Reviews in Birmingham City Centre

I went there on a Saturday night with a group of friends, arriving around 7pm. It wasn't that busy when we arrived, but soon filled up, as it is very small. The food, (though we only had mains), was lovely - I had the Vegetarian Couscous, which was beautifully presented. We had to wait quite a long time, but this was probably due to the fact that there were about 20 of us, and they wanted us all to eat at the same time. The highlight of the evening was when a belly dancer came and danced in between the tables. She invited us all to get up and join in, which was really fun, though slightly embarrassing as none of us could belly dance to save our lives!

Local Chinese restaurant tucked away on the fringe of the city centre. Very good food cooked fresh and brought to your table. I went with an Australian friend and he commented that it was the best Chinese meal that he ever had! Definitely recommended.

Sunday 12th November 2006 The Warehouse Cafe is now "Open All Hours" - 7 day a week for lunch / afternoon and every evening except Sunday. It's literally 5 minutes walk from Selfridges (under the railway arches and turn right), and now it's open more days I think I'll be eating there much more often. We shared starters of whole bulb of roast garlic with cream cheese, various pates and some falafel, accompanied by bread. For main I had a hazelnut and mushroom nut roast with an apricot stuffing, accompanied by roast veg. It was all very very tasty! Plus, it's bring your own, so we had a very nice bottle of red, which would have cost a fortune anywhere else. For sweet, we shared an extremely chocolately chocolate and raspberry torte-thingy, with coffees. Total cost for 3 starters, 4 mains plus 1 desert and coffee - about 12 quid a head! It's worth noting that it changed hands about a year ago and the food is now superb plus the service has improved. Fri 24th March 2006 Ate at the Warehouse Cafe, from their evening specials menu this time. As a starter I had very nice slow roasted garlic with cream cheese (vegan or cow) as a starter - hmmmm. You get the whole bulb, about a dozen cloves, with the top sliced off and slowly roasted until the flesh is soft and light brown and delicious. Followed up with Gado Gado, an Indonesian salad of bean sprouts, red pepper, white radish and carrot strips, with spicy peanut sauce and crispy fried tofu. Loved that sauce! I managed to squeeze in a sweet of gooey but tasty pear and apply tart thingy, while my companions tucked into an ice cream bombe with cherries and a rich dark chocolate sauce. Sat 17th September 2005 Ate at the Warehouse Café for the 1st time since it changed ownership. Had a very tasty feta and spinach pie with a hint of tarragon accompanied by carefully balanced salads, each with it's own distinctive flavour including a light but flavoursome rice salad with a hint of sesame, thinly sliced red cabbage with orange juice. I'm certainly going back again.

so chinese food

Great had the time of my life I say if you want to go to a restaurant go here

I definitely recommend this place. One of the nicest Indian restaurants I?e been to. Can set you back about £20 plus drinks per person. Great place- try it.

Tried this restaurant yesterday following on from reading comments made by diners. I was very pleased with the quality of the food and how fresh tasting it was! There was a variety of dishes to choose from. Service was excellent! highly recommended!

I was not very impressed. The entertainment was good but everything else average.

i tried this restaurant on Sunday lunch time along with several family members (including children) after seeing them at the taste of Birmingham. the welcome we received was fantastic, the staff couldn't do enough for us. the food on offer was a buffet with dishes to suit all of the tastes of my party. the gentlemen cooking the gorgeous pad Thai added extra theatre to the occasion. i was pleasantly surprised when i received the bill after all we had eaten. we will all definitely be going back.

An excellent evening spent at Chung Ying Garden on Saturday 30 September. Our party of 4 chose to share 2 of the set meals for 2 and the speed of service was very good. The dishes just kept on arriving at our table which was groaning under the sheer weight of food. My personal favourite was the lemon chicken in honey which was mouth-watering. A good sign as to the quality of the restaurant were the number of Chinese diners. They have discerning palettes! I cannot recommend the place enough. Book now. You won't be disappointed.

Work in the Mailbox? Or the city centre? Like eating out at lunchtime? Try the Oriental - it? recently been rated by the Times as one of the top ten pan-Asian restaurants in the UK. The new-look lunchtime menu offers a range of oriental tapas, noodle dishes, noodle soups and main courses. I tagged on to a group of twenty suited and chattery lunchtime diners, and opted for Yuk Sung as a starter. This is a rewarding, light meal of finely chopped carrot mixed with minced chicken, which is then stir-fried, set on a bed of vermicelli-like strands of rice paste, sprinkled with sesame seeds and served up on trimmed iceberg lettuce leaves. Splash on the soy sauce (if you like it), roll the leaves up and eat. For a main course I plumped for Koay Teow, which is a noodle-and-beansprout recipe that? served with either beef or prawns. The contrast between the slippery, slightly gelatinous texture of the flat rice noodles, and the crunchy beansprouts is delightful. The chilli isn? overdone, and a glass of water or a bottle of Budweiser goes down well with it. The bar here is well-stocked as you can expect, with champagnes, wines, spirits, and a selection of classy bottled beers, including Chang, and Magners if you like your cider, and there are the cocktails, Wild Orchid and Tokyo Rose, for example, and the more familiar Screaming Orgasm and Sex on the Beach. You don? quite get a beach with the restaurant but you get the expanse of water at the junction with the Worcester Canal, and a view along the canal up to Gas St Basin and Broad Street, and with the sun out, the reflections on the water and the pacifying oriental music, it? a restful place to eat and drink during time out of the office.

