Category Archives: Price: My eyes are watering – expensive

Gaucho Electro Brunch

Posted on September 15, 2017 by outinbrum

Note this is a write-up of a freebie as we were guests of the restaurant.  We pay for almost everything we review and when we occasionally do a freebie event we’ll tell you and be as critical as usual.  See … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Central Shopping, Area: Colmore Business District, Birmingham Restaurant, birmingham restaurant review, birmingham review, Cuisine: Argentinian, Cuisine: Fine Dining, Cuisine: Steakhouse, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, restaurant review, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rofuto – a revisit

Posted on January 29, 2017 by outinbrum

We first visited Rofuto just after opening in early 2016.  The former 60s carbuncle that was Auchinleck House on Five Ways at the end of Broad Street was well and truly stripped and whipped into shape as the UK’s first … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Broad Street, Area: Hagley Road, Birmingham Restaurant, birmingham restaurant review, birmingham review, Cuisine: Japanese, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Lasan Restaurant

Posted on November 11, 2016 by outinbrum

A few weeks back, to celebrate my parents’ ruby wedding anniversary (that’s 40 years!) we took them to Lasan restaurant.  Run by Birmingham restaurateur Aktar Islam and his business partner Jabba Khan, the eatery has picked up many awards over … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham Restaurant, birmingham restaurant review, birmingham review, Cuisine: Indian, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Adam’s Restaurant on Waterloo Street

Posted on February 20, 2016 by outinbrum

We were not surprised to see on twitter that within weeks of Adam’s Restaurant moving from their “pop-up” twenty-eight cover venue on Bennett’s Hill to their new larger and permanent establishment on Waterloo Street that the Michelin guide inspectors just happened … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Central Shopping, Area: Colmore Business District, Birmingham Restaurant, birmingham restaurant review, birmingham review, Cuisine: Fine Dining, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Average, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, restaurant review, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Silver Service and Steam with Vintage Trains

Posted on January 10, 2016 by outinbrum

Slam doors opened and we boarded the train accompanied by the quiet hiss of released steam impatiently waiting to push us off in to the winter morning. The mighty Earl of Mount Edgcumbe locomotive, silhouetted in early morning light, would … Continue reading →

Posted in Article, birmingham restaurant review, birmingham review, Price: Average, Price: Cheap as Chips - Inexpensive, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, restaurant review, Special Event | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Extravagance at The Edgbaston

Posted on February 12, 2015 by outinbrum

“A chauffeur in a uniform of robin’s-egg blue crossed  my lawn early that Saturday morning with a surprisingly formal note from his employer: the honour would be entirely Gatsby’s, it said, if I would attend his ‘little party’ that night”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Edgbaston, Area: Harborne, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Turners – New Year’s Eve – 10 Courses

Posted on February 1, 2015 by outinbrum

Some people look at New Year’s Eve as a night to remain firmly on the sofa in front of Jules Holland. Not so us. It’s one of our favourite nights of the year, and we usually start researching it in … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Harborne, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Marco Pierre White at The Cube – Festive Menu

Posted on November 16, 2014 by outinbrum

With Christmas around the corner MPW on Level 25 of The Cube is gearing up with a new festive menu. We were invited along to give our opinion on it (see our reciprocity promise). Zooming up 25 floors in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: The Cube, Area: The Mailbox, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Cuisine: Steakhouse, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Leave a comment

Le Monde Fish Bar & Grill

Posted on August 7, 2014 by outinbrum

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 →

Posted in Area: Brindley Place, Cuisine: Fish, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Edmunds Restaurant

Posted on January 25, 2014 by outinbrum

One of our very first reviews was of Edmunds Restaurant on Brindley Place, after we’d enjoyed a lovely New Year’s Eve dinner there while it was under the patronage of Chef Andy Waters.  Since then Andy has moved on to … Continue reading →

Posted in Area: Brindley Place, Cuisine: English, Cuisine: Fine Dining, Cuisine: French, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Price: My eyes are watering - expensive, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment