Hickory’s Smokehouse Castle Bromwich is a Southern inspired barbecue restaurant on The Green. Its informal dining room is built around generous hospitality, an energetic family atmosphere and the unmistakable aroma of the smokers. The venue serves lunch and dinner throughout the week, with brunch giving weekends their own rhythm.
Low and slow cooking is central to the menu. Brisket, ribs, pulled pork and chicken spend time in the smoker so that texture and flavour develop before sauces or glazes are added. Burgers, wings and other smokehouse favourites provide more direct choices, while sides bring together the crisp, creamy and tangy elements expected around American barbecue.
Brunch adds sweet and savoury morning plates before the main menu takes over. A dedicated children’s selection and playful atmosphere make the restaurant especially practical for families, while a menu without gluten containing ingredients offers guidance for other guests. Specific allergies and kitchen handling should always be discussed with the team.
Cocktails, shakes, soft drinks, beer and American influenced serves reinforce the restaurant’s theme. The outside area welcomes dogs, allowing another option in suitable weather. Hickory’s Castle Bromwich works as a complete smokehouse experience, using patient cooking, bold portions and relaxed service to bring Southern style dining to the neighbourhood.
Address: The Green, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham B36 9AR, United Kingdom
Hickory's – Castle Bromwich Menu
Appetisers
Southern Fried Chicken ‘In A Basket’
Melt-in-your-mouth chicken served with honey mustard dip.
Classic Corn Dogs
A pair of corn dogs with French’s mustard, crispy bacon, shallots & Kansas BBQ sauce.
Brisket Popcorn Bites
Smoky Southern fried brisket bites with Kansas style BBQ sauce.
Giant Garlic Buttered Pretzel Bites
Oven-baked pretzel bites tossed in roasted garlic butter served with a beer-infused cheese sauce for dipping.
Spiced Pulled Pork Tostadas
Crisp corn tortilla, topped with pulled pork, crumbled feta, pickled red onion & cilantro.
Frickles
Juicy pickles deep-fried in a crispy Cajun spiced batter served with a pot of South Carolina barbecue sauce.
Smoked Wings
Served hot or not with blue cheese dip & celery. Choose Kansas BBQ or Louisiana Hot (It’s spicy!) Or try a Tennessee Bourbon Glaze.
Lighter & Loaded
From the Smokehouse: Served straight up with House Slaw. Loaded Potatoes: Buttered, cheesed & topped. Served with house slaw.
Big Pig Bap
14 hour pulled pork, Kansas BBQ sauce, French’s mustard, pickled red onion & crispy shallots.
The Hickory’s Hot Dog
Our classic smoked pork, jalapeño & gooey cheese sausage in a brioche style sub roll with Kansas style BBQ sauce & American mustard.
Smoked Tennessee Brisket Sub
Slow-smoked beef brisket, packed in a toasted sub, baked with roasted peppers & onions, gooey cheese, creamy pepper sauce & a pot of Tennessee gravy.
Pulled Pork Loaded Potato
14 hour smoked pulled pork & BBQ pit beans.
The Texi-Can Loaded Potato
Spiced homemade chilli, Kansas caviar, crumbled feta & coriander.
Burgers
Served with either skin-on fries or house salad & house slaw.
Our Oklahoma Smash Burger
Two classic beef patties with crisp lettuce, pickled red onions, pickles, house burger sauce & American style cheese.
Southern Fried Chicken Burger
Southern fried chicken, topped with American style cheese, crisp lettuce, pickled red onions, pickles & house burger sauce.
Go Big or Go Home Burger
Three toasted buns, two prime beef patties, a Southern fried chicken fillet, streaky bacon, magic dusted pork collar, a hash brown & three slices of American style cheese. Plus lettuce, pickled red onions, pickles & Hickory’s burger sauce.
The Bird & Beast
Southern fried chicken, prime beef patty, hash brown, lettuce, American style cheese, crisp lettuce, pickled red onions, pickles & house burger sauce.
