Birmingham Uk
You're flying out of Birmingham Airport, you have 90 minutes to kill, and you'd like to do better than a Pret. Good news: airport drinking has improved more in the last five years than the previous fifty. Pre-flight drinks at Birmingham Airport range from chain reliability to surprisingly polished hotel-style bars in the airport hotels. This is barsforKings's editor-curated guide to drinking better at Birmingham's airports.
Jewellery Quarter · $$$
Birmingham's most awarded cocktail bar.
Jewellery Quarter · $$$
Restaurant-bar with one of Birmingham's tightest natural-wine lists and a serious cocktail programme.
City Centre · $$$
Two-floor cocktail bar — Victorian gin parlour upstairs, Hyde-side speakeasy downstairs.
Jewellery Quarter · $$
Boutique cocktail bar with a tight rotating menu.
Want a real drink before flying? The fastest play is to get to airport hotels next door — most run polished bars that beat anything post-security. We list them at the bottom. If you've got 60 spare minutes pre-airport, see our shortlist of bars in Birmingham proper at the end.
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