Reviews in Birmingham, West Midlands

In a word - Outstanding! Glynn Purnell has been let loose with his creative freedom with his own venture in the City Centre and it can only serve to improve people's palattes. 3 of us went for Saturday dinner and opted for the 3 course a la carte (having tried the gastronique surprise last time), the desserts all sounded so tempting that we ordered all 4! Every single one of the ten different dishes we had were spectacular - even the amuse of cucumber sorbet, Ras El Hanout cream and mint oil was sublime. Service was friendly without being too familiar or indeed, too stuffy which you can find in some high-end dining establishments Purnell's is the kind of place that not only do I want to go back to, but my mouth is already watering at the prospect of doing so.

What a dive ! This USED to be an excellent place to eat with good decor, good food and pleasant staff...NOT ANY MORE. I wouldn't go there again if someone paid me to. Firstly you have to pay BEFORE you get your order of food - we were told it was because some yobs had 'done a runner' without paying - huh...so every decent person has to pay for their behaviour. The food is practically thrown at you and the waitress didn't speak enough English to be able to understand what we wanted for our sweets or starters. Grotty, smelly and in need of drastic refurbishment and new management !

My wife and myself have visited this restaurant twice in the last two weeks, i must say it must be at the very top of the Indian curry restaurants not just in Birmingham but nationally. Food especially anything lamb is superb, melt in your mouth and freshly spiced, tandoori starters also excellent quality, service is excellent also, costs also good value, nothing spared using first quality ingredients, we will be making it our number one Asian restaurant, i hope others try this one, you will not be disappointed

The Beeches Bar and Grill Restaurant was absolutely a fantastic evening. Myself and partner went, and was pleased with the service, the menu offered, and the quality and taste of the final food. Not only that, the atmosphere within the Restaurant is also nice, with a calm neutral spacious setting and views extenuate the experience.

Not from the area but this is the best fish and chips ive ever had, and the special spicy fish was beautiful, the staff are very friendly and the owner Pantelis is very welcoming. Cant wait to be back in the area.

What a complete waste of time, booked a table for 4 people, got to the Kings Head on time and we were not allowed in as we were not dressed properly !!??! We explained that we had booked a table to eat but we were rudely asked to leave as one of our friends was casually dressed but she did not fit the dress code and was.The most off putting thing is that we could not see any signs for dress codes,also we booked over the phone and visited there website which does not mention anything about how you should dress!!!!!.As we were leaving they were letting in people who were not as casually dressed up as we were..We left and went else were.Recently i have heard a lot about this place and it seems to be all the same,plus ive been told not to eat there as the service is bad..

Athens Greek restaurant, Paradise Circus....Great food..but spoiled as food was served on cold plates, busy waiter, slow service, NO price list on Main Menu list.

Visit here quite frequently for a drink - good atmosphere and friendly staff. Food is not fancy but nice taste and price.

this restaurant is a blast into modern eating and traditional cultures. fantastic food quality, friendly service, beautiful decor and very talented belly dancers. a must visit for any occasion. this place is like being in london city