The Hickory’s Veggie Burger
Roast soy patty, American style cheese, magic-dusted hash brown & roasted field mushroom topped with South Carolina style BBQ sauce. Remove the sliced American style cheese, swap the slaw for salsa & you’ve got yourself a vegan burger! Ask your server.
On the Side
Barbecue Pit Beans
with hand-pulled pork.
House Salad
Loaded with Kansas caviar.
Smashed Cucumber
with pickled red onion & crushed corn nuts.
Southern Fried Onion Blossom
with hot honey ranch dip.
Roast Garlic Buttered Mushrooms
Dirty Corn Ribs
Cowboy buttered, with feta & fresh cilantro.
Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Brisket Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Skin-On Fries
Magic-Dusted Fries
Cheesy Fries
Topped with fresh chillies.
Buttered Baked Potato
Dirty Tater Tots
Magic-Dusted Tater Tots
Poutine Style Tater Tots
Magic-dusted with cheese & poutine gravy.
Smokin’ Sides
Maple Buttered Corn Bread
BBQ Pulled Pork & Pit Beans
Chopped Smoked Pork & Jalapeño Sausage
Pot of Tennessee Bourbon Gravy
Salads & Fish
South Coast Watermelon Salad
Fresh watermelon, Kansas caviar, rice, salsa, crisp iceberg topped with crumbled feta cheese.
Hickory’s Cobb Salad
Crisp lettuce, Kansas caviar (black beans, sweetcorn, red & yellow peppers, spring onions), blue cheese dressing, a soft boiled egg, avocado, Cheddar cheese & crispy shallots.
Cedar Plank Roasted Salmon
A salmon fillet lightly seasoned, served with a smashed cucumber salad topped with pickled red onion & crushed corn nuts and cowboy buttered corn ribs & lime.
Sizzling Fajitas
Served with warm tortillas, charred peppers, sweet onions, smooth guacamole & chunky tomato salsa.
Chargrilled Cajun Chicken Fajitas
with sour cream & mature Cheddar cheese.
Blackened Butt Steak Fajitas
with sour cream & mature Cheddar cheese.
Southern Fried Vegan Fajitas
with Carolina BBQ dip & pickles.
Mac ‘N’ Cheese
Served with either skin-on fries or house salad & house slaw.
3am Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Topped with Cajun battered Southern fried chicken, bacon crumb & a maple drizzle.
Classic Mac
We mix three types of cheese to make a rich silky sauce, then add even more cheese.
Brisket Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Rich Tennessee gravy pulled brisket, with an extra pot of gravy to pour over.
Steaks
From the Wood-Fired Grill! Served with either skin-on fries or house salad and hickory’s pepper sauce, fire-kissed chilli & magic-dusted field mushroom.
12oz Aged Rump Steak
Straight from grass-fed cattle & aged for 30 days, these steaks are big in flavour.
6oz Aged Rump Steak
Straight from grass-fed cattle & aged for 30 days, these steaks are big in flavour.
10oz New York Strip
This sirloin has bold flavours & is straight from grass-fed cattle & aged for 50 days.
Dessert
Lemon Meringue Cheesecake
Just Peachy Jam Jar Cheesecake
Cinnamon Sugar Coated Churros
Alabama Chocolate Fudge Cake
The Cookie Creation
Campfire S’mores
Brunch
Served every day until 2pm.
The Hickory’s Breakfast
Ok, so this one’s not from the Southern States but allow us this one exception. You know the drill. Shhh… Don’t mention this to the Texans… but we can make this vegan. Ask your server. Can be made Non-Gluten Containing by swapping the waffle to a gluten-free bun. Ask the team.
The Great American Breakfast
The best of a Full English but doubled up – plus a whole waffle for the taste of the USA.
HoneyBird Cinna-Bun
Crunchy fried chicken tossed in a hot honey glaze, crisp bacon, pickled red onions in a toasted cinnamon bun, with magic-dusted tater tots.
Steak & Eggs
Our 170g rump steak & griddled eggs, served with magic-dusted tater tots & charred tomato.
