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Birmingham & West Midlands Restaurants - The essential UK restaurant guide for eating out in Birmingham & West Midlands
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Still to be discovered by many of Birmingham’s discerning diners, the City Café at the City Inn should not be written off as just another hotel restaurant. Tucked away on the edge of Brindley Place and just off Broad Street it stands alone as a conte...
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With its tree-lined walks and quaint buildings, St Paul’s Square in the Jewellery Quarter is a good place to go to for a meal and a stroll. Some of the city’s most popular restaurants and bars are in this area of Birmingham and at the centre of the t...
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A former tyre warehouse may not appear be the most glamorous location for a selection of plush restaurants and shops. But following a £50-million revamp by developers Urban Splash, Fort Dunlop has been reborn. The site now includes a 100-bedroom hote...
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If you want a night out at a young and vibrant Indian restaurant, then you could do a lot worse than think pink. Shimla Pinks on Birmingham’s Broad Street is for those who want to enjoy authentic and traditional Indian cuisine in modern, comfortable ...
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If you have ever wondered what makes someone open a restaurant, Brummie businessman Jag Singh’s story takes some beating. “My business partner Dal Singh is into his Indian food but I love Italian,” says Jag. “We have been good friends for a long time...
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There is at least one place in Birmingham that’s always guaranteed plenty of sparkle -- the Jewellery Quarter. The area is world famous and has been described by English Heritage as ‘a national treasure’. It’s certainly popular with the throngs of pe...
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Walking through Birmingham’s Balti Triangle, with a choice of more than 50 Indian restaurants, it can be hard to narrow it down to the best. But vying for the top slot has to be Al Frash in Ladypool Road, which has won numerous awards for dishes whic...
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Forget the bright lights and big city -- if you want to eat out in real style then head to Sutton Coldfield. The ancient town is filled with dozens of restaurants, each with their own charming personality, where you can enjoy a variety of food from E...
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Sit at a table in most restaurants and you don’t know if the food in front of you was sourced from two miles or two thousand miles away. But they have created a Homegrown & Local menu which is inspired by the hard work of producers in the Midlands at...
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When actor George Clooney opened Star City in July 2000 he couldn’t have given the leisure park a better start. Star City, in the Nechells area of Birmingham, has a 30-screen cinema, restaurants, bars, the UK’s largest casino and even an indoor ski-s...
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Tapas is perfect for those people who struggle to make up their minds when faced with a choice of delicious dishes. So, if you want to enjoy Spanish omelette, king prawns and a chickpea casserole in one sitting then head to La Plancha in Alcester Ro...
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No-one can be blamed for thinking of chocolate when the word ‘Bournville’ is mentioned. This area of Birmingham was born in the last years of the nineteenth century when chocolate baron George Cadbury decided he wanted homes next to his factory. Tod...
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Everyone has their ‘usual’ dish which they order at Italian restaurants, be it carbonara or spaghetti bolognese. But there is nothing usual about Buonissimo in Albany Road, Harbourne. Not only do they add a Mediterranean flair to their food, but they...
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With its grand architectural makeovers, Birmingham’s Brindleyplace is considered one of the most exciting regeneration schemes to have taken place in the UK. Back in the 1990s, the developer’s intention was to create a purpose-built, thriving leisure...
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With prime locations in the heart of Birmingham’s Chinatown, family run Chung Ying and Chung Ying Garden are two of Birmingham’s most popular and long-established Chinese restaurants. The first to open in Wrottesley Street back in 1981 was Read This Article
It seems that every month we have at least one special occasion penciled into our ever-expanding social diaries -- be it another office ‘do’, a birthday bash or the occasional
get-together with a gang of mates. But most of us have picked up a sizea...
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'Someone who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink'; that's the definition of an epicurean. So what better name for a fine dining establishment? Patrick MacDonald's acclaimed Epicurean Restaurant, which originally opened in Stow-on-the-Wol...
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More than most parts of Birmingham, Moseley still has a charming village atmosphere. The centre, with its attractive Victorian buildings, is dotted with good quality food shops, the odd antique shop and, not least, a scattering of high quality restau...
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On the first floor of the sparkling new Radisson Hotel in Holloway Circus, Filini is a newcomer to the Birmingham restaurant scene; it only opened in late January, but it’s already working smoothly and proving popular. A spacious, chic restaurant wit...
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What would the architects of the dignified Victorian buildings of the business quarter of Birmingham think if they saw the uses some of their buildings are put to these days? Restaurants, pubs, coffee houses -- What’s the world coming to? Even hospit...
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Prâna is just round the corner from the Mailbox, though being on a busy street it’s not a place you stroll past every day. Which is a shame. Walk inside and you find yourself in a large and welcoming space, all black and red, giving Prâna a lively an...
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‘Have you been to such-and-such a restaurant? It’s in the Mailbox.’ Mention the subject of Birmingham restaurants and the chances are that someone’s going to start telling you about yet another restaurant in the Mailbox. It makes you wonder. Just how...
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Opus opened for business back in July, set up by a team formerly at Bank. While some restaurants can be annoyingly hard to find, Opus, with its name emblazoned in large letters on the façade, is impossible to miss. Situated at the bottom of Cornwall ...
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Edgbaston, home to both of the city’s Michelin-starred restaurants, is the place to go if you’re looking for culinary excellence in Birmingham. But don’t ignore the wide variety of other places for eating out – French, Italian, Middle Eastern, Persia...
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Given its large population originally from the Indian subcontinent, it’s not surprising that Birmingham boasts a bewildering variety of Indian restaurants. For years the Balti Triangle, south of the city centre, has been synonymous with curry houses,...
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These days it sometimes seems that when you’ve seen one restaurant, with its trendy minimalist décor, you’ve seen them all. So it’s a welcome change to find a restaurant like the Galley, in Inge Street, just behind the Hippodrome, that stands out fro...
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A stroll down to the canalside in Birmingham's new restaurant quarter will take you to Tin Tin, one of the city's better oriental restaurants and one which has made a break from the traditional Chinese quarter into the excitement of this vibrant part...
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Well known for its cultural diversity, Birmingham can offer foodies a plethora of cuisines drawn from all points of the compass. The selection is huge, so we've decided to provide a taster of what’s on offer in the Birmingham metropolitan area, wheth...
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