The Fighting Cocks in Birmingham

Lovely pub, food was great, good pint of guiness. Ordered 3 meals (2 sausage and mash and 1 steak and ale pie) and 3 drinks via the app. Drinks came straight away but we waited an hour and 15 minutes for the food, the pub was not busy at this time. Food was great though and the staff were very apologetic, even gave me a free coffee at the end. Not sure what took so long but im sure this isn't a regular occurrence.

Service and food is always 10/10

Myself and my partner had the pork belly which was delicious. The pork mash and veg were perfect. Pork melted in the mouth! The only thing that wasn’t as amazing was the pork scratching as it was a bit hard but we gave it to our dogs who were very appreciative. Service was fantastic, both at the bar and to the table, the staff were friendly and helpful throughout. They gave us water and treats for the dogs which were gratefully received. Our friends had sausage and mash and the pie and were also very happy with their meals. It was warm and cosy which was great to come into on such a cold frosty day, with a really cosy ambiance and they also had great music playing low in the background which we enjoyed. We stayed for a few hours after lunch as we were so comfortable and were happy to see cafe petron was available so enjoyed a nice shot as well as our ciders and ales. Love this pub it’s iconic and the heart of Moseley.

Good service, did not eat so can't comment on food. Great guy serving at bar.

I came here over Christmas with friends and it’s a really nice old pub with a great atmosphere. It is dog friendly and the outdoors has heating too. The food is high quality and the cocktails are very reasonably priced.

Great personable attention and service from Demi when I mistakenly hadnt booked the Festive menu, she checked they had festive food available to be able to serve us and made our table festive. Food was good and was served hot. Love the atmosphere at FC and Christmas tree was fab.

We came for Christmas dinner.. Wonderful service Wonderful menu Wonderful location Why spend Christmas Day in the kitchen at home when The Fighting Cocks provides delicious food and drinks and ambience.. Relax and enjoy! Thanks so much for a perfect experience on Christmas Day!

Me and my brother had a lovely relaxing Boxing Day evening enjoying cocktails, pints and the ambiance of this wonderful establishment. Thank you guys we really appreciate all your hard work.

I wasn’t able to make dinner this week due to being poorly so FC very lovingly packaged up the three courses to be hand delivered with a get well soon note. The food was delicious and the service so thoughtful. Thank you FC

Our server Leila was absolutely wonderful, super helpful. Food was only okay. Booked the Christmas dinner but our starters were luke warm first go around

It's becoming a regular occurrence with the cox everytime we go in there in the winter it is freezing cold...it's such a shame as it has a great atmosphere in the winter but not when it's bloody freezing in there!!

Decent. Worth a visit. Cosy open fire place.

The artichoke Arancini was delicious last year. It was an impromptu decision to eat at the pub (during an afternoon autumn walk). It's a comfortable pub with a wide selection of alcohol, low alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks = as you'd expect for such a traditional pub and established location. There's an outside area and some is sheltered so it's a popular pub (and often busy). I remember before the pub was refurbished and much improved - it was shabby and empty!

Food was great value for money, served hot and plenty offered. Good choice on the menu.

Paul was lovely on the bar. Music was excellent, vibes were on point, lovely wine, love the old fashioned style pub decor

We go here regularly! The service is top notch, but best of all is quiz night (on a Monday) hosted by Demi. Questions, vibe and creativity are all brilliant.

A friendly welcome by the barman. Warm pub. Good selection of decently priced beers. At the time one of the rooms was used by a trader selling vintage stock. A great idea and a friendly man.

Great pub for drinking and eating. Cool beer garden / courtyard out the back staff are always friendly and welcoming. Monday nights are never dull and definitely worth a visit with Demi hosting the Quiz.

Great quiz. Quiz master was fab. Thanks

GREAT ATMOSPHERE AS ALWAYS. BOOKED A TABLE FOR THREE AND WERE LUCKY TO HAVE THE LOVELY ROUND TABLE IN THE MIDDLE. SADLY THE ROAST LAMB SPECIAL WAS SOLD OUT BUT THE ROAST CHICKEN WAS EXCELLENT. THE WAITRESS WAS SPECTACULARLY EFFICIENT AND FRIENDLY. WE WENT FOR A STROLL IN THE PARK AFTERWARDS TO FINISH A GREAT AFTERNOON IN MOSELEY.

We love it here! Staff are always really nice (Paul is a fab barman) would recommend it for a quiet drink or food and drinks!

I had a few ciders a couple of days ago and it was quite nice, I forgot the name but I will definitely come back to have more.