Smashed Avocado & Poached Eggs
Seasoned smashed avocado, soft poached eggs, fresh tomato served on a buttered toasted muffin. Can be made Non-Gluten Containing by swapping to a gluten-free bun. Ask the team.
Chicken Fried Waffle
A whole toasted waffle topped with Southern fried chicken & maple candied streaky bacon. This one’s available all day!
Muffins
A griddled egg, slices of american style cheese, your choice of filling & magic-dusted tater tots. All Hickory’s Muffins can be made Non-Gluten Containing by swapping to a gluten-free bun. Ask the team.
Streaky Bacon
Sausage Patty
Magic-Dusted Mushroom
The Ultimate XXL
Sausage, streaky bacon, magic-dusted mushroom.
Pan Cake or Waffle?
Choose either a pan cake or half a waffle, then load it up!
The Chicken Coop
Southern fried cowboy buttered chicken fillets, smoky bacon jam & a griddled egg.
Lemon Meringue Cheesecake
Zingy lemon curd, toasted meringue, whipped vanilla bean cream cheese, custard & cinnamon sugar.
Maple Smoky Bacon & Egg
Streaky maple bacon, chicken fried bacon, maple butter & a griddled egg.
Burgers & Mains
Cedar Plank Roasted Salmon
A salmon fillet lightly seasoned, served with a smashed cucumber salad topped with pickled red onion & crushed corn nuts and cowboy buttered corn ribs & lime.
Our Oklahoma Smash Burger
Two classic beef patties with crisp lettuce, pickled red onions, pickles, house burger sauce & American style cheese. Served with skin-on fries or house salad, and house slaw. Can be made Non-Gluten Containing by swapping to a gluten-free bun. Ask the team.
South Coast Watermelon Salad
Fresh watermelon, Kansas caviar, rice, salsa, crisp iceberg topped with crumbled feta cheese.
Hickory’s Cobb Salad
Crisp lettuce, Kansas caviar (black beans, sweetcorn, red & yellow peppers, spring onions), blue cheese dressing, a soft boiled egg, avocado, Cheddar cheese & crispy shallots.
Loaded Potatoes
Buttered, cheesed & topped. Served with house slaw.
Pulled Pork
14 hour smoked pulled pork & BBQ pit beans.
The Texi-Can
Spiced homemade chilli, Kansas caviar, crumbled feta & coriander.
Desserts
Cinnamon Sugar Coated Churros
Churros served with a silky chocolate dip.
Just Peachy Jam Jar Cheesecake
Layers of vanilla cheesecake, peach tea compote, cookie crumble & custard, served with cinnamon sugar-coated churros sticks.
Alabama Chocolate Fudge Cake
Chocolate fudge sauce, soft scoop vanilla ice cream, squirty cream & crushed Oreos. Can be made Non-Gluten Containing by removing the Oreo’s. Ask the team.
Vegan Ice Cream
Lemon Meringue Cheesecake
Zingy lemon curd, toasted meringue, whipped vanilla bean cream cheese, custard & cinnamon sugar. Your Choice! Choose either a pan cake or a half waffle as your base.
The Cookie Creation
Three warm homemade chocolate chip cookies served with toffee sauce, fro-co, fudge pieces, honeycomb & mini marshmallows. Make it vegetarian: remove the marshmallows. Ask your server.
Fro-Co
aka: frozen custard
Straight up
Honeycomb, Toffee Fudge Pieces & Butterscotch Sauce
American Screwball
Campfire S’mores
Ideal for sharing! For every Campfire S’mores dessert sold, Hickory’s will donate £1 to Cash for Kids.
Campfire S’mores
Toast a set of marshmallow skewers over your very own table-top campfire ready to dip in rich melted chocolate, then sandwich between crunchy s’mores biscuits.
Kids Brunch
Served every day ‘til 2pm.
Pan Cake with Chocolate & Fro-Co
A pan cake with your choice of toppings.
Pan Cake with Bacon & Maple
A pan cake with your choice of toppings.
