Hennessey's Bar in Birmingham

1st time ever attending this hidden gem of a venue - we came in for food and the liverpool vs chelsea game on 20th October 2024 Food was gorgeous, staff were friendly and atmosphere was great - the size of the beer garden and the screen was insane too Didnt even know this venue existed til a few days before, but will 100% be back!

Prior to ordering food we ordered a pint of beer plus a large gin & tonic served by a friendly barman. It all went wrong though when we went to pay. We are a couple of pensioners just off the train from Scotland and only had Scottish bank notes. We had also left our cards in our room which we always do having once suffered from a pickpocket. It was therefore a stand off with the barman preferring to pour the drinks down the sink than accept our cash. Message to owners, the customers aren’t always right but they are always the ones with the money. I have been visiting Birmingham since 1988 and my Scottish money has NEVER been refused before.

Good service even when very busy

Stop off point to see the Blues , KRO

Such a bargain, gorgeous food too, friendly staff

Some staff are friendly and quicker service than others. Nice venue, plenty of space indoors to watch sports and nice beer garden with big screen. The venue is generally clean and well presented. Prices are fair and decent food with offers.

Best Bar in Birmingham, good food, good service by top Barmaids, sky sports and great live music, well worth a visit, you won't be disappointed

Ran an event in the function room at Hennessey's, the staff were by far the friendliest I've ever interacted with for this kind of event, I'll definitely be looking to book there again!

Big place, decent prices, and superb staff. A good place to call in either before or after a match at St Andrews.

I can't praise Hennesseys highly enough. It's light airy and well kept. Great range of drinks and food. Half price food Mondays to Thursdays. Role Playing Games night is held every Thursday and it's fab. Come along and try it from 7 pm

Watched the Euros final here, shame about the result but a group of 6 had a great day from 2pm till midnight. For how busy it was on the day you didn’t have to wait long at the bar, food quality was great and the management/security got it right as it wasn’t oversold.

food was terrible staff are terrible especially the security

A nice spot to watch live sports and have a quick drink. Youthful crowd! Came here to watch the Euros; there’s an outdoor garden and bar for smoking and a large screen to show sports. I liked it here but would only come here to watch a game! Not the biggest selection of drinks on offer but decent beers available. A very fun atmosphere although this place attracts a youthful crowd.

Connor helped me sort out my booking and look after me and my 1000% should be promoted went above and beyond and made sure I was safe which is more than most people.

Open concept seating for outdoor bar. Large LED screen outside for sporting events and food prices aren't too bad either

Can't recommend enough, the perfect place to have a pint and watch the sport. Food is top-notch 👌🏼

Great food, we had 6 dishes of the small bits.

Amazing place and bar staff made it even better

Great food, lovely place to spend some time.

Had a great time , good drinks fair prices and live music aswel

round corner from Adagio Apartments popped in tea time so not that full obvs… however it is a great place different areas great range of beers - i’m almost sad i won’t be in here for the euros ….. oh guinness is mint

Visited early afternoon and then around 10pm as staying in nearby hotel. Bar staff really good but unbelievably poor doorman spoilt our evening by being totally unreasonable , not listening and over reacting. One member of our party had had a bit to drink and the doormen made him stand outside for 10 minutes with a pint of water before entering. Not unreasonable and after 20 minutes he was allowed in and continued to drink another pint of water. All 4 of us sat quietly having a chat and when we got another drink another doorman said it was ok for the lad to have 1 drink only. We were enjoying our drinks when the head doorman approached him and basically threw him out! Tried rationalising with him but absolutely didn’t get it. Well done and a top man-NOT!! I appreciate city bars and all the associated problems, and the requirement for door staff, but the venue was very quiet and our evening spoilt by one stupid unreasonable individual.

Our after work local...Like this place. Nice size, good range of drinks. Good offers and food is good too. Great in summer with beer garden. Been here a few times over lunch and evening. Staff are good, and place is generally clean and well presented. Good place tucked away in Digbeth. Prices are fair and there's so much space. They regularly have gigs and tribute bands, especially through summer on different weekend nights. Some are in the day time on weekends so even with kids a great chill out place. Lots of screens all around so plenty of sport action with a huge screen in the beer garden. Downstairs a private hire venue as well.

Love this place The bands that play here are amazing , brilliant atmosphere .

Top quality service and beer. Great for watching sports and a nice and friendly atmosphere

Football on multiple screens in the afternoon with a few beers and a live banding the evening , great atmosphere and lively. Didn't eat but the food looked lovely , would definitely recommend a visit .

Fantastic sports bar and food despite being a little pricey was very tasty. I would highly recommend this place

Great family night out with live music. Niamh was brilliant

Great atmosphere, a large screen in the garden which had heaters. Inside DJs and a live music set. Bars staff were fast and polite.

Fridays are pretty quiet in Digbeth, but Hennessy’s is a lovely place to spend an afternoon. A nice atmosphere with plenty of people, great music, bargain cocktails and absolutely fabulous service from Marie. Thank you for a lovely little afternoon out.

