beautifully situated in rolling countryside, great beer, food and service. What more could you ask for?Love it, just 10 minutes drive out of south Brum and its a real gem. Good scran and a micro brewery tooThis is a first class real ale pub with a great selection of their own beers and a good variety of guest beers so it is always good for a visit by real ale drinkers. There is a good choice for food in a basic bar area, a comfortable lounge, or in the restaurant that has been added on to the pub. The garden is a haven in the summer too. Great place to visit anytime.

Cracking pub - try not to get run down crossing the busy road to get to those nice Bathams beers. Bit of a labyrinth in there but partly because it's part way through the pub crawl and things are little blurry. Pork pies should not be missed. Nectar of the Gods. "Blessing of your heart, you brew good ale" says the Shakespeare quote on the front of the building. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona knew their ale.A fitting tribute to one of the finest pints in the Midlands. Leave the kids at Merry Hell Shopping Centre and partake of the Bathams.Good food, great beers. Simple but brilliant. I don't care if the landlord's an Albion fan. And now you can buy the polo shirt too.Just do it.HaHa! Don't ever let Mel hear you call him a Wolves fan! He's a Baggie!!! Superb beer, consistently the best pint in the Midlands, if not the universe. Great spread at lunch time as well.

Wonderful pub! Brilliant landlord , friendly staff, delicious ale, good food. I live five miles away and it has become my local.Cannot recommend too highly - well worth a visit if you are in BrumVisited this wonderful pub to enjoy the beer festival being held this weekend, and enjoyed some superb ales. It is a great pub to wander round and admire the decor, and the food is also something they should be proud of. A well run ship with friendly staff.It is extraordinary that this magnificent example of Victoriana survives intact in an area of some "distress". Maybe being by itself on an island surrounded by three roads helps to keep the undesirable element away, although several plain windows where there surely were etched ones before bear testimony to some attack from the surrounding natives.
Superb selection of Oakham ales and several guests, excellent Thai food, quickly served even on a match day, friendly and efficient staff and wonderous decor with ceiling to floor tiling, wrought-iron staircases. plenty of etched glass, some old bell-pushes and a series of snob screens at one end of the huge island bar (although the snob screens don't look entirely original to me. They has a huge pile of new floorboards ready to lay throughout the pub, but it's such a vast and warren-like layout that you almost didn't notice the pile at all.
Fabulous example of all that can be good about a pub -long may it continue.

what a great real ale and food pub set in a great location well run by john and his wife well worth a visitThe Greatest?

Ever-changing beautifully kept ale, massively portioned and supetbly cooked food, friendly welcomin staff, cheerful clientele, lovely location. And I only came here for the first time yesterday? I have some serious catching up to do..This is a lovely pub to visit. It still has interesting small rooms and they serve good quality real ale from a variety of breweries. By a canal and boatyard, and holds real ale beer festivals.