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Restaurants in Balsall Common

• Haigs Hotel, McKee's Brasserie

  Handily placed within striking distance of the Midlands motorway network and the NEC, this privately run, half-timbered hotel naturally draws much of its custom, from the business community, but still exudes a personal 'family' atmosphere.

  273 Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common, West Midlands - Cuisine: European

Restaurants in Birmingham

• Al Frash Balti

  Known to all as 'The Butterfly', Al Frash has been one of the main players on the Sparkhill and Sparkbrook balti scene since 1991.

  186 Ladypool Road, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Beckett's Farm Restaurant

  Beckett's Farm Restaurant is set in a lovely part of rural West Midlands just half a mile from Junction 3 of the M42 and here you will find a place that is passionate about a field to fork mentality sourcing most of their ingredients from within their own massive farm shop or within ten miles of the restaurant itself.

  Heath Farm, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: English

• Simpsons

  Accolades have come thick and fast since Andreas Antona moved from Kenilworth to the leafy enclaves of Edgbaston, and the new Simpsons is now firing on all cylinders as a Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms.

  20 Highfield Road, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern French

• Adil Balti

  The mother of all Brummie balti houses opened its doors in 1977 and virtually invented the genre. These days - of course - it has plenty of local competition, with more than 50 specialist cafés and restaurants doing business in the fabled 'Balti Triangle' that embraces Ladypool Road, Stoney Lane and Moseley Road.

  148-150 Stoney Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Asha's

  This stylish Indian restaurant, with its exotic colours, is pure Bollywood as is owner Asha Bhosle, the most recorded singer in the world.

  Edmund House, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Bank Birmingham

  One of the big players in Birmingham's revitalised restaurant scene, the Midlands outpost of the London-based Bank group is handily placed close to the International Convention Centre, the National Indoor Arena and Symphony Hall.

  4 Brindleyplace, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Bilash Champagne Lounge and Asian Grill

  Judging by its flashy name, this brash younger brother of the well-known Bilash in Wolverhampton is obviously keen to make its mark in Brum.

  11 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Blue Mango

  One of the new breed of contemporary Indian restaurants springing up in central Birmingham, Blue Mango is right at the fashionable heart of things in the upmarket Regency Wharf development.

  Regency Wharf, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Café Ikon

  Spain reigns at this casual venue attached to Birmingham's premier contemporary art gallery on the corner of fashionable Brindleyplace. The gallery itself is restored Victorian Gothic, in sharp contrast to the clean modern lines of the ground-floor café - which is something of an oasis of calm away from the hubbub of the city centre.

  Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Spanish

• Carters of Moseley

  Carters is a smart modern British restaurant located amongst a small parade of shops in residential Moseley, just 2 miles outside the city centre of Birmingham.

  2c Wake Green Road, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern British

• Chez Jules

  Since opening in 1995, this buzzy bistro has been feeding hungry crowds in premises just off New Street. It's a place that caters for large numbers: you can sit at one of the long refectory-style tables or choose something more intimate in the balcony and side areas off the main dining room.

  5A Ethel Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: French

• Chung Ying

  At the heart of Birmingham's rejuvenated Chinese Quarter, this long-serving warhorse opposite the Arcadian Centre has been delivering the goods for more than two decades.

  16-18 Wrottesley Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Chinese

• Chung Ying Garden

  Like its elder brother Chung Ying, this city-centre Chinese a few doors from the Hippodrome is a vast place with a gargantuan 400-dish menu.

  17 Thorp Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Chinese

• Cielo

  'Cielo' is Italian for 'heaven', which gives a clue to the lofty aspirations behind this bright and breezy venue overlooking trendy Oozells Square (take advantage of the alfresco facilities in fine weather).

  6 Oozells Square, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Italian

• City Café

  Ideally situated next to the International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall, Birmingham's Mint Hotel is an ideal spot for business or pleasure.

  Mint Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Edmunds Fine Dining

  Followers of the West Midlands' restaurant scene will remember Andy Waters from his days at the Michelin-starred Edmunds at Henley-in-Arden and for other ventures in Birmingham itself.

  6 Brindley Place, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern British

• Filini Restaurant, Radisson Blu Hotel Birmingham

  Filini Bar & Restaurant has established an enviable reputation in the Midlands for serving up contemporary, authentic Italian cuisine in chic surroundings.

  12 Holloway Circus, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Italian

• Green Room Café Bar

  Situated right at the heart of things, opposite the Hippodrome, the Green Room has been serving theatregoers, celebs, performers and passers-by for more than a decade.

