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The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1), Birmingham
Birmingham
B1 2DS
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Lloyds No. 1 (J D Wetherspoon)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
Large, modern Lloyds No 1 bar with a square-ish layout including a raised seating area along the front windows. Smaller bar upstairs, and a few patio tables outside under a covered terrace. Definitely not a regular 'spoons on a Friday evening, with a DJ and booming music on this revisit (but quieter in the smaller upstairs bar). Just one bank of five handpumps, offering Exmoor Gold (£2.59) and Hobgoblin Gold in addition to the usual trio of Ruddles, Doom Bar and Abbot.
On 15th May 2023
- rating: 6
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
Former Lloyds Bar. Spacious spoons in identikit style to many other modern city centre ones.
Exmoor Gold at £2.57 was the highlight.
On 27th February 2023
- rating: 6
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
Called in here after visiting the Figure of Eight down the road, as I was interested to compare the two establishments. Only one bank of hand pulls for cask ale spotted, yet despite the smaller beer range I preferred this Spoons as it had a better atmosphere and was a bit more modern feeling. Pricing was the same at £1.99 a pint (£1 for a half) on guest ales.
TVs on during the daytime, I think muted, showing a news channel with subtitles.
Nothing to get too excited about, but far from unpleasant.
On 16th December 2021
- rating: 7
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Gill Smith left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
Impressed on our visit to this Lloyds No 1 with the choice of ales available. Before I made my choice I was offered tasters of the two I was interested in, and so purchased Orkney Celebration and Daleside Morocco Ale, both of which were fine. An unusual item here was the accessibility lift to enable disabled to get to the toilets on the first floor.
On 26th October 2018
- rating: 8
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
The beer choice and quality has improved in here over the last few months. On my last visit there was Roosters 25th Anniversary, Green Jack Jester and Dorset Durdle Door alongside the trio of doom. The 2 I tried were in excellent shape and great value at £1.99. Worth a visit.
On 12th August 2018
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
This is a large Lloyds No 1 bar in a relatively new development opposite the Symphony Hall. The pub comprises a large ground floor room with the servery along the front part of the left hand wall. There is a big raised seating area to the front under some large floor to ceiling windows which let plenty of light into the pub. Lots of standard seating options have been arranged here along with some sort of contraption that resembled a large piece of industrial machinery. At the far right end of the room there are some sofas in front of a bank of screens showing the afternoon's live football fixture, with other TV screens throughout the room showing Six Nations rugby. A rail separates the raised section from the main bulk of the pub and there is a row of seating beneath this rail that quickly gives way to a large vertical drinking area which I suspect gets a lot of use on Friday and Saturday nights. High tables and stools can be found close to the bar and then there is a long row of regular tables and chairs along the back, extending further to the left once you pass the end of the bar. There are large windows back here too, again helping to light this side of the pub nicely, and promising elevated views out to the canals, although in reality there is a good view of 'Jimmy Spices' and a mere glimpse of the water. The pub is sparsely decorated and on an overcast day was surprisingly gloomy except in the seating directly under the window, with neon light strips in the centre of the pub not really helping matters. Stairs lead up to a carpeted second bar with the servery on the back wall, high table and stool seating opposite and standard chairs in two raised sections at either end of the room. More TV screens could be found here, also showing the football and it seemed a little quieter up here than in the busy ground floor bar.
The pub had a disappointing ale range, with three 'Spoons regulars alongside one guest and one unclipped pump. The guest was Conwy Welsh Pride which turned out to be a fairly unmemorable brew in passable condition. I also had a quick bite to eat here and as always the food was reliable, unspectacular stuff. The bar seemed relatively understaffed given the Sunday afternoon crowds and queues were building up throughout my visit.
Wetherspoons do have a habit at times of being fairly unmemorable, but this place will ironically stick in the memory for being perhaps the most unmemorable of all. There really was little to pick out here, with slow service, drab decor, poor beer choice and a large soulless interior combining to hopeless effect. Aside from the usual 'Spoons bonus points for cheap food and drink and a reasonably lively atmosphere, there wasn't much to draw me back to this one.
On 9th April 2017
- rating: 5
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Aqualung . left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
This is a full blown Lloyds with lights and speakers giving out the warning to avoid at all costs late on a Friday or Saturday night. It's just a square room and I found it so underwhelming I didn't even notice there was another level upstairs. Downstairs there are five hand pumps which on my visit had two unused, GK IPA & Abbot and a pathetically named and low ABV celebration ale from Marston's called One Is 90. I resigned myself to a pint of Abbot (£2.45) and ordered one at which point the young buffoon behind the bar started pouring IPA into a dimple mug. I pointed out that I had ordered Abbot and asked for it in a straight glass.
I wasn't impressed with this place at all and it must surely be the worst JDW in the West Midlands.
On 15th May 2016
- rating: 2
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hondo . left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
Soulless 2 bar spoons spread over 2 floors. Live sport shown on numerous TVs and 5 real ales served.
On 2nd August 2015
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Danny O'Revey left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
Tired looking Lloyds bar at the start of Broad Street Birmingham clubbing mile. Poor beer choice, poor quality.
On 24th May 2015
- rating: 3
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Oggwyn Great left this review about The Soloman Cutler (Lloyds No. 1)
Large barn like Lloyds No1 split over two floors .
Pretty busy on my early Saturday lunchtime visit with the usual mixture of JDW customers , couples of all ages , families with over weight kids , a hen party starting early , football lads having a pre-match pint and a few profesional drinkers on a mission .
Service at the bar was reasonable with plenty of staff , but the table waiting staff were woefully undermanned for a place this size .
Small choice of real ales , my Batemans XXB was in decent nick.
On 26th April 2015
- no rating submitted
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