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125 Pubs & Bars in Birmingham City Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Contemptibles pub in Birmingham. Original image copyright Stephen McKay. Image (cropped and resized Brummagen) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License

 

 

 

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Overview

A-Z City Centre Pubs & Bars

Bars With Late Dancing

Contemporary Bars

Gay Pubs

Irish Pubs

Live Music Pubs

Live Sport Pubs

Real Ale Pubs

Strip Bars

Traditional Pubs

JD Wetherspoon Pubs


 

Overview

Look for a city centre pub by browsing our A-Z list or searching the following categories:

Bars with Late Dancing, Contemporary Bars, Gay Pubs, Irish Pubs, Live Music Pubs, Live Sport Pubs, Real Ale Pubs, Strip Bars, Wetherspoon Pubs


 

A-Z List of Pubs & Bars in the City Centre

Actress and Bishop, Adam & Eve, Albany, All Bar One, Anchor Inn, Apartment 201, Apres, Arca Bar, B1, Bacchus, Bank, Bar Epernay, Bar Estilo, Bar Pravda, Bar Risa, Bar Room Bar, Bennetts

Big Bulls Head, Black Horse, Bluu, Brasshouse, Briar Rose, Bright House, Bull, Bullring Tavern, Catherine O'Donovans Free House, Chi Bar, Crown, Dragon Inn, Eden, Dubliner, Elements, Factory

 Figure of Eight, Flapper, Flares, Forge Tavern, Fountain Inn, Fountain Inn, Fox, Glamorous Showbar, Glee Club, Gosta Green, Green Room, Ha Ha, Harveys, Jam House, Jewellers Arms,

Jonny Diamonds, Indi Bar, Island Bar, Jam House, Jekyll & Hyde, Juhu, Kerryman, Legs Eleven, Loaf Bar, Loft Lounge, Lord Clifden, Mal Bar, Malt House, Mechu, Medusa, Metro, Mono, Newt,

Nightingale, Oh Velvet, Old Contemptibles, Old Crown, Old Fox, Old Joint Stock, Old Royal, O'Neills, Pennyblacks, Poppy Red, Pitcher & Piano, Prince of Wales, Pub du Vin

Queens Arms, Rainbow, Rectory, Red Bar, Reflex, Revolution, Rocket, Rococo Lounge, Rope Walk, Rose Villa Tavern, Rouge, Sack of Potatoes, Scruffy Murphys, Sence

Shakespeare @ Lower Temple Street, Shakespeare @ New Street Station, Shakespeare @ Summer Row, Slug and Lettuce, Sobar, Solomon Cutter, Spearmint Rhino, Sports Cafe,

Spotted Dog, Square Peg, Subside, Sunflower Lounge, Tap & Spile, Trocadero, Utopia, Vaults, Vertu, Victoria, Village, Wagon & Horses, Walkabout, Waterworks, Wellington, Wellington Hotel, Wetherspoons, White Swan, White Tower, Windsor, Wimseys, Yardbird, Yard of Ale, Wellington Hotel


 

Bars with Late Dancing (Top Menu)

Arca Bar, Bar Risa, Bluu, Eden, Factory, Flapper, Flares, Fountain Inn, Glee Club, Indi Bar, Island Bar, Malt House, Mechu, Mono, Nightingale, Poppy Red, Rainbow, Reflex, Revolution; and

Rococo Lounge, Sence, Sobar, Sports Cafe, Sunflower Lounge, Vaults, Yardbird


 

Contemporary Bars (Top Menu)

Albany, All Bar One, Apartment 201, Apres, Arca Bar, B1, Bank, Bar Epernay, Bar Estilo, Bar Pravda, Bar Risa, Bar Room Bar, Bluu, Chi Bar, Elements, Factory, Flares, Green Room, Ha Ha, Harveys; and

Indi Bar, Island Bar, Jam House, Jekyll & Hyde, Juhu, Loaf Bar, Loft Lounge, Mal Bar, Mechu, Metro, Mono, Nightingale, Oh Velvet, Pennyblacks, Poppy Red, Pitcher & Piano, Pub du Vin; and

Rectory, Red Bar, Reflex, Revolution, Rococo Lounge, Sence, Slug and Lettuce, Sobar, Sports Cafe, Sunflower Lounge, Utopia, Vaults, Vertu, Walkabout, Wimseys, Yardbird


 

Gay Pubs (Top Menu)

Eden, Fountain Inn, Fox, Glamorous Showbar, Nightingale, Village, Wellington Hotel


 

Irish Pubs (Top Menu)

Catherine O'Donovans Free House, Dubliner, Fountain Inn, Kerryman, O'Neills, Oh Velvet, Spotted Dog, White Swan


 

Live Music Pubs (Top Menu)

Actress and Bishop, Adam & Eve, Anchor Inn, Big Bulls Head, Black Horse, Dubliner, Eden, Factory, Flapper, Glee Club, Island Bar, Jam House, Kerryman, O'Neills, Rainbow

Scruffy Murphys, Spotted Dog, Subside, Sunflower Lounge, Wagon & Horses, Walkabout, Waterworks, Yardbird


 

Live Sport Pubs (Top Menu)

Apres, Bar Pravda, Bar Risa, Dubliner, Forge Tavern, Gosta Green, Kerryman, Lord Clifden, Oh Velvet, Pennyblacks, Queens Arms, Rococo Lounge, Scruffy Murphys, Solomon Cutter; and

Sports Cafe, Spotted Dog, Walkabout, Yard of Ale


 

Real Ale Pubs (Top Menu)

Anchor, Apres, Bacchus, Bennetts, Brasshouse, Briar Rose, Bull, Crown, Figure of Eight, Jekyll & Hyde, Jewellers Arms, Lord Clifden, Metro, Old Contemptibles, Old Fox, Old Joint Stock, Old Royal,

Pennyblacks, Prince of Wales, Pub du Vin, Queens Arms, Rope Walk, Sack of Potatoes, Shakespeare @ Lower Temple Street, Spotted Dog, Utopia, Wellington, Wellington Hotel


 

Strip Bars (Top Menu)

Jonny Diamonds, Legs Eleven, Medusa, Rocket, Rouge, Spearmint Rhino


 

Traditional Pubs (Top Menu)

Anchor Inn, Bacchus, Bennetts, Big Bulls Head, Brasshouse, Bright House, Bull, Bullring Tavern, Crown, Flapper, Forge Tavern, Gosta Green, Jewellers Arms, Lord Clifden, Malt House, Newt; and

Prince of Wales, Old Contemptibles, Old Crown, Old Fox, Old Joint Stock, Old Royal, Queens Arms, Rope Walk, Rose Villa Tavern, Sack of Potatoes, Shakespeare @ Lower Temple Street; and

Shakespeare @ New Street Station, Shakespeare @ Summer Row, Tap & Spile, Trocadero, Victoria, White Tower, Windsor, Yard of Ale


 

JD Wetherspoon Pubs (Top Menu)

JD Wetherspoon pubs serve low-priced food and drink; most screen freeview without sound and some provide late-night entertainment under the Lloyds Number One brand.

The following JD Wetherspoon pubs are in Birmingham city centre:

Briar Rose, Dragon Inn, Figure of Eight, Solomon Cutter, Square Peg, Wetherspoons

JD Wetherspoon Website


 

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Actress & Bishop (Top Menu)

The Actress and Bishop is on Ludgate Hill in the Saint Pauls area of the Jewellery Quarter.

