Category Archives: Area: Brindley Place

Pizza Express Live

With the number of UK restaurants going bust up by a fifth in 2017 and the middle of the road fast-casual chains struggling with the likes of Byron, Jamie’s, Prezzo, and Carluccio’s closing venues left right and centre, now more … Continue reading

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£3 Million Restoration for Roundhouse

One of Birmingham’s most interesting historic buildings, which we were lucky enough to recently have a peak inside, is set to be brought back to life after being awarded a £2.5m National Lottery grant. The funding will enable a partnership … Continue reading

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Canal Square – Fine Indian Dining

Having been brought up a couple of miles from Lye High Street, which for thirty years now has had over a dozen Indian eateries on it’s short half mile stretch, I’ve always been used to having tasty and cheap Indian food. … Continue reading

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“Mirror Mirror on the Wall…The World’s Biggest Pantomime is the fairest of them all!”

Hot on the heels of the phenomenal success of 2015’s ‘Cinderella’, The World’s Biggest Pantomime is back at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, with the wickedly enchanting tale of Snow White with a twist! Headlining the star cast is Spice … Continue reading

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CAU Restaurant

We eat at many restaurants that have recently opened and invariably there’s something amiss – service can be slow, food cold, bills wrong – they usually get better as the weeks roll by (not always, and safe to say those … Continue reading

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Fishy Fridays at Ju Ju’s Cafe

To quote the line from cheers, “Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name”. When I feel like that, it’s often Ju Ju’s Cafe I choose to dine in. The wonderfully warm Julia, her affable daughter Bea, and long … Continue reading

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Two of Brum’s Best Team Up for Summer Party

It’s time to get the party started as two of Brum’s favourite’s collaborate again for what promises to be a sun soaked summer party. The team at Cafe Opus have invited the king of the Texan BBQ Andy Low N Slow … Continue reading

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Preview: Marmalade at The Rep

With six hugely successful venues already across Birmingham, and a recent first foray out of the second city to Worcester with their popular South American Cantina brand of Bodega, Bitters ‘n’ Twisted have finally announced the some details of their … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Brindley Place, Area: Broad Street, Area: City Centre, Price: Average, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant | 1 Comment

Le Monde Fish Bar & Grill

UPDATE FEB ’16: We’ve since been back to this restaurant and it was much better. No missing about with the counters, staff were friendly and new what they were doing.  Original review below… Being one of the UK’s most landlocked … Continue reading

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PREVIEW: Le Monde Fish Bar & Grill at Brindley Place

We’ve been asked a few times recently where we’d recommend as a fish restaurant in the city, and we always have to sit and think about it.  Naturally given we’re one of the most land-locked cities of the UK, seafood doesn’t … Continue reading

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