Our server Demi was great! Super lovely staff and service all round, and the food slapped! Loved the chicken burger and the pork belly, the app was super simple to use. Will deffo be recommending this place to others. Got my eyes on that rosemary garlic cheese thing next time.

Great food and service from the staff, will highly recommend and book again. The venue is beautiful and had a lovely fire place!

Sitting contentedly in the Fighting Cocks after having a fantastic Sunday lunch. The lamb, beef and chicken sharing platter was absolutely top class,and once again, we've had a lunch of top quality produce that's superbly cooked, reasonably priced and served by smiling, friendly staff. Thanks for another top notch meal.

I doubt there's a more chilled out pub in Birmingham. This is a large old coaching house set in the middle of Moseley's cosmopolitan High street. Big, airy, large stained glass windows, nice open real fire with large tables, unobtrusive chilled music in the background and a cool chatty beer garden out back. I'm always astounded at how quiet the place is on a Saturday afternoon with just a few tables taken up but that makes it such a terrific place to come and unwind and enjoy unforced conversation with the people you love. I must mention the food - I've never been let down here and it's in my top 5 places to eat in all of Birmingham. Fresh ingredients cooked properly and consistently are the tune played here. The cod and chips always satisfies but the creamy and lightly spiced sausage and mash I recently had cooked by Chef Tarek was sensational. Highly recommended.

Our server Demi was super attentive, fun and polite. Faultless service and food, great portions on the Sunday lunch sharers as we were recommended. Overall a great visit, and would recommend

Great place and great staff. Often pop in for a pint of Peroni or 3! Food is excellent and the garden is great, even when it's a bit chilly the heaters do the job.

Excellent venue with great atmosphere staff and amazing food

Never been there before good atmosphere and service.

Great place with great atmosphere and Paul was a great barman. Would highly recommend to anyone passing through. Until next time

Paul was a star barmen the best in the world the universe and we got a straight glass what a superstar we’ll be back again and again

Great food, they were a little understaffed so things were a bit slow. But great lunch out

Joined for the pub quiz. Very creative rounds and enjoyable overall. The staff are welcoming and friendly and the music was on point.

Ate near twice on my recent trip to Birmingham, lovely atmosphere, all the staff were friendly. The steak was one of the nicest I've had In ages was cooked perfectly just how I like it and lovely pint of cider, definitely will return on my next visit.

As always The food was fantastic, The service was amazing, the staff were friendly and the atmosphere was top notch.

great spot for drinks with friends.. friendly staff, amazing selection of beers, an all round great experience for all!!

Thank you to Ash the chef on the 27/08/24 for fantastic fish and chips. Spot on.

I recently went for a Sunday Roast with my girlfriend and it was amazing. The food was so good and the service was even better! Big thanks to Leila and Tom to taking care of us

Nothing like it use to be.......

I visited for the first time on 27/07/24 with a group of friends and I really enjoyed all aspects of my visit. From the atmosphere, architecture, decor, the customer service (friendliness of the staff), etc. I will definitely be going back as this type of venue appeals to me and my senses! Thank you to the staff for making my experience a beautiful one!!!

had 2 pints & a packet of crisps £14.50 😆🫣 a tad pricey for what it is. always pretty busy but not a patch on the old fighting cocks pub before it became a so-called 'gastropub'

I went for Sunday lunch and was very disappointed!! The food was so overcooked! The potatoes where almost in edible as they where so hard and overcooked! The beef was grey the rest of the veg was ok. Such a shame as the reviews said it was a great place for a roast!

Really friendly pub, great food, favourite pub to visit when at Mostly Jazz.

very hipster, quite expensive too, but that's expected for a hipster pub. beautiful building, board games

The Sunday lunch is excellent. Good price and your plate is full of delicious well cooked food. Great service nice crowd without outside tables.

Great beer, friendly staff, beautiful building, great food.

Great carvery Sunday lunch - even the nut roast was very tasty. Lots of other menu options too, all freshly cooked. (would have liked a bigger helping of vegetables)

Very nice and clean pub, the food was fantastic and the beer garden is also nice will be using again worth a visit

The best roast dinner around. We had a lovely Father’s Day family meal at this pub. Food excellent and the service. Lovely old building full of atmosphere. Thanks for a great experience. Will definitely be back!

Fantastic roast at decent prices. Thyme roasted potatoes and cauliflower cheese were very tasty. Added bonus of a free pint for the Dad at the table due to it being Father's Day. Busy, but not rushed and staff were very friendly and helpful.

Great pub, nice atmosphere, range of drinks on tap

Catching up with friends for drinks and chat. Bar manger Paul (St Paul) was a delight. Professional and completely aware of any and all aspects that come with delivering a pristine experience. Thank you

Great traditional pub, run by nice people.

