Category Archives: Venue type: Restaurant

Edmunds Restaurant

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

Celebrity Indian

The thought of leftover turkey sandwiches and Christmas cake on Boxing Day is too much for us to bear, so we always head out for food, usually to an Indian restaurant to have something spicy. This year we took the … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Brindley Place, Cuisine: Indian, Price: Average, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Balcony at Selfridges

I can’t bear shopping. I hate the queues, the people, the prices. Even the politest pressure applied from a too-friendly shop assistant is enough to send me “just browsing” elsewhere. Or more likely to the sanctuary of a bar or … Continue reading

Posted in Area: The Bullring, Cuisine: English, Price: Average, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Restaurant, Venue type: Wine Bar | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Waters on the Square

Sandwiched between a newsagent and a hairdressers, Waters on the Square, has opened on Chad Square in Harborne opposite The White Swan. One of Birmingham’s prodigal sons, Andy Waters, has returned to the city to open this new neighbourhood restaurant … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Harborne, Cuisine: English, Cuisine: Fine Dining, Price: Average, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Cherry Reds – from Breakfast to Nightcap

Many years ago John Bright Street, just behind New St Station, was a Broad Street like area with bars and clubs for drunken revelry by the masses. It fell out of use and in came the homeless people, a cannabis … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Central Shopping, Cuisine: English, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cafe, Venue type: Pub, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Logs, Lace, and Vodka: an evening at The Karczma

About twelve months ago his holiness Jay Rayner reviewed a little known Polish restaurant in Birmingham – The Karczma. It was a surprise because not only had he made the effort to travel outside of the M25, which is unusual … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Digbeth, Area: East Side, Cuisine: Polish, Price: Average, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Lasan Restaurant

The West Midlands has long been a hotspot for good Indian cuisine and Birmingham City Centre boasts several fantastic Indian restaurants, and a couple of awful ones too. For a night on the tiles, you couldn’t start anywhere better than … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Jewellery Quarter, Cuisine: Indian, Price: Get your dad to pay - above average, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Plough Harborne

With local pubs going under at a rate of 26 a week, those pulling the pints have to be astute enough to recognise how their business is going to work in today’s world. The Plough Harborne’s winning approach is offering … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Harborne, Cuisine: English, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Average, Price: Cheap as Chips - Inexpensive, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cafe, Venue type: Pub, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Digbeth Dining Club – Artisan Brummy Street Food

Digbeth isn’t known as an area of the city where one frequents for gourmet grub, but many of our twitter followers have raved about the Digbeth Dining Club, a weekly street food event at The Spot*light centre just next door … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Digbeth, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Cheap as Chips - Inexpensive, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cafe, Venue type: Cocktail Bar, Venue type: Entertainment, Venue type: Restaurant | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Ju Ju’s Cafe

Through The Mailbox, on to the canal, under Broad Street, past Brindley Place, Bank, Bannatyne’s Gym, up steps on to Sheepcote Street, down a side street, over a bridge, and you get to Ju Ju’s Cafe. You could definitely say … Continue reading

Posted in Area: Brindley Place, Area: Broad Street, Cuisine: English, Cuisine: Modern Mixed, Price: Average, Price: Cheap as Chips - Inexpensive, Venue type: Bar, Venue type: Cafe, Venue type: Restaurant | 2 Comments