Pan Cake with Maple
A pan cake with your choice of toppings.
VIK Cooked Breakfast
Waffle, sausage, bacon, fried egg, tomato & baked beans.
Kids Appetisers
Cheesy Pretzel Bites
smothered with garlic butter.
Classic Corn Dog
Hickory’s Southern Fried Vegan Fillets
Popcorn Chicken Nibbles
Kids Mains
Kids Hickory’s Burger
Beef patty with lettuce. Add cheese for 25p. Gluten-free bun available.
Hickory’s Southern Fried Vegan Fillets
Southern Fried Chicken Burger
Crispy chicken with lettuce. Add cheese for 25p.
Popcorn Chicken
Cod Bites
Cod fillets coated in a crispy batter.
Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Rich, silky & cheesy…
Classic Hot Dog
Frankfurter served in an American style sub roll.
Kids Sides
All £2.25 each. Choose either corn ribs or fries—they’re included in the price!
Fries
Baked Beans
Mixed Salad
Corn Ribs
Kids Desserts
Fro-Co
Create your own frozen custard combo at our creation station.
Cinnamon Sugar-Coated Churros
with chocolate dipping sauce.
The Cookie Creation
Warm chocolate chip cookies served with our fro-co & a selection of candy store treats for toppin’.
Sodas & Lemonades
American Orange Soda
Refreshing, classic & low sugar.
Hickory’s Grape Soda
An authentic American classic & our most popular soda.
Cherry Cream Soda
Cherry & cream soda syrup. An all-American classic.
Cloudy Lemonade
Our famous lemonade.
Raspberry & Mint Lemonade
Fresh raspberries muddled with mint.
Blueberry Lemonade
A blueberry twist to our famous lemonade.
Milkshakes
Classic Shakes £6.00 each. Choose from Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry. Freak Shakes! Thick, creamy & a bit crazy! £9.50 each.
Classic Shake
Choose from Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry.
Cookie Monster
Cookies, salted maple, Oreo, chocolate & wafer curls and even more cookies.
Crazy Carnival
Strawberry & marshmallow syrup, loaded with cotton candy, popcorn, a giant marshmallow, rainbow belt & pink sprinkles.
Bigger, Badder Biscoff
Biscoff spread & biscuits, toffee sauce topped with a Biscoff donut. A whole DONUT!
Lager
There’s a Cold Beer calling my name… From the taps: All draught also served as half pints.
Driftaway IPA
Slightly hazy with tropical notes. Brewed by Mobberley Brewhouse.
Hickory’s Pale Ale
Malty, caramel & hoppy. Brewed by Purity Brewery Co.
Bud Light
Amstel
Heineken
Sierra Nevada
Inch’s Apple Cider
Guinness
Miller Genuine Draft
330ml bottle 4.7%
Brooklyn Lager
330ml bottle 5.2%
IPA / Pale
Sierra Nevada California IPA
355ml can 4.2%
Brooklyn Bodega Run
330ml can 3.4%
Fruity Beers
Paulaner Lemon Radler
500ml can 2.5%
Jubel Peach
330ml can 4.0%
Low Alcohol Beers
Beavertown Lazer Crush
330ml can 0.3%
Brooklyn Special Effects
330ml can 0.4%
Lervig ‘No Worries’ Grapefruit
330ml can 0.5%
Lucky Saint
330ml bottle 0.5%
Sierra Nevada Trail Pass
355ml can 0.5%
Freak Shakes
Thick, creamy & a bit crazy. For a boozy kick, add a drop of the hard stuff: Cookie Monster add bourbon, Bigger, Badder Biscoff add rum. £10.50.
Cookie Monster
Cookies, salted maple, Oreo, chocolate & wafer curls and even more cookies.
Bigger, Badder Biscoff
Biscoff spread & biscuits, toffee sauce topped with a Biscoff donut. Yeah… A whole donut.
Crazy Carnival
Strawberry & marshmallow syrup loaded with cotton candy, popcorn, a giant marshmallow, rainbow belt & pink sprinkles.
