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Despite all the optimistic comments below, The Boars Head has been boarded up for the last few weeks.
19 Aug 2009 00:33
Cheap, busy and friendly.
Packed on a Saturday afternoon and the Timothy Taylors was very good.
Brass tables stink a bit though, like putting your pint on a massive 2p.
19 Jul 2008 18:02
Seem to be doing their best but still a vast, souless place.
Dirt cheap food though, and a great smoking area.
19 Jul 2008 17:58
Nice enough pint of Bathams, pricey grub.
Don't know what the fuss is about, to be honest. Plenty of better boozers in Birmingham, most not in such of a grim area.
19 Jul 2008 17:55
Never been in here before, went in on Saturday afternoon, nice enough but bar sealed off.
Drunk blonde landlady in the corner eating a fry up, shouting things at people and sharing private banter with bar staff across the pub.
'If food was as good as sex' she cackled 'I'd be 30 stone.'
How we laughed.
How we left.
19 Jul 2008 17:51
I saw a couple of bag ladies have a fight in here a few years back, pulling each others hair and scratching while everyone just sat there and watched.
Think they've done it up since then. Shame.
1 Jul 2008 19:40
No jostling at the bar here, went on Sunday to be confronted with a queue of pensioners standing in line, waiting to blow their pension money on a dinner.
Good place if you want to have a chat about the war I suppose, you might need to wake them up first though.
1 Jul 2008 17:45
The Bell and Bottle, Hednesford
Good, friendly back street local with a decent range of beers and an excellent smoking area.
Average age of clientele is about 60 but I quite like that in a pub.
1 Jul 2008 15:35
The Spread Eagle, Acocks Green
Bog standard Wetherspoons. Takes an age to get served and no atmosphere at all, everyone just staring silently at Sky News.
1 Jul 2008 15:26
Lots of stares from rough looking locals when we went in of a lunchtime which is a bit surprising given how massive this place is.
Food alright and it's got a pinball table (jealously guarded by the locals by the look of it).
Wouldn't bother again, I imagine it kicks off in there on a regular basis.
1 Jul 2008 15:16
The Lad In The Lane, Erdington
Fantastic building, oldest pub in Birmingham, building dates back to 1400.
Pity they can't pick it up and put it somewhere nicer than Bromford Lane.
Quite friendly though, good area out the back for smokers.
1 Jul 2008 15:14
Nice grub, friendly gaffer, bit rowdy in the bar, no-one in the lounge.
1 Jul 2008 15:12
The Nags Head, Henley In Arden
Unfriendly, both locals and staff, proper Slaughtered Lamb type place.
Given the choice nearby I wouldn't bother.
1 Jul 2008 15:11
Full of kids.
Stinks of grease.
Quite cheap, nice smoking area.
2 Jun 2008 12:49
A right dump.
Undrinkable beer at extortionate prices.
Moody atmosphere inside from hostile locals so sat on a rickety old bench in the car park (or beer garden as they have it) and stared at the graffiti covered, dilapidated shopping centre opposite whilst breathing in the fumes from the coventry road traffic.
I can think of no reason ever to return to this hole.
2 Jun 2008 12:45
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The Clements Arms, Birmingham
"Birmingham City Fc Home pub! avoid if you are an away fan!"
I think you have the wrong Clements. The bluenose loons frequent the one just by their stadium, not one the other side of town.
I assume you're a bluenose.
Anyway, I wouldn't recommend going here, the beer is pretty awful and you'll more than likely find yourself the only person in the place.
19 Aug 2009 00:41