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The Craven Arms, Birmingham
Birmingham
B1 1JG
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
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ROB Camra left this review about The Craven Arms
Fine little corner pub with a magnificent blue tiled exterior and a good looking cornerstone above one door. Inside is full of red leather settles and dining tables and chairs. The settles have small mirrors set in the back of them for the vain types. The neat wooden bar has mirrors at the back and some interesting lights above it. There are two green tiled fireplaces and a DJ rig in one corner. The windows are nicely done and are engraved with the name of the pub. There are three handpumps but only two were on, these were selling Pedigree and Hobgoblin. I tried a pint of the Hobgoblin which was fine. The menu on the table had some fairly standard pub grub on it but at very competitive prices e.g. Steak Pie, Chips & Peas for £3.95, I didn’t try any though. It’s a neat little pub and a far cry from the plastic bars in the Mailbox just along the road.
On 27th April 2010
- rating: 7
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Gill Smith left this review about The Craven Arms
Can't rate it as I took photo as I passed it. Have been before albeit a few years ago, and it was a friendly pub selling Banks beers then.
On 12th April 2010
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Andy Ven left this review about The Craven Arms
I popped in here during a midweek lunchtime. It’s just a short walk out of the side door of the Mailbox and offers an alternative to the trendy bars by the canal.
I was initially drawn by photos of the exterior and the inside did not disappoint. I found a single room, perhaps not quite as big as I had imagined for a corner pub. Whilst it appears to have undergone a refurb in recent years the décor and upholstery remained traditional, with comfortable red leather seating.
There were two flat screen TVs, one showing a daytime soap and the other a music channel but with the sound right down. A sign on the chimney breast advertised that Saturday night is karaoke night. Like Soup D, I found the barmaid to be pleasant and friendly.
I didn’t eat, but chicken and mushroom pie with wedges and veg appeared to be decent value on the board at £4.95.
The beer: Carling, Guinness, Stella, Peroni and Strongbow. On handpull there was Jennings Cocker Hoop, Pedigree and my choice, Hobgoblin. My drink was served a little bit too cold but it would be picking flies to be critical. I liked the place and would readily go back with my colleagues if I could persuade them to stretch their legs. Good pub.
On 7th April 2010
- rating: 8
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