Lloyds, Birminghamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Wandered in late afternoon when it was quiet - gave up later the same day after 10pm as was (unsurprisingly) heaving! Unusual banana beer was good, service excellent, food looked good (but not tried)
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On a recent daytime session in Birmingham we happened to drop in to the Solomon Cutler just by chance really. They only have three ales on here but thats not really a problem more an act of common sense. I had a pint of Wychwood Dirty Tackle which was really good. We decided to eat here and were all impressed by the quality of the food, it was nice and hot plus it arrived in a reasonable amount of time. In all I was glad we poped in, the only down side to the whole visit was using the gents toilets. As I walked in the wall to the left had a rather large blood stain on it. Im supprised the staff checking the toilets didnt notice it.
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What are the chances of a guy pulling here?
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went here sunday and the boucer let my mate keep his silly hat on but made me take off my muslim hat, fascist bonehead dont you realise i just went upstairs and put it on! prick!
anyway, you can have a laugh in here, although NEVER drink the ale because its sh*t, you need to get on the red wine and port, thats cheap and will get you monged.
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This used to be the perfect example of a excellent Lloyds No1. It had loads of comfy sofas, had a very laid back atmosphere and was the best pre-club bar to go too. During the day it used to get busy with people from offices coming in for lunch, music used to play from midday. At night the volume gets turned up for the party atmosphere.
But now because wetherspoons have changed their policies this place is more like a wetherspoon pub than a trendy Lloyds No1 bar. All but a few of the sofas have gone, music is turned on at around 7 o'clock in the eveing and lunch times are dead. Its a real shame that wetherspoons felt they needed to make its two brands more similar than different. I've noticed this accross the wetherspoon lloyds range.
Moaning over this place still attracts at night and is still a great place to go too. The ground floor is huge with plenty of seating and a reasonable dance floor, the bar is quite big with service being quick. Its equiped with Sky and sport is shown on some (not all) of the screen so its not invaded by sports fans. The upstairs floor is slightly smaller with its own bar and theres a great view onto Broad Street. Upstairs seems to have a more intimate atmosphere but really it isn't any quieter.
This place has lost its charm in a way, but is still great, highly recommended.
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Went here tonight n the bouncer would'nt let me in because my passport was out of date. This is ridiculous, it is still a form of identifiation. All my mates in there having a good time and let the rest of them in n sent me packing in a taxi home. I'd say its a good place to go, but the bouncas were just too intimidating and fussy, for no reason.
anonymous - 30 Dec 2006 01:01 |
The H-File tour came to Birmingham this past Saturday night (2 Dec) and our group started drinking in here. The bouncers let us all in with no problems. Of course being a Lloyds bar you could take advantage of the relatively cheaper drinks. I got 3 Magners, a pint of Sam Miguel and 2 double Vodkas/Red bulls for comfortably under �20.
I liked the screens showing the music videos playing in the background which I feel added to the lively and cheerful atmosphere building in here. Enjoyed the 90s dance music playing (Baby D - 'Let me be your fantasy' for instance). The dance floor is a wee bit on the small side, though no-one was on it when we were here. There was some female talent around and this seemed a reasonable place to start searching for H-Files. This place was also handy to watch the end of the Middlesbrough, Man Yoo game, with screens aplenty in bright surroundings.
With hindsight, we should have come here later in the night, given the lack of atmosphere and female talent in some of the other bars we later went into and the club we eventually ended up in. Well worth a visit if you're in the Broad Street area.
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the first comment was probably written by a girl... why is it bouncers are the most charming, considerate, thoughtful people in front of women but find it hard to muster even a sense of basic human interaction with men... insecure about their manhood after taking steroids, no friends apart from other braindead heaps of lard or just too thick? Not sure... would be a good subject for a chat over a pint... out of sight of the oafs on the door of course.
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as for very nice door staff i am very suprised at this comment because i have witnessed on more than one occasion very heavy handed door staff that have no place doing that line of work
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This is a wicked pub/bar, try it on a Saturday night for the full Lloyds No. 1 experience! Seriously though, it's a well worth it bar (good bar staff) with very nice door staff. It's a Wetherspoons, which makes it that bit lighter on the pocket! And it plays music, what more do you want??????? A big thankyou to the door supervisors (do you guys read this?) for being generally great!!!!!! Love you all! x x x x
anonymous - 2 Jul 2005 00:53 |
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