This is a great traditional irish pub in Digbeth that was a real hub of the St Patricks day…read morecelebrations this weekend. The prices here are what you would expect for the area but this week don't expect to be getting to the bar too quickly. With the amount of people wanting a pint of guinness over the last couple of days this place was packed out. On a standard week/weekend this is a laid back traditional Irish boozer. Great for families and generally has warm welcome from both the bar staff and regular faces.

I used to sing live with des Ryan on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings. Teats on my pillow and…read moreshe'll be coming round the mountain became my most requested songs. Odd occasions i did gospel. We then moved to red hill then the dubliner. I then started to go to evenig church service. Now i have started to go to kerryman again to listen to live music. Its great fun. We have a singalong and a good dance from pop to rock to ballroom to jig. A pitcherof sex on the beach is usually on our table.

The half moon pub is a great little pubits doesnt do food, it doesnt do many drinksand if you dont…read moredrink the black stuff, you will be looked at funny for the rest of the night. I first stumbled upon this place when an irish friend and i were going on a pub crawl, trying every single guiness in oxfordand the halfmoon..later did we found in a more sober state, is an irish pubcame up top. the pub has an elderly landlord who is not a fan of loutish behaviour and will let you know with a stern look if you are crossing the lineand thats a good thing. have some resepct for where you are and you will be rewardlast night my friends and i were treated to a lock in till 1 am

This pub is such a hidden gem. It's just far enough from the centre to escape too much notice, and…read morefrom the outside it doesn't look like anything special. In fact, as Elliott Castro says, it doesn't do food or a huge range of drinks, especially if you're not drinking alcohol, but that's really not why you come here. You come here for the atmosphere. I'm no expert, but it really seems to be the most 'Irish' pub of all the 'Irish' pubs I've seen on my travels, both in Oxford and elsewhere (including, strangely enough, Dublin!). It's really warm and lively and great, great fun. It can be a little daunting going in the first time to see groups of regulars there, but behind the boisterous appearance, people are generally pretty friendly. They do live music on Sunday nights and often host folk music events. Don't knock it till you've tried it! It is the sort of place where you go to have background music to your conversation, though; if someone's playing a song, you listen. This is a really refreshing change - I always feel a bit awkward talking over musicians in other situations, and there's plenty of chance to chat otherwise. Go and check it out, but don't tell too many people - it's great just as it is!

Located a shorter walking distance from the Bullring than Digbeth's Irish Centre and its choice of…read morebars, the Dubliner is a good old-fashioned boozer with a shot of Irish character that gives it a really earthy appeal. Like most of Digbeth, it's not the easiest on the eye but you can easily spend a comfortable, satisfying couple of hours sipping on a Guinness or your preferred ale/beer, accompanied by a hearty meal if you're a bit peckish. Needless to say, it gets a bit rowdy around St Patrick's Day (as do the Irish quarter's other bars the Connaught, Leinster, etc.) but in a merry way. Although the pub's a bit rough around the edges, I've never witnessed any trouble in there nor any ill feeling towards us mere English folk who are happy to spend our money in there. The food is perfectly good pub grub, incorporating bargain carvery and all-day brekkie options, and you may catch some live music in there if you're lucky. Great for weekend footie thanks to the big screens and, if you're looking for a place with character for an overnight stay, there are rooms available upstairs for the traditional B&B experience.

There are few more iconic public houses in the Digbeth area than the Dubliner. Its long business…read morefront makes it easily noticeable and its atmosphere and quality make it all the more memorable. It can be a little pricey here but nonetheless a drinking visit to Digbeth just wouldn't be complete without a stop off. As well as beers and spirits you can line your stomach with something more substantial in the form of a carvery, available from Tuesday through to Sunday and priced at only four pounds fifty. That's a price which any business in Birmingham would find hard to match and for this alone the Dubliner deserves a pat on the back. It's a good solid Irish pub, with plenty of character.

I'm very fond of the Irish Centre and have had a number of memorable evenings there - actually in…read morehindsight maybe 'blurry' is a better way of describing them. When you first enter you'll see a music shop to the right which sells albums, musical instruments and the like - carry on through and you will be presented with the Connaught Bar which has been given a bit of a face-lift in recent years and now resembles a slightly posh hotel reception. You can buy cheap beer and decent food here and they tend to have entertainment at weekends including a late night disco. Go through the bar and on the left you will come to their amazing smoking area - ever wondered what it feels like to be in captivity - then this is your chance as the smoking area is set behind bars. However the heaters are ferocious and you can console yourself with nice views of the Custard Factory opposite. The Irish Centre also houses a number of function rooms, holds regular boxing and sporting nights and is well worth a visit.

Salsa in the Irish centre, what a great night it is. Good company, salsa tunes and lots of dancing…read more Drinks on the go as you dance away. The function room dance floor is big enough for loads of dancers, as you need space. Tonight we have the local audience in, better go and dance.