Nice pint bar man really friendly and¹ helpful

Amazing place to watch sports. My only quam is that the kid that brought my food out dropped one of the chicken tenders, just said sorry and walked away. Then, when I went to get another round, with a table of food and drinks still on it, he cleaned it all up. I was not done. Otherwise great experience

I went in during the FA cup game so it was obviously busy, ordered food which arrived alot quicker than advised which was good, only issue was I ordered through the app and it just came up with an error saying your order might or might not have been accepted! Some clarity would be nice!

Great for watching football. Food served late. Plenty of bar staff on!

Went to a reunion. The buffet was excellent. Although bar service was a little slow staff were friendly, apologised. Clean and tidy.

Confrontational bouncers who were very rude to be honest. Wouldn't let us in with bottles of water. Said there was water available inside but there wasn't. £10 each to get in which is a joke and the place was packed, inside was like a sauna so we had to stay outside and we couldn't enjoy the live band. The toilets were utterly disgusting, and most of the staff were miserable. I wouldn't go there again if you paid me. Edit: the response has cemented my opinion. It was hot inside ALL DAY. I asked about water and was told I had to pay for it. You know full well the parade was on until 1:30, why would anyone go in before then if they want to see the parade? Money grabbers. Also every member of staff I engaged with were miserable. I don't care how busy you are. Awful through and through.

Great place, great food at great prices. There's an outdoor area that's perfect for when the sun shines. Barstaff are super friendly and helpful.

Visited for a work reunion and found the staff very friendly and helpful. Plus doorstaff were very polite. They laid on a buffet, beautiful. Many thanks.

Absolutely top-notch venue, very welcoming to a bunch of table-top roleplay geeks! We contacted them to ask if we could run our regular Dungeons and Dragons night (every Thursday from 6:30 if you were wondering!) at their venue - seeing as they had such a nice downstairs bar, which was not used that much on a Thursday. Initially we could tell they were a bit "huh?" at the thought that we could get 50 or so D&D geeks there every week, but they offered us a deal and it has turned out to be amazing: room hire is very reasonable, and the food and drink is absolutely superb! Now we pack out the downstairs bar every Thursday, and we don't want to ever look for another venue ever again: Hennessy's is doing us proud! And if you want to play D&D in Birmingham city centre at one of the best pubs in Brum, with top quality food and drink, then pop in any Thursday night or check us out at https://rpgbirmingham.co.uk/

Fantastic day as always ☘️❤️ brilliant staff still the best bar to go in town thank you guys that never change love yuz sue

Six Nations: big, spacious pub. Ber staff serve quickly. Most of them very approachable and friendly, one or two a bit cocky and sarcastic. Food served quickly and was good... had the burger and it was tasty with a chargrilled taste - yum! A great day spent here overall but let down by lack of speakers to hear any commentary and total noise drown out of the anthems... gutted not to sing along to the Irish Anthem. Lacked Irishness for me.

Irish pub in England- lots of positives with large venue, many screens and good food. Lacking good sound during sport yet turned it up massively for their celebration sounds etc. Few staff were a bit sarky and unwelcoming....not the Irish way!

Great pub and great atmosphere. Brilliant for watching sports, lots of screens and outside has one of the largest screens in Birmingham to watch sports. Great service at the bar. Overall a great pub and good food.

Nice and quiet. Smoking area smells like fish though 😂

Amazing good food,company friendly Staff

On their website they say "Craft & traditional beers". Stupidly, I took this to mean Real Ale. No such luck. A place for music, TV Sport and Burgers, truly a 'Bar'. Not a Pub to go for a drink, unless you want it to be cold and fizzy. Shame that the Website had not been a bit more helpful.

Great Irish bar in Digbeth with the biggest screen you've ever seen. Good Guinness, regular live bands. A great spot with friends.

Went out with work, good vibes and prices o drinks. 💯🎶💓😍

Staff were helpful but unfortunately only vegan options were chips. Which were alright, as it was mid week was quite cheap.

Live music, superb atmosphere 👌. Brilliant fun night. Drinks night only 🤪

Wow, what an amazing place to watch live music. Beer is very reasonably priced

Good food, good selection of beers, and multiple different screens showing football. Superb.

Always a top night for me . The live entertainment is always good. Staff are good and prices are competitive, cannot say about food as always to busy dancing with the misses to eat but looks good.

Good place to meet , service friendly, lots of sports screens.

Excellent service, attentive staff. Busy but great atmosphere, huge TV outside, outside bar, loads of tables.

The volume was too loud. We ordered a hamburger and it was delicious .

Good beer and excellent outdoor area with giant TV to watch football

Brilliant place with superb fast food and brilliant customers, absolute excellent music venue as well

Great atmosphere before the bcfc match

Took my sister and nephew who came from New York and they absolutely loved it. Loved all the free chocolate.