  The Arcadian Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: International

• Henrys Cantonese Restaurant

  Located in prestigious St. Paul's Square close to Birmingham city centre, Henrys Cantonese is a family-owned restaurant that has been established for around two decades.

  27 St Paul's Square, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Chinese

• Hotel Du Vin & Bistro

  This beautifully ornate Victorian building in the old city centre which is now part of the revitalised Jewellery Quarter was formerly the Birmingham Eye Hospital and has been sympathetically converted to provide 66 bedrooms and suites around the central courtyard, retaining many original features including the magnificent sweeping staircase and granite pillars.

  25 Church Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Hyatt Regency Birmingham, Aria Restaurant

  A towering glass monolith close to the Birmingham's revitalised canal development, the Hyatt Regency is also ideally placed for the International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall.

  2 Bridge Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Itihaas Indian Restaurant

  Itihaas hit the ground running when it opened, and has been making headlines ever since: not content with picking up 'Newcomer of the Year' at the 2006 British Curry Awards, it recently scooped 'Restaurant of the Year' in the Cobra Good Curry Awards 2007.

  18 Fleet Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Jyoti

  One of the top places for Indian vegetarian and vegan food in Birmingham, Jyoti is a family-run business on the fringes of the city's famed 'balti triangle'.

  569 - 571 Stratford Road, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Kinnaree Thai Restaurant

  Great waterfront views are a big plus at this exciting new Thai restaurant in Birmingham's highly fashionably canalside development. Kinnaree takes its name from an enchanting mythical creature – half-woman, half-swan – and the dining room is suitably evocative, with pretty artefacts and ornaments dotted around, a long model boat dominating the scene and waitresses dressed in flowing silk garments.

  22 Water Front, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Thai

• La Bastille

  Devotees of the Birmingham restaurant scene with long memories may well recall this as the famed Michelle's - one of the bastions of traditional French cooking in the city.

  220 Corporation Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: French

• Lasan

  A bright, chic venue that is making waves in the centre of Birmingham with its sexy mix of new wave Indian food and modish decor.

  3-4 Dakota Buildings, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Berlioz Restaurant

  An easy stroll from New Street station, the Burlington started life as a railway hotel way back in 1881, and it still bears all the signs of a grand, old-school city-centre hotel of the old school, complete with ornate marble staircases and period décor.

  Burlington Arcade, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: International

• Maharaja

  For more than two decades this old-stager a few doors from the Hippodrome has been one of Birmingham's most enduring and endearing restaurants, much liked for its consistency and good nature.

  23-25 Hurst Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Malmaison

  Birmingham's ultra-stylish Mailbox complex (once a Royal Mail sorting office) is home to all manner of trendy shops, restaurants and other venues, including this branch of the Malmaison hotel chain.

  The Mailbox, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Metro Bar and Grill

  Set up in 1997, Metro was one of the front-runners for the city's bar/brasserie revolution. It stands deep in the city's commercial centre, and the bar heaves with hordes of suited types – especially when 'happy hour' comes around.

  73 Cornwall Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Mint

  The award-winning Mint Restaurant is just 10 minutes away from the NEC, off the A45 on the Yew Tree Retail Park, with ample car parking it is ideal for business users with its free Wi-fi and tranquil environment.

  Yew Tree Retail Park Unit 3, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Opus Restaurant

  A monolithic sign set in concrete highlights this upscale, high-flying addition to the Birmingham restaurant scene. Inside, Opus has been cleverly designed, with its floor-to-ceiling windows, skylights and acres of wine racking adding to its cool metropolitan buzz.

  54 Cornwall Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern British

• Purnell's

  Glyn Purnell made his name and gained a Michelin star as king of the kitchen at Jessica's in the leafy suburbs of Edgbaston.

  55 Cornwall Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern British

• Rajdoot

  It's claimed that the Rajdoot was the first Indian restaurant to introduce tandoori-style cooking to Britain, way back in 1966.

  78 - 79 George Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: North Indian

• Rose Murree

  Beautifully situated in a gorgeous Grade II Georgian building on the Hagley Road, Rose Murree restaurant serves a regal style of Kashmir cuisine, with Persian, Afghan and Central Asian touches to truly make each dish fit for royalty.

  94 - 96 Hagley Road, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• San Carlo

  The founder member of a small nationwide chain of contemporary Italian restaurants is perfectly placed up a side street a short stroll from New Street station.

  4 Temple Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Italian

• Shimla Pinks

  The flagship of the Shimla Pinks chain of up-market Indians is right at the heart of Birmingham's nightlife. The name – apparently – refers to aspirational Indian youngbloods, and the place itself is certainly upwardly mobile in its attitude and style.

