From beautiful bars with original interiors that make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time to old-school watering holes that haven’t changed in decades, Birmingham has some wonderful pubs.
Here are some recommendations for where to take out-of-towners.
Our list comes courtesy of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), reader favourites and Google reviews.
Let us know if there are anymore to add to the list at [email protected]

5. 1000 Trades, Jewellery Quarter
This bar & kitchen located in an old jewellery workshop is a lovely cosy tucked away pub in the Jewellery Quarter. They serve food and craft beers over three floors of a nineteenth century building | Google

6. The Brasshouse, Broad Street, city centre
Broad Street brewery The Brasshouse is renowned as being one of Birmingham’s best traditional pubs. The pubs has a great atmosphere and does a cracking Sunday roast | Google

7. The Big Bull’s Head, Digbeth High Street
The Bulls Head in Digbeth has retained many of the original features of its Victorian premises. The pub has a a lovely cosy atmosphere and delicious pub grub | Enda Mullen

8. The Rose Villa Tavern, city centre
The Tavern is an old Grade II listed building at the heart of the Jewellery Quarter. The Victorian pub has a great interior including a snug with a modern vibe and varied menu | Google


