Loose_Lips
Right, it's a bit close to home compared with the other posts on here but I am out tomorrow night with two lads from work and fancy a few beers in some decent places to drink.I want some proper boozers and some suggestions for bars. Goes without saying but I don't fancy any chain bars. If anyone knows what the equivalent of the Manchester's Northern Quarter is, that's the place I want.And the best curry house too. There's no Akbars until summer so I need an alternative.Cheers
Blue_Lou_Boyle
I'm there a week on SaturdayThinking of going to this place - be ace if you can check it out and save me the bother :lol:
http://www.myspace.com/birminghamsoundbar
kaydubya
Try this...
http://www.realalehunter.co.uk/towns/Birmingham/index.htmlIt's a bit like milfhunter but with beer, not ex lapdancers posing as housewives.
kaydubya
Out of them I'd say this looks a good betWellington37 Bennetts HillBirminghamB2 5SN01212003115Good Beer Guide Listed:- Yes
Loose_Lips
Gents one and all. If I get up that way BLB, I'll pop in.
Tolley
Most of the action is centred on Broad Street. To give the city its due, the area has been totally transformed, especially the canals thereabouts, from the scary shit hole it was in the 80s.However, a lot of the gaffs around there are chains.One suggestion is the Tap and Spile on Gas Street off Broad Street. It certainly was a decent recommendation a couple of years ago. The Brasshouse is more authentic Brummie - its okay, and will give you a good idea of how crap a lot of pubs in Birmingham are. A quick google reveals that a lot of old favourites (80s/ early 90s) hold their own. Unfortunately they are quite spread out and you could waste most of your evening travelling between them.
Loose_Lips
BLB - 15 real ales in the Wellington on Bennetts Hill. Real ale fans, you'll love it. Didn't make it to the Sound Bar.
Blue_Lou_Boyle
Didn't make it to the Wellington. We had rooms in an Ibis in Chinatown. Good cheap place to stay if you just want a bed like we did.5 min walk from New St. Over the road from a lap dancing joint, loads of Chinese restaurants, loads of bookies (obviously) and a mini village called The Arcadian. Loads of chain type boozers/restaurants. Sun was out so you could sit outside and gawp.Bit soulless during the day but veritable meat market at night. Don't stray too far mind, had a wonder up toward the flyover - think it's Bristol St? Looked like Seacroft !!! Only downside being that we didn't do our homework - got back about midnight after the gig to find the area throbbing with life only to realise Birmingham seems to have a blanket no trainer policy. CuntsOnly places that would let is in were in Digbeth - which made late night drinking dens of Manningham and Girlington I served my apprenticeship in look palatialOne stand out boozer in the area The Old Fox - B5 4TD. Over the way fro the Hippodrome so was full of theatre goers catching the Saturday afternoon performance when we got there. Also let us in late doors which was a blessing seeing at the shoe police elsewhere wouldn't. Had a great Cornish pint on, Tribute I think it was called??? Birmingham - not as shit as it was!
Ad
You can get that Tribute in bottles in Asda BLB.
Harvest
I like The Crown behind New Street Station, big pub, rough as - full of postman from the sorting office across the road. Proper boozer.You can get that Cornish ale in Asda, St.Austell brewery I think. Spot on.
Harvest
Like Ad just said!
The_Last_Waltz
There's a decent proper pub at the side of New St station called something obvious like The Railway or,err,The Station.Last time I was in there I got chatting to one of the locals while I was outside having a ciggy. He reckoned that when the smoking ban first came in, the landlord got one of the huge Bells whisky bottles,put it on the bar and let his customers carry on smoking in the pub on the proviso that everytime they lit up they put twenty pence in the bottle.Three months or so go by and he finally gets busted by environment health, or whatever the anti-smoking people are called,and gets hauled in to court and cops for a £2000 fine. He goes back to his pub,empties the bottle out,pays his fine in 20 pence pieces and still had a grand a half left. And they all carried on smoking as normal.
old_codger
Possibly arranging a couple of meetings in Brum so will need a decent cheap hotel near New Street for one midweek night stay. Possibly with mi g/f if Birmingham doesn't sound too grim for her :P Anything good gig-wise happening in the next few weeks there? Any tips for good pubs/bars too, greatly appreciated, it's 'kin years since I've even been in kipper tie land :D
gorefidel
Use these in France and Spain when travelling. Decent, clean, basic and reasonable £40-50 for a double room. [url]http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-1459-ibis-birmingham-city-centre/index.shtml[/url]
Cutsyke
There's some nice places just a couple of hours drive from there.
gorefidel
Cutsyke wroteThere's some nice places just a couple of hours drive from there.
Bit of walk if he's on the train mind
Loose_Lips
4 minutes from new street mate, decent starting point.
http://www.thewellingtonrealale.co.uk/
Loose_Lips
Obviously for you (unless your missus likes real ale too).
gorefidel
Loose Lips wroteObviously for you (unless your missus likes real ale too).
And don't mind kipping in the bogs.
luxury_scruff
Just back from there a couple of hours ago.OC, not too far from New Street is Broad Street. There's a Jury's Inn, a Hyatt, a Novotel and I'm certain there will be others. Play them off against each other.Pub wise with a woman, just off Broad Street is Brindley Place with bars and restaurants.Head out of New Street (look for the tall dark glass Hyatt dominating the skyline), up past the square with the big screen outside TV fucking thing, through the bugsy shopping centre, past the monstrosity that is the new library and you are on Broad Street.If that's all too High Street for you, head for somewhere like Moseley.I hate that fucking accent though, I was walking through the streets of Brum uttering the word cunt every five steps.