Lounge Bar, Tipton

With the former Nags Head looking more forlorn than ever, this Nepalese bar and restaurant is as close as one can get to a pub these days in the centre of Great Bridge. That said, all the tables in the main seating areas are laid up for those dining, and there are no stools by the counter either. However, there was no problem just stopping for a Cobra (£4.30), the only draught beer available.

This is the former Limerick pub, which is certainly at least late Victorian in origin. The pub is detached, with a patio area. The pub is actually Georgian in style, roughly symmetrical and in brick, with cream quoins. The place is effectively a sports bar. It is a straight room, in cream and fake stone, with a wood floor. There is a pool table and dart board, along with TVs showing sport. There is a DJ area and the music was loud and charty. A few old photos and sports memorabilia are on the walls - Baggies mainly. The service was fine and the clientele, mainly younger. Beer; usual tap stuff with GK IPA Gold and Spekky Hen at £1.50 a pint - which actually tasted fine! A sports bar, which isn't really my thing - i think i visited at the best time, when quieter!