This pub, which claims to be the site of the last public hanging in Birmingham (1806), is a grassroots music venue with a separate staged room that hosts live sets by touring bands.

The bar, which features wooden floors and alcoves, serves pub food & ales such as Everards Sunchaser & Puritan Porker. Nighttime DJ's spin retro & indie tracks.

36 Ludgate Hill B3 1EH   0121 236 7426   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Actress & Bishop On My Space


 

Adam & Eve (Top Menu)

Adam & Eve Pub in Birmingham. original image copyright Carl Baker. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Adam and Eve is a live music pub on Bradford Street in Digbeth; it stages gigs on virtually every night of the week. There are seven upstairs bed and breakfast rooms.

Bradford Street B12 0JD   0121 693 1500   Map

Guide Digbeth   Adam & Eve Website


 

Albany (Top Menu)

The Albany is a lounge bar at the Holiday Inn on Smallbrook Queensway in Southside.

Smallbrook Queensway B5 4EW   Map

Guide Southside


 

All Bar One (Top Menu)

All Bar One is a cosmopolitan bar chain serving a simple international menu, classic bottled and draught beers, a range of long drinks and spirits, and an extensive wine list

The chain owns two bars in central Birmingham, located at:

(1) Business Quarter @ 43 Newhall Street B3 3NY, T 0121 212 2551  Map

This bar generally closes at 11pm

(2) Convention Quarter @ Waters Edge B1 2HL, T 0121 644 5861  Map

This bar generally closes at midnight Sunday-Wednesday and at 1am Thursday-Saturday.

All Bar One Website


 

Anchor Inn (Top Menu)

The Anchor in Digbeth. Original image copyright ROW17. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Anchor Inn is grade-two-listed Victorian pub on Bradford Street in Digbeth.

The Anchor specialises in rare and traditional real ales & draught ciders; it hosts beer festivals and taster sessions and is a regular winner of the Birmingham CAMRA Pub of the Year Award.

308 Bradford Street B5 6ET  0121 622 4516   Map

Guide Digbeth   Anchor Website


 

Apartment 201 (Top Menu)

Apartment 201 is a restaurant and lounge bar at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside.

The bar offers a place to relax and drink with friends; the restaurant serves modern British and continental cuisine.

Theatre Walk  B5 4TD   0121 666 7727   Map

Guide Southside   Apartment 201 Website


 

Apres (Top Menu)

Apres is a bar chain whose pubs have a distinctive red Alpine/Scandinavian interior.

Sport is screened in a female-friendly environment, late night DJ's play funky tracks and bar meals are served.

There are two Apres pubs in central Birmingham, located in:

(1) Jewellery Quarter @ 39 Summer Row B3 1JJ  Map 0121 710 4233

This bar generally closes at midnight Sunday-Thursday and 2am Friday-Saturday

(2) Five Ways @ Broadway Plaza B16 8LP  Map  0121 456 4141

This bar generally closes at midnight Sunday-Thursday and 1am Friday-Saturday.

Apres Website


 

Arca Bar (Top Menu)

Arca is a lounge bar at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside. It is a place to chill-out after work or party into the early hours, dancing to house/electro/funky DJ sets.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 666 7777   Map

Guide Southside   Arca Website


 

B1  (Top Menu)

B1 is a lounge bar serving light meals and beverages at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Holliday Street in the Convention Quarter.

Holliday Street B1 1HH   Map

 Guide Convention Quarter   Crowne Plaza Website


 

Bacchus Bar (Top Menu)

The Bacchus Bar is on the Burlington Arcade off New Street in the Retail Quarter; it serves real ale and a classic pub menu in traditional surroundings.

The Bacchus generally closes at 11.30pm Monday-Saturday and at 11pm on Sunday.

Burlington Arcade B2 4JH   0121 632 5445   Map

Guide Retail Quarter   Nicholsons Pubs Website


 

Bank (Top Menu)

Bank is a continental-style bar and restaurant offering high standards of service and an international menu at Brindleyplace in the Convention Quarter.

4 Brindleyplace B1 2JB   0121 633 4465   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Bank Website


 

Bar Epernay (Top Menu)

Bar Epernay is a champagne and piano bar on Wharfside Street at the Mailbox that serves an extensive champagne list, traditional British food, lite bites, daily specials and Sunday roasts.

Resident pianists from the Conservatoire perform twice daily.

171-172 Wharfside Street B1 1RL   0121 632 1430   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Bar Epernay Website


 

Bar Estilo (Top Menu)

Bar Estilo is a Mediterranean-style bar and restaurant on Wharfside Street at the Mailbox in the Convention Quarter.

The bar, which overlooks the Birmingham and Worcester Canal, serves beer, wine, cocktails and sangria in a relaxed atmosphere.

The restaurant serves Mediterranean dishes, particularly tapas and paella.

110-114 Wharfside Street B1 1RF   0121 643 3443   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Bar Estilo Website


 

Bar Pravda (Top Menu)

Bar Pravda is a stylish contemporary bar at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on the corner of Broad Street and Bridge Street in the Convention Quarter.

The hotel is connected to the ICC by an elevated footbridge above Broad Street.

 Bar Pravda serves fine wines, champagnes & cocktails; live sport is screened.

 The bar is generally open to non-residents until 2am.

2 Bridge Street B1 2JZ    Map

 Guide Convention Quarter  Hyatt Regency Website


 

Bar Risa (Top Menu)

Bar Risa is a bar, restaurant, comedy club & nightclub at the Quayside Tower on Broad Street in the Convention Quarter.

 There are six rooms: Risa, Chill, Club, Jongleurs, Lounge & Moods.

Risa is a bar & restaurant that screens live sport and is a late night dance venue; Chill is a chill-out cocktail bar with sunken seating and views across Broad Street;

Club is a party & disco venue that hosts student indie nights; Jongleurs is a comedy club that becomes a late night dance venue;

Lounge is a chill-out room with sofas & champagne booths; Moods is a stylish VIP room serving champagne & cocktails.

Bar Risa generally stays open late Sunday-Tuesday and until 3am Wednesday-Saturday

259-263 Broad Street B1 2HF   0121 632 4936   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Bar Risa Website


 

Bar Room Bar (Top Menu)

Bar Room Bar is a bar chain with a venue at the Mailbox in the Convention Quarter that serves cocktails, wines, stone-baked pizzas, gourmet salads, lite bites, brunch and sandwiches etc.

166-168 Wharfside Street B1 1RL   0121 632 1199   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Bar Room Bar Website


 

Bennetts (Top Menu)

Bennetts Pub on Bennetts Hill in Birmingham. original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

Bennetts is a Marstons Tavern at the corner of Bennetts Hill and Waterloo Street in the Retail Quarter.

This grade-two-listed pub was built as the National Provincial Bank of England in 1833.

Bennetts serves pub food, welcomes families and is a comfortable venue for a lunchtime bite or after-work drink or meal.

8 Bennetts Hill B2 5RS   0121 643 9293  Map

Guide Retail Quarter   Marstons Taverns Website


 

Big Bulls Head (Top Menu)

Big Bulls Head. original image ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Big Bulls Head is a listed Victorian pub on the corner of Digbeth High Street and Milk Street.

