Want to find the best restaurants in Birmingham? We’ve scoured the city’s food scene to find amazing dishes, delicious deals and the hottest pop-ups, plus cute cafés, Michelin-star spots, and food festivals. Oh, and don’t forget the drinks either – we cover cocktail bars, hidden speakeasies, and relaxed taprooms too! You’re sure to find somewhere fabulous with our guide to eating and drinking in Birmingham.
You won’t have to search far to find ghosts in Birmingham, but few spots can compete with the fear factor of one of England’s oldest pubs. Ye Olde Salutation Inn (The Sal for short) in Nottingham claims to date back&hel...
Pasta for lunch, pasta for dinner, hell, we’ll even have leftover pasta for breakfast! There’s never not been a time we’re not happy to chow down on the world’s great dish. But we’ll be extra celebrating this World Past...
There’s nothing quite like fish ‘n’ chips. It’s arguably the UK’s national dish – although roast dinner and chicken tikka masala are also in the running – and is beloved by every Brit, even somewhere as cut...
Not content with being the first and only Michelin-starred Indian restaurant outside of London, Opheem has become the first-ever Two Star Indian restaurant in the UK. The 2024 MICHELIN Guide Ceremony took place in Manch...
Cheese, glorious gooey cheese, we are fondue you dearly, but you’d go down much better with a glass of Beaujolais – because cheese and wine, what’s a better pairing than that? That’s why Vagabond Birmingham is get...
If there’s one pub in Birmingham that’s always livelier than the rest, it’s The Old Crown in Digbeth. It claims to date back to the 14th century, the same year as the Ming dynasty was founded in 1368,...
If your bookshelves are full of Stephen King and Neil Gaiman novels and you only use Netflix for ‘Wednesday’ and ‘Stranger Things’ then we’ve got the venue for you. The twisted brainchild of the horror-loving couple, Ma...
Big Mamma has taken over much of Europe with its unique Italian-style trattorie – including London, Paris and Madrid. Serving only the most authentic Italian cuisine, from Neapolitan…...
Having only recently gone on holiday to Italy (it was lovely, thanks for asking), I ate a lot of pizza in lo Stivale. But there’s a reason Italian food is called the mother cuisine – as I tucked into an endl...
It’s time to come clean that I have a fear of dogs. I’m sorry, but I can’t help it – I was bitten quite badly as a child – and I know this puts me at odds with most of the country. According to new research,...