The White Swan, Digbeth — Restaurant in Birmingham

Owner is incredibly rude and bitter. I was waiting on one of their street side benches for a friend to come so we could go in for a drink when the owner came out to complain about me "sitting on the comfort of his benches" (Old splintered benches aren't my idea of comfort but to each their own I guess) when I attempted to explain I was waiting for a friend to accompany me he compared the benches to my back garden and said he " would never come into my garden to sit on my furniture". At which point I got up and left to go to pub owned by somebody who isn't a bitter old man ! Would NOT recommend to anyone looking for a pleasant friendly...

Me and the Mrs came in from a wander round Digbeth this afternoon, beautiful selection of ales, stouts and largers, very welcoming guvnor! He gave us a walk round the awesome traditional Victorian pub ( lots of hard work and replacing damage has been put into restoring pub to former glory) and we spoke about everything from Industrial Birmingham to past and present Brum boozers. It was a privalage and will definately be back on the train for more best bitter 👌 and quality chat. Highly Recomend! Not many pubs like...

Old style pub, nice and clean, friendly staff. Good selection of real ales, 5 on when I visited, a stout, a best bitter, 2 pales and a red ipa. All were in good condition. Carlsberg, Estrella and freedom on tap for the lager drinkers, shipyard and a Halton Turner mango milkshake (craft ale) on keg plus guiness and a Hogans cider. Reasonable selection of bottled drinks and a selection of craft beer cans Recommended to have a visit and see...