Passing Fancies is a Jewellery Quarter cocktail venue with casual walk-in drinking and a separate upstairs Fancies space. The owner describes Fancies’ drinks as a love letter to Birmingham, inspired by the city’s places and culture.
Description source 1 · Description source 2 · Description source 3 · Checked 2026-10-07
Owner room pages and a Secret Birmingham opening report dated 15 April 2026.
Plan Your Visit
The Goodsyard, Pitsford Street, Birmingham B18 6FG, UKThe owner lists Passing Fancies at The Goodsyard, Pitsford Street, B18 6FG (checked 8 October 2026). This link searches that location. The rating listing uses 11 Station Way, B18 6FH; the street-door relationship remains unconfirmed. Owner location source · Google Maps listing
Check before visiting. Sources disagree about hours; confirm the latest details with the venue.
- Style
- Multi-room experimental cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Booking
- The downstairs Passing space welcomes walk-ins and recommends booking; the Fancies food offer is bookings-only.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
- Menu
- The owner publishes separate Passing and Fancies drinks routes at /passing and /fancies, alongside a separate Fancies food route.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
47.3 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 74.5
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 16.6
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 89.5
- Serious press
- 31.5
- Social Vibes
- 61.6
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
88/ 100
Historical 88/100 and high confidence retained. This source check qualifies attribution without recalculating the proprietary score or establishing a representative current customer sample.
Score context
The cited Restaurantji customer-summary page could not be reread. A 2026 Secret Birmingham report concerns the Jewellery Quarter successor to the earlier Custard Factory venue and includes an operator quotation. It does not verify customer reactions to the newer room.
Guest sources checked:
The stored aggregator quotation could not be reread or attributed to an original customer. It is retained in the source record but omitted here.
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- secretbirmingham.comSecret Birmingham — Charlie Case, reported feature / operator voice · 15 April 2026
Matt Arnold quoted about Jewellery Quarter successor versus Custard Factory site. Body says reopened Friday 24 April despite 15 April publication: chronology unresolved; no operating-status conclusion.
Other cited sources
- restaurantji.co.ukRestaurantji, unreadable review aggregator · Publication date not verified
The Restaurantji page could not be read, so the stored quotation could not be checked or attributed to an original customer.
Crowd signal
Google 4.8★ across 215 reviews.
Google’s listing gives 11 Station Way, B18 6FH, while the bar’s website lists Pitsford Street, B18 6FG, at The Goodsyard. The sources do not confirm which street entrance guests should use.
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Awards
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Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.