Reviews in Bromsgrove

We have just been 17.9. 25 and had a lovely meal, not a carvery night. It is new so be patient, but if you need something a little different to Chinese, chip shop and local stake house this is a must for your taste buds. Beers are fine but be careful of the white rum very moreish but very powerful. Enjoy :)

The positives are that the pub looks great and had a great atmosphere. The curry mutton was delicious also! It’s a shame there wasn’t more of it The carvery station is small and we were called up to then have to wait for the food to be restocked. Staff didn’t really see to know what was going on and it was a bit chaotic. The meat offering was small - I got one chicken thigh and my nephews got one slice of lamb. Everything was just average nothing to write home about really which was a shame as I’ve seen so many good reviews!

The positives are that it’s done out lovely and it was really clean which I liked. The staff were all supper polite. For me a carvery is your meat is served to you and then you help yourself. We were a party of 4 and each dish we had to keep swopping places for the food to be dished up for us. It was time consuming and annoying. There were plenty of staff hanging around waiting for stuff to do so if you don’t want people to help themselves maybe more staff on the serving station? After we ate and wanted pudding we had to rejoin the massive queue which was for people waiting to get a table so in the end we gave up. The food itself was ok nothing special and surprised no dumplings??!!! Nice enough if you live local and can’t be bothered to cook but we travelled 40 minutes so we wouldn’t go again.

Well i took 5 of my relatives out for my aunts 88th Birthday. Where do i begin everything and every person was polite professional nothing was to much trouble . Christopher came out to ask us how our food was he was so genuine. The food was amazing the atmosphere wonderful all in all a great night and like Arnie said we will be back

Banging food top notch, will never beat it! Flavours were unreal and the meats was so nice. I definitely be back there. Got takeout tonight and took it home so I can have it tomorrow for my afternoon meal 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The food was delicious, atmosphere was friendly and cosy, staff were so polite and friendly was made to feel really welcome, will be visiting again very soon.

Went opening night, as with any first day there was teething issues but thats to be expected. The carvery was nice, meat beautiful but not much of it, not many choices of veggies and no dumplings, which would have been nicer than a yorkshire pudding! We ordered the mac & cheese but waited so long my nephew had eaten his food so didnt bother with it, so a few timing issues to be ironed out as there was also a wait on the lamb. The place looked lovely and atmosphere was good, friendly staff. Overall will definitely go back.

Visited on opening evening for the carvery. The place looks great and the atmosphere was spot on. The portion sizes were very good although could have done with more meat which was absolutely delicious, especially the curry mutton! The only negative was that on arrival we had quite a wait as they had run out of mash & roast potatoes which shouldn't really be happening on opening day. Hopefully just teething problems and won' be long before this place becomes a well established Caribbean eatery which is much needed in Bromsgrove.

Went to the open night The food was really tasty we had carvery. Staff were accommodating There is room for improvement for sure as in portion size how the carvery is set up It was the first night so you expect some issues. Was little disappointed with the bar area not much sitting and mostly high tables and chairs. We got there little earlier and was waiting for others to join us so would have been nice to sit down and wait in little comfort. Restaurant area is very nicely decorated

Went to Christopher’s on its opening day. Atmosphere and music was brilliant and good to see some old locals in the bar area. The place looked great after its recent refurbishment. The food however I felt was a little disappointing. The vegetables looked as if they were frozen and the mashed potato was gloopy. The roasters were nice although a little plain. The rice and plantain was delicious but I am not sure a Yorkshire pudding belongs with Caribbean food. The mac and cheese was very bland. Although the roast chicken and lamb was delicious the portions of the meat were very small. I think they were running out but the shining star of the food though was the mutton curry. Absolutely melted in the mouth. I would go back and have the curry and rice but not sure I would go back for the carvery. The weekday menu is supposed to be different so I will be going back in to try that. I really hope Reece can improve on these few issues and really make a go of the place.

5 star

Have started using this pub a lot of time, great staff, great food , would recommend to anyone. All the food is well worth the money. Been today, 28th March, if you not been yet , carvery on all day.

What a vile place,wonderful decor, vile fat owner with a really bad attitude, A great place ruined by the owner, shame on you

Had a great New Year at the pub. Super entertainment good food friendly staff. Wonderful value. Well worth the extra mile we had to travel.

Great food, great service. 100/100

The Portway is our most favourite restaurant. The staff, food and location is just perfect. The staff are great with kids and are really friendly. For a real homely, traditional Italian evening you cannot go wrong with The Portway - we love it.

We wished we hadn't of bothered! I booked what I thought was a romantic Italian meal for two but we got far from that at this restaurant. Firstly we booked a table for 8.30 and didn't get our starter until 9.30 and main course until 10! It was so packed there weren't even any seats at the bar for us to sit and relax until we did get our food! Staff seemed busy and the service wasn't what we expected. There is a very wide range of food on the menu but we chose this restaurant because we wanted Italian food and the food was not very Italian. Not a pizza or garlic bread in sight on the menu. Mainly steaks and chicken in different sauces. The only thing remotely Italian in this restaurant is the staff ! As for romantic it was like sitting in your living room packed with rowdy people! I would not recommend this restaurant!

our visit was the first time we had ever been to the chennai and was for a family birthday (there was 10 of us in total). when we arrived we were greeted by a friendly waiter and seated quite quickly. The service we received and food was exceptional. our food all arrived at the same time starters and main. The chennai was the best Indian meal we have had in a long time. we will definitely be going back.