The Sportsman Club in Sandwell

Looking for somewhere close to the M5 for lunch and didn't want the Motorway Services. This place is about 2 minutes from the motorway and parking was OK - might be more of a problem on a busy evening, Monday lunch not so much. It was very quiet and we weren't expecting too much. The menu was very short on details; no flowery descriptions of each dish. I chose the lamb chop starter with onion bhaji and naan bread while my partner ordered the prawn jalfrezi and shared the bhaji and bread. Drinks were reasonably priced and I was offered ice and lemon with my fizzy water without having to ask - it was a pint as well, no messing. There were 3 lamb chops for my "starter" portion and they were good sized, not tiny. Quite spicy (I am a curry lightweight) and well done with a side salad to accompany. Simple but very good. The naan was perfect; light and fluffy and cooked to golden perfection, not burnt but crispy on the edges. And the bhajis, OMG! Best I have ever had, anywhere. There were 3 of them, each the size of a big burger bun, fried crispy with no doughy bits and plenty of lightly spicy flavour. I would have eaten them on their own as a snack with a beer. My companions jalfrezi was full of large prawns and very spicy - he loved it. The place was clean and modern with plenty of space - booths with comfy benches all around the sides. Toilets were equally clean and well kept. Food arrived quickly and was hot. The clientele was cosmopolitan. Way better than MaccyD's.

Good food selection, friendly and helpful service

Good place to meet before and after to match. Food always good

Really nice place 👍🏻 definitely go there again

Curry's and the grill are amazing got to try the pork steak 😋

Delicious food. I had mixed grill with keema naan. The mixed grill came sizzling and the naan fluffy and freshly baked. Came with a side salad and sauces.

Terrible customer service. We had to ask for complimentary salad after ordering £30 worth of food. Nobody cleared our table after we finished. They didn't even have mayonnaise for the chips. Won't be going back there again.

What else is there to say about the Sportman? A solid pub with good mixed grill options. The prices for drinks are fair and they have a particularly impressive collection of drinks. Would recommend to anyone in West Brom!

Excellent. The food was great, the staff were very welcoming and the venue was spotless.

Love this place especially the boneless chicken tikka too bad they don't deliver

Great atmosphere as it was the West Brom Game. But food well over priced £29 for a mixed grill.ordered food but empty plates sat on our table for an hour. Despite telling a number of staff and the owner. They were all too busy talking at the bar!!

Great place to come on match days.

Great pre match food and drinks, good atmosphere

OK for a small team in the Midlands

WBA match day everything superb,well organised, can't fault to say how many people were in there pre match ⚽️👏👏

Top curry before the Albion games. Love the food.

Match day pub great atmosphere.

Meat is really good, for the veggies I was with, not so great

Got mixed grill £30 was completely burned to a char left over half of it red cow in Smethwick much better can’t believe they expect you to eat it tbh

Perfect 5***** Staff made us feel welcome ..food was outstanding. Thank you, we will be back x

Food was amazing enjoyed every bit 😄. Great team.

Great atmosphere food was excellent and staff were brilliant.

Food taste not very nice personal experience

Bar staff are awesome, all really make the venue more fun! Food is good also!

Amazing value and mixed grill is exceptional.

Mix grill is the champion. Full on meat, no useless coloured mess. Masala chips to die for

Love this old school desi pub, one of the very few left in the area that serve proper bbq meat Good selection of lager and a jukebox with your favourite classics Attached is a selection of the bbqd meats, they also do a great keema and fish pakora

Nice place for a good pint and food and to chill with mates, can easily spend hours here, drinks are reasonable price, service is great and food is like a bbq charcoal and very tasty. Mix grill is huge, overall great place.

Fantastic food, four of us split a mixed grill, butter chicken, chicken jalfreze, rice, and naans. We enjoyed everything, but the onion bagee was my personal favourite.

Went there after 4 years. Why do the meat they serve is black and crispy . It's still the same as years ago. Look at other places, their food is never black

Good food and friendly staff ,good place to watch sport

This is the spot, no words. Come be yourself, enjoy the vibes, and BBQ grill is off the chain!!