There was a time 7 or 8 years ago when this place was pretty much my living room. I played for the…read morepub's Sunday League side and I lived just down the road. Whilst I'm not there *quite* as often these days, having moved out of Moseley and hung up my Sunday League boots, it is still my favourite of all the pubs along the B13 drag. There are two bars and plenty of seating and always a friendly welcome from behind the bar. The beer is decent and the food is very good - homemade burgers, breakfast muffins, and so on. There is also an upstairs function room with another bar. This is usually hired out for private parties or to local DJs and promoters. Out the back there is a tiny courtyard that is the very definition of a sun trap. High, bright walls enclose a smattering of benches and reflect the heat onto the lucky afternoon drinker. It gets very busy in the evenings at weekends and also when there is a big football or rugby match on the big screen and is particularly popular when there are international matches on. During the day, however, it's reasonably quiet and a great place for a pint.

Sat on the corner of Trafalgar Road and Woodbridge Road in Moseley, this pub used to be the…read morefavoured haunt of punks, Rastafarians, and the cultural underground from the Moseley end of Balsall Heath. In its current incarnation, the Patrick Kavanagh is now more likely to be frequented by 2nd generation Irish settlers from across the way in Hall Green. The pub has a neat, clean feel to it with a kind of an Irish hall of fame tack with pictures of the likes of WB Yeats, (have you noticed how much he looks like Dan Ackroyd?) and the man himself Patrick Kavanagh on the walls. As the main room has no soft furnishings whatsover, weekend night times are super loud as well as super crammed, with everyone's voices bouncing off the walls. Not nice. On a positive slant, the upstairs venue room is one of the best places in Moseley to book for a private party. The back bar that has a rural feel to it, and that's where I'll try to steer people if we are out for the night and they've insisted on dropping in here. Various events take place on weekday and weekend nights including an Irish jam session in the back bar.

They offered everybody else free pizza apart from me, I am severely disappointed and upset by…read morethis...

When I told everyone I was going to Worcester for the weekend from Edinburgh, I got a whole lot of…read more"WHY?"s. Well, here's one reason. Jerk. The outdoor seating at The Firefly... on an evening in England where the day had been 26 degrees (got Celsius!) made me think that maybe, just maybe, if all of England was perfect like this everyday they would still rule the world. The colonies would want to be owned again (sans slavery and oppression etc.). But I digress, that shit will never happen... so we need to ignore this ideal of a perfect England, and just take the pub as a perfect pub. Reasons for perfection: (see photos) The front room: fireplace, antique chandelier, old tyme-y lampshades, big red velvet couches, a moose head over the fireplace and ARE YOU F**KING SERIOUS - Brooklyn Lager. My favorite beer in the world. And I know I am an exaggerator, and I know I say "my favorite (insert something here) ever" all the time. But for real, this is the greatest tasting lager of the entirety of the history of beer (in my humble opinion). The downstairs: Apparently they have bands down here, they didn't this night... but it was a proper looking porn-like lounge area with giant sofas and a good looking stage where you could definitely see some mediocre bands up really close before they sell out. Sometimes, not often, but sometimes, the bands play outside. Yes, I said it. The MFing outdoor garden: I have this friend, his name is Jack Johnson, maybe you've heard of him. Maybe (probably) you're sick of him because most of his songs sound alike. It's also pretty likely that you'd give anything for his life, I know I would. If I had minimal talent like him I would totally move to Hawaii, surf and sing songs about making pancakes for girls and playing my guitar all day while working on my tan in a hammock. But again, I digress - why don't you guys stop me when I do that? - The garden here looks like an old fashioned surf lounge where guys with long hair (rebels!) and tattoos (scandal!) sit with beers and talk about waves. Jack, would fit in here... and I could even stand to listen to Banana Pancakes (once, just once) while I am sitting on the couches with my feet up next to the lanterns LOVING my totally chill life. Worcester is a two thumbs up all you naysayers! So there.

It all started so well, but by the time we paid the bill, we were left with a sour taste in our…read moremouths. We arrived for our 6.30 reservation and were promptly shown to our table by one of the friendliest waitresses ever. She plied us with alcohol and helped recommend tasty menu choices, food which arrived very quickly I might add. We had a feast. The food was very good, with standout dishes like the homemade nachos, (the best I've ever had) and a Xim Xim - Brazilian football legend, Pele's favourite meal (apparently). The meatballs were good, the empanadas were good, everything was good. Until we got the bill. Our whole reason for choosing Bodega was because one of our party is a student and a nurse, and Bodega advertise "20% off your bill for students" and "20% off your bill for NHS", so we figured we stood a pretty good chance of getting 20% off our bill. When the bill turned up we were told several stories as to why we can't use the discount: "Sorry student discount is not available Saturday nights" "NHS discount only covers your meal, everyone else has to pay full price" We checked on the website, we looked at the sign outside, nowhere did it mention these restrictions. "It's in our terms and conditions..." So we asked to see these terms and conditions, surprisingly the manager couldn't show us. Shocker. We finally settled on: "OK, well on this occasion I'll allow the discount on all of the food, but the drinks are going to be full price. That's the best I can do". The bill fiasco meant a meagre tip for our fantastic waitress, a real shame because up until that stage, she'd been superb.

The food is pretty damn good and the staff are lovely as is the decor. Everything is remarkably…read morewell priced, even cocktails. There were some issues with service when I first went here, but they seem to be ironed out now. Can recommend it.