| Pub | Comments | Location |
|---|---|---|
| BIRMINGHAM | ||
| Newt | An enormous plastic pub in the basement of the shopping centre, but providing a good pint of Bank's Bitter
Last visited December 2006. |
Pallasades |
| Wetherspoon's Briar Rose | The decor features some good wood panelling. Look out for the strong room doors as you make your way through the labyrinth to the toilets.
Last visited October 2010. |
Bennetts Hill |
| COVENTRY | ||
| Charterhouse | A friendly one bar two sided pub, off the beaten
track, attached to a rather good indian restaurant. The
restaurant has a separate entrance but they will let you
sneak through behind the bar when it's raining.
Last visited April 2000. |
Terry Road / Orwell Road | City Arms | A typical Beefeater restaurant, with Boddington's
beer.
Last visited 1996. |
Earlsdon Avenue South, Earlsdon |
| Craven Arms | A pub with a rather good Chinese restaurant attached.
Banquet B recommended.
Last visited 1996. |
Woodway Lane |
| Gatehouse | Five real ales were available when I visited this pub with one high room with barn roof beams and bare brick walls. I had Reverend James and it was excellent.
Last visited September 2010. |
Hill Street, just inside the ring road. |
| Litten Tree | A fairly new large open bar/restaurant with nice decor, busy on a Saturday afternoon. The food is good but the real ale is not. Unusually, there's waitress service, and you don't pay for your meal until you've eaten it.
Last visited August 2002. |
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| Mount Pleasant | I wandered out of my plastic hotel, passed
MacDonalds, Blockbuster, ASDA and KwikSave, and what a
pleasant surprise - Decent beer in a rather nice large
pub with only one small bar counter and a number of
separate eating and drinking areas. My only complaint was
that the Greene King Abbot was served through a totally
inappropriate sparkler.
Last visited April 2000. |
Hinkley Road / Brade Drive, Walsgrave |
| Millpool | Real ales from Everard's and guests, and some very nice food in this always busy friendly suburban pub with a large lounge side and a 'proper' separate bar.
Last visited September 2010. |
Hipswell Highway / Omar Road |
| Old Clarence | Another pub with a Chinese restaurant attached.
Last visited 1996. |
Earlsdon Avenue North |
| Old Windmill Inn "Ma Brown's" | A splendid ancient multi-roomed pub. Nice wood panelling and an impressive collection of pump clips on display.
Last visited August 2002. |
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| DUDLEY | ||
| Bottle and Glass | Part of the Black Country Living Museum, the pub building was relocated from Stourbridge. The wooden seats and panelling date from the 1870s, the building is substantially older. They serve an excellent pint of no-name bitter.
Last visited May 2009. |
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| STOURBRIDGE | ||
| Edward Rutland | On entering I found what appeared to be the smallest Wetherspoon's ever, peaceful and comfortable and, of course, serving some decent ales. Then, walking down the mirrored corridor I came to a much larger noisier area with another bar counter, lots of TVs and a dance floor.
Last visited January 2010. |
Church Street |
| SUTTON COLDFIELD | ||
| Butlers Arms | It's rather hard to date this building, could it be early 1920's, but it's nicely looked after anyway. A small selection of real ales is on offer, I had Abbot. Most of the large knocked through interior is dedicated to diners, the menu seems to be towards the up-market end of pub grub. There are some nice leather sofas in the bar end. Very quiet on a Wednesday afternoon, but lunchtime drinkers' empties had not been cleared.
Last visited February 2011. |
Lichfield Road / Butlers Lane |
| Crown | Five hand pumps in use and my pint of Timothy Taylor's Golden Best was spot on in this large restaurant/pub in the Ember Inns chain. Very popular on a wet Wednesday lunchtime, mainly with diners.
Last visited February 2011. |
Walsall Road / Four Oaks Common Road |
| WOLVERHAMPTON | ||
| Wetherspoon's Moon Under Water | An island bar in the middle of one large open room, with a row of booths with stained glass screens along one side.
Last visited October 2010. |
Lichfield Street |
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