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Orleans Smokehouse, Solihull
Shirley
Monkspath
Postal town: Solihull
B90 4EE
Pub Type
Harvester (Mitchells & Butlers)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Delboy 20 left this review about Harvester Monkspath
Now called Orleans Smokehouse.
On 19th May 2024
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Delboy 20 left this review about Harvester Monkspath
I am not a fan of these places unless you are eating here. We weren't so it was a forgettable experience. Didn't fancy the Doom Bar so I had a quick 61 Deep and moved on!
On 19th February 2019
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Harvester Monkspath
Modern bar / restaurant of unusual design, with a porticoed single-storey front extension and something supposed to look like an orangery to both sides. One houses the general seating area, with the main dining areas being found to the other side of and behind the central servery, and various patio tables are available on each side of the entrance. Features the expected semi-modern furniture and decor throughout, but the overall effect is somewhat better than is often the case with this chain. Real ale is also available, albeit just Doom Bar (£3.40) from one of a pair of handpumps.
On 30th September 2018
- rating: 6
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Soup Dragon left this review about The Monkspath
I defy anyone to find this place interesting. This is really a restaurant, as nobody would seriouly come here to have just a drink, surely to God. It is a modern brick build, sprawling and dull, although there is a slight attempt to give a Georgian/neo-classic look. There is a patio. I think it was formerly Jeffersons and before that, the site of the Crown pub. The interior is one massive open plan bricky, creamy, browny, bistro pictured bore. I nodded off before i could check for TVs and the music was soft and general. The service was fine and the cientele family diners - which is why i was there; no other reason would have got me in. Beer; no real ale, with Pedigree on keg and so i had a passable Guinness. The food was OK. People seemed happy with it - i just found it so dull - after seeing my family, the best part was leaving.
On 23rd April 2013
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