Review by PHIL on 23rd November, 2007

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THERE IS NOT MANY PUBS LIKE THE HARVESTER LEFT IN THE SOLIHULL AREA, WHEN THE SMOKING BAN KICKED IN, MOST OF THE PUBS IN THE SOLIHULL, ESPECIALLY THE MANAGED ONES, SPENT THOUSANDS ON REFURBISMENTS TURNING THEM INTO FOOD LED PUBS. THE FEELING OF SITTING IN A GOOD OLD LOCAL HAD GONE. A FEW PUBS IN SOLIHULL REMAINED THE SAME, THE HARVESTER BEING ONE OF THEM. YES THE HARVESTER DOES FOOD, IT HAS DONE FOR YEARS, BUT NOT THE MICROWAVE AND SERVE WITH A HUGE PORTION OF CHIPS JUST TO FILL YOU UP TYPE OF FOOD, HOME MADE STEAK AND ALE PIE, LASAGNE, LIVER AND ONIONS, STEWS, FRESH FISH (NOT FROZEN) ETC ETC IS SERVED DAILY, OK YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT HEY!! "REAL FOOD TAKES TIME"... ALONG WITH ALL THE TRADITIONAL LAGERS, BITTERS AND SPIRITS, THE HARVESTER ALSO KEEPS A GOOD STOCK OF HAND PULLED REAL ALES, ABBOTT ALE AND JOHN SMITH CASK BEING REGULARS AND ANOTHER THREE EVER CHANGING GUEST ALES, FROM SOME OF THE BEST MICRO BREWERS IN ENGLAND, SOME YOU WILL KNOW SOME YOU WON`T. DO YOU LIKE GOOD MUSIC?? COME AND SEE SOME OF THE BEST BANDS AROUND PERFORM AT THE HARVESTER EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, WITH FREE ENTRY TO ALL GIGS. THURSDAY NIGHT YOU CAN BE ENTERTAINED BY THE B BROTHERS, WITH STEVE AND JOHN SINGING ALL THE HITS THAT SPAN THE DECADES, YOU CAN EVEN GET UP AND HAVE A GO YOURSELF IN THE KARAOKE SECTION. DO YOU LIKE QUIZ NIGHTS?? BRING YOUR TEAM ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND JOIN IN, THIS IS A FUN NIGHT AND NOT TAKEN TO SERIOUSLY, CHEATING IS ALLOWED BUT WE DRAW THE LINE AT LAP TOPS... THE HARVESTER ALSO HAS, WHAT WE THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST BEER GARDENS AROUND, THE KIDS WILL LOVE IT, CLIMBING FRAMES, GIANT BOUNCY CASTLE, SWINGS, TREE HOUSE WITH SLIDES AND IT EVEN HAS A NETTED FOOTBALL PITCH, PLUS REGULAR BBQ`S IN THE SUMMER.. CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.HARVESTERLIFE.COM THE HARVESTER, A REAL PUB!!!!!!!!!!!

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