The Arthur Robertson in Birmingham

Need a fly zapper. Find the decor dated & gloomy.

Attitudes of staff are disgusting, give dirty looks to all the customers. Glasses are always dirty. Generally a dive

The Arthur Robertson is a JD Wetherspoon pub located at Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1AA. As part of the Wetherspoon chain, it offers an extensive selection of reasonably priced food and drink, including classic pub meals, breakfast options, burgers, and various drink choices. The pub is named after Arthur Robertson, a celebrated athlete who represented Great Britain in the 1908 Olympics, earning a gold medal in the medley relay and a silver in the 3-mile race. Located in Perry Barr, the Arthur Robertson is well-situated for those visiting the area, near the One Stop Shopping Centre and the Perry Barr railway station, making it convenient for shoppers, travelers, and locals alike.

Great staff, I popped in Tuesday prior to the football. Ordered a rib eye steak staff great food came quickly . However my steak was so undercooked and full of gristle I couldn’t eat it . With no fuss no drama the floor staff sorted it apologised and got a refund amazing service thank you . I know you can’t get it right always but it’s how you correct it thank you

Great experience, had to wait a little while, but was worth it

Nice pub good service and cheap drinks.

We went there for a pre match drink. Being away, fans, it was very friendly.

This was a fantastic pub for drinking, with a cosy and laid back design! This is contributed to from the brightly coloured floor and ceiling, alongside the nicely styled different frames and the bookshelves. Counter is neatly presented and staff were friendly, outdoor seating is so nice in the sun and I enjoyed a pint of Stowford press!

It’s large pub, very dark inside. Large bar however service is very slow also no parking so when the shopping centre closes you don’t have any parking.

Ordered at table service ws quick an polite staff

The food at this wetherspoons is cheaper than others, the only issue is they allow people to smoke right outside the front door. Which brings in a horrible smell.

Had breakfast and the egg was like rubber ,tables filthy, dirty mens toilets not a pleasant pub but cheap as chips .

Early morning but already a great atmosphere in here. The usual excellent Spoons service and my chosen ale is first class. Added bonus - the toilets are on ground level just behind the bar. So handy for Perry Barr 🚂 if you’re off to watch the Saddlers or Villa.

Comfortable, wide range of drinks and a pleasant secure outside area ideal for warm sunny times. Very large parking facilities behind building containg the premises. Within a very short strolling range are stops for a variety of buses into and out of the city and Perry Bar railway station for local and national journeys.

When is it rude to ask politely why the server has walked away from a full bar to wash glasses?

Not great, tables were dirty. The food was not great, I think there is plenty of room for improvement. Service is poor, it’s obvious there are staffing issues. Not on a hurry to go back.

Chicken wings in a basket and chips were good value for money and very tasty Had lunch with my friend and was great enjoyable and even the toilets are clean too 👌🙏💜😊

Bottomless coffee but new cup needed for refills. Decent range of Real Ale. Special small breakfast price £2.25, not £4.49.

Friendly place and great service

A very large pub, breakfast was very good.

Good friendly pub, fabulous fish and chips

Came on a Sunday morning for breakfast. Breakfast was great and I’m very great they open at 8am on a Sunday morning!

Was nice and quiet when I went in for a weekend breakfast, very well connected to buses and trains

It smelt frowsy, tables were not clean.

Came here for a wake. Lovely environment. Lovely food. Thank you.

Bit of a weird one. Located just outside a shopping centre. Stopped to fuel up before a game at villa park. Food and service good but lacked atmosphere but that may have been down to the lunchtime visit.

UPDATE: We went again last week, and the turnaround in service was a great improvement. Well done, Rob! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 They always forget to do their hospitality checks with us but I've noticed that other patrons are asked if everything was alright with their meals. Naughty naughty

Nice place to have a pint and pub meals. 👍

The manager was a lovely lady. Very helpful and friendly, as was the male bar staff member on duty. Good news over with *The tables were sticky. *Female bar tender was rude and argumentative. (Shes the reason the above score is as low as it it. Would have been 5⭐️ *Red Wine on tap tasted of carbonation from dirty pipes. *Steak was ordered MR. It came WD. Didn't even bother to send it back or eat it.

This spoons is huge, staff are friendly, ordered small fish and chips:fish wow, chips warm. But overall great place.

The bar staff are seriously miserable here. Never ever do they provide customer service or smile, very disappointing, staff need training even management are miserable. If you can see beyond that, then please feel free to use the facilities as it's a weatherspoons after all.

