The Royal, Birmingham

Interior as described by old boots below. 5 real ales and food served.

Seemed to be a very tidy and traditional-run sort of pub, with no gimmickry, and much the better for it. Guest beer was Maxim's Lambton, very drinkable and reasonably-priced.

Certainly an extravagant exterior but inside a fairly functional drinking space, carpeted throughout and furnished with tables and chairs with a few leather armchairs. Basically a big square room with a square servery with two serving faces. Six pulls of pretty mundane beers from Greene King and Marstons, I had an Exmoor Gold but it still tasted a bit of Pedigree. There's a neat art nouveau style sideboard affair or maybe former barback to one side and the decor is a random selection of portraits and photos of members of the houses of Tudor, Hanover and Windsor. There are three large screens to view those Royal occasions.