Here is an extract of my letter of complaint to Buffet Island, but as expected, it was ignored. COMPLAINT Dear Sir/Madam, I write this letter in response to the poor customer service we received earlier today at your restaurant, Buffet Island, Erdington. Around 12:30, my wife, our children and I arrived for lunch. When we arrived for Lunch, I noticed that there has been a redesign of the buffet service layout. ( hot food being laid where previously desserts had been). Whilst waiting to be seated, I glanced over the buffet and noticed there was no tofu and black bean sauce ( my wife’s favourite) which is one of the main reasons why we have, for years chosen Buffet Island over other Chinese buffet restaurants. I was quietly speaking to my wife that for some reason there was no black bean tofu dish and as our entire family are vegetarian our options were limited, so I was suggesting taking the kids to pizza hut instead. One of your staff approached and was going to give us a table, so I replied that we were just deciding on going to pizza hut instead as no there was no black bean tofu . However, in an effort on his part to keep our custom he suggested that we stay and he would ask the chef to prepare an extra dish which he said was no problem . My immediate thoughts were very positive and that he showed initiative and was trying to provide good customer service. As he was seating us he asked for our drinks order.So I ordered drinks, seated the kids including one in a high chair. We have been to buffet island that many times, my wife and I have a system, she settles the kids (6yrs,4,2 and a baby), whilst I get the kids food quickly so as to keep them quiet. As I mentioned we are all vegetarian, so the kids meals only consist of fried noodles, chips and ice cream.(so even though it is quite expensive to pay full kids price for such very basic foods, their taste palletes are not sophisticated yet for much else on offer). However, when I went to get their small portions of noodles, I could not find any. The manager was in the buffet area so I asked if there was any fried noodles ( as there has always been fried noodles every single time without exception in the past). She rather rudely pointed to the bean curd, saying “that’s all’ and stormed off. To recap, WE DID NOT ASK FOR SPECIAL FOOD TO BE PREPARED FOR US, THE STAFF OFFERED IT TO US TO STOP US GOING ELSEWHERE. As she walked past me again, I asked if it was possible to have just plain fried noodles without meat and she bluntly said that they don’t make special meals. Obviously this meant there was virtually nothing for our kids to eat, so we packed up to leave. By this time our drinks order arrived. I went to the bar to say that we were leaving and that my drinks had arrived. I said that without the noodles our kids couldn’t eat anything, to which she replied that the menu changes every day. Well I have been attending Buffet Island for 3 years and Fried Noodles has always been there! She gave me a very dirty look mumbled something and charged me for the drinks (which we had not touched). By this time my wife had gathered the kids and met me at the bar. After another dirty look from your manager, ( as if we were just inconvenient timewasters) we left. There are several points that come to mind with this situation. 1. We would have happily went elsewhere at the beginning, if your waiter had not offered us the possibility of the chef accommodating our vegetarian diets due to the change of menu. 2. Altering the menu to take away a simple sidedish food such as fried noodles seems a very strange decision. 3. To satisfy a loyal customer, is it too complex a task to simply not add the meat to a portion of fried noodles !!! 4. If I was the manager in a situation like this, I would have never charged for the drinks, after all it was buffet island who stopped us from leaving to go elsewhere. 5. We went to Wing Wah restaurant afterwards, who’s chef has obviously managed to cook that ever so complex meal of fried noodles, so my kids were happy and it was actually significantly cheaper as well. 6. To put into financial perspective, we go to buffet island on both my wife and I’s birthdays, wedding anniversary, fathers day, mother’s day, my oldest child’s birthday and many impromptu luncheons such as today. ( Basically because our parents live far away and we have no babysitters so the kids have to come) On top of this we have had two company Christmas dinner evenings there ( average 12 people at each event) and in February my wife was negotiating booking a room for 50 guests for a Baptismal luncheon on the 1st of March. ( In the end we chose a hotel to hold the Christening reception because it was far easier for guests who had traveled from far away to hold the function where they were staying). However, it shows that we are good customers who have loyally encouraged neighbours and friends towards your restaurant. I did a quick spreadsheet estimating how much I may have spent there in a typical 12 month period. Mothers Day £35 Fathers Day £35 Easter £35 Valentines Day £35 My birthday £35 Wife Birthday £35 Wedding Anniversary £35 Christmas Office Party £180 (12x£15pp) General Impromptu visits £140 (4x£35) Total £565 Even if I reduce this by two evenings it is still around £500 per annum and we have been visiting Buffet island for over 3 years, so that is £1,500 My wife is the Managing Director of an advertising agency and was very insulted and embarrassed by the dirty looks and very poor body language given by your manager. As I write this letter to you, she is on her own laptop, typing a letter to the Sutton Coldfield Observer, the food critic of the Evening mail, the president of the Vegetarian Society and numerous online Birmingham food review websites. Obviously, her friends at the school, church and neighbours will be interested to know about it to. .Having run our own companies for several years, I have learned that it costs 3 times as much to attract new customers as it does to retain current ones. Perhaps this is something you should mention at the next staff meeting. After the shabby and embarrassing treatment we received by your manager today, we shall not be returning to your restaurant again. However, before posting our letters and leaving the online reviews, we will graciously allow you seven days to respond, so that the letter will also contain your response or lack thereof. Yours Sincerely,

This is the worst restaurant I have ever eaten in .. please avoid ... the waiters were rude and made a sarcastic remark when we advised them about the dry chicken tikka they made excuses about hot the burner was .. the food is very very bland and overpriced for what it is .. the owner said he is planning a refit but i dont plan to anytime soon

one of the worst chinese meals i ever had.poor food, poor service ,deafening poor music and to add insult to injury they charge for a glass of tapwater.dont go+

The restaurant serves very nice food and I was a regular there till I got into an argument once with the owner here. I ordered ice cream from the menu and they charged me a higher price to what the menu said. On wanting to speak to the manager, the owner said that they are in the process of updating their menus and they will charge a higher price. On explaining the restaurant can not do this, the owner got offended and started shouting and asked me to "get the F**K out of his restaurant". I have written a letter to the SHERE KHAN GROUP and am hoping for an apology, but would not recommend this restaurant to anyone.

we arrived it looked good from the outside ....but the food was terrible....i orders scampi n chips ...arrived cold after 45 min...my other guests had worse meals than me...cold eggs steak not cooked as they wanted no condiments...brought the wrong food for one person had to wait a extra 25 min ....she ate alone...while we watched...disgusting.....if that the best you can provide god help us all.....i will be taking this further...as we must have paid over £80 in totel....for something i would not have given my dog......gordon ramsey would have closed the so called kitchen where you cook the cold food...you need to look at this matter....honestly....

Channis Indian Restaurant The atmosphere is no frills (decor could do with updating, but is clean). The food tastes amazing and the value for money is spot on. Service was friendly. If you want to encounter the Birmingham curry experience, this is one of the best places to visit.

rubbish, i was sick for days after eating here .The bald woman who served me was extremely rude as well.

there chips are really nice but a little to much chilli sauce on our kebabs but nice other wise

This restaurant is the most fabulous restaurant ever, price is excellent and the food!!! where do i start.. the food is in a world of its own, from the king prawn jalfrezi to the meat bhuna to the fresh crispy poppadoms, just fabulous, SERVICE A++++