The food is ok for price. The coffee machine didn't work even if they let us buy coffee. They forget to bring the sides. It is cheaper if you order online.

It's busy and quite brash! The place is very large and spacious, so you can probably find a corner to get as comfortable. It's a tadd raw, rough even, but it still okay if your aware. Staff were nice enough, the food was good. The prices amazingly low, cheapest Spoons around. Enjoyed the visit.

Always good before a match. Up the villa

No Doom Bar, no Abbot Ale only Ruddles Best. Weather spoons used to sell Real Alex!

The "traditional breakfast" is truly hard to beat for the money here... I just started working at the Shopping Centre next-door, and I've been in a number of times for a quick and easy breakfast fry-up before my shift. The food has been consistently good here, and nearly half the price of a number of cafés I've been to. Service has always been quick, friendly and polite, and the value for money can't be beat. I've yet to try the drinks menu (not recommended before an eight hour shift!), but it's way cheaper than any places I've been in lately.

Breakfast was good and pub was really quiet the time we went

Atmosphere ok food is a joke ..smaller portions with no effort to presentation the service needs attention tables not been cleared regularly of glasses plates etc. Toilets need regular checks as not the best for cleanliness and replacement of tissue paper.

Can't fault it Tbh, two real (ish) ciders and chicken wings meal with Black Dragon for £9. Clean, decent service and hot food. Definitely one of the better Spoons out there, even if it's not a fancy building.

A great little pub with v good food ,friendly, professional,welcoming staff, who work extremely hard & never get flustered when the pub is busy. I feel really comfortable going in on my own ,and I often accompany my elderly dad here for drinks & sometimes food.Which we find to be consistently v good quality .Thanks ! , keep up the excellent work &standards as it is very much appreciated (certainly by me anyway) X

Great atmosphere for drinks before villa matches

Fast service could have done with been more hotter chips were warm thats the only negative everything else good value

Food portions was terrible, terrible service, asked weres the rest of my food, the answer I was given was "that's all your getting". Place was dirty, had to clean my own table, staff seemed more important talking between them than to collect glasses and clean tables. Wouldn't recommend, will never go again

I had a pint and cod and chips and I'm a foodie but I have to say the cod chips and mushy peas were very very nice

Excellent value for money friendly staff.

Great place to go when Aston Villa are at home. The atmosphere is great.

Busy but comfortable around teatime. Good place to stop off after work or shopping

I'm going there regularly fantastic experience 👏 😀

Great little weathspoon prices are cheapest in the area! There is a few unusual characters though including one guy who was rocking back and forth in his seat taking about satin to himself and smashed a glass outside the pub on leaving. But I'm assuming this is a one off food and drinks are a good price food as good as it gets for a wetherspoons. I will return for the cheaper prices if I'm in area again.

Very nice atmosphere. Well, I may not have the time to buy any food yet because I didn't have enough money on me at the time, but I will be looking forward to coming back to order this time, but what a lovely service experience very much welcoming, relaxing and very friendly.

Poped in at 11:30 got served very quickly. Unfortunately when my traditional breakfast arrived, beans and egg was cold shame hope it is one off incident. Ill try them again next week coz prices are awesome. £4.18 including unlimited refill of your hot drink. Dare you to find anything cheaper for this volume of food

I use this place when I'm going to Villa Park,great atmosphere and full of characters too.

Very busy as Aston Villa were playing a home game. I was still able to find a table and i was served quickly as the pub is extremely well staffed. Food arrived piping hot and portion size was generous. Great tasting food that was cooked well. Excellent value for money

Very nice breakfast and friendly staff We go there quite often

Good place to get a bite and a drink The prices are affordable still . The service is good, friendly staff

Had a breakfast not the best but due to ingredients rather than execution of it. Staff are lovely and polite, happy to help. Some strange folk use this place during the morning at least, I won't be heading back unfortunately

Great place to eat before the aston villa game 25 mins walk. Or train I to aston.

Great place but need to keep up with the coffee machines apart from that what a place to wine & dine

Great experience lovely atmosphere

The most disgusting place I ever been! Stinks inside really bad and the people from bar are doing Ramadan, lol.

We like to use spoons once or twice a month, and this one is our favourite, a good breakfast and then shopping 😊

Breakfast after Aston Hall parkrun. Excellent value and lots of free parking

Wetherspoons in perry barr ok for a beer and bite to eat

I've had a few meals in the pub, recently, and I can't fault any of them. The prices of the food and drinks is unbelievable, the staff are very friendly, it's clean and the customers are friendly.

