Wednesfield:
A much better option. Despite living in Wednesfield for a while, and drinking there several times, I’d never been in before. There was a charity event on, so it was rammed, but even so, it was pleasant. Good choice of ale, nice building (parts are evidently very old), and good staff. Nice outside space too. Almost as nice as The Vine.
Wednesfield:
This was, well, as Andy described, vibrant. As in “let’s drink up and go” vibrant. No ale, lairy customers (staffy on a rope, for a start), loud music, shouty people with hi-viz and/or paint-stained tracky bottoms, girls with less clothing and more bad tattoos than would be desireable. The lack of ale didn’t even allow for a decent lager, which made the fast drink-up even less pleasureable, but at least it meant we had time for the better pubs.