The Wellington, Birmingham

@Citizenwolfie "As for the Welly "dumbing down," I would have nothing of the sort - I meant it more that people sould broaden their horizons instead of flocking to the Wellington all the time. The other local pubs should indeed strive for greatness but it's difficult when the Wellington is as popular as it is."

I agree wholeheartedly, although the Welly is the pub I use most at weekends it does not always have my total beer trade there other pubs I
use, including the three you mentioned. Weekdays however it is difficult to drink in the city, due to lack of connecting public transport.

7 Feb 2011 13:26

The Selly Park Tavern, Selly Oak

Seems like i'm the first to comment in nearly 3 years.

Good manager and team very freindly, never eaten there but the food looks and smells good.

The ale selection is limited because it's a tied house, however the ales they do have are well kept and if there is a problem, ie. end of barrel they will change it without argument.

2 Aug 2010 00:38

The Wellington, Birmingham

FOA ThirstyAleMonkey,

I take exeption to your comments, as someone who uses the Wellington on a regular/irregular occasion, no matter how busy i've never waited more than about 5 mins to get served.

The "snazzie electronic board" is actually a computer sceen so that at anytime you can go to their website and veiw exactly what beers are on offer at that time, (it can be rather frustrating at times in that by the time you get there the beer's gone.)

As for sitting at the bar there is a strictly enforced policy that there is no seating in the middle of the bar, but i will agree that when it is busy the bar can be crowed with standing customers.

But once you've made up your mind from what can sometimes be a very intimidating range of ales you only have to attract a member of staffs attention.

Still if you don't like Gods own city (Birmingham) no-one will drag you here.

21 Jul 2010 22:48