Must-see nightlife in Birmingham

  • Jekyll & Hyde

    Birmingham

    Potent cocktails (or rather 'elixirs, concoctions and potions') at this trippy spot are served in sweets jars, watering cans, teapots and miniature…

  • Lost & Found

    Birmingham

    Fictitious Victorian-era explorer/professor Hettie G Watson is the inspiration for the botanical-library theme of this bar in an 1869-built former bank…

  • Wellington

    Birmingham

    The pastel wallpaper, timber bar and polished brass give the impression the Welly is frozen in time, but this spruced-up pub sheltering a timber-decked…

  • Bodega Bar & Cantina

    Birmingham

    South American–themed bar Bodega takes its cues from the continent for drinks (wines from Argentina and Chile, cocktails made with mezcal, tequila, rum,…

  • Bacchus

    Birmingham

    Buried beneath the Burlington Arcade, this darkened drinking den has the ambience of a decadent underworld. Down a faux-marble-encased staircase,…

  • Old Joint Stock

    Birmingham

    A vast high-ceilinged temple of a pub, housed in an 1852-built former bank, the Old Joint Stock is beloved by a high-spirited after-work crowd. Upstairs,…

  • Victoria

    Birmingham

    Comedy nights regularly take place in the 19th-century splendour of this old theatre pub dating from the late 19th century, which is reputed to have its…

  • Canalside Cafe

    Birmingham

    Narrow boats glide past the terrace of this 18th-century lock-keeper’s cottage, where the low-ceilinged interior is strung with nautical paraphernalia and…

  • Arcadian Centre

    Birmingham

    Chinatown's Arcadian Centre, centred on an open-air plaza, is the gateway to Birmingham's hedonistic nightlife quarter ᠎south of New St station, with…

  • Island Bar

    Birmingham

    Sit in perspex chairs in front of giant blow-ups of Hawaiian beaches and groove to rock and roll at this tiki bar. Tropical-themed cocktails include…

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