Food was lovely and a great menu. 2 cocktails for £13 was perfect. Amazing service from the staff and really friendly. Beautiful sun trap garden

Great location and service was brilliant (Demi)

Amazing venue. Demi sever us for bottomless brunch and she was amazing. Thank you.

Shaun and all the wonderful staff Paul,Ben,Demi etc at the fighting cox are running a great pub it's such a shame that the area manager OZ has taken away the loyalty of the regular customers by stopping the reduction in prices at the weekend considering its the most expensive pub in moseley...very poor management..I for one will be taking my buisness elsewhere.

Recently improved wait times for food. That was what was holding it back before.

The venue itself is pleasant and the staff seemed friendly, however, given that this venue was rated as one of the better gastro pubs in Birmingham the food was not tremendous (had to send back my daughters rock-hard burger bun) and the service was slow (30 mins for a starter on a quiet Monday evening). Not the great experience I was hoping for to celebrate my birthday at a venue I hadn't visited before!

The pub is a great place for quality beer but alas waiting for the food was a long tedious affair,we ordered food at 3.00pm and it wasn't until 3.30pm that we enquired about the food and were informed the starters would be out soon,they arrived at 3.50 we were told that due to the wait the sweet would be free of charge due to the wait encountered.we asked if we could have a complimentary beer and two sweets the waitress stated that was no issue The main course arrived at 4.15 which was excellent,the sweet arrived a lot later and eventually,when the bill arrived the two sweets had been charged along with the complimentary drink,my wife had to explain that these had been offered as complimentary due to the wait endured by us,the sweet and drink were duly dropped from the bill but only due to my wife explaining our situation. The pub is excellent for quality ipa but is let down drastically by the service and waiting time of the food the waitress service seemed disingenuous it is a real shame as the food was good when it eventually arrived and if i was to drink there it is a great pub

Always good for a cheeky drink! Thanks for good service and great atmosphere.

Really good Birmingham pub, nice atmosphere (families in for Sunday lunch). The staff were fab and the food was excellent. Improvement points, maybe a bigger selection of deserts? We asked for more gravy but that wasn't a problem, you just got us more gravy. No, it was excellent - I will come back for sure.

Great staff, warm welcome, table booked so shown to our table, great food as usual

Our waitress Leila was delightful and really attentive. Nothing was too much for her to do for us.

Sunday roast was amazing. Was served by Demi who was attentive and lovely! Thank you☺️ x

Had a lovely Sunday lunch. The roast chicken was so tasty and the cheesecake was amazing!!! Thanks to Leila and Kamile for their attentive service.

Everything was good. Great service and good food. The crumble was disappointing, but the sticky toffee was great.

The building was brilliant and gives a really good vibe. The service was excellent and the food very very good.

Possibly the best fish and chips in Birmingham? Very fresh, excellent beer batter, great chips. Service can be a bit slow at times, but the beer's great and the staff friendly. And the spacious Arts and Crafts style interior is a comfortable, atmospheric place to hang out in

Great food with a varied selection. Well cooked and tasty. Excellent service. Could not be faulted.

It was great. Good food, great environment, and many drink options.

Great Monday quiz by Demi, really good food (especially Sunday roasts), beautiful building and decor, friendly atmosphere, great drinks selection

Friendly pub especially for dog lovers. We ordered lunch and beers, which were very slow to arrive. The food was delicious but the roast beef was just too small-3 morsels and it was gone. Its not particularly cheap either--my pint cost £6.70? 2 beers, one coffee and 3 lunches-main course only- was £69.00. The lounge looked very tired and in need of attention. There are much better places locally.

I used to rate this as the best pub in Moseley but it has gone all corporate lost it's edge. It still does a very good range of beer. Getting back to how it was so another couple of stars. Happy to say that the Cocks has got it's mojo back. Have had several excellent meals. A welcome return.

I popped into the fighting cocks the other night for a catch up with friends. Whilst there we were informed by their lovely staff that there was a new cocktail offer, 2 cocktails for £13. We couldn’t resist taking up the offer and ordered some of their lovely bar snacks whilst we were there.

We visit for the quiz most weeks, Demi is great and we can always rely on her to lift us up on a Monday! Atmosphere and decor is perfect very pub like but more of a modern feel. We do sometimes have food and it is always great, although quite expensive compared to other similar places. The roast dinner is highly recommended!

