All Bar One, Birmingham

Bar is still the same as previous reviews , the staff prefer customers to use the waiter/waitress service but plenty of people just walking up to the bar to be served . Still no real ale available .

This All Bar One is located on a mezzanine level that overlooks the departures concourse, a large Burger King and the entry to the monorail that takes travellers to the train station and NEC. I scaled some stairs found to the left to find myself at the edge of a long thin bar furnished with high and standard sized wooden tables and chairs. This furniture is faced by a bar that runs along the back wall. To the left of the bar is a small raised seating section and on the right wall is a departures and arrivals board. The bar is stocked with premium draught products and Guinness. There is also an espresso section of the bar which is where the lone barmaid was camped during my visit on Friday afternoon. After waiting for a minute or two at the bar she came over and told me that this establishment adopts a table service process and she advised me to take a seat where “someone would be right over”. Somebody wasn’t right over, but I did eventually get served. Whilst waiting I had a nose at the menu to discover there is a large sharing platter selection and to give an idea of food prices the standard burger and fries costs £10.50. There is also a children’s menu and the opening times are daily from 4am to 9pm, although breakfast is only available until midday. I’m not a big fan of this chain and I don’t like table service, but I’ve been in much worse airport bars.

This is now an All Bar One

Open plan area on mezzanine opening onto airport concourse below. Its basically just a waiting area at the airport, with normal Wetherspoon seating. 2 real ales and extremely expensive, the Abbott Ale I had was actually kept ok. But its not somewhere you would make a special trip too.