Hare & Hounds, Birmingham

Cannot add much to Soup Dragons review apart from at the moment there is only one room open at the moment with the other being refurbished.Liked the ceramic tiles and the large heavily wooded staircase.I think there was 3 casks available on my Thurs afternoon visit.

Top Pub - got everything. Great entertainment - covering every base from comedy to blues to quiz nights to household bands. Great beer - UBU purity Spot On. Plenty of History in a lovely building. Some photos at my walking blog - http://bit.ly/1t83jIN

Pleasant, still traditional main bar, lots of tiling & natural light. The is a further bar at the back that has some less traditional aspects. A very pleasant place. 3 real ales - 2xPurity plus their own house IPA provided by Greene King (for some reason!).

A smart looking Victorian/Edwardian corner pub/music venue in undressed brick, complete with clock tower, etched glass and with a patio. The interior is an L-shape around the bar. The music venue i attended back in the late 80s was upstairs. The bar is in the green and blue ceramic tile look of the age, along with some white and one green wall. There is a molded ceiling and wood floor and wood bar. The area to the left, when entering via the main door has an incongruous sofa area (in my view), and the area to the right, with the green wall, equally, a few arty pictures while the rest of the place has a few old mirrors and a Victorian clock, along with pot plants and fairy lights (not illuminated at lunchtime!. Luckily, where i sat, took out the view of most of these things. The place did a bar menu, but i didn't eat. The service was fine, the clientele mixed and the music mixed and at a decent level. Beer; tap stuff, with Staropramen and Leffe. On handpull there was Abbots, GK IPA and Purity UBU. I had the Staropramen, as i didn't really fancy the other stuff I enjoyed my first visit here for 20 years, some of the decor is a little out of place - but that is my personal taste.

Official site of the Hare & Hounds, contains drinks list - hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk

Official site of the Hare & Hounds, contains drinks list - hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk