Ikon Gallery — Attraction in Birmingham

I really love contemporary museums and this was the only contemporary one besides the Birmingham museum which has some contemporary things but there is a lot of paintings.

Ikon reminds me a lot like Tate modern (if anyone hasn’t been there it’s a must, it’s massive) with the contemporary art pieces. If anyone is studying fashion design like I am, and on a budget definitely go to ikon, it’s much smaller but you can focus on each of the pieces and definitely will be able to study all the pieces around 1-2 hours depending how in-depth you want to see all the details of the pieces, etc but if you’re not someone who looks into it as detailed you’ll probably take under an hour for sure.

The only reason I’m giving it 4 stars is because they don’t have enough floors and more pieces to see, if wish to see more and a plus from the museum is it’s free to see.

The elevator is really funny so much try it out, it has a funny tension effect when going up or down, even though if you aren’t disable must try it out, only if there isn’t any disabled person waiting.

The walk area is slightly narrow when travelling around the stairs that pathway before you enter in to see the pieces just a heads up in case anyone who is disabled and wanted to see it.

There a few piece which you have to go stairs so it’s incongruent for disabled people who really would want to see it.

The ikon entrance sign is a Instagram worthy picture with the ikon lit up with each bulbs.

TRAVELLING TO THERE AND BACK - I went straight from the new street train station and caught a taxi it took around 10 minutes it costed £5 or under but I used an Uber. Since it was around 20-30 minute walk and it’s very steep, wouldn’t recommend if you’re walking in platforms or heels which I did on the day.

Travelling back from the museum to the train station/ city centre, you’ll need to call for a taxi. There isn’t an taxi nearby. There are small cafes around though.

Also I don’t think there is a car park where I was dropped off since there was a barrier and a cross section for walking paths only. But you can probably park on other streets...

The gallery is quite nice though not very big, there's a lift that sings and also handy in case you're not very mobile. The cafe was.. disappointing. The antipasto platter is good value for money (£12) and the teas are nice, but the service is very unprofessional. Tables weren't cleared properly and we specifically had to ask for the table itself to get cleaned. We had to ask for a menu several times and ended up grabbing one ourselves. Nobody came to take our order, it took ages to get someone to come who was all surprised we wanted to order. Then getting the bill was very confusing. All in all it took so long it messed up our schedule for the day. I would be pretty annoyed if I was the cafe manager, because there seemed to be plenty of staff so you'd expect it all to run smoothly, but maybe they're all people who've not been working in a cafe for very long. :/ It's a shame because the cafe looks nice and the...

I heard great things about this barber shop so thought I would go for a abstract trim. Though I never discovered the part that cuts your hair as its a massive building spanning three floors they did have plenty of galleries of art which I thought was strange for a barbers shop. They also had a excellent elevator that I could ride up and down in all day. Going up sounds like the ascent to the heavens of an angel. For a barber shop it sure had a good ambiance and kept very clean with no hair trimmings ob any of the floors.

The staff there where very friendly but kept giving me weird looks when I enquired where the barbers chairs where located.

Overall it was a good experience even if my absence of hair did not get the trim I was hoping.

I would give the place 9 barber...