Category Archives: Areas in Birmingham

The Warehouse Cafe – The perfect veggie antidote to the Christmas meat sweats!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by outinbrum

*** Update 15/06/2013 – This venue is now under new management *** I’m sure this won’t be the first review to point out The Warehouse Café as “a hidden gem” – but it’s an apt description of this delicious restaurant … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Digbeth, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Average, Venue type: Cafe, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged Birmingham Restaurant, birmingham review, restaurant review, The Warehouse Cafe Birmingham, The Warehouse Cafe Review, The Warehouse Cafe Vegetarian Restaurant, Vegetarian Restaurant, Vegetarian Restaurant Birmingham, Vegetarian Restaurant Digebth | Leave a comment

Stirlings Bar for Sunday Lunch

Posted on December 14, 2012 by outinbrum

Eighteen months ago we struggled to find a single place in Birmingham where we could get Sunday Lunch. There was basically the Mal Maison and The Hyatt, and that was about it. Now, everyone is in on the game including Stirlings … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Jewellery Quarter, Cuisine: English, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Average, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cafe, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Entertainment, Venue type: Pub, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Tagged birmingham review, jewellery quarter, restaurant review, sunday lunch birmingham | Leave a comment

Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market

Posted on December 6, 2012 by outinbrum

Having lived in the city centre for the past few years, I know it’s time to feel festive when I start to see wooden cabins, flat packed, being driven around the city. Over the course of a few days in … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Broad Street, Area: Central Shopping, Area: Colmore Business District, Special Event | Leave a comment

The Lost & Found – Birmingham’s best Victorian botanical hideaway…

Posted on December 1, 2012 by outinbrum

The National Provincial Bank building, most recently used as Bennetts Bar, was constructed in 1833, and in 1869 was refurbished to have the grand façade it has today, with tall Corinthian columns separating ceiling-high semi-circled topped windows. Its doorways are … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Colmore Business District, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Average, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Pub, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged Bennetts Birmingham, birmingham review, food, Hettie G Watson, restaurant review, restaurants, The Lost and Found | 4 Comments

Christmas Afternoon Tea @ Hotel La Tour

Posted on November 27, 2012 by outinbrum

Frequent followers will have noticed we’ve got a bit of a thing for Hotel La Tour. Over the past year we’ve had lunch, dinner, cocktails, drinks, a 30th, afternoon tea, and entertainment there (including the preview to Duelling Pianos, see … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: East Side, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Average, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cafe, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Tagged Afternoon Tea, Afternoon Tea Birmingham, Christmas Afternoon Tea, Hotel La Tour Review | Leave a comment

OutInBrum takes to the High Seas… Well, the Brummy Canals, on Away 2 Dine.

Posted on November 22, 2012 by outinbrum

Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) has around 100 miles of navigable canals which were built as trade routes in the 18th century. The canals would have carried all types of goods from coal and raw clay, to finished dinnerware and crystal. … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Brindley Place, Area: The Mailbox, Cuisine: English, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged birmingham review, canal boat restaurant, narrow boat restaurant, out in brum | 1 Comment

Grazing Some Time Away at Café Ezra

Posted on November 17, 2012 by outinbrum

UPDATE SUMMER 2013: This cafe has now closed, although the hotel and restaurant Aalto are still going strong! Since opening in March 2012, Hotel La Tour has been bringing in great reviews for both its rooms and the Marcus … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: East Side, Area: The Bullring, Price: Cheap as Chips - Inexpensive, Venue type: Cafe | Tagged birmingham east side, birmingham review, cafe ezra, cafe in birmingham, hotel la tour | Leave a comment

Duelling Pianos – a Great Grown-Up Night Out on Broad Street!

Posted on November 16, 2012 by outinbrum

** Update 4/4/13 – THIS VENUE HAS NOW CLOSED ** A new night out has arrived in the UK and it’s landed slap bang in Broad Street here in good old Brum. Duelling Pianos is the first bar of it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Broad Street, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, My Favourite Places, Price: Average, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Entertainment, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Tagged birmingham review, broad street Birmingham, duelling pianos, restaurant review | 2 Comments

Piccolino Birmingham

Posted on November 10, 2012 by outinbrum

Oozells Square is almost entirely hidden between Broad Street and Brindley Place, and tends to escape the worst of the drunken antics from the Broad Street drink-till-you-drop establishments. It’s home to a number of venues including Thai Edge, Ikon Gallery … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Brindley Place, Cuisine: Italian, Price: Average, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant | 3 Comments

Mal Maison Brasserie

Posted on November 8, 2012 by outinbrum

Being just over the road from our apartment, the three star Mal Maison hotel has been a very convenient place to pop for a quick lunch, dinner, or cocktail. Yet over recent months we’ve used it less and less. Partly … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: The Mailbox, Cuisine: English, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Cuisine: Steakhouse, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Tagged birmingham review, mal maison, restaurant review, the mailbox | 1 Comment