  214 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Shogun Teppan-Yaki

  Eating Japanese is not only a gastronomic experience, it is pure theatre! Shogun at Brindleyplace caters for the connoisseurs, with a sushi bar as well as the full-on teppan-yaki show.

  The Waters Edge, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Japanese

• Sweet Chillies

  Serving an exotic blend of Asian cuisine, Sweet Chillies is a laid-back neighbourhood restaurant in the Yardley Wood area of Birmingham.

  836 Yardleywood Road, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Thai Edge

  This cool, contemporary Thai venue sits happily alongside the gastronomic competition in fashionable Brindleyplace. Inside, acres of white space and broken up by massive glass panels and mighty structures fashioned from interwoven wood; elsewhere purple is the chosen colour - apart from the costumes worn by ever-courteous waitresses.

  7 Oozells Square, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Thai

• The Asquith and Ginger's Bar

  Glyn Purnell, chef patron of Michelin starred Purnell's restaurant in Birmingham, has re-opened his second venture the Asquith Restaurant which closed after just 6 months due to problems with the landlord.

  11 Newhall Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: French

• The Bartons Arms

  A palatial Birmingham landmark and one of the most spectacular examples of grandiose pub architecture in the land, the Bartons Arms was built in 1901 and for years had a strong association with the Aston Hippodrome (once the Midlands' prime variety venue).

  144 High Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Thai

• The Hippodrome Restaurant

  The Hippodrome is the city's artistic and cultural lynchpin, home to the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the setting for everything from high opera to pantomime.

  Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern British

• The Oriental Bar & Restaurant

  Birmingham's first fully fledged Malaysian restaurant is housed in the city's fashionable Mailbox enclave, cheek-by-jowl with trendy bars and retail therapy destinations.

  128-130 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Malaysian

• The Vaults

  Dramatically housed in the cellars below what was a Victorian brewery and workhouse, the Vaults is a lively new addition to Birmingham's fashionably revitalised Jewellery Quarter.

  Newhall Place, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern British

• The White Swan

  Affectionately known as the Dirty Duck, this cosmopolitan hostelry in Birmingham's leafy stockbroker belt has been given a serious wash and brush-up, thanks to a new team of gastro pub entrepreneurs.

  Harborne Road, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• Turners of Harborne

  Richard Turner made his name at the Paris restaurant in Birmingham's Mailbox before deciding to go it alone. His eponymous venture is modestly situated in a parade of shops on Harborne High Street, and it creates an unfussy mood with understated contemporary design, quarry-tiled floors and dark blue paintwork - plus the chef's name inscribed over the mirrors.

  69 High Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern French

• Valentino

  'A friendly place for a taste of real Italy,' noted The Birmingham Mail, which just about sums up the appeal of this long-serving family-run restaurant.

  73 High Street, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Italian

• West 12 Bar & Grill

  Plush and flawlessly professional, this modern grand hotel by the Five Ways intersection has become something of a Birmingham landmark over the years.

  Birmingham Marriott Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Zorba's Greek Restaurant

  This is a stunning restaurant with typical Greek decor, boasting a relaxed Mediterranean atmosphere. The walls are adorned with some captivating paintings at the forefront of Greek art.

  359-361 Olton Boulevard, Birmingham, West Midlands - Cuisine: Greek

Restaurants in Chadwick End

• The Orange Tree

  Set in Midlands countryside a few minutes' drive from the NEC, Solihull and Warwick, The Orange Tree is one of the new breed of country pubs that are offering brasserie-style food in upbeat surroundings.

  Warwick Road, Chadwick End, West Midlands - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Coventry

• Brooklands Grange

  Originally a sixteenth-century Jacobean farmhouse, Brooklands Grange now does duty mainly as a privately run business and conference hotel situated a short drive from the motorway and Coventry city centre.

  Holyhead Road, Coventry, West Midlands - Cuisine: International

• Rupali

  Rupali is a popular neighbourhood restaurant on Tile Hill Lane serving a fine array of Indian dishes to a buzzy crowd of Coventry diners.

  337 Tile Hill Lane, Coventry, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Thai Dusit

  Ignore the location close to the ring road on the outskirts of Coventry city centre, this Thai restaurant adds a splash of oriental colour to an area not overly blessed with decent eating places.

  39 London Road, Coventry, West Midlands - Cuisine: Thai

• Turmeric Gold

  Occupying a 400-year-old building in Coventry's medieval quarter, Turmeric Gold is gaining fame as one of the most flamboyant and popular Indian restaurants in the city.

