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The Woodman, Birmingham
Eastside
Postal town: Birmingham
B5 5LG
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Danny O'Revey left this review about The Woodman
Revisit 4th October 2013:
Now again reopened, this time with the team behind the Post Office Vaults in the City Centre. Its had a little bit of tarting up, but is really a basic Victorian boozer. The bar area to the front feels a little uncomforatable for some reason, its a bit cavernous maybe, and there is a tiled lounge at the rear. Despite the basic nature it does hold a nice historic look with its features.
A bloke at the bar was complaining about the flat beer, or at least it having no head (similar issue with SD below, unless they were one and the same!) but my pint of Oakham was excellent & there were 6 other real ales, and also a selection of newspapers and ready made sandwiches.
Altogether a nice experience and a very welcome addition to Eastside.
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2010: Now reopened...well, sort of. Back open as a pub, but there is no draft beer, only bottled. I get the impression this Council owned building, blighted by awaiting a decision on development in Eastside, is being allowed to open short term on the cheap so that someone is using this listed building, its better for a building to be used after all.
But its truely dreadful & uncomfortable.
On 7th October 2013
- rating: 8
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Soup Dragon left this review about The Woodman
This pub, and the Eagle and Tun (currently closed) have a special place in my heart, for family history reasons. It was good to visit for the first time in 4 years or so, due to its closure. The pub is now detached, but was once a corner pub that formed a part of the densely packed Italian and Irish quarter - facing the old Curzon St station offices (later goods yard). It was built in 1897, replacing earlier buildings on the site and the American Inn, next door. It is in the typical red brick of the period, with moulding, decorative gables and large rounded lower windows. The interior has three rooms. The main room is an L-shaped bar. This room has fantastic glazed tiles, with a red ceiling and grey lino. The first snug is in the same tiling, with an impressive fireplace and the old bell-pushes on the walls. The second snug is in patterned wallpaper and red walls. A few old photos are on the walls. There is no TV and there is no music. The service was friendly and it was busy with a mixed clientele - including families. Beer; Freedom keg drinks, with a real cider and the following handpulls were on: Whale Pale Ale, Oakham 20 years, Single Hop Wakatu, Green Duck's Count Duckula, Slater's Top Totty, Castle Rock Harvest Pale Ale and Black Gold (decent), as well as Dorothy Goodbody's Autumn Delight (which was delightful). A great real ale pub and a great building - the only downside is that I like a head on my beer! I will be back.
On 6th October 2013
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Chris Kilmister left this review about The Woodman
The Woodman will be reopening 27 September 2013 as a real ale pub, looking forward to it
On 24th September 2013
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