Visited here on a lunchtime which was extremely quiet. We ordered drinks and food. The menu was extensive and a good choice. My husband chose the seafood linguine and I chose the sausage and mash....the food arrived in a reasonable time. While my husband really enjoyed his food mine was not so good. The mash is advertised as clotted cream mash and the potatoes were crushed rather than mashed and no taste of clotted cream. It was just lumpy!! The sausages however were tasty. The fact this is a two star review is a combination of the food and the service. As mentioned it was quiet and not once were we asked how our food was....in fact the girl behind the bar seemed more interested one of the younger customers at the bar. We finished our food and left 20 minutes later....the plates had still not been collected. Will not be returning in the foreseeable future which a real shame.

We always attend the pub quiz. Demi was fantastic, as always, & it’s well worth a visit.

I hadn't been to this beautiful place in absolutely years, but it was like returning to somewhere that felt like a familiar pair of slippers. The gentleman who served us (Paul) is a total credit to this establishment. He's witty, funny, helpful, knowledgeable and efficient. I can't wait to return here. I Love this place all over again ❤️

Great burgers and such friendly service and a very welcoming place

I visited here a few days ago (I wanted to as I’m an aspiring writer and this very pub is referenced in a couple of my books) and was so impressed by the very cozy atmosphere, the food and how friendly the barman/landlord was. It’s in a lovely old building with a clock tower. Would recommend to anyone.

We booked for Sunday Lunch. We had the sharer platter. The food was amazing and plentiful. The service was great and we will definitely book again.

When our food finally arrived it was very nice however it took exactly an hour from ordering for it to get to our table. Our server, Poppy, did come back to us after half an hour to apologise for the wait. Apparently they had taken a large order although our table was next to the kitchen and we didn’t see what looked like any large orders being brought out. She did ask if we’d like a free coffee. Nice gesture but we didn’t want coffee before our lunch. After a further 25 minutes she came back, apologised again and said it be 5 minutes more and she was right. However a wait of an hour on a Sunday is just too long. We didn’t have time for dessert as the car park was for 2 hours and time was up. Having not been before we have no idea if this is the ‘norm’ or a one off however based on this experience we are unlikely to return.

Absolutely blown away by the quality of the food and the lovely service and what a beautiful establishment.

Paul and Kamile provided excellent service. Enjoyed my night in a friendly atmosphere. Guinness very good. Espresso martinis great

We love it here. Our server, Poppy, was really friendly and efficient. The food was really yummy (particularly the beef!) and the house red was also great! We'll be back again!

Lovely little boozer that’s changed a lot over the years. Friendly bar staff, good variety of food and beers and there’s a screen for the sport for all sport fans who like the sporting activities.

Lovely friendly staff. Very helpful.

Love this place and thank you xx

Good food at reasonable prices. Nice beer too. The music was a bit loud but otherwise great atmosphere too.

This was a really great roast dinner, it would have been 5/5 if it hadn't gone cold so quickly serving it on those silly boards. The meat was cooked to perfection, Yorkshire pudding was excellent, veg was great. Roast new potatoes were nice but proper roasters would have really made it and if it hadn't gone cold so quickly! I would definitely recommend this, it's so hard to get a good Sunday roast & this was great! Just eat fast!

Meat part of meals ok but vegetables very disappointing. The green veg portions were small and the potatoes and root veg all over cooked

Ben was hosting the quiz and did an excellent job of keeping everyone engaged and laughing. We were amazed with the vegan options, we ordered a plant based burger and the this isn’t chicken burger special which even came with sweet potato fries. Beautiful pub.

Our server Ben was fantastic so attentive didn’t forget anything on our drinks or food order even when there was no apple sauce he popped to the shop brilliant !!

Great pub offering very tasty roasts, a good ambience, and friendly service. Recommended

Lovely traditional pub lovely food and service xx

Booked for 4pm to have the Sunday lunch platter but when we arrived it was not available probably because we had a latish booking. Selected the beef dinner instead which was still lovely. Felt a little out of it as we were placed down the side out of view of everything and even the staff so had to ask for drinks and the bill. Food is great hats off to the chef 🧑‍🍳

We initially visited Tuesday evening but we would have been the only people eating in the restaurant area so left to find a bit more atmosphere. We returned Thursday evening when it was much better with an almost full restaurant area and music playing. The turkey pie and chicken and bacon burger were both very good as well was the beer which is the norm for this pub.

Because I've had a stroke, I asked if I could speak to the server Ben to one side, which he kindly did. The room was quite noisy and I struggle to speak and understand at times, which he really understood. Ben kindly brought our drinks and burgers (one cheese, one plant based) over, and both were delicious. Nice fries too. We stayed longer than we expected because the relaxed atmosphere, board games, Christmas decorations, log fire and Glühwein, but by then it was getting too much for me and sadly my condition meant we had to leave. Heartily recommend.