All Bar One

Had an hour to kill before a flight and didn’t want to pay for a lounge. We walked to the terminal mainly used by Flybe, which was quieter than the main terminal. All Bar One has table service and serves a great breakfast for £8.95. The day time menu is full of interesting things too! Great place to start a holiday!

A good night out was had by all, with all the relevant drinks available for purchase purchased. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the manager who ensured all our needs were met. He made sure our 7 hour wait for our flight felt like 6 hours max! What a day!

Decent (modernized) pub food, surprisingly good selection of lagers and ales, predictably inflated prices at this Birmingham Airport bar & bistro.
This bar and restaurant is located in the Departures area of Birmingham Airport (South Lounge). The menu offers a modern interpretation of pub and burger bar staples, with something for everyone — everyone i.e. who is prepared to spend over 10 UKP for a simple burger with a few fries. That said, the pulled pork burger I had (see photo) wasn’t huge but of decent quality and well prepared. You can order extras (like I did, a thick slice of halloumi cheese). I scanned the meals presented to other people at the surrounding tables, and everything sure did look good.
I was pleasantly surprised by the range of lagers and ales, which included one of my all-​time favorites Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (and on tap, too!), one of the great beers of the world. I strongly recommend this wonderful American IPA to people who have never tried it. As you may expect, drinks aren’t cheap either.
There’s also a huge selection of wines and cocktails on offer. The waiters/​waitresses were extremely welcoming and very efficient.
The décor is streamlined and modern, some of the stools less comfy than others.
All in all a superior lunch/​drinks option at Birmingham Airport.

Given that I’m travelling a lot with work just now, I’m attempting to entertain myself by trying as many airport restaurants as I can do. Luckily, in Birmingham Airport there are a few choices for food & drink and so this evening I decided to try All Bar One — located by gates 1 – 20 near where (I hoped) my flight gate would be.
On arriving, I was greeted by a conscientious and unimposing waitress who wasted no time in getting my drink — and then food order. I’m a sucker for a Pinot Grigio Rose, and after a particularly long day at work, decided I deserved a large glass pre-​flight. The wine arrives in a lovely little decanter, and is very easy to drink!
I opted for the skinny burger — £9.95 for a burger on half a bun, topped with avocado & with a quinoa and edamame bean salad rather than fries. At only 522 calories it’s a pretty decent choice for the calorie-​concerned of us… although I did add a helping of Monterey Jack cheese. Because cheese.
I love places which have a skinny option for burgers — but honestly I’m not sure the half bun concept works. It fell to pieces the second I tried to cut into it — so I ended up just eating the patty (and cheese) together before tackling the bun and the rest on its own. The patty was a bit dry, although by no means was it untasty (not a word but I’m going to make it one now…)
The salad was very leafy — more leaf than anything else to be honest, but tasted nice enough, although I did feel a bit like a rabbit by the end of it.
Price wise the burger was actually pretty decent for airport prices, and the wine was as I expected. If they can sort out the architecture issues of the skinny bun, they’d be doing really well.