 The interior features leaded stained glass windows, wooden panelling and an ornate gold cornice.

Live sport is shown on a super-size screen. The public bar contains a pool table whilst the lounge doubles as a restaurant. The menu includes bar standards such as scampi & chips.

Several upstairs rooms provide bed and breakfast accommodation.

75 Digbeth B5 6DY   0121 643 7890   Map

Guide Digbeth   Big Bulls Head Website


 

Black Horse (Top Menu)

The Black Horse is a rock bar with a lavish Gothic interior on Jennens Road in the Aston Triangle area of Eastside.

 There is a regular programme of live bands, DJ's and music sets. Several real ales are served. The clientele are mainly rock, punk and metal fans.

22 Jennens Road B7 4EH   0121 359 7108   Map

Guide Eastside   Black Horse My Space


 

Bluu (Top Menu)

Bluu is a Marstons premium bar & brasserie chain with an outlet overlooking the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal on Fleet Street in the Jewellery Quarter.

Bluu serves premium wines, beers, spirits, hand-crafted cocktails and modern British cuisine.

The basement contains a nightclub that generally remains open until midnight Monday-Wednesday and 3am Thursday-Saturday.

Fleet Street B3 1JL   0121 236 9013   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Bluu Website


 

Brasshouse (Top Menu)

The Brasshouse pub in Birmingham. original image Ell Brown. original image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Brasshouse is a traditional M & B pub on Broad Street in the Convention Quarter.

The pub, which overlooks the Birmingham and Worcester Canal, occupies part of a former brass foundry, now a grade-two listed building, which dates from 1781.

44 Broad Street B1 2HP   0121 633 3383   Map

Guide Convention Quarter


 

Briar Rose (Top Menu)

Briar Rose in Birmingham. original image Row17. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Briar Rose is a JD Wetherspoon pub and lodge on Bennetts Hill in the Business Quarter.

It is named after a cycle of paintings by the pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones who was born nearby in 1833.

The Briar Rose has wi-fi and TV screens; children are welcome. The pub generally remains open until midnight during the week and 1am on Friday and Saturday.

25 Bennetts Hill B2 5RE   0121 634 8100   Map

Guide Business Quarter


 

Bright House (Top Menu)

The Bright House is a traditional M & B pub on Hill Street in Birmingham Southside.

Hill Street B5 4AN   0121 643 7167   Map

Guide Southside


 

Bull (Top Menu)

The Bull in Birmingham. Original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Bull is a traditional pub serving hand-pulled cask ales and home-cooked meals on Price Street in the Gun Quarter.

It is a grade-two-listed building that was originally built as a townhouse in or around 1800. The ground floor was converted into a pub around 1850.

1 Price Street B4 6JU   0121 333 6757   Map

Guide Gun Quarter   Bull Website


 

Bullring Tavern (Top Menu)

The Bullring Tavern is at the top of Digbeth High Street, next to Saint-Martins-in-the-Bullring.

It is a typical seventies pub serving a good range of mild and bitter; the clientele are mainly workmen employed at the nearby wholesale markets.

1 Digbeth B5 6BH   0121 693 4844   Map

Guide Digbeth


 

Catherine O'Donovans Free House (Top Menu)

Catherine O'Donovans Free House is an Irish pub on Bissel Street in Highgate.

99-101 Bissel Street B5 7HP   0121 622 7323   Map

Guide Highgate


 

Chi Bar (Top Menu)

Chi is an upmarket contemporary bar on Newhall Street in the Business Quarter.

It contains a downstairs lounge bar, a loft-style New York cocktail bar and a private room with a Jacuzzi and giant sofa.

61 Newhall Street B3 3RB   0121 233 3150   Map

Guide Business Quarter


 

Crown (Top Menu)

The Crown Pub in Birmingham. Original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Crown is a traditional  M & B pub on Corporation Street in Eastside; it was built in the French Gothic Style by Charles J Hodson in 1888.

182 Corporation Street B4 6UD   0121 236 7318   Map

Guide Eastside


 

Dragon Inn (Top Menu)

Dragon Inn on Hurst Street in Birmingham. original image copyright P L Chadwick. Image (cropped and resized bruamgem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Dragon Inn is a JD Wetherspoon pub at the Arcadian on Hurst Street in the Chinatown area of Southside.

The pub, which is named after the Chinese dragon dance, has a licensed outside area, TV screens and wi-fi; children are welcome.

The Dragon Inn generally stays open until midnight during the week and 1am on Friday and Saturday.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 622 7850   Map

Guide Southside


 

Dubliner (Top Menu)

Dubliner pub in Digbeth. original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

 The Dubliner is an Irish pub on Digbeth High Street; it was gutted by a suspected arson attack in 2006 but was rebuilt within two years.

This Dubliner is reputed to serve the best pint of Guinness in Birmingham. There are big screens for sport, live music sessions and the occasional DJ night. Nine upstairs rooms provide bed and breakfast accommodation.

30 Digbeth B5 6DA   0121 622 5789   Map

Guide Digbeth


 

Eden (Top Menu)

The White Swan before it became the Eden Bar in Birmingham. Original image copyright Carl Baker. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licesned for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Eden is a refurbished pub (formerly known as the White Swan) on Sherlock Street at the Gay Village in Southside.

It is a gay bar that hosts regular entertainment including bands, dance nights and parties.

The facilities include an indoor stage and a large beer garden which is an afternoon suntrap and the perfect venue for open-air events.

116 Sherlock Street B5 6NB   0121 622 1953   Map

Guide Southside   Eden Bar Website


 

Elements (Top Menu)

Elements is a lounge bar at the Novotel Hotel on the corner of Sheepcote Street and Broad Street in the Convention Quarter. It generally stays open until midnight.

70 Broad Street B1 2HT   0121 643 2000   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Novotel Website


 

Factory (Top Menu)

The Factory is a bar and 500-capacity live music/entertainment venue at the Custard Factory on Gibb Street in Digbeth.

Gibb Street B9 4AA   0121 224 7855   Map

Guide Digbeth   Custard Factory   


 

Figure of Eight (Top Menu)

Figure of Eight in Birmingham. Original image Ell Brown. Image (croppped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Figure of Eight is a JD Wetherspoon pub on Broad Street in the Convention Quarter.

This pub is a former car showroom housed in an art deco building (1932) by Bernard G Warr. It has a licensed outside area, TV screens and wi-fi; children are welcome.

The Figure of Eight is generally open until midnight save on Thursday, Friday and Saturday when it closes at 1am.

236-239 Broad Street B1 2HG   0121 633 0917   Map

Guide Convention Quarter


 

Flapper (Top Menu)

The Flapper pub in Birmingham. Original image copyright John M. Original image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Flapper is an independent pub overlooking the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal on Cambrian Wharf off Kingston Row in the Convention Quarter.

It has a large beer garden, pool tables, upstairs dance floors and a 180-capacity gig room that hosts live sets by unsigned musicians and established acts.

Cambrian Wharf B1 2NU   0121 236 2421   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Flapper Website


 

Flares (Top Menu)

Flares on Broad Street in Birmingham. Original image Ell brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licesned for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

Flares is a seventies bar and disco chain with a venue in a converted Presbyterian church on Broad Street that was built in blue brick with stone dressings by JR Botham in 1848-49.

