This is the index of my restaurant reports. The number of ♥ indicates how much I liked the place; it is, however, of limited reliablity, as for most of these places I visited only once.
Note: inside ( ) is the location; Chinatown, Bullring, Mailbox are all in the central Birmingham.
And HERE is the list of major restaurants in Birmingham.
Chinese / Oriental (except Chinese) / Indian / Western / Others
London / Central England
London / Central England
Chinese
- Arcadian Palace (Chinatown; Cantonese) ♥♥♥: 2, 1
- Cafe Soya (Chinatown; British-Chinese) ♥♥♥F 1
- China Court (Chinatown; Cantonese) ♥♥♥: 2, 1
- Chung Ying Garden (Chinatown; Cantonese) ♥♥♥♥: 3, 2, 1
- Chung Ying Restaurant (Chinatown; Cantonese) ♥♥: 1
- Golden Pond (Chinatonw; Cantonese) ♥♥♥♥: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
- Han Dynasty (Chinatown: Sichuan & North-Eastern Chinese ♥♥♥♥: 2, 1
- Jacky's Kitchen (Chinatown; Sichuan & North Eastern) ♥♥: 1
- Johnny Wong's Oriental (Near Aston; Chinese & Malay) ♥♥♥: 1
- New Sum Ye (Chinatown; Cantonese) ♥♥♥: 1
- Red 'N Hot (Chinatown; Sichuan) ♥♥♥: 1
- Shangri-La (Chinatown; Sichuan) ♥♥♥♥: 1
- Tung Lok (Chinatown; Cantonese) ♥♥♥: 3, 2, 1
Oriental (Non-Chinese)
- Kinnaree (The Mailbox; Thai) ♥: 1
- Malaysian Delight (Chinatown; Malaysian and Chinese) ♥♥♥: 2, 1
- Satay (Lye ; Malaysian) ♥♥♥♥: 1
- Taipan (Chinatown ; Japanese and Chinese) ♥♥♥: 1
- Thai Edge (Brindley Place : Thai) ♥♥ : 1
- Village Café (Chinatown ; South East Asian) ♥♥♥: 3, 2, 1
- Wagamama (Bullring ; British Japanese) ♥: 1
Indian (incl. Balti, Bangladeshi & Pakistani)
- Bengal Fusion (Lye) ♥♥♥♥: 1
- Blue Mango (Broad Street) ♥♥♥♥: 2, 1
- Chandigarh (Bearwood) ♥♥♥: 1
- Imran's (Balti Triangle) ♥♥♥: 1
- Kashmir Cottage (Bearwood) ♥♥♥♥: 1
- Khazana (Handsworth) ♥♥♥: 1
- Lahore Buffet (Balti Triangle) ♥♥♥: 1
- Lahore Kebab House (Balti Triangle): 1
- Lasan (Birmingham) ♥♥♥♥: 2, 1
- Lumbini (Nepalese in Studley, near Redditch) ♥♥♥♥: 1
- Nass Fastfood (Balti Triangle) ♥♥: 1
- Plaza Indian Tandoor (Balti Triangle) ♥♥♥: 1
- Shahi Nan Kabab (Balti Triangle) ♥♥♥: 1
- Sheratton (Selly Oak) ♥♥♥: 1
- Teknaf Cuisine (Bearwood) ♥♥: 1
Western
- Cielo (Brindley Place) ♥♥♥♥♥: 1
- City Café (Brindley Place) ♥♥♥♥♥: 1
- Loaf (Chinatown) ♥♥♥: 1
- Loft Lounge (Chinatown) ♥♥♥: 1
- Malbec (Stratford-upon-Avon) ♥♥♥: 1
- Polonia (Great Bridge) ♥♥: 1
- The French Hen Inn (Clent) ♥♥: 1
- The Keep (Warwick) ♥♥♥: 1
Others
- Beirut (Lebanese) ♥♥♥ : 1
- Salama (Somalian in Small Heath) ♥♥♥ : 1
- Savannah (Eritrean, Ethiopian, East African) ♥♥♥♥ : 1
- Shiraz (Persian in Edgbaston) ♥♥♥: 1
- Somaga (African) [I cannot give verdict] : 1
- Syriana (Syrian-Lebanese) ♥♥♥: 1
- Zagora (Moroccan) ♥♥♥ : 1
London Restaurants
- Andalucia (Spanish; near Piccadilly Circus) ♥♥♥
- Cay Tre (Vietnamese; near Old Street tube station) ♥♥♥♥
- Korean restaurant (Korean; near Tottenham Court tube station)♥♥
