The list of restaurants in the Birmingham central area. (For restaurants in B'ham suburb click here).
The restaurants where I have been and can recommend are marked with ♥, and some have also reviews. The budget is the price we would pay when we order a starter and a main (with rice or naan at Indian places) of average price. The price and offer change frequently, so ask at the restaurants.
And here is the index of my restaurant reports.
Chinese • Indian • British & European • Oriental (excl. Chinese) • Others
Chinese
| Photo | Name & Description | Address & Phone Number |
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Golden Pond ♥ Relatively large Cantonese restaurant. Offers dim sum lunch and buffet dinner apart from à la carte. Budget: £13-18, £11.80 for buffet. Review: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Chinatown Unit B201, Arcadian Centre, Hurst St, Birmingham, B5 4TD Tel: 0121 622 3688 |
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Chung Ying Garden ♥ Large Cantonese restaurant near the Hippodrome theatre, offering classic Cantonese cuisine. Offers also dim sum for lunch. Budget: £15-20. Review: 1, 2, 3 |
Chinatown Unit 1, 17, Thorp St, Birmingham, B5 4AT Tel: 0121 666 6622 |
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China Court ♥ Large Cantonese restaurant. Offers also dim sum for lunch. Budget: £13-18. Review: 2, 1 |
Chinatown 24 Ladywell Walk, Birmingham,B5 4ST 0121 666 7031 |
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Chung Ying Sister restaurant of Chung Ying Garden. Budget: £15-20. Review: 1 |
Chinatown 16-18, Wrottesley St, Birmingham, B5 4RT Tel: 0121 622 5669 |
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Café Soya ♥ Chinese café offering Vietnamese dishes as well as Chinese. Many vegetarian and vegan dishes. Budget: £13-18) Review: 1 |
China Town Unit B106,The Arcadian Centre,70, Hurst St, Birmingham, B5 4TD Tel: 0121 683 8350 http://www.cafesoya.co.uk/ |
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Cafe Soya 2 Offers Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine. The original Café Soya was so popular that they opened this larger outlet. Lunch set (main, drink and pud) for £6.95. |
Chinatown 4, Upper Dean St, Birmingham, B5 4SG Tel: 0121 622 3888 http://www.cafesoya.co.uk/ |
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Arcadian Palace ♥ Cantonese & Hongkongese diner. Easy going and fairly cheap. Budget: £10 or less. Review: 1, 2 |
Chinatown Unit B109, Arcadian Centre, Pershore St, Birmingham, B5 4ST Tel: 0121 622 3283 |
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Tung Lok ♥ Cantonese & Hongkongese diner. Easy going and fairly cheap. Budget: £10 or less. Review: 1, 2, 3 |
Unit 1, China Court Building, Bath Passage, Ladywell Walk, Birmingham, B5 4SZ Tel. 0121-6223086 |
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New Sum Ye Cantonese diner & take-away. Lunchtime offer for £s;5 includes a main, a drink and a simple pudding. Budget: £10 or less. Review: 1 |
Chinatown Unit B105, The Arcadian, 70, Hurst St, Birmingham, B5 4TD Tel: 0121 622 1525 |
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Red 'N Hot Sechuan restaurant opened in 2007. Operates also as travel agency. Budget: £13-18. Review: 1 |
Chinatown 35 Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4BJ TelF0121-6666076 |
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Shangri-La Sechuan restaurant. Budget: ca. £15. Review: 1 |
Chinatown 51, Station St, Birmingham B5 4DY Tel: 0121 616 2888 Website |
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ShanghaiYe NOW CLOSED Review: 1, 2 |
86 Holloway Head, Birmingham B1 1NB Tel: 0121 666 6899 http://www.shanghaiye.co.uk/ |
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Jacky's Kitchen Opened in 2007. Offers Sechuan and northern Chinese cuisine. Budget: ca. £15. Review: 1 |
Chinatown Unit 4 Southside, Bromsgrove St, Birmingham B5 4TN Tel 0121 666 7187 |
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Must Up-market Chinese restaurant. Offers also dim sum. |
Town centre 11-13 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 3NY Tel: +44 (0)121 212 2266 http://www.mustgroup.co.uk/ |