Flares generally stays open until 2am Monday-Thursday and 3am Friday-Saturday.

55 Broad Street B1 2HJ   0121 616 2957   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Flares Website


 

Forge Tavern (Top Menu)

Forge Tavern in Birmingham. Original image Carl Baker. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Forge Tavern, which overlooks the Birmingham and Warwick Canal, is on Great Barr Street in Digbeth.

This pub screens Sky sports and provides a regular programme of live entertainment including bingo, quizzes, karaoke & DJ's. Lunches and breakfast are served.

The Forge is a popular pre- and post-match meeting place for Birmingham City fans.

129 Great Barr Street B9 4AY   0121 773 5747   Map

Guide Digbeth   Forge Tavern Website


 

Fountain Inn (Top Menu)

The Fountain Inn is a family-run Irish pub on Cheapside in Digbeth that should not be confused with the gay hotel of the same name on Wrentham Street.

93 Cheapside B12 0QH   0121 772 7490   Map

Guide Digbeth


 

Fountain Inn (Top Menu)

The Fountain is a gay men's bar and 10-room hotel on Wrentham Street in the Gay Village area of Southside.

It contains a disco room, a men-only cruise area, a garden terrace and often stays open until 4am.

102 Wrentham Street B5 6QL   0121 622 1452   Map

Guide Southside   Fountain Inn Website


 

Fox (Top Menu)

The Fox is an evening lesbian bar on Lower Essex Street in the Gay Village area of Southside.

The Fox hosts chill-out sessions, parties, karaoke, DJ and rock nights. It is generally open Wednesday-Sunday and closes at 2am on Friday and Saturday nights.

17 Lower Essex Street B5 6SN   0121 622 3213   Map

Guide Southside  


 

Glamorous Showbar (Top Menu)

The Glamorous Showbar is on Hurst Street in the Gay Village area of Southside.

It is a camp basement cabaret venue with nightly live entertainment including vocalists, drag queens and male strippers.

27-35 Hurst Street B5 4BD  0121 622 4770   Map

Guide Southside   Glamorous Showbar Website


 

Glee Club (Top Menu)

The Glee Club is a live music and comedy club at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside.

It consists of the Main Room with a capacity of 375 seated or 500 standing and the Studio with a capacity of 150 seated.

Food and drink is served to tables during most performances in the Main Room.

The weekends comedy shows are usually followed by a late bar and disco.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 693 2248   Map

 Guide Southside  Glee Club Website


 

Gosta Green (Top Menu)

The Gosta Green on Holt Street in Eastside is part of the M&B Scream chain which is targeted at students and like-minded individuals.

The pub, which is near Aston University, aims to provide a relaxing social environment and a good meeting-place for student clubs and societies. It also screens live sport.

The Gosta Green serves lagers, ciders, cocktails, soft drinks, hot chocolates, burgers, desserts and a classic pub menu at reasonable prices. Students can buy a yellow discount card.

Holt Street B7 4BG   0121 359 0044   Map

Guide Eastside   Scream Pubs Website


 

Green Room (Top Menu)

The Green Room is a cafe, bar and restaurant serving modern British cuisine at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside.

This bar is opposite the Hippodrome and is a popular celebrity haunt with a wall of fame signed by the likes of Rolf Harris, Jasper Carrot etc.

Hurst Street B5 4TD  0121 605 4343   Map

Guide Southside   Green Room Website


 

Ha Ha (Top Menu)

Ha Ha is bar and grill chain with a venue at the Mailbox in the Convention Quarter.

178-180 Wharfside Street B1 1RN   0121 632 1250   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Ha Ha Website


 

Harveys (Top Menu)

Harvey's is a lounge bar serving cold snacks, wines and beers at the Britannia Hotel on New Street in the Retail Quarter.

New Street B2 4RX   0871 222 0093  Map

Guide Retail Quarter


 

Indi Bar (Top Menu)

Indi is a glamorous bar with stylish booths and a VIP area at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside. It serves indulgent cocktails, good value pitchers and freshly-prepared food.

 There is dancing until the early hours with DJ's playing soulful R&B and funky house.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 622 4858   Map

Guide Southside   Indi Bar Website


 

Island Bar (Top Menu)

The Island is a cocktail and live music bar, next to the Alexandra Theatre, on Suffolk Street in Southside.

Cocktails are skilfully created by imaginative bartenders and there are regular live music & DJ sets.

The venue consists of two rooms with their own separate entrances: the Main Room on the ground floor, and a South Pacific Tiki Bar on the first floor which specialises in rum and cocktails.

14-16 Suffolk Street B1 1LT   0121 632 5296   Map

Guide Southside   Island Bar Website


 

Jam House (Top Menu)

The Jam House in Birmingham. Original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Jam House is a restaurant and music bar housed in a grade-two-listed building (circa 1780) on Saint Pauls Square in the Jewellery Quarter.

It showcases duelling pianos and rhythm & blues bands.

Both new talent and established acts, such as the Christians, Mica Paris and Styllistics, regularly take to the stage.

The restaurant serves international cuisine, fine wines and champagne. The musical patron is Jools Holland.

The Jam House generally closes at midnight Tuesday-Wednesday, 1am Thursday and 2am Friday-Saturday.

3-5 St Pauls Square B3 1QU   0121 200 3030   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Jam House Website


 

Jekyll & Hyde (Top Menu)

Jekyll and Hyde Pub in birmingham. original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Jekyll & Hyde, formerly the Queens Head, is a refurbished pub with a distinctive purple facade on Steelhouse Lane in the Gun Quarter.

It features an outside courtyard, first floor gin parlour and wooden-panelled function room.

The pub serves home-cooked food, carefully-crafted cocktails, draught lagers, bottled beers, cask ales and a vast range of gins.

There is a regular live entertainment including retro quiz nights, film nights, funk and soul DJ sets.

28 Steelhouse Lane B4 6BJ   0121 236 0345   Map

Guide Gun Quarter   Jekyll and Hyde Website


 

Jewellers Arms (Top Menu)

The Jewellers Arms is a traditional corner pub on Hockley Street in the Jewellery Quarter, barely 100 metres from the Jewellery Quarter Railway Station.

23 Hockley Street B18 6BW   0121 236 4402   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter


 

Jonny Diamonds (Top Menu)

Jonny Diamonds is a late-night gentlemen's club with live entertainment (lap dancing) on Holloway Head in Southside.

89 Holloway Head B1 1QP   0121 632 4884   Map

Guide Southside   Jonny Diamonds Website


 

Juhu Bar (Top Menu)

Juhu is a bar and grill serving traditional Asian cuisine at the Arcadian in Southside.

70 Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 622 2200   Map

Guide Southside   Juhu Website


 

Kerryman (Top Menu)

Kerryman in Birmingham. original image Ell brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Kerryman is a traditional Irish bar on Digbeth High Street which screens live sport and hosts regular live entertainment: generally bands or DJ sets.

Five upstairs rooms serves as bed and breakfast accommodation.

The Kerryman generally stays open until 11pm Sunday-Thursday and until 4am Friday-Saturday.

81 Digbeth B5 6DY   0121 643 3578   Map

Guide Digbeth   Kerryman Website


 

Legs Eleven (Top Menu)

Legs Eleven is an adult entertainment (lap dancing) venue and popular celebrity haunt on Ladywell Walk in the Chinatown area of Southside.

