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Post Office Vaults, Birmingham
Birmingham
B2 4BA
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Reviews of Post Office Vaults (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about Post Office Vaults
Still smells fairly heavily of damp; maybe to be expected but even so, not ideal. Bar billiards table remains and still semi-unplayable (though it is at least free, so fair enough). Six cask on over seven pumps, my Hobsons Champion was in good nick (NBSS 3.5). Some interesting keg plus good bottle choices supplement though maybe my memory is playing tricks but are there fewer bottles than I remember? There are no tomes any longer listing them all. Enjoyable pub banter, posing the question "can deaf people still have tinnitus?" The answer is yes. It’s a good bolt hole and a standard shoo-in for a crawl round the city centre.
November 2014
Hard-to-locate subterranean bar with the inevitable faint smell of damp accompanying it. Apparently owned by the same people who have the Welly, the ethos is the same – a plethora of ales at the bar (8) from far and wide, plus some ciders. My Hobsons Mild was in good shape. There’s also a vast amount of foreign bottles with a thick, descriptive menu at the table. Encouragingly there was a bar billiards table but discouragingly one whole side was up against the wall so it’s not really usable for a serious game unless you’re allowed to pull it out? No daylight and muted lighting means it’s dangerously easily to doze off after a couple! Cream and red décor, with hops hanging from ceiling, some hung foreign beer signs and a bottle collection snaking round the high shelf. Like the Wellington, no music or TV. Also like the Welly you can bring your own food. WiFi can be leeched off Greggs next door. A great addition to the town centre. Rated 8
On 24th April 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 5099 recommendations about 5082 pubs]
Rob Hunter left this review about Post Office Vaults
Paid a re-visit recently on a weekday afternoon. I wasn't quite as enamoured as I was on my 2019 visit but that may in part have been down to the beer selection on the day, and the one I went for had a bit of an odd aroma. It wasn't my favourite beer of the day. Fairly busy around 4pm midweek. Six of seven hand pulls at the bar were in service for real ale, and there was a menu behind the bar listing a further seven ciders, which is quite impressive.
Furniture is basic and functional, certainly perfectly adequate. Loads of old bottles filled a shelf going round the perimiter of the room at high level. Unfortunately the gents are extremely smelly - perhaps being underground the drainage from the trough style urinal could be problematic.
I'll probably give it another go at some point, and it's worth seeking out if you have never been before.
On 6th December 2023
- rating: 7
[User has posted 750 recommendations about 598 pubs]
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Post Office Vaults
Compact cellar bar, with a rather difficult-to-spot main door on New Street and a more obvious entrance on Pinfold Street. Fairly plain furniture and decor. Somehow they have managed to fit in seven handpumps and a few keg fonts onto the compact counter. Usual excellent selection in a variety of styles on my latest visit, including a pair of milds: Champion from Hobson's and Bostin' from Green Duck (£4.40). NB - If you are thinking of meeting someone here, you might want to know that not all mobile networks have a signal inside.
On 22nd March 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 8117 recommendations about 8117 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : Yes last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No - You can bring your own and staff will sort crockery - last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
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- Micropub : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 24 April 2024 by Quinno _