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BBQ Village Opened in late 2007. Specialises in meat on skewer dishes, Sechuan and northern Chinese cuisine. |
Chinatown 59 Station St , Birmingham B5 4DY Tel. 0121 643 5723 |
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Han Dynasty ♥ Opened in January 2008. Offers Sichuan and north-eastern Chinese cuisine. Review: 2, 1 |
Chinatown Station St , Birmingham B5 4DY Tel. 0121-6339396 |
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Big Wok Chinese buffet famous for its low price, popular among the young. |
Chinatown 5, Wrottesley St, Birmingham B5 4RT Tel: 0121 666 6800 http://www.bigwok.co.uk/ |
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Wokmania NOW CLOSED |
Chinatown Unit 2 Southside , Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TD Tel. 0121 622 6352 http://www.wokmania.co.uk/ |
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Tai Pan Used to be a Japanese restaurant, but now specialises in Cantonese cuisine and Chinese hot pot. All you can eat hot pot for £12.50. Review: 1 (as Japanese restaurant). | Chinatown 41-43 Hurst Street B5 4DJ tel: 0121 622 2287 |
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Wong's Up-market Chinese restaurant. | 5-11 Fleet St., Birmingham B3 1JP tel: 0121 212 1888 |
Indian (Balti, Bangladeshi, Pakistani etc.)
| Photo | Name & Description | Address & Phone Number |
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Lasan ♥ High market restaurant offering British Indian food. Budget ca. £20. Review: 1, 2 |
Near St. Paul Square 3-4 Dakota Building, James St., Birmingham B3 1SD Tel. 0121 212 3664 http://www.lasan.co.uk/ |
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Blue Mango ♥ Stylish Indian restaurant. Budget £15-20. Review: 2, 1 |
Near Broad Street Unit 5, Regency Wharf, Broad St, Birmingham B1 2DS Tel: 0121 633 4422 Website |
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Festival Balti 3 course set meal for £12.95. |
Chinatown The Arcadian, Hurst St, Birmingham B5 4TD Tel: 0121 622 6289 http://www.festivalbalti.co.uk/ |
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Asha's Up-market Indian opened in 2007. Budget £25. |
12-22, Newhall St, Birmingham B3 3LX Tel: 0121 200 2767 http://www.ashasrestaurants.co.uk/ |
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Itihaas Up-market Indian. Winnder of the Cobra Good Curry Award 2007. Budget £ 25. |
18 Fleet St., Birmingham B3 1JL Tel: 0121 212 3383 http://www.itihaas.co.uk/ |
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Milan Old place, but has got a new chef in late 2007. |
93, Newhall St, Birmingham B3 1LH Tel: 0121 236 0671 |
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Peppers Offers fusion dishes of Indian and Chinese. Budget ca. £17. |
Five Ways Five Ways Entertainment, 5b Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1EJ Tel. 0121 633 4411 http://www.peppers-uk.co.uk/ |
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Simla Pink's Huge restaurant with club like décor. Budget £20. |
214 Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1AY Tel. 0121 633 0366 http://www.shimlapinks.com/ |
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Jojolapa Offers Nepalese dishes, as well as Indian. Budget £17-£22 |
55-59 Newhall Street, Birmingham B3 3RP Tel. 0121 212 2511 http://www.jojolapa.com/ |
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Maharaja One of the oldest Indian restaurants in Birmingham |
Chinatown 23-25, Hurst St, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 4AS Tel: 0121 622 2641 |
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Passage to India Opened in 2007. Budget £15-20 |
Chinatown Arcadian Centre, 40 Hurst St., Birmingham B5 4TD Tel. 0121 666 6696 |
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Rajdoot Tandoori Up-market Indian. Branches in Manchester and Bristol. Budget £ 20. |
78-79 George Street, Hockley, Birmingham B3 1PY Tel: 0121 236 1116 http://www.rajdoot.co.uk/ |
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Choolo Nepalese restaurant. |
27 Warstone Lane, The Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B18 6JQ. Tel: 0121 236 0818 http://www.choolo.co.uk/ |
Western