Ordered my curry and rice, and it came very cold. I asked for a new warm one, it came back mixed together with rice and microwaved (awful food standards). I asked for a refund to which they gave me back attitude and started speaking about me with other staff members. Please everyone avoid this place, there are so many better options nearby!

Great place, food and good bar staff

Best bbq Indian food around. Up there every week.

Great atmosphere on a WBA match day

Chips were nice. Was a bit quiet. Not for you if you like atmosphere, hustle and bustle

Very nice food and a good place to watch sports

I do love the Sportsman its not much to look at but the food is authentic and sublime. Never had a bad meal and always made welcome.

delicious food, great customer service and atmosphere. would visit this place again. fresh food loved the mix grill

Came here for a few beers before moving onto another pub. Nice atmosphere, service was good.

Great food but prices are too high

I visited on a Saturday night, ordered food, and the chef, Sardar Ji, in the kitchen was quite rude

Popped in for a curry after work .Great staff very welcoming Food was perfect .I will definitely be returning

Food is excellent and is cooked to order. It's a proper Indian sports pub . Nice atmosphere, used by locals as a pub and doubles as a restaurant. Food was tasty and good value.

I was brought in here by a friend .The food is off the charts excellent..I was genuinely surprised how good it was .Will definitely be back .

Absolutely disappointed after a very long time thought we would give it a try, but we were let down by the quality of the food and the shocking price of the large mixed grill, also had a kam h curry which was awful and sweet, won’t go back again

Overpriced mixed grill £29, better placed out there don’t waste your money, lamb curry was super sweet, absolutely atrocious Not goi g back there again

Really friendly team, food is delicious 😋

As usual, it was a fantastic meal.

The food was nice... I had curry.

Starting to get a bit expensive. Drinks especially compared to other pub/restaurants

Fantastic food and great service

2nd time I've been there with work colleagues on a Saturday and everyone enjoyed the experience. Looking forward to the next one 👍🏾

Food was decent not anything outstanding except the fish pakora and chilli chicken was great, rest of the grill was okay, nothing outstanding or worthy of further mention with so much competition in the same cuisine, I expected fierce competution on delivering a fantastic dish/product. A very eye of the tiger bare environment.

Tasty food. Choice of lots beers. Nice pub

Went for a mixed grill, and the taste was ok. There were too many shish kebabs, and they were dry. Masalla chips were meh. Definitely better mixed grills than this place, I personally won't be returning.

Had fabulous Indian food at a very reasonable price and it was served in a great atmosphere. Will recommend it for a good night

Awesome Food Reasonably priced Great atmosphere NO hassle Well worth a visit.

one of the best lamb chops i’ve had and butter chicken

First time hear fantastic food lovely staff the lady who served was lovely

Just everything about the place. Food beer people and staff. 🤍💙🤍💙

Bang on place,been coming here around 35 years

Food is beautiful and piping hot 🔥

Got the mix grill and was completely stale, like it was cooked ages ago and just warmed up. Prices were fine, service was alright but food was not good quality.

Stopped by on our way past the place on recommendation from a ex-local. Loved the food! Especially the grilled meat. Found the salt a bit too high for my taste. But that's something hopefully they will try and dial down. Fairly well priced. Value for money. I'd go so far as to call this a hidden gem, as long as you don't mind eating in a local.

Food has definitely deteriorated over the past few months. Boneless chicken, and I know it’s cooked over charcoal, was burnt, very dry and especially chewy. Chicken wings again were very dry and chewy despite their crispy skin. The girl serving the food needs to learn how to smile as her attitude was disgusting, she actually made me feel uncomfortable to be sitting there. Best thing about our meal was the Nan bread and fresh salad. Male bar staff pleasant as always serving an excellent range of drinks.

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The behaviour of the tender wasn't appropriate ably while placing the order. There wasn't a single piece of salad with my whole order, he said your order was last at 21:50 on Sunday. And they are about to close.