As far as 'spoons go, this isn't one of thier finest

Love the unlimited refillable hot drinks !

Staff polite fast service, good atmosphere

My closest weather spoons and I love it, I love spoons anyway but me and my partner come here regularly, maybe for breakfast or dinner or just a cheeky drink, lovely staff, and is basically in a shopping centre with so many shops so you can do your shopping too!

Decided to get a walk in and went to the Arthur Robertson for breakfast 😋. We had the small veggi breakfast and some toast, it was really nice.

Decent Wetherspoons food but some locals can be dodgy although the staff do make sure nobody is bothered. My advice is to stay inside and enjoy your food and drinks.

Really good food and atmosphere. Great service 👍

Had an afternoon lunch... Fish n chips and a drink.. which was at a discount from 12 to 5pm everyday... couldn't have asked for more.... pop in and enjoy. 😉

Good place to be friendly staff service very good people are very friendly and polite the real ale is Brilliant ok

We use on regular basis and have never been disappointed with service or food and drinks.

Breakfast wasn't the best, the egg was pitiful but good atmosphere and good customer service ... maybe have a word with your morning chiefs 😉

Nice pint of carling breakfast a bit cold but ok

Lovely place nice people the local pissheads are there everyday nice vibe food ok but don’t feel you up not bad for the price just stay away from it on football days or Friday nights gets abit rough and loud

Rude manageress brought me an order and I started eating it and was a bit cold but hey ho then realised I had no bacon. She came back with another plate of food plus 1 I had ordered for my daughter and when I said I had no bacon she told me I should not have excepted the first order like it was my fault . Rude and terrible attitude never again!!

It's a wetherspoons, standard stuff but you get some characters in this pub for sure!

Food and drinks are alright. Staffs are friendly and helpful. Food arrived pretty quickly but our orders were mixed up (the combination steaks and sides my friends and I ordered were mixed up).

The day I visited there was something definately worng with the beer either pump problem or barstaff cant pour a pint

Great pub, great place very good prices. The staff is friendly and professional couldn't ask for more. Always loved this place and always when around I come and visit.

Went to eat here on a saturday afternoon after poor food options at Square Peg due to closing next day due to refurbishment. Very disappointed to learn no Steak option was available here either but so hungry by this time settled for the Fish and Chips meal which really good as always my sister visting from Canada loved it too. My 5 year old godson enjoyed his kiddies meal so a big thumbs up.

New bar staff absolutely rude ! Been a regular for years and after all the new staff arrived the place has went downhill so bad ... attitude so bad from staff it's disgusting

This is a nicely decorated pub and the cheapest wetherspoons I have visited to date .worth a visit if you are ever in that area.

It's an alright breakfast for the price (2.99, refillable hot drinks 0.99), but if you have big stomach it won't fill you up

Great pub, reasonable prices, great staff kjnd of family feel to it!

Great food nice portion sizes and good value for money, only downside is its very dark interior and lack of windows

We went there before we went to a gig. Nice and spacious

Beer ok but outdoor seating not too good at all,too many strange people hanging around!

Lively place. Quick service. Over cooked food

Great pub packed a head of the Pink concert at Villa Park The food was nice 😋 and 28 degrees

hi all had a large breakfast here at 8.15 am 10th june girl who took my order very welcoming .breakfast took only 15 minutes to come out everything was well presented and cooked well done all

Great wetherspoons pub, food prices fantastic, better than all their other pubs, staff very pleasant, and helpful would most certainly recommend 😊😊😊😊😊 Returned again today, cheap drinks, cheap food, piping hot, well done to all the staff 😊😊😊😊😊

The beer is good but the cod and chips are to die for.

Great pre football venue really busy but staff work really hard to keep drinks and food orders moving

First visit to The Arthur Robertson, previous reviews brought us here as we were heading up the M6. Worth the 15 mins trip off the motorway for sure. Nice open space in a large dining area with a long bar at the end, fronting a shopping centre. The food was excellent, we had chicken tikka masala, the empire burger and a skinny chicken burger with salad, not much of a wait for the food, friendly servers, and all very tasty. And to cap it all the Doom Bar was only 99p

Horrible place very rude staff food was cold and soggy

Great for a pint after the game and train station door

Horrible food smelly dining area full of drunks