| Photo | Name & Description | Address & Phone Number |
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All Bar One Stylish pub offering tapas dishes. |
43, Newhall St, Birmingham B3 3RB Tel: 0121 212 9991 |
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Chez Jules Frech restaurant. Popular for affordable course meal. |
New Street 5a, Ethel St, Birmingham B2 4BG Tel: 0121 633 4664 http://www.chezjules.co.uk/ |
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Café Uno Italian restaurant. Large franchise. |
Town centre 126, Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 3AP Tel: 0121 212 0599 http://www.caffeuno.co.uk/ |
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Hudson's Coffee House Traditional style coffee house offering sandwiches and cakes. |
Town centre 122-124, Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 3BD Tel: 0121 236 9009 |
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Bistrot Romance French & Mediterranean restaurant opened in late 2007. Two course menu for £7.50 |
Town centre 11 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham B2 5RS Tel. 0121 643 2220 http://lebistrotromance.com/ |
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Loaf Pub+club offering cheap meals. Budget: £5-10 (1 plate meals) Review: 1 |
Chinatown The Arcadian, Hurst St, Birmingham B5 4BT Tel: 0121 666 4931 |
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Opus Up-market modern British restaurant. Budget: £30. |
Town centre 54 Cornwall Street, Birmingham, B3 2DE Tel. 0121 2002323 http://www.opusrestaurant.co.uk/ |
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Purnell's Glynn Purnerll, ex-head chef of one Michelin starred restaurant 'Jessica's' (now replaced by Pascal's) opened his own in town centre. Modern British. |
Town centre 55 Cornwall Street, Birmingham. B3 2DH Tel: 0121 212 9799. http://www.purnellsrestaurant.com/ |
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Hotel du Vin Restaurant of the name-sake hotel. Budget: £22-27. |
Town centre 25 Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2NR Tel. 0121 236 0559 http://www.hotelduvin.com/ |
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City Café ♥ City Inn Hotel's restaurant. Modern European. Budget: ca. £20-25. £16.50 for 3 course prefix dinner. Review (for lunch) | Off Bridgley Place 1, Brunswick Square, Birmingham B1 2HW Tel: 0121 633 6300 http://www.cityinn.com/birmingham |
| Edmund's Re-incarnation of 1 Michelin starred restaurant in Henley-in-Arden by chef-patron Andy Waters. 3 course lunch menu for £ 20, dinner for £ 39.50, tasting menu £55. | Brindley Place 6 Brindley Place, Birmingham B1 2JB Tel: 0121 633 4944 http://www.edmundsbirmingham.com/ |
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Cielo One time Michelin starred chef Andy Waters's Italian restaurant. Lunch & pre-theatre prefix menu £14.95 for 3 course. Budget: ca. £27. Review: 1 | Brindley Place 6 Oozells Square, Brindley Place, Birmingham B1 2JB Tel: 0121 632 6882 http://www.cielobirmingham.com/ |
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San Carlo Italian restaurant at the town centre. Fish speciality. 200 seater capacity. Part of a small chain. | Town centre 4 Temple Street, Birmingham B2 5BN Tel: 0121 633 0251 http://www.sancarlo.co.uk/ |
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La Tasca Spanish tapas restaurant. Part of large chain. Budget: £:15. | Off Broad Street Regency Wharf 2, Broad St, Birmingham B1 2DS Tel: 0121 643 9888 http://www.latasca.co.uk |
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Casa Lamisa Spanish restaurant. 3 course set meal for £15.90, Tapas course £11.90. |
Town centre 7 Fletchers Walk, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HJ Tel: 0121 233 1533 |
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The Loft Lounge ♥ A Pub+club that can offer decent 3 course meal. Budget £14-18. Review: 1 |
Chinatown 143, Bromsgrove St, Birmingham, B5 6RG Tel. 0121 622 2444 |
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Warehouse Café Vegetaria/ Vegan only café style restaurant. Budget £12D |
Digbeth 54-57 Allison Street, Birmingham, B5 5TH Tel. 0121 633 0261 http://www.thewarehousecafe.com/ |