Kids Drinks
Vanilla Shake
Strawberry Shake
Chocolate Shake
Cookie Monster Freak Shake
Cookies, salted maple, Oreo, chocolate & wafer curls, and even more cookies!
Bigger, Badder Biscoff Freak Shake
Biscoff spread, biscuits, toffee sauce topped with a half Biscoff donut, yeah… a donut!
Crazy Carnival Freak Shake
Strawberry & marshmallow syrup loaded with cotton candy, popcorn, a giant marshmallow, rainbow belt & pink sprinkles.
Pip Organic
Cloudy Apple Juice. Blackcurrant, Raspberry & Apple Juice. Mango, Orange & Apple Juice.
Frobishers Fusions
Passionfruit & Orange. Apple & Mango.
Frozen Grape Slushie
It’s a Hickory’s classic & oh so cold.
The Smokehouse
Low ‘N’ Slow Barbecue! Ready to order from Midday every day. All smokehouse dishes are served with either skin-on fries or house salad, pickles & house slaw.
1/2 lb of Texas Style Sliced Brisket
There’s no messin’ with our grain-fed beef brisket – tender, full of flavour & well-marbled. Smoked low ‘n’ slow for 16 hours, each brisket is served warm rather than piping hot (just like they do in Texas) with a pot of bourbon gravy. Grain-fed brisket is well-marbled & can be perceived as being fatty. If that’s not for you then the chef can remove it. But remember – the fat is where the flavour is!
Eight-Hour Smoked Beef Rib
Beef rib rubbed in our magic dust, smoked for 8 hours then glazed with sweet Tennessee bourbon gravy. Served with an extra pot of gravy for dippin’.
Memphis Style Baby Back Ribs
Our baby back ribs are seasoned in our pitmaster mustard rub, smoked for 4 hours then sopped. Choose either House BBQ sauce, Maple or Bourbon glaze.
Hog Heaven
Bourbon glazed ½ rack of Memphis-style ribs, smoky pork jalapeño & cheese sausage, hand pulled pork & pit beans.
The Bird in the Herd
Tennessee bourbon gravy glazed smoked beef baby back ribs, Kansas style BBQ sauced wings & cowboy buttered smoked chicken leg.
The Carnivore
Texas-style brisket & gravy, cowboy buttered smoked chicken leg, smoked pork jalapeño sausage & dressed 14 hour smoked pulled pork.
Iced Drinks
Bubble Blue Cooler
Bubblegum, apple, lemon, soda, candy.
Tropic Like It's Not
Mango juice, pineapple juice, lemon & vanilla, topped with homemade custard cream.
Cherry Blizzard
Cherry, cream soda syrup, sweet tea, lemon juice & apple juice.
Life’s A Peach
Our homemade sweet tea, lemon juice, apple juice, peach purée & passionfruit.
One In A Melon
Watermelon juice, lemon, & homemade sweet tea.
Salted Maple Iced Coffee
A shot of espresso served over ice. Made with either full fat or coconut milk. (Ask for other milks)
Root Beer
Root Beer Float
Truly authentic tasting root beer, with a custard cream float.
Root Beer
Boozy Float
Tito’s vodka, Licor 43 & root beer, with a custard cream float.
Grape Soda Float
Our famous Grape Soda topped with a custard cream float.
Wines
From Grape to Glass. Wine that’s as fresh as it gets! All our wines are also served in 250ml & 1 litre carafes. All ABVs were correct at time of printing.
White Wine
The best of both worlds – a perfect blend combining flavours of peach & pear with the zinginess of grapefruit & gooseberry. A wine that pleases the NZ Sauvignon fan, the Chablis enthusiast or the PG aficionado.
Red Wine
Bold yet smooth, luscious & juicy fruity aromas of blackcurrants & plums. With an oaky finish that matches perfectly with our smoky BBQ!
Rosé Wine
Pale pink, refreshingly light and elegant with flavours of ripe strawberry & raspberry.
Prosecco, Astoria Italy
Crisp & clean, ideal for some porch drinking.