Didnt eat the last time i was in but have eaten there before and the food is great.Very friendly staff and always get a good crowd in

Best grill ever I travel from leamington to west Bromwich every few months cause it's that good and so cheap such good value for money

Spacious garden area and 2 indoor bar spaces with adjoining restaurant. West Bromwich Albion pub! *couldn't see any access for mobility impaired customers or pushchairs

Jedzenie pyszne, food out of range:)

First time going to the sportsman. Starts sizzler was great. The 2 out of 5 of the main dishes we weren't too pleased with. The service was excellent. There could have been some soft music in the background, as it was lunchtime, it was quiet. The staff were very friendly. I would go next time again to hv the sizzler meal. The lamb curry, dhal, and chicken saag with mushrooms, these 3 main dishes were mouth watering. Thankyou.

Very nice food always good food... Service is just inappropriate at times

Great food great atmosphere on a match day

Good place for night out with friends.

Great fish pakora all the food is 👍🏻

Came after the baggies game on Sunday, service was very very fast for how busy it was. Started with a mixed grill which was ok, only 3 different meals and quite pricey compared to other places. Then had the clay pot chicken with rice and naan. It was exceptional, will definitely be returning for another curry. Lots of tv screens and very fast service at the bar.

Nice meat cooked over charcoal ,but tasteless no hint of Chilli or masala very plain wouldn't go again!!

Visited this place today 23/4/23. Don’t live in the area but our 2 sons were at the WBA v Sunderland game, so while we were waiting for them we thought we would go in this place and have a drink whilst watching the game on TV. All was good had a couple of drinks then they realise we were there as SAFC supporters. A 60 odd year old woman sat behind us was trying to goad us all game but we never reacted. Sat with 3 other men all WBA supporters who were lovely. As soon as the game finished we were asked to leave, we were finishing our drinks when the said family sat behind us starting shouting about us indirectly, a man came over to my husband and got in his face. We did leave as we were going to meet our sons..disgusting behaviour by your regulars over a football match, we weren’t in there to cause trouble, just to watch a game.. Thanks for the 3 points though…

Excellent place for pre and post match drinks

Good sports bar, packed, great atmosphere

It was absolutely brilliant, great food, and very well priced

Nice ales, nice atmosphere, the food was OK.

Good food and a great selection of drinks 👍

One of the best pubs in West Bromwich 4 food and beer

Busy place popular before football

Good food and friendly service, West Bromwich is blessed to have so many great Desi pubs. Will be back.

Great Pub, fantastic food and beer. Best place for a pre match pint

My main go to match day place. Been coming here many years. Always great food, atmosphere and service. Large outdoor area with TVs and in the summer outside bar service.

Great food, lousy seating, uncomfortable atmosphere on a football match day.

Found this pub. .came up from Sussex for football match. Wonderful food and atmosphere. Beautiful girls serving.

Been coming on and off for years here. Always quick service, well prepared food, and it's recently-ish been renovated. Last time I came in I did notice the food was starting to get a bit pricey though.

Great restaurant for delicious Indian food. Really tasty good quality dishes at a reasonable price.

Best grill pub in the town 5 star 🌟

AWESOME is all I will say, try it.

Outstanding food at pre-2008 prices. Few things compare to a Desi pub - great cuisine, friendly locals and a down-to-earthness (look it up) severely lacking in towns across the land. Having ventured down to the Black Country from Wrexham, we found our train delayed by an hour or four, so decided to hop off at the Hawthorns train station, walking to the Sportsman on the recommendation of Jay Rayner in the Guardian. I can say with some certainty our return leg will have a similar pit-stop (and the luggage will have copious room for leftovers!). Well done all involved and what a refreshing lunch it was for two wee Welsh women.

Best Indian grill by far,curry's are absolutely spot on..mixed grills are very consistent with the flavours and quality,well all the food is..eat here all the time,would highly recommend eating here....

One of the best places to eat in Britain, if you want to taste authentic Indian/Delhi tandoori food. none of that, 'sort' of or almost 'indian' food, the real authentic coal fired tandoor. been eating here for 17 years, the way they have incorporated pub and tandoor, is amazing, wonder why don't we have more places in country like this.. anyways, proper tikha(spicy) tandoori grilled food at amazing price, every time i am driving up and down the country, i make sure to get some packed for family.