I was treated to a lovely 3 course lunch by a friend in mid August 2006. They do a relatively cheap set menu, under £20 for 2 courses but the choice is very limited. I could have demanded a bottle of wine and gone for a lobster started but it might have been the end of a beautiful friendship! The atmosphere was lovely and quite noisy but we could look around whilst being left in our own private space. The food was wonderful - I'd be happy if I could produce food as tasty at every meal. The portions aren't huge but as I had 3 courses I didn't need any extras! The growing boys out there will obviously need some extras! I'd love to go again and they have a very reasonable Xmas menu out already. We had a 3 course lunch each, with 1 proper drink and a few soft ones, no wine for under £80.

In the pan-oriental, new-wave Birmingham scene the buzz-word is choice. All the Asian cuisines on offer here dovetail into each other. Service is speedy this early in the evening. The attractive staff are on the ball and create a gentle and oriental atmosphere. My Rendang Kambing is served before I can say ‘can of coca-cola’. In this dryish dish the spices combine to create distinctive and elusive flavours. It’s a popular Malaysian recipe, and it’s my first taste of it, and it’s clear why it’s a favourite. Eaten with plain rice, which allows the subtleties of the marinade to come through, it’s an experience worth taking time over. I recommend trying this place out for a canalside culinary experience at Birmingham’s flagship city centre development, the Mailbox, where you can shop at over fifty prestigious outlets before or after you’ve checked out the new Bull Ring and the rest of the retailers in an ever-changing city.

fantastic decor, very contemporary and opulant, loved the photos on the back of the chairs. good position by the water, lower level of mailbox.just the right amount of choice of food, often at oriental restaurants there is too much to choose from. portion sizes just right.food presented very well and was really very good. service was friendly and really enjoyed spending time there.

In the door, off the waterfront — Mailbox — Level 7 — between Penny Black’s and the new Don Salvo’s at Fino. An eclectic décor. Rumour has it there’s a refurb on the way. It’s easy to settle in here. Lunch time — Dim Sum is the way to go at this time of day. I kicked off with Tom Yam Kung — a hot, spicy, sour Thai soup — followed by Udang prawns with captivatingly aromatic curry leaves. Roti Canni — my last dish — is a Malaysian curry you eat with crisped roti. Quantity can’t substitute for quality. Staff were spot on. Had a light touch. And Allad, the manager, saw to it that we had our mint imperials at the end.

It's been a while since I visited the Rajdoot - in fact I hadn't visited the new premises at all; but upon stepping into the luxuriously appointed foyer it was like meeting up with an old friend. There were seven of us - a mixture of adults and children all hot and bothered after a busy day shopping; the children were hungry and the adults ravenous. We were soon settled into the waiting area to peruse the menu and nibble on some marvellous indian crispy things - very moorish! The air conditioning soon cooled us down and before we knew it we were seated and the poppadums and salad were served. Now I used to swear that the besat mint sauce in Birmingham was always to be found at The Maharaja in Hurst Street - it could be that The Doot has equalled it if not surpassed it. Starters are always a good indicator of whats to come; our starters were exquisitely prepared and presented. Top quality ingredients and just enough to leave you wanting more - always a good sign. We went overboard with our main course. There were 7 of us and we ordered 8 main courses plus 4 vegetable dishes plus 4 rice and 4 naan - I did say we were ravenous! - you know what? - every morsel was eaten and the juices mopped up with the breads! This was an experience - the decor the atmosphere and above all the quality of the food really does make for something outstanding. One of my guests was from Plymouth and hadn't been to a Birmingham Restauranbt before - he went away a happy man! Well done Rajdoot and keep up the great work

This is by far the best Chinese restaurant in Birmingham, and believe us we have probably tried them all! The service time is always excellent with very pleasant staff always! If you are visiting Birmingham I strongly recommend you use this restaurant.

The bar has had a recent refurbishment and looks great I would say its the best in the Arcadian. The meals coming from the kitchens are super and very inexpensive the seating area outside is a lovely place to eat and enjoy the sunshine. The bar is a very popular at weekends so go and enjoy the music with your friends have a great time.