Sutton Park Hotel

This pub vies with The Duke Inn and The Station for the title of best boozer in central Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
Its charms may not be as immediately obvious, but it will tick the boxes of anyone looking for a traditional pub where the affordability has not been compromised by soulless chain branding. It is the kind of pub you remember, and likely miss.
While the food may be on the kind of menu you’ve seen scores of times before, and the bandit may be joined by a quiz machine and even, alas, an arcade-​style grab claw gizmo, it is the bar which keeps people coming back.
Here, drinkers can get a surprising amount of change out of £3, can set their watch by tradesmen coming in at 5pm and expect to see a nowadays all-​too-​rare evening mix of pensioners, middle-​aged couples and lads in their 20s with their girlfriends; each group respectful of each other. It all makes for a vaguely bygone vibe, particularly heady on match days when sheer numbers makes shoulder-​rubbing and mutually-​beneficial person-​to-​person pint-​passing the norm. These pubs are a dying breed, but this one bucks the trend with its head held high; the good service as likely as a wink from a bloke who doesn’t know your name, but recognises your face. And to top it off, a well-​known English lager goes down with the character of a supposedly more sophisticated continental brew. Those pipes are being looked after. Show them it’s appreciated.

The Sutton Park is a local situated in Boldmere or Sutton Coldfield depending on your geographi interpretation.
It’s quite a large pub, with a large bar area, seated area and a dining area. It was refurbished earlier this yer that has modernised it, but the décor still ratins features of it’s history, such as the fireplaces and the ceiling.
In winter you are grateful for those fireplaces when real fires are lit and provide some warmth.
The drinks choices are quite the usual, but often they have a local beer called Brew XII a Midlands specialty. They also have had mulled wine close to Christmastime.
The food menu is pretty standard pub fayre.
One thing that you will notice is that the drink prices are very reasonable. ompared to my local’s prices, I was pleasantly surprised at the price of a round here.
The Sutton tends to get busy at the weekend in the esrly evening when people are getting ready to go to a club or elsewhere and want to meet. A more mature crowd will stay put and spend the evening here. With a few TV’s so you can watch football, this is a good all round watering hole.