Todd English P.U.B.

I can’t stand lazy employees who don’t bother to wait on customers. This place has a double dose of lazy waiters and waitresses and the bartenders genuinely do not care if a customer sits and waits to be served. My wife and I were happy to walk out. This is the second time we’ve done that here. It will be the last time since we won’t be going back.
Another thing: they told us when we walked in they told us that the tables were a 15 minute wait. Of course, there were 10 empty tables. But I guess Todd English knows that he has a bunch of lazy idiots filling out his staff, so he doesn’t dare have enough tables to overwhelm their lazy stupidity.

Ok — so — the service was seriously lacking. Poor guy is probably a sweetheart but just isn’t cut out to be a waiter! What’s the soup of the day? Don’t know. What cheeses are on the cheese board? Don’t know. The list goes on. Some salads arrived after other salads were eaten and cleared. Not much went right in terms of timing. Some drinks were forgotten. ETC… But — the food was very tasty and reasonably (fairly) priced. Nice atmosphere, comfortable temperature, great music. Go, but be prepared to have a JV server. Put your patience hat on!

I stopped in on a wet and rainy January day. The PUB was not busy and I was escorted to a table not far from the bar. I was offered popcorn and my drink order was taken — I ordered coffee to chase away the damp and chill, and it was GOOD coffee.
I placed my order for their French Dip sandwich, the small size which came with either soup, salad or fries. Since I was feeling the chill, I opted for their soup of the day, Vegie Beef. When it came to the table the sandwich was the smallest item on the plate, with the Au Jus bowl being the largest and the central item — I found the plating odd.
The soup was on the spicy side, apparently having either jalapeño peppers or some other pepper as one of the vegies, but it was tasty and there was a load of beef in it. The sandwich was very good, though I left much of the bread behind. I don’t think I even touched the Au Jus once.
While there, I didn’t lack for refills and the service was good, even if the waitresses tended to cluster over by the window at the entry station and chatted a lot. I asked where I’d find a CVS or other drug store in the area, and was told there wasn’t one close by and if I wasn’t familiar with the area, I probably shouldn’t venture far as I wasn’t in a good or safe area for. my kind. I found it odd, but I took the waitress at her word. *shrug* I figure she knows the area. Thankfully I was valet parked at my hotel and have a GPS so I was able to find my area. I tend NOT to live in a fearful mind state.

Terrible! !!! Sat for 15 minutes whole staff ignored me!!! I think management was actually seated at the bar never even looked at me!!! So disrespectful. Why even open? I do not recommend this place at all and really wanted to try the mead);

Breakfast in a pub or a pub in a breakfast joint. Now you decide how to brand this place, but I was able to experience both in under 24 hours. Naturally, that’s what happens after you have 10 too many and end up crashing at the Westin, then coming back for breakfast asking a never dull question, «weren’t we here last night?» So, I’ll go in order of experiences here.
The bar (booze filled night review):
I don’t know if it’s the age causing my hangovers to last longer or the wild combinations of liquors, nonetheless I am still recovering from the drinks I had at this place. Even on weekend nights, it appears to be mostly empty. The whole uptown area is just way too small right now to make a dent of gentrification in this area, but if there is a special event, I suspect there are more people. Happy hour specials are awesome and they have a decent amount of beers on tap. The waiter was a bit odd and just disappeared for about 30 minutes after giving me a sample of beer that i was ready to order. That was an odd expedience. He seemed like a nice fella otherwise, perhaps he found himself serving a ghost on the other end of the bar while we were waiting. All else was fine, but don’t expect a party here unless you bring the party yourself.
The dreadful morning:
To be quite honest, the morning was hell. However, their breakfast made it just a tad bit better and that tiny bit is exactly what I needed in order to make the drive home. Their fried chicken dish was spectacular. Egg, bacon, chips and fried chicken, sandwiched between bread was absolutely the thing to get if you are feeling like a mountain of vodka and beer crashed on your shoulders that morning. Service in the morning was much better and the waitress was attentive.
Tip: they do validate parking in the Bjcc parking deck down the street and to the right. You can leave the car overnight there without extra charges.

Jason took great care of us and even made special to order drinks for my friend on her birthday. The bourbon soaked cherries are divine. The bar is pretty generic, and we didn’t try any of the food, but my friend loved her tasty drinks, so if that’s what you’re looking for, give it a try.

Dirty silverware, poor service and mediocre food at top dollar prices. How does a restaurant that serves breakfast run out of bagels for TWO days? The first day we asked for white toast to substitute a bagel and were told they were out of white bread. Also out of maple syrup. Our wait person informed us they were out of so many items that she couldn’t tell us all of them. On our way out we saw white bread on the buffet.
That could have been a bad day. We gave them another go the next day. Second day we tried the breakfast buffet at 17.95 per person. Dirty coffee cups and silverware. Dried up scramble eggs, stale pastry and our same wait person never came to clear one used plate from our table.
I would not recommend this restaurant if you are interested in breakfast.

We were starving after a late night flight and this pub was pretty much the only place that was opened near the Sheraton/​Westin. We were seated by the bar and given the late night menu.
Since it was my first night in Birmingham, I decided to stay away from a traditional burger and went with the Seafood Dynamite. It came in a small cast iron plate with lots of oil/​cheese, skimpy pieces of seafood and a few slices of bread. The flavor wasn’t really there and it was very spicy for my taste. I had to eat some of my friend’s fries to calm my hunger and be a little more satisfied. ²⁄₅
Service was friendly and the pub itself is very pretty with floor to ceiling windows ⁴⁄₅
My colleagues ordered salad and the burgers and they seemed to enjoy it so it was probably my dish. Next time, I’ll stick to something familiar when I’m starving!
Unilocal 100 Challenge! 2015: ¹²⁄₁₀₀