Reviews in Birmingham, West Midlands

I've eaten regularly in all the best Birmingham and Black Country Asian Restaurants for over 30 years. At all of them, I've paid much more, I've eaten less well, or have felt less welcome in less elegant surroundings than I ever realised I had until I discovered the Saffron. There is no other Asian restaurant that comes close to it in the whole of the West Midlands. Excellent versions of all of the standard dishes are available at the end of the menu. You won't get that far. The first four pages are full of such extraordinary delights you can find nowhere else. Begin with the sea bass starter. Then just explore! Absolutely marvellous.

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.

They?e food is fantastic. Would highly recommend. Waiters are nice people to chat to, and they offer a great service :)

Really enjoyed our visits to this restaurant. For the health conscious, they use vegetable oils instead of ghee etc in the cooking. Really welcoming and hospitable staff. Not licensed - you can bring your own drinks - cheap off licence a few doors away!

great food, nice atmosphere, will visit again

The Restaurant was very good in service the food was really good i can't wait to go back!

fantastic food, if you request something different from menu if it's possible they serve it, staff's customer service skills second to non, will cater for any amount of people, we had a group of 50 and all were well looked after, will never eat curries anywhere else, have tried only to be let down Akrams are the best

This was the best Chinese meal experience we have had, the food is that nice you just don? want to stop eating WELL DONE BUFET ISLAND

Exquisite....try for yourself

very nice

Highly recommended. Don? take my word for it, excellent quality food, superb choice. very popular. people waiting at the door for opening, and that is at 6pm on a Monday night.

The atmosphere in this quaint country pub was excellent, the staff were helpful & very pleasant. Children are allowed but only till 9 which was late enough for us, the managers were very nice came & spoke to us which we thought was a nice touch. We will definitely be going again & soon.

My family and I have eaten here twice now and thoroughly enjoy it. The staff are attentive without being annoying and the food is very very good. Its quite a dark decorated place that you have to get used to, but definitely worth a visit

It's the only fish shop i use. The foods always fresh and the kebabs are the best around.

Akrams restaurant is one the best Balti restaurant in the south of bham go and give it a try for yourself for an experience the best Balti chicken tikka massala and there speciality naan breads Akrams is very spacious and contemporary surroundings excellent ambience very relaxing friendly and helpful staff

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.

Try the peas soup, It sweet so till.

Wonderful food & a great atmosphere, what more could you want!