30 Ladywell Walk B5 4ST   0121 666 7004   Map

Guide Southside   Legs Eleven Website


 

Loaf Bar (Top Menu)

The Loaf is a fun party bar with DJ sets and a large outside patio for chilling-out.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 666 4931   Map

Guide Southside


 

Loft Lounge (Top Menu)

The Loft Lounge is a cosmopolitan New York-style warehouse bar and restaurant on Bromsgrove Street in Southside.

The bar serves draught beers, premium spirits, fine wine, cocktails and champagne whilst the restaurant offers a range of international cuisine.

The facilities include a beer garden and plasma tv. There is regular live entertainment.

143 Bromsgrove Street B5 6RG   0121 622 2444   Map

Guide Southside   Loft Lounge Website


 

Lord Clifden (Top Menu)

The Lord Clifden is a free house on Great Hampton Street in the Jewellery Quarter.

It is mentioned in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide and has four handpumps: two serve Bathams and Wye Valley and two, guest ales.

The pub has a dartboard, table football, SKY TV, a beer garden, function room and some spectacular urban art including work by Banksy, D'Face and Nick Walker.

The Lord Clifden generally stays open until 2am Sunday-Thursday and 4am Friday-Saturday.

34 Great Hampton Street  B18 6AA  0121 523 7515   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Lord Clifden Website


 

Mal Bar (Top Menu)

The Mal is an upmarket lounge bar that serves champagne, fine wines and cocktails at the Malmasion Hotel on Wharfside Street in the Convention Quarter; it generally closes at 2am.

1 Wharfside Street B1 1RD   Map

Guide Convention Quarter


 

Malt House (Top Menu)

Malt House in Birmingham. Original image copyright Roger Kidd. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Malt House  is a vast cavernous pub overlooking the Old Turn canal junction on King Edward Road in the Convention Quarter; it is connected by footbridge to the National Indoor Arena.

This pub serves typical bar food and ales such as Directors & Bombardiers; there are occasional live music sets. The split-level interior features a canalside patio and upstairs dance floor & terrace.

 President Clinton drank at the Malt House during the G8 Summit of 1998. Apparently, his glass was confiscated by CIA agents so that his fingerprints could not be used to activate the nuclear trigger.

75 King Edwards Road B1 2NX   0121 633 4171   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Punch Taverns Website


 

Mechu (Top Menu)

Mechu @ Summer Row in birmingham. original image Ell brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

Mechu is on Summer Row in the Jewellery Quarter. The ground floor features a bar and grill with slouchy seating, ice-cold beers, fine wines, champagne, cocktails, steaks, ribs, salads etc.

The upper level is an exclusive champagne club with stylish VIP booths & sixties-inspired decor.

47-59 Summer Row B3 1JJ   0121 710 4233   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Mechu Website


 

Medusa Gentlemen's Club (Top Menu)

The Medusa is a lap dancing and strip club on Suffolk Street Queensway in Southside.

142 Suffolk Street Queensway B1 1LX   0121 643 2442   Map

Guide Southside   Medusa Website


 

Metro (Top Menu)

The Metro is a bar and grill on Cornwall Street in the Business Quarter.

It serves cocktails, champagne, fine wines, real ales, chilled lagers, grills, steaks, seafood, pasta, salad and light dishes.

73 Cornwall Street B3 2DF   0121 200 1611   Map

Guide Business Quarter   Metro Website


 

Mono Bar (Top Menu)

Mono is a music and entertainment bar at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside. DJ's play funky sets with dancing until the early hours.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 622 7407   Map

Guide Southside


 

Newt (Top Menu)

The Newt is a pub on Stephenson Place at the Pallasades Shopping Centre, next to New Street Station, in the Retail Quarter.

58 Stephenson Street B2 4DH   0121 643 2969   Map

Guide Retail Quarter


 

Nightingale (Top Menu)

The Nightingale is a self-styled gay superclub on Kent Street at the Gay Village in Southside.

The club is owned by its 450 members and managed by an elected board. Surpluses are invested in the facilities which include a bar & dance floor, a lounge and piano stage, a games room, the House of Music nightclub, an open air garden with covered bar & smoking area, and the B5 Bistro.

Kent Street B5 6RD   0121 622 1718   Map

Guide Southside   Nightingale Website


 

O'Neills (Top Menu)

O'Neills on Broad Street in Birmingham. original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

O'Neills is an Irish pub chain serving Guinness and pub food with a distinct Irish flavour.

The chain, which is owned by Mitchell & Butler, has one pub in central Birmingham, located on Broad Street in the Convention Quarter.

This pub, formerly the Granville, was built in the Jacobean Style in 1923; it hosts regular live music gigs and generally stays open until midnight.

Broad Street B1 2HG   0121 616 1623   Map

Guide Convention Quarter    O'Neills Website


 

Oh Velvet (Top Menu)

Oh Velvet is an independent Irish bar at Cumberland House on upper Broad Street in the Five Ways area of Birmingham.

Oh Velvet serves champagne, cocktails, real ales and home-cooked food including a full Irish breakfast. There are regular DJ spots, pool tables and roll-down sports screens.

200 Broad Street B15 1SU   0121 248 0500   Map

Guide Five Ways   Oh Velvet Facebook


 

Old Contemptibles (Top Menu)

Old Contemptibles Pub in Birmingham. original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Old Contemptibles serves real ales and traditional pub food at the corner of Edmund Street and Livery Street in the Business Quarter.

This pub was built as the Albion Hotel in the Gothic/Italianate style by William Hale in 1881; it was renamed the Old Contemptibles in honour of the British Expeditionary Force of 1914 who were called contemptible by Kaiser Wilhelm.

The Old Contemptibles generally closes at 11pm Monday-Saturday and at 6pm on Sunday.

176 Edmund Street B3 2HB   0121 200 3310   Map

Guide Business Quarter   Nicholsons Pubs Website


 

Old Crown (Top Menu)

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The Old Crown is a grade-two-listed mediaeval coaching inn on High Street Deritend in Digbeth.

The present half-timbered building is the oldest secular structure in Birmingham and probably dates from around 1500 although there is some evidence to suggest that it was built in 1368.

The Old Crown is now a restaurant, hotel and traditional English pub. The pub serves ales, liqueurs, wines, spirits and bar meals. It generally closes at 11pm.

188 High Street Deritend B12 0LD   0121 248 1368   Map

Guide Digbeth   Old Crown Website


 

Old Fox (Top Menu)

The Old Fox pub in birmingham. oriignal image copyright PL Chadwick. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Old Fox is a traditional two-room Victorian corner pub, opposite the Hippodrome, on Hurst Street in the Chinatown area of Southside.

The pub, which was built in 1891, has been preserved as part of the Arcadian Centre. It contains many original fittings including brass hand pumps and rails, copper drip trays and hand-painted glass panels.

The pub serves bar snacks and a decent range of real ales, lagers & wines.

54-56 Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 622 5080   Map

Guide Southside  


 

Old Joint Stock (Top Menu)

Old Joint Stock in Birmingham. original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Old Joint Stock is a Fullers Ale & Pie pub on Temple Row West in the Business Quarter.

This grade-two-listed pub was built as the Joint Stock Bank by J A Chatwin in 1864. It later became part of the Lloyds banking chain and was converted into a pub in 1997.

