The Junction, Birmingham

Excellent pub in middle of Harborne, its had a modern refeurbishment and has bags of character. A number of different seating areas in different styles, part looks like an old Victorian railway station. Old fires, lots of mismatched curios and old time music playing. 4 different real ales, I actually went for the American Sierra Nevada which was expensive but nicely different. For me this was the best pub I visited in Harborne, but like the others its not cheap, and I visited on a Friday lunchtime & believe it gets a lot busier in the evenings.

Official site of the Junction, contains menus - www.thejunctionharborne.co.uk

Official site of the Junction, contains menus - www.thejunctionharborne.co.uk

A fantastic looking brick rounded corner pub with a decent smoking section, as approved by JB, my drinking buddy. The interior is modern; open plan and in dark green, white and brick, the music was varied and quiet. The service was fine and the clientele more mature based, maybe because the place beer and foodwise wasnt the cheapest around - so the non-discerning were in the Vine, Varsity, Stores and Green Man, i think. Yes, there were sofas, interesting lighting, candles etc, but some nice tiling in the corridor balanced it off with a touch of the traditional. Beer; tap stuff with a wide range of lagers like Peroni, Staropromen, Amstel etc, with Everards Tiger, Elgood's Thin Ice and a decent Camerons Fool's Gold on handpull This was a tidy and quality pub, not totally to my personal taste with the interior, but would happily return.

No Longer O'Niels, it has reverted back to it's old name of "The Junction". Sells preium beers and food, but it certainly isn't cheap. Has an outside smoking area that is covered and warm.