Drakes Drum, Birmingham

Official pages of the Drakes Drum, contains menus - www.sizzlingpubs.co.uk

Official pages of the Drakes Drum, contains menus - www.sizzlingpubs.co.uk

A 1930s? looking, detached, pub/eatery, now in white painted brick (after a massive refurbishment costing over £400k a few years back), with bowling green and patio. The pub is a chain pub, i think part of the M&B group as it does a value menu - the New Bell, down the road, has the same menu and decor. This pub will close in late July for a week after which it will re-open as a Sizzling pub - which maybe the same fate for the New Bell. The interior has two destinct areas; a bar and a lounge/dining area. The lounge is open plan. In my notes i said it was the same decor as the New Bell - so it is in toffee, green and yellow, with green patterned, cream patterned and brown patterned wallpaper, with a red carpet. Even the fireplace was the same - a wood and ceramic tiled one. The walls were adorned with old photos of Great Barr. I didnt eat, so cant comment on the food. The bar had darts and a pool table. There was a TV. The music was on in the bar part, a quiz in the lounge. The service was fine and the place quite full with a mixed clientele. Beer; tap stuff with a decent enough M&B MILD. The handpulls with Brew XI were not on, as they are about to close up for the refurb. I will re-review this place when it re-opens. I hope they change something, just for the fact that two pubs so close having the same decor, even down to the fireplace, is a bit much even for chain pubs