The interior contains a splendid domed banking hall, an 80-seat pub theatre and function rooms.

The Old Joint Stock stays open until 11pm Monday-Saturday and is generally closed on Sunday.

4 Temple Row West B2 5NY   0121 200 1892   Map

Guide Business Quarter   Old Joint Stock Website


 

Old Royal (Top Menu)

Old Royal Pub in Birmingham. Original image Ell Brown.Image (cropped and resized Brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Old Royal is a traditional M & B pub at the corner of Church Street and Cornwall Street in the Business Quarter.

It is a grade-two-listed building by A.H.Hamblin in the French Gothic style that was constructed in purple brick and terracotta on the site of an older pub, the Red Lion, in 1898.

53 Church Street B3 2DP   0121 200 3841   Map

Guide Business Quarter


 

Pennyblacks (Top Menu)

Pennyblacks is a wine bar, ale house and restaurant that screens sky sports and serves fine wines and real ales at the Mailbox in the Convention Quarter.

The restaurant specialises in pub classics and modern English dishes.

Mailbox B1 1RQ   0121 632 1460   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Pennyblacks Website


 

Poppy Red (Top Menu)

Poppy Red is a bar and restaurant at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside.

The bar is a stylish lounge with nightime DJ's playing party, funk & soul with dancing until the early hours. The restaurant serves seasonal modern British cuisine and a selection of lite bites.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 687 1200   Map

Guide Southside   Poppy Red Website


 

Pitcher & Piano (Top Menu)

Pitcher and Piano in Birmingham. original image Ell Brown (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Pitcher & Piano is a bar chain with a venue on Waters Edge in the Convention Quarter that serves premium drinks, cocktails and international food in contemporary surroundings.

The Pitcher & Piano generally closes at 10.30pm on Sunday, 11pm Monday-Tuesday, 11.30pm Wednesday, 12am Thursday, 1am Friday and 2am Saturday.

Waters Edge Brindleyplace B1 2HP   0121 643 0214  Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Pitcher & Piano Website


 

Prince of Wales (Top Menu)

Prince of Wales in Birmingham. original image Ell brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the creative commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Prince of Wales is an Edwardian pub on Cambridge Street in the Convention Quarter.

The interior features old-style panelling, glazed & wooden partitions and shelves & walls adorned with curiosities. Real ales such as Bombardier, Brains & Deuchars are served. There are regular live music sets, usually jazz & swing, mainly on Sunday afternoons.

84 Cambridge Street B1 2NP   0121 643 9460   Map

Guide Convention Quarter  


 

Pub Du Vin (Top Menu)

Hotel du Vin (former Birmingham Eye Hospital). Original image copyright Roy Hughes. Image (cropped and resized Brummagen) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License

The Pub du Vin is a cellar bar at the Hotel du Vin (formerly the Birmingham Eye Hospital) on Church Street in the Business Quarter.

It is furnished in the style of a traditional British pub with real ale and bar food.

25 Church Street B3 2NR   0121 600 0600   Map

Business Quarter   Hotel du Vin Website


 

Queens Arms (Top Menu)

Queens Arms in Birmingham. Original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Queens Arms is a grade-two-listed Victorian pub at the corner of Newhall Street and Charlotte Street in the Jewellery Quarter.

It mainly targets lunchtime office workers, evening social drinkers and meeting-up party-goers.

The bar serves a changing selection of real ales and traditional home-cooked food. Live sport is screened. There are regular quiz and poker nights.

150 Newhall Street B3 1RY   0121 236 3710   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Queens Arms Website


 

Rainbow (Top Menu)

The Rainbow Pub at Digbeth. Original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Rainbow is a two-room Victorian pub that is now a live music venue at the corner of Adderley Street and High Street Deritend in Digbeth.

The pub has an internal courtyard with a retractable roof that is used as an all-weather dance venue.

 There is a sister establishment, the Rainbow Warehouse on Adderley Street, a cavernous nightclub beneath a railway viaduct.

 Adderley Street is occasionally closed so that the two venues can combine to create a 5,000-capacity open-air dance floor.

160 High Street Deritend B12 0LD   0121 772 8174   Map

Guide Digbeth   Rainbow My Space


 

Rectory (Top Menu)

The Rectory is a contemporary bar and restaurant serving fine wines, international cuisine and classic British dishes on Saint Pauls Square in the Jewellery Quarter.

50-54 Saint Pauls Square B3 1QS   0121 605 1001   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Rectory Website


 

Red Bar (Top Menu)

The Red Bar is on Temple Street in the Business Quarter.

It is a contemporary lounge bar combining exclusivity with first-class service, fine wines, cocktails and champagnes. The menu includes sushi, smoked salmon, bar tapas and oriental seafood.

Temple Street B2 5BN   0121 643 0194   Map

Guide Business Quarter   Red Bar Website


 

Reflex (Top Menu)

Reflex is an eighties bar and disco chain with two venues in Birmingham city centre:

(1) Southside @ Arcadian on Hurst Street B5 4TD 0121 622 5125   Map

(2) Convention Quarter @ 36-37 Broad Street B1 2DY   0121 643 0444   Map

Both bars are generally open until 1am Tuesday-Wednesday, 2am Thursday and 3am Friday-Saturday.

Reflex Website


 

Revolution (Top Menu)

Revolution is a vodka bar chain with a venue at the Five Ways Centre on upper Broad Street.

This bar serves vodka flavours, bottled beers, cocktails, pitchers, shooters, champagne, wine, pasta, soup, burgers, sandwiches, fish, steak, salad, desserts etc.

There are regular DJ sets and dancing into the early hours.

Revolution generally stays open until midnight Monday-Wednesday and 3am Thursday-Saturday.

Broad Street B15 1AY   0121 665 6508   Map

Guide Five Ways   Revolution Website


 

Rococo Lounge (Top Menu)

The Rococo Lounge is a bar, restaurant and club on Broad Street in the Convention Quarter.

The bar screens live sport and is equipped with a stylish patio area.

The restaurant serves an international menu ranging from Provencal French and rustic Italian to Oriental and traditional English.

The club hosts live DJ's with dancing until the early hours.

The Rococo generally closes at 2am Monday-Thursday and 3am Friday-Saturday.

260 Broad Street B1 2HF   0121 633 4260   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Rococo Lounge Website


 

Rocket (Top Menu)

The Rocket Club is is a self-styled exclusive gentlemen's club with entertainment (lap dancing etc) on Broad Street in the Convention Quarter.

258 Broad Street B1 2HF   0121 643 4525   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Rocket Club Website


 

Rope Walk (Top Menu)

The Rope Walk is a Marstons pub on Saint Paul's Square in the Jewellery Quarter. It is a popular lunchtime and after-work meeting place that serves a varied menu.

15-20 Saint Pauls Square B3 1QU   0121 233 2129   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Marstons Website


 

Rose Villa Tavern (Top Menu)

Rose Villa Tavern in the Jewellery Quarter. original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse udner the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Rose Villa Tavern is a traditional pub which stands next to the Chamberlain Clock at the corner of Warstone Lane and Vyse Street in the Jewellery Quarter.

It is a grade-two-listed building that was constructed in red-brick and buff terracotta by Wood & Kendrick in 1919-20.

