The Royal, Birmingham

Beautifully ornate Victorian Corner Pub. Inside, decorated to a high standard in the style of a hotel bar. Some very comfy wingback chairs :-) Open at 10am - does breakfast - but has no cask at all. Usual Keg uninspired choices.... madri, guinness and so on. Guinness was ridiculously cold. Still, posher than my house so possibly worth a visit for a pre-dinner drink.

Official site of The Royal - www.theroyalbirmingham.co.uk

Official site of The Royal - www.theroyalbirmingham.co.uk

I have visited here numerous times over the years. Attractive pub well described below. Always seems to be busy. My pint of Hobsons was in good nick. Worth a visit.

A fine looking building with a corner turret occupying a strategic corner plot as these Victorian edifices tend to, inside there is a functional L-shaped carpeted space with mostly regular seating but including some of those bucket chairs which will not allow you to drape your coat over the back. Arched leaded windows, decor includes all sorts of artefacts on display on various shelves but mainly on the Royal theme, framed prints of members of the Royal Family through the years. Also Royal family trees on display, not that I know much about this stuff having never been a history student I found it interesting. A splendid feature tiled shelf inside is possibly one of the high points inside. There are two banks of three handpumps, on offer was St Peter's Golden Ale, Young's Hummingbird and Landlord. Three not on, two unclipped one reversed looked like the delightful GKIPA. A decent pub but the interior does not do justice to the exterior.