I have just held my 50th party in the Basement function room at Hennessy’s. Great room with its own bar, lovely food and brilliant staff, Elaine and her team are so helpful - highly recommend for private functions!

Great staff & impressive Guinness

Really great experience at Hennesseys. The staff were brilliant, service was quick and top notch despite a full house. Food was great aswell. Definitely a place worth visiting to catch up or watch any games for a fantastic atmosphere.

Lamb shanks are on point but they never have any

Music was absolutely blaring for the duration of our visit. Asked 3 different members of staff to please turn the music down even slightly but they all refused, one even smirking. I've never seen such contempt for customers. Our ears were ringing when we got home. Whenever we were ordering we had to yell at the bar staff because they couldn't hear us with the noise. The only reason we didn't leave is because we were there for the rugby and most bars in town were already packed. Won't be returning again.

Came in at about 3:40PM staff was friendly/ helpful, ordered meal of chicken wrap n chips (with pineapple juice) cost £6.50, wrap good, chips really good pineapple juice amazing. Moving onto seats/ general atmosphere seats comfortable, tables/ chairs clean, it was quite quite and peaceful. I really enjoyed the whole experience. 5 stars all round.

Great place for live sport. Good finger food

Busy bar with large indoor and outdoor seating area. Good selection of drinks and food, although no real ales.

Came across this bar by chance and had a great evening. The huge screen was a great feature. The food was excellent and the bonus was it was 50% off. Great night.

What an amazing venue !!!!!! Great bar, great staff, great atmosphere and the party room is perfect. Nothing too much trouble, loved it, thank you.

Un pub enorme con jardín interior y música en directo. Una buena opción

Bonne ambiance et bossue chouette

Música en directo y muy buen ambiente.....las camareras muy majas

Great place to touch down and watch football and sink a few pints.

Chouette ambiance et nourriture delicieuse

Beau bar à cocktail, service rapide

Massive sports bar with plenty of screens and sitting. Lots of drinks options

Classic boozer, tons of atmosphere, plenty of beers on offer, they even sell vapes. Massive LED screen in the back garden for sports, and big enough to usually seat everyone on a busy night. Had a mixup with burgers, but that was because the table numbers can be moved around. Also, piped in music in back garden was blasting out louder than the live band inside earlier on.

We had a party here a few weeks ago and it couldn’t have gone any better! The staff done us all proud from start to finish, food was delicious and plenty of it. Bar staff and security were great, nothing was too much. Facilities and access is perfect for everyone. Great venue for a party and a drink in their bar!

We hired out the function room for our engagement party. The service from Elaine was excellent! She had everything covered from start to finish! The food was outstanding had so many comments regarding the food! We will defo be hiring out this room again! We always come to this place for drinks and have amazing time every time

We hired out the function room for our engagement party. The service from Elaine was excellent! She had everything covered from start to finish! The food was outstanding had so many comments regarding the food! We will defo be hiring out this room again!

A great place for food drinks sports and entainment reasonable prices niçe atmosphere

Fantastic place for food and sports Great outside seating

Watched England netball game here, fab atmosphere

The bands & DJ were brilliant 👏

£6 for burger and chips in the week. Bar staff were friendly. Perfect for people working away / students etc

Really nice place with friendly staff

Such a nice place! The food is amazing, staff is cool and it’s just a good atmosphere! Also food is super cheap ~50% discount sometimes

Very cheap during the week and nice food, wide selection of draughts, clean and pleasant atmosphere

A group of us visited on Saturday evening for drinks and then again on sunday to watch the All Ireland Football Final. Drinks and food all spot on and very reasonably priced. Had some good banter with the staff also. Great spot and the entertainment was excellent.

Great halloumi wraps, great to watch the Ireland v Canada game

Didn't eat here was on a stag do never heard of the place what an absolute brilliant place fantastic 100 percent coming back soon

Really good, really comfortable, very friendly, very affordable, not a wetherspoons.

Nice atmosphere. Music. Inside room+ sort of a roofless yard behind... really enjoyable.

Great venue, friendly and efficient staff, reasonably priced food and drknks. Great place for groups/sport and music. Will deffo go again. 5☆☆☆☆☆

Brilliant place, great for watching bands, Superb beer garden with huge TV and a great pint of Guinness👍

Watched the cricket in the outside area on a big tv screen had drinks and food with friends. What a great afternoon and early evening we spent following England. I would go again.

A great Monday afternoon watching tennis and drinking beer. Thanks

I ordered via the at 1950 was told the wait time would be 42 mins I understand kitchens can be busy asked a waiter around 2050 he advised to go to the bar which I did and was told the app has been down for 30 so they might not of goty order which was about 25 to 30 mims after I ordered all I got was a sorry very disappointed food was worse then McDonald's I was advised that the money for the order should not have been taken will keep an eye out for the money Came in the day after spoke to some helpful stuff which got the issue solved

Awesome out door screen for watching the Cricket. 🙂👍