The interior, which features fine tiling and stained glass, contains an island bar and several rooms: the Bullion Bar, Emerald Lounge and Smugglers Den.

172 Warstone Lane B18 6JW   0121 236 7910   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter


 

Rouge Gentlemen's Club (Top Menu)

The Rouge Gentlemen's Club is a lap dancing and strip club on John Bright Street in Southside.

John Bright Street B1 1BN   0121 633 7456   Map

Guide Southside   Rouge Website


 

Sack of Potatoes (Top Menu)

Sack of Potatoes Pub in Birmingham. original image Graham Taylor. original image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attributiuon Share Alike 2.0 License

The Sack of Potatoes is a traditional M & B pub in the Gosta Green area of Eastside, barely 100 metres from the campuses of Aston University and the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design.

10 Gosta Green B4 7ER   0121 503 5811   Map

Guide Eastside


 

Scruffy Murphys (Top Menu)

Scruffy Murphy's is a rock pub on Newton Street in the Retail Quarter.

It stages regular live rock bands and weekend DJ's spinning hard rock & heavy metal.

There are seven big screens for live sport.

Newton Street B4 7LN   0121 236 2035   Map

Guide Gun Quarter   Scruffy Murphy's Website


 

Sence (Top Menu)

Sence is contemporary bar and nightclub at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside. It features state-of-the-art sound and lighting, luxurious seating and a dedicated VIP area.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 622 4442   Map

Guide Southside   Sence Website


 

Shakespeare @ Lower Temple Street (Top Menu)

The Shakespeare is a traditional M & B pub on Lower Temple Street in the Retail Quarter.

Lower Temple Street B2 4JD   0121 616 2196   Map

Guide Retail Quarter


 

Shakespeare @ New Street Station (Top Menu)

The Shakespeare is a pub on the concourse at New Street Station in Southside.

New Street Station B2 4PX   0121 665 6567   Map

Guide Southside


 

Shakespeare @ Summer Row (Top Menu)

Shakespeare Tavern in Birmingham. Original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Shakespeare Tavern  is a traditional M & B pub on Summer Row in the Jewellery Quarter.

Summer Row B3 1JJ   0121 236 8702   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter


 

Slug and Lettuce (Top Menu)

The Slug and Lettuce is a bar chain with a pub on Waters Edge at Brindleyplace in the Convention Quarter.

This bar serves wine, champagne, cocktails, world beers and a menu that includes brunch, salads, tostadas, sandwiches, grills, burgers, desserts and old favourites such as sausage & mash.

The Slug & Lettuce generally closes at 11pm Monday-Wednesday, 1am Thursday-Saturday and 10.30pm Sunday.

Waters Edge B1 2HL   0121 633 3049   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Slug and Lettuce Website


 

Sobar (Top Menu)

Sobar is a chic bar serving shooters, world lagers, deluxe spirits, gourmet burgers and handmade pizzas at the Arcadian in the Chinatown area of Southside.

 Sobar is a place to chill-out by day and party at night. Nightime DJ's spin soul and funky house, often accompanied by live percussionists.

Hurst Street B5 4TD   0121 622 4442   Map

Guide Southside   Sobar Website


 

Solomon Cutter (Top Menu)

The Solomon Cutter is a LLoyds No.1 bar on Regency Wharf off Broad Street in the Convention Quarter.

It stands on the former site of the Pearce and Cutler Glassworks established by Solomon Cutter in the 1830's.

The Solomon Cutter is equipped with wi-fi and TV screens and shows live sport; children are welcome.

The pub generally closes at 2am Monday-Wednesday and at 3am Thursday-Sunday.

Regency Wharf B1 2DS   0121 631 8930   Map

Guide Convention Quarter


 

Spearmint Rhino (Top Menu)

Spearmint Rhino is a gentlemen's (strip) club on the Hagley Road in Five Ways.

64 Hagley Road B16 8PF   0121 455 7656   Map

Guide Five Ways   Spearmint Rhino Website


 

Sports Cafe (Top Menu)

The Sports Cafe is a bar and club chain with a pub on Broad Street in the Convention Quarter; this venue contains over forty plasma screens, three bars, a pool lounge, games room and clubroom. 

It hosts party nights and other late night entertainment, generally at the weekend.

240 Broad Street B1 2HG   0121 633 4000   Map

Guide Convention Quarter    Sports Cafe Website


 

Spotted Dog (Top Menu)

Spotted Dog in Digbeth. original image ell brown. image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Spotted Dog is a traditional Irish pub on the corner of Warwick Street and High Street in Digbeth.

This pub serves a good pint of Guinness and is well-known for its live music sets which range from Irish folk to punk rock and reggae. There is a large covered garden which is ideal for barbecues, outdoor sports viewing and live acoustic sets.

The Spotted Dog generally closes at 11pm Sunday-Thursday, midnight Friday and 1am Saturday.

104 Warwick Street B12 0NH   0121 772 3822   Map

Guide Digbeth   Spotted Dog Website


 

Square Peg (Top Menu)

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The Square Peg is a JD Wetherspoon pub that occupies the ground floor of the Minories (former John Lewis Store) on Corporation Street in the Retail Quarter.

The pub is equipped with wi-fi, TV Screens and an outside licensed area; children are welcome.

The pub closes at midnight Sunday-Thurdsay and at 1am Friday-Saturday.

115 Corporation Street B4 6PH   0121 236 6530   Map

Guide Retail Quarter


 

Subside (Top Menu)

Subside is an independent rock and alternative music bar on Fletcher's Walk off Paradise Place in the Business Quarter.

 Subside serves cocktails, beers, ciders and soft drinks. There are pool tables upstairs. Live bands perform most nights.

 Subside has been voted Best Rock Bar UK by readers of Kerrang magazine.

Fletchers Walk B3 3HJ   0121 212 0211   Map

Guide Business Quarter   Subside Website


 

Sunflower Lounge (Top Menu)

The Sunflower Lounge is an independent bar with a basement function room on Smallbrook Queensway in Southside.

It hosts regular live entertainment including parties, quizzes, acoustic nights, dance nights, DJ sets and lbands.

The Sunflower offers a place to chill-out and enjoy an after-work drink or a big night out.

76 Smallbrook Queensway B5 4EG   0121 632 6756   Map

Guide Southside   Sunflower Lounge Website


 

Tap and Spile (Top Menu)

Tap and Spile in Birmingham. Original image Carl Baker. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the creative commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 License

The Tap & Spile (1821) is a traditional canalside pub at Gas Street Basin in the Convention Quarter.

The interior is on two levels: the upper is on Gas Street and the lower adjoins the canal towpath.

The bar serves standard pub food and real ales such as Old Speckle Hen, Admans and London Pride.

Gas Street B1 2JT   0121 632 5602   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Tap & Spile Website


 

Trocadero (Top Menu)

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The Trocadero is a traditional M & B pub on Temple Street in the Retail Quarter.

It was built as a fire station for the Norwich Union in 1846 and refurbished as the Bodega Wine Bar in 1883 and the Trocadero in 1902.

The grade-two-listed facade features glazed tiles and decorative terracotta moulds.

Temple Street B2 5BG   0121 643 6107   Map

Guide Retail Quarter


 

Utopia (Top Menu)

Utopia is a self-styled country bar aimed at the business community that serves cocktails, wine, champagne, breakfast, bar bites and sandwiches on Church Street in the Business Quarter.

