The Rose Villa Tavern Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Absolutely a great pub in Birmingham Jewellery quarter!! A real gem of a place!! The atmosphere electric, decor amazing and the stained glass windows are absolutely beautiful."
• "Best of all on a Sunday evening Lisa Travers organises some of the best live bands I have seen in years!!! A must visit!"
• "Absolutely loved the interior. So full of character. Tiles and stained glass everywhere."
• "The pub is a listed building and has been decorated to enhance that, it’s really worth going to see!"
• "Real quirky pub worth visiting for the unusual decor."
• "It's a fantastic old looking building with a certain Peaky Blinders feel."
• "Cool place, old school ceramic tiled decor like a London underground station."

Cons:

• "Sadly I can't ever give somewhere with football on a projector a 5 star review."
• "Horrible carpets that you stick to."
• "It is dark and won't be too Everyones taste."
• "Character pub, looked way better on the Web than in reality."
• "Just an average pub. Grungy but not in an intentional 'hip' way, more just needing some TLC."
• "The place looks a filthy dump... Needs closing down and totally refurbished."
• "It seems big dark and empty as if someone hasn't paid the light bill."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Great selection of drinks and have a huge vodka menu."
• "I've had the hotdogs and fries, really tasty."
• "Came to the rose villa tavern today for food & it was delicious the steak was cooked to perfection."
• "Definitely one of our best christmas parties. 5 stars."
• "Full English Breakfast was exceptional, every ingredient was quality."
• "The food is great and the price is ok for the size of the plate."
• "Great food provided here especially breakfast."

Cons:

• "Whoever cooked them forgot to add the blue cheese, and the french fries were overcooked and very dry."
• "Was charged £4.90 for a pint of 1664 larger. This is the most expensive place I've brought a beer in."
• "Every time the food has been really poor and very expensive for what you get."
• "Tasted of absolutely nothing at all - it must have taken some effort to remove ALL of the flavour."
• "One thing I was say is that I did wait 40 minutes for my food and when I went up to ask where it was it came within seconds but was rather cold."
• "The food has gone from great to genuinely bad; stale buns, overcooked burgers with Kraft slices."
• "Bacon and cheese burger was nasty. Cold untoasted bun with what tasted like a cheap cheese singles slice."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "The bar staff were lovely and friendly, they were a great vibe during the night."
• "The food is decent, but what really makes this place are the friendly attentive staff."
• "Kate the manager went above and beyond she made my vision come true and nothing was too much."
• "Met this very lovely guy called mark behind the bar, I was wary after covid and he put me at ease."
• "Kate was amazing and so helpful, she made us feel welcome straight away."
• "Staff were lovely and very helpful."
• "The bar staff are all really friendly and chatty."

Cons:

• "They didn't look interested in providing a good service."
• "The staff were alright but not amazing, seemed a little fed up."
• "It had been a long time since I went in the rvt, such a shame really, the ale was ok, poor staff rushed off there feet."
• "Despite two staff on and probably only 10 guests downstairs, the two bar staff were seemingly either unhelpful or unaware of the private party in the upstairs function room."
• "Blonde member of staff was rude and treated us as if we'd interrupted her day."
• "The bar staff are completely miserable and half-assed."
• "The service was poor & slow!"

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "Prices are a little high but you can get loyalty vouchers."
• "They have daily offers on for food and drink and an amazing selection of hot sauces."
• "Good selection of beer. Discount off food if you have independent Birmingham card."
• "Cocktails are cheap and taste pretty good for what you pay."
• "Massive variety of drinks and at a good price."
• "Good quality, great presentation of food. Reasonable prices for food and drink."
• "Lovely staff and a fun quiz once a week 😀 Dog friendly too."

Cons:

• "Beer prices are also soaring, literally more expensive than Broad Street pubs. Bottle of 330ml starts from £6 and pint starts from £7 onwards which is Not affordable at all."
• "Visited last Fri, charged £8.10 for pint lemonade and lime, glass diet coke, what a rip off!"
• "Management have zero people skills especially when it comes to investigating their cause for concern without attitude and aggression themselves."
• "The food took ages to come and was average at best."
• "Limited selection of alcoholic beverages (only about 6 different beers to choose from)."
• "Unfortunately they was not cooked fresh and tasted like Iceland microwave wings with fresh garnish on top."
• "The place is great but the locals are not to my taste."