Restaurants in Birmingham
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Great British Eatery
Slide onto a bar stool and inhale the tang of vinegar at this award winning chippy. There are pies and sausages aplenty, meal deals from £2 and roast chicken and chips from £3.50. You can wash it all down with a beer, too.
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Bank
Huge glass front panels make this swanky restaurant a bit of a culinary goldfish bowl, but most diners don't complain - the sophisticated modern-Brit dishes are quite special.
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Warehouse Cafe
Wooden floorboards and the odd painted girder set the scene in this chilled-out veggie and vegan cafe beside Digbeth’s railway arches. Treats include lentil and sundried-tomato sausages, vegetable salad with hazelnut pesto, and seasonal soups. But leave room for the hot chocolate brownie with raspberry sauce.
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Canalside Cafe
This 18th-century lock-keeper’s cottage is now a snug pub-cum-eatery. Framed paintings and gleaming horse brasses crowd the whitewashed walls; hearty food fills the menu. Opt for home-made soup, a bowl of chilli or an oven-baked potato, then head to the waterside terrace and watch the narrow boats drift by.
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Atrium
One of two restaurants in the city where University College Birmingham students train, Atrium rustles up excellent food at bargain rates. Head for the swish dining room to enjoy seared scallops, wild-mushroom risotto or roast duck, all cooked for you by the next generation of chefs.
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Lasan
Regularly ranked among the UK’s top Indian restaurants, Lasan rustles up classy, innovative dishes at its super-sleek eatery. Expect to sample prawns simmered with cashew nuts and saffron, lamb shank with cardamom, or aubergine with poppy seeds. Just don’t ask for a chicken korma.
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Bar Estilo
A rustic chic interior - all terracotta, dimmed lighting and plush sofas - makes this bar-restaurant the venue of choice for the Mailbox smart set. The Mediterranean-influenced menu - the same as in the restaurant's London-based siblings - is reasonable, especially at lunchtime.
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Simpsons
Tucked away in a glorious Victorian house in Edgbaston, Simpsons serves up Michelin-starred contemporary cooking in an elegant dining room. Try the scallop ravioli or the intensely flavoured Cornish lamb. The toffee soufflé, with banana and lime ice cream, is out of this world.
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Brasserie
Visiting Atrium’s more casual little sister sees you tucking in to delights such as a tian of seafood guacamole, chargrilled lamb or Moroccan chickpea and vegetable tagine – it’s great food at silly prices. You can pick up fresh cakes and breads in the college foyer shop, too.
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Handmade Burger Co.
This buzzing Brindley place joint is filled with the aroma of succulent, farm-assured meat patties chargrilling. Burger varieties range from classic cheese or stilton, to horseradish and rocket – there’s even a Balti burger. Chips (enough for two) are £3 extra.
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Turners of Harborne
Birmingham’s foodies are spoilt for choice. Turners is another Michelin -starred eatery specialising in seriously good food. Pheasant, quail, monkfish,langoustine, hazelnuts and white asparagus all come bathed in a tempting range of jus, broth and velouté.
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Cafe Soya
The clatter and sizzle of food being stir-fried greets you at this great budget option in the Chinese Quarter. Order a steaming pot of tea then choose between shredded duck, squid with rice and chilli, and tofu and aubergine in black-bean sauce.
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Chez Jules
This is a find - it may be French, but it's refreshingly unpretentious. The decor is a bit faux-rustic, with long communal tables, but it serves up decent bistro standards like steamed mussels. Good prices on house wine seal the deal.
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Chung Ying Garden
Get beyond the occasionally surly service and you'll be hard-pressed to fault the fine Cantonese dishes at this cavernous Chinatown favourite. With 70 varieties of dim sum, the biggest challenge is selecting from the menu!
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Arcadian Palace
Run by a super-nice family, this simple, dinky, cafélike Chinese restaurant heaps the portions high and keeps the prices reasonably low. We liked the sizzling satay beef with crispy noodles (around £7).
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Purnells
Run by Michelin-starred chef Glynn Purnell. Exquisite, inventive dishes (such as monkfi sh with liquorice charcoal) are served in an airy Victorian red-brick building with a striking modern interior.
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Al Frash
One of the best places to experience the legendary dish. The decor is sleek and streamlined, but it’s the important things that steal the show: warm service and huge, tasty, great-value portions.
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Le Petit Blanc
Seriously stylish brasserie with contemporary French cuisine, this place exhibits all the hallmarks of its owner, Française superchef Raymond Blanc. Reservations are recommended.
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San Carlo
With Italian food far better than most mammas ever manage, this slick central restaurant is a magnet for local celebrities - although the service can be on the haughty side.
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Punjab Paradise
Don’t be put off by the faux Roman decor – the Balti here is good and authentic and the service very friendly.
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Eat
Bag a window seat at Eat and sip on a latte while admiring the grand old architecture of Victoria Sq.
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