There are function rooms for meetings, parties and celebrations.

16 Church Street B3 2NP   0121 233 3666   Map

Guide Business Quarter   Utopia Website

 

 

Vaults (Top Menu)

The Vaults is a lounge bar and restaurant in the vaulted basement of a Victorian warehouse on Newhall Place in the Jewellery Quarter.

It is furnished in the style of an exclusive member's club with private booths, bespoke furniture, wooden flooring, exposed brickwork, stylish art & photography.

 The bar serves premier champagne, bottled beers and cocktails. DJ's play club classics and party tunes into the small hours.

 The restaurant serves classic and contemporary dishes prepared on-site with fresh British ingredients.

Newhall Place B1 3JH   0121 212 9837   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Vaults Website

 

 

Vertu (Top Menu)

Vertu is a cafe bar on Frederick Street in the Jewellery Quarter.

The menu includes tapas, sandwiches, soup and burgers. There is a weekly live music set, normally on Thursday evening, and a funky house DJ set, normally on Friday evening.

25-26 Frederick Street B1 3HH   0121 236 4653   Map

Guide Jewellery Quarter   Vertu Bar Website


 

Victoria (Top Menu)

Victoria pub in Birmingham. original image Ell Brown. Image (cropped and resized brumagem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The Victoria is a pub on John Bright Street, next to the Alexandra Theatre, in Southside.

 The pub, which was built in 1883, serves cask ales, cocktails and home-made food etc. The entertainment includes cinematic shows, poker, quizzes and DJ sets.

The Victoria generally closes at midnight Monday-Thursday and 2am Friday-Saturday.

48 John Bright Street B1 1BN   0121 633 9439   Map

Guide Southside  Victoria Website


 

Village Inn (Top Menu)

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The Village Inn is on Hurst Street at the Gay Village in Southside.

It is a gay chill-out pub in the daytime and a glamorous cabaret venue in the evening with live shows, themed parties and drag queens.

The Village is generally open until 2am Sunday-Thursday and 4am Friday-Saturday.

152 Hurst Street B5 6RY   0121 622 4742   Map

Guide Southside


 

Wagon and Horses (Top Menu)

The Wagon and Horses is a traditional Victorian pub that has been converted into a live music and entertainment venue on Adderley Street in Digbeth.

The pub hosts a regular programme of comedy, films, live DJ & music sets including punk, reggage, jungle & ska.

28 Adderley Street B9 4ED   0121 772 1403   Map

Guide Digbeth   Wagon and Horses My Space


 

Walkabout (Top Menu)

Walkabout in Birmingham.Original image Ell Brown. Original image (cropped and resized brumagem)licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

Walkabout is an Australian-themed bar in a converted warehouse in the Venetian Gothic Style (1860) on Regency Wharf off Broad Street in the Convention Quarter.

Walkabout screens live sport on giant plasma screens and provides late night entertainment with DJ's spinning discs, cover bands, tribute acts or celebrity appearances.

 The bar serves Aussie & Kiwi beers, Kangaroo meat, bush chutney and hand-made burgers etc.

Walkabout is generally open until 2am Sunday-Monday and 3am Tuesday-Saturday.

Regency Wharf B1 2DS   0121 632 5712   Map

Guide Convention Quarter   Walkabout Website


 

Waterworks Jazz Club (Top Menu)

The Waterworks is a jazz club on Bishopsgate Street in Five Ways with a well-stocked bar and dance floor that regularly hosts live sets by New Orleans and trad jazz bands.

5/6 Bishopsgate Street B15 1ET   Map

Guide Five Ways   Waterworks Website


 

Wellington (Top Menu)

The Wellington is a specialist real ale pub on Bennetts Hill in the Business Quarter.

37 Bennetts Hill B2 5SN   0121 200 3115   Map

Guide Business Quarter   Wellington Website


 

Wellington Hotel (Top Menu)

The Wellington Hotel is on Bristol Street in the Gay Village area of Southside.

It contains contains three bars, a restaurant, pool room and function rooms. The clientele are generally gay men.

The Wellington hosts live occasional live entertainment such as karaoke and guest cabarets. The restaurant serves a Sunday roast.

72 Bristol Street B5 7AH   0121 622 2592   Map

Guide Southside


 

Wetherspoons (Top Menu)

Wetherspoons is a JD Wetherspoon pub on Paradise Place off Chamberlain Square in the Business Quarter.

It is equipped with wi-fi, TV screens and an outside licensed area; children are welcome.

Wetherspoons generally closes at midnight Sunday-Thursday and 1am Friday-Saturday.

Paradise Place B3 3HJ   0121 214 8970   Map

Guide Business Quarter


 

White Swan (Top Menu)

White Swan in Birmingham. original image Ell brown. Image (cropped and resized bruamgem) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

The White Swan is a red-brick & terracotta grade-two-listed pub with a mainly Irish clientele on the corner of Bradford Street and Birchall Street in Digbeth. It was built for Ansells Brewery by James and Lister Lea in 1899-1900.

The interior, which contains a back and front bar, features a lincrusta embossed ceiling, ornate tiles, stained glass and glittering mirrors.

Some real ales such as Jennings Cumberland & Ringwood 78 are served.

276 Bradford Street B12 0QY   0121 622 2586   Map

Guide Digbeth


 

White Tower (Top Menu)

The White Tower is a pub in Eastside at the corner of  Lawley Middleway (A4540), Vauxhall Road (B4132) and Curzon Street (B4132), roughly 250 metres from Millennium Point.

The pub is named after its stone-faced double-storey corner entrance which projects beyond the otherwise red-bricked facade to create the impression of a white tower.

The White Tower serves beers, wines, spirits & snacks. It has a pool table and large-screen TV.

Lawley Middleway B4 7XP   0121 359 4061   Map

Guide Eastside  


 

Windsor (Top Menu)

The Windsor is a traditional pub on Cannon Street in the Retail Quarter.

33 Cannon Street B2 5EE   0121 633 3013   Map

Guide Retail Quarter


 

Wimseys (Top Menu)

Wimseys is a lounge bar on the second floor of the Thistle Hotel on St Chads Queensway in the Gun Quarter. It leads onto a terrace and conservatory with views across the city.

St Chads Queensway B4 6HY   0871 376 9005   Map

Guide Gun Quarter   Thistle Website


 

Yard of Ale (Top Menu)

The Yard of Ale is a Marstons basement pub on New Street in the Retail Quarter; it screens live sport and serves cask ales, carefully-selected wines and pub food.

The Yard of Ale (formerly the Tavern) was one of two bars attacked by the IRA on 21 November 1974; eleven people were killed on that night at this pub.

New Street B2 4NP   0121 616 7901   Map

Retail Quarter   Yard of Ale Website


 

Yardbird (Top Menu)

The Yardbird is a jazz & funk bar on Paradise Place in the Business Quarter.

 It is a small intimate venue, in the style of a Chicago jazz cafe, where customers can eat, drink and dance. There are regular DJ sets and  live jazz, funk, acoustic and folk.

The Yardbird usually closes at midnight Sunday-Wednesday and 2am Thursday-Saturday.

Paradise Place B3 3HJ   0121 212 2524   Map

Business Quarter   Yardbird My Space


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