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Nando's 'Portuguese-style (?)' BBQ chicken restaurant. There are as many as four outlets in Birmingham town centre alone. Budget: £10. Review |
Broad Street Five Ways, B15 1DP Tel. 0121 616 1844 http://www.nandos.co.uk/ |
Oriental (non-Chinese)
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Malaysian Delight ♥ Malaysian diner. Recently enlarged the premises. Budget: £12-17 Review: 1, 2 |
Chinatown 8 Ladywell Walk, Birmingham, B5 4ST Tel. 0121 622 3909 |
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Village Café ♥ Chinese diner with Thai, Malay, Singaporean specialities. Budget: £10. Review: 1, 2, 3 |
Chinatown Ladywell Walk, Birmingham ,B5 4ST Tel. 0121 666 7587 |
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Kinnaree Large Thai restaurant. Budget: £17-20 Review: 1 |
Near the Mailbox 22, Waterfront Walk, Birmingham, B1 1SN Tel. 0121 665 6568 |
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Wagamama British re-incarnation of Japanses Chinese food. Popular among the British. Review: 1 |
Bullring The Bullring, Edgbaston St, Birmingham B5 4QL Tel: 0121 633 3033 |
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Thai Orchid Up-market Thai restaurant. Offers buffet lunch during weekdays. Budget: £20. |
Town Centre 7 Bennett's Hill, Birmingham B2 5ST Tel: 0121 212 1000 http://www.thaigroup.co.uk/ |
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Thai Edge Up-market Thai restaurant. Budget ca. £20. 2 course lunch for £7.95, Sunday buffet for £12.50. Review (lunch menu) |
Brindley Place 7 Oozells Square, Brindley Place, Birmingham B1 2HS Tel: 0121 643 3993 http://www.thaiedge.co.uk/ |
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Jimmy Spices Oriental food buffet. £6.95 for lunch. Dinner £12.95 (Sun.-Wed.), £14.95 (Thur.-Sat.) |
Broad Street Unit 5A Regency Wharf, Broad Street Birmingham B1 2DS Tel 0121 643 2111 http://www.jimmyspices.co.uk/ |
Others
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Las Iguanas Latin American. Family oriented during the day-time. Can be also used as bar after late afternoon. Budget: £15. |
Chinatown Arcadian Centre, Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TD Tel: 0121 622 4466 |
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Zagora Moroccan. Offers 3 course prefix dinner for £15. BYO. Review : 1 |
Town centre Paradise Place, Fletchers Walk, Birmingham B3 3HG Tel: 0121 233 2484 website |
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Beirut Lebanese take-away and eat-in. Starters from £2 to £4, mains (salad & rice/chips included) from £4.50 to £7.50. Review: 1, |
Town centre 22 Holloway Circus, Small Brook, Queens Way, Birmingham B4 5HQ Tel: 0121 634 3675 |
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Savannah Restaurant ♥ Eritrean, Ethiopian, East African cuisine. Vegetarian friendly. Licensed. Budget £10-12. Review: 1 |
Near Chinatown 32, Bristol Road, Birmingham Tel: 0121 622 4343 Mobile: 07983 661 991 |
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Boscobel Caribbean diner. |
Off Chinatown 92, Bristol St, Birmingham B5 7AH Tel: 0121 622 1900 |
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Cuizene Caribbean Buffet All you can eat Caribbean buffet. £5.99 for lunch, £11.99 for dinner. |
Chinatown Unit 2, 17 Thorp St., Birmingham, B5 4AT Tel: 0121 622 5659 http://www.cuizene.co.uk/ |
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Caricom Caribbean Caribbean buffet restaurant. |
Digbeth 29-30, Warner St, Birmingham, West Midlands B12 0JG Tel: 0121 772 3326 |
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Duet Polish restaurant and bar. Traditional Polish cuisine. |
Chinatown 148-151 Bromsgrove St., Birmingham, B5 6RG Tel: 0783 5388320 |
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Somaga African Restaurant. Budget: Around £10. Review: 1 |
Near Chinatown 88-90 Bristol Rd., Birmingham, B5 7AH Tel: 0121 622 4579 http://www.somaga.biz/ |
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Syriana Syrian and Lebanese restaurant. Open in April 2008. Budget £15. Review |
Snow Hill (Hockley) 1-7 Constitution Hill, Birmingham, B19 3LG Tel: 0121 236 9444 Mobile: 0778-6160193 |
