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The Church, Birmingham
Birmingham
B18 6AQ
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Moby Duck left this review about The Church
A basic two roomed pub with a mixture of seating heights and styles. The internal colour scheme was not my cup of tea being a mix of Earl Grey, Burgundy and cream. The windows were leaded with a few stained panes throughout. Just a couple of Everad beers were available from the four handles on the bar, Tiger and Sunchaser, leaving one with a turned Beacon Hill clip , the other bare. It was temporarily cash only on my visit , luckily I had some on me. Only me in there on a Saturday lunchtime so hopefully it does have busier times. The pub itself is ok but I doubt I'd take a dedicated walk back here in the future.
On 4th July 2022
- rating: 6
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Church
October 2021 revisit
A minimalist facelift of an old pub, with bare light wood floorboards, plain furnishings and a lack of much decoration. This time I ventured through a door marked 'Smoke Room' at the back and found a covered area, presumably once a yard, with a small snug (not in use) and a larger games room. Still an Everards house, with Beacon Hill and Sunchaser of their own and the guest ale Slaughterhouse Space Trotter.
October 2016 original review
Best described as an old pub rebooted. Retains glasswork and some fittings, but augmented by a strange mix of French café and American diner furniture. Three Everards beers and a guest seemed in good condition though - Cask Marque listed.
On 17th October 2021
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Church
Two-room pub on the northern edge of the Jewellery Quarter with a refurbished interior featuring a mix of furniture and decor. Now run by the Inn-Credible Pub Co, but having some connections to Everards, I found Sunchaser and Tiger from two of the four handpumps. Almost empty on a foul December evening, but I was pleased to find it open for a decent pint.
On 30th December 2019
- rating: 6
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Al Bundy left this review about The Church Inn
A half decent 2 roomed pub. 4 handpumps serving 3 Everard's plus a guest which was a Burton Bridge Halfway to Heaven beer. It does, however, have hideous blue booth like seating in one room.
On 25th February 2016
- rating: 6
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hondo . left this review about The Church Inn
Victorian corner pub with old leaded windows. 4 real ales and food served.
On 1st August 2015
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Church Inn
Think they have done a decent job of combining a trendy louisiana soul food restaurant with a traditional pub. Yes, they do cocktails. Yes, the hipsters pay by card - but they certainly haven't done this at the neglect of the ale. My Everards Tiger was perfect.
Food was pretty good as well.
Some photos at http://mappiman.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/020515-jewellery-quarter-pub-crawl.html
On 4th May 2015
- rating: 8
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Church Inn
Four Everards ales on handpump on our visit. I went for the Everards Xingu, a Brazilian gold beer, obviously a special for the World Cup. There were three bar staff behind the bar and the waiting to be served was painfully slow. The pub was steady, but not mad busy. The problem here was the majority of the trendy mid-twenties, who all ordered bourbon cocktails, which cost an arm and a leg and then putting the drinks on a tab or pulling out plastic for one drink. My patience was holding out ok, but still to see the barmen winding orange rind around a straw and then balancing it on the edge of the glass, could test a thirsty beer drinker.
On 17th June 2014
- rating: 6
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Soup Dragon left this review about The Church Inn
UPDATE: This is a Victorian pub, with a roof terrace, and since my last review, a function room has replaced the patio area. It is now operated by the Everards Brewery. The pub is mainly in white brick, with a blue lower frontage. Quite plain, it retains its corner entrance and has large leaded windows. The interior retains its two wooden-floored rooms, yet open-plan interior. The far side now has Parisian and bistro art, bottles and mirrors, along with a small tiled fireplace, little candles and the old bell-pushes. The colour scheme is difficult, as it was so gloomy, but appeared to be white, red and wood panel. The main room has the serving bar, but now has incongruous blue boothy seating on one side. They do food, but we didn't eat. There is no TV and the music was a bit charty, but at a decent level. The service was fine and a small clientele. Beer; usual tap stuff with Titanic Stout. On handpull there were Everards Tiger, Sunchaser, Regimental (to the regiment - I wish I was there) and an enjoyable Original. A pub returning to form after struggling for a long while. Not quite my decor, but hey-ho, beer first.
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(2009) A detached corner pub, in white render and black paintwork, with rear beer patio.
The interior is open plan, though this falls into two 'rooms'. The main room has the bar itself, of wood, with a red and white, with wood panel decor and nice large windows. The other 'room' has a nice fireplace and DJ equipment. The floor is of wood. The service is fine and the food always functional. The clientele was small on my last visit and, being honest, seems to be going down on each visit. Maybe the pub suffers from the Clifden being so close, i can't say, but it has slowly declined over the past few years. The music on my last visit was modern and just a tad loud.
Beer; tap stuff, with now an 'ok' Timothy Taylor Best - though my friend had, i think, HPA Wye Valley (i failed to note this).
This should be my kind of place, but does seem to have gone a little downhill, i do hope it picks up.
On 14th November 2013
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Old Boots left this review about The Church Inn
Pretty much as described below I'd call the seating in the left hand side, old railway carriage in style but American diner is close as well. Either way a bit out of keeping with the rest of the pub. The right hand room is more traditional with Britannia tables and bent wood chairs plus a slightly decrepit cast iron fireplace with grotty tiles, there are murals either side of it. Well kept Everards beers on the four pulls, and some better continentals. The roof terrace is the roof of a function room at the back of the yard. Not a bad place on the Jewellery Quarter crawl.
On 16th September 2013
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Church Inn
The Church is a corner pub that is on the busy great hampton street.
Once inside the pub had an L shaped room,that had two distinctive sides,the left side had the bar in it,there were some gawdy looking aamerican diner type seating down the left wall,with bench seating to the front,the right side looked a a bit more traditional with bench seating around the edge of the room,there were two more rooms to the rear but both were not in use on my visit.
The pub is now an Everards tied house but not signed as so,there were four real ales on the bar all from Everards brewery,i had a drink of Sunchaser which was a nice refreshing beer,the other beers were Tiger bitter,Original and Whakatu.
The pub was very busy with a mixed bunch in on my Saturday afternoon visit.
My only small gripe was the concept music that was playing,i dont like this type of music.
Pub visited 17/8/2013
On 17th August 2013
- rating: 7
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