The Bird In Hand - Wyre Forest

This place has changed hands recently. The lady who 's running it was very rude to us and not welcoming at all. There 's a sign saying There 's a warm welcome It should be changed to a _Cold welcome The food menu is very limited and really basic. The only plus sign is my husband said the beer was good. Wouldn 't recommend this place due to the unfriendly lady who 's running it.

Sat for 15 minutes with no acknowledgement from staff, asked a member of staff if I could order some food and drinks to be told abruptly the waitress is busy and will be with us shortly, she then showed me a list of 5 drinks that were waiting to be poured and told be to go else where if I didn't want to wait, then she told the table next door that we were rude!!!!! Will not go back. Walked to the next pub, welcomed with a smile, had drinks and food within 10 mins!!

If you're on the canal and stop off here you are guaranteed a friendly (and dog friendly) welcome, great beer, a lovely outside area to sit in the sun and filling, wholesome, good value food. If you're looking for refined surroundings and fine dining then this is not going to do it for you but if you want a filling meal and a great pint in comfortable surroundings then moor up here and you're in for a treat. We stopped here twice Beware, they stop serving food at 4pm on a Sunday and had a comfy sit in the sun with an enjoyable drink on the Sunday and a filling cheap enjoyable meal on the 2nd occasion that we would be happy to repeat.

Turned up late, and they reopened the kitchen for a meal for the four of us. Much appreciated! The food was really good, and even more-so by the fact that it was prepared with such short notice. It seems a 'bit of a locals ' pub, compact inside, but everyone made us welcome as passing holidaymakers on the canal. Great place to stop on the homeward leg of the narrowboat trip, with 20 mins run into the marina the following morning.

Visited here on Sunday for Sunday lunch with friends Unfortunately on arrival we were told that we could not be accommodated for food as we had not booked. No where did it say on the Canalside board or anywhere on the signs around the pub did it say we had to book. This was most disappointing as friends had travelled quite a way to visit us and we had decided to go there based on the reviews Stayed for a drink sitting outside by the canal which is lovely But disappointed we were not able to eat there.