  166 Medieval Spon Street, Coventry, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

Restaurants in Dorridge

• Hogarths Hotel & Restaurant

  Set in 23 acres of mature woodland, within easy reach of Solihull, the NEC and Birmingham Airport, Hogarths is approached by an enchanting driveway flanked by chestnut trees.

  Four Ashes Road, Dorridge, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• The Forest

  Situated directly opposite Dorridge BR station and within striking distance of Birmingham NEC and the Airport, The Forest started life in 1870 as a railway hotel of the old school.

  25 Station Approach, Dorridge, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Dudley

• Copthorne Hotel Merry Hill

  In the heart of the Black Country, this branch of the international Copthorne chain occupies a prime site overlooking the swish Canal Marina, just a stroll from the prestigious Merry Hill shopping complex.

  The Waterfront, Dudley, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Hampton in Arden

• The Beeches Bar & Grill

  UK Restaurant Guide reporters have been quick to sing the praises of this exciting new venue in the Warwickshire countryside just three miles from Solihull.

  Marsh Lane, Hampton in Arden, West Midlands - Cuisine: Eclectic

Restaurants in Hockley Heath

• Nuthurst Grange

  A long-tree lined drive leads the way to this part-Edwardian manor house, which stands in more than seven acres of wooded grounds and landscaped gardens just off the M40.

  Nuthurst Grange Lane, Hockley Heath, West Midlands - Cuisine: Anglo French

Restaurants in Kingswinford

• Thai Dusit

  A relative of Thai Dusit in Coventry and Derby, this popular restaurant is situated just off Kingswinford's main drag. 'Dusit' translates as 'Buddhist paradise' and the dining room certainly tries to live up to its name with lots of native artefacts and waitresses in pretty national costume.

  42 Market Street, Kingswinford, West Midlands - Cuisine: Thai

Restaurants in Meriden

• The Manor Hotel at Meriden

  Geographically close to the centre of England and within easy reach of the NEC, this imposing Georgian manor has been neatly developed over the years and is now a popular country hotel that combines stately old-world elegance with up-to-the-minute facilities.

  Main Road, Meriden, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Oldbury

• Saffron Restaurant

  Saffron Restaurant situated on the busy Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury is an established Indian Restaurant that has many accolades to its name, including Best Restaurant in the Midlands by the Good Food Guide 2010 and the first Indian restaurant in Birmingham to receive a rosette from the AA Restaurant Guide.

  909 Wolverhampton Road, Oldbury, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

Restaurants in Solihull

• Beau Thai

  Here's a recent report from one UK Restaurant Guide user. Our thanks in this instance goes to Martyn for taking the trouble to send this:"Lovely spicy after bite/taste that doesn't distract from the taste or the quality of the food be it fish, poultry, meat or vegetables.

  761 Old Lode Lane, Solihull, West Midlands - Cuisine: Thai

• Giovanni's

  A pleasant village location on the outskirts of Solihull makes this likeable Italian well worth a trip, especially if you fancy some authentic trattoria food in relaxed away-from-it-all surroundings.

  9 - 11 Main Street, Solihull, West Midlands - Cuisine: Italian

• Metro Bar and Grill

  The Solihull branch of Metro is run along similar lines to its elder brother in the heartland of central Birmingham.

  680 –684 Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Mortons Kitchen, Bar & Deli

  Sit where you like, drink where you like and eat where you like in this enterprising venture overlooking the Market Square at Dickens Heath.

  Market Square, Solihull, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Rajnagar International Restaurant

  Opened in 1987 and a regular recipient of regional awards and accolades, Rajnagar International is situated on the outskirts of Solihull, within easy reach of the NEC and Birmingham Airport.

  256 Lyndon Road, Solihull, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• The Farm

  Formerly known as the Shelly Farm, this Solihull hostelry ha been given a serious contemporary revamp and now forms part of Paul Salusbury's stable of gastropub/restaurants dotted around the Midlands.

  Farmhouse Way, Solihull, West Midlands - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• The Malt Shovel at Barston

  Surrounded by fields and open countryside not far from Solihull and the M42, the Malt Shovel occupies the shell of an old mill – although the neat, cream-painted building now promotes itself as a 'country pub and restaurant with a difference'.

  Barston Lane, Solihull, West Midlands - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• The Town House Restaurant & Bar

  Perfectly positioned directly opposite Solihull's main shopping centre, this cosmopolitan restaurant, bar and brasserie is a great favourite with locals, families and the business crowd.

  727 Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Stourbridge

• French Connection Bistro

  A long-running Stourbridge favourite that might make you think you're in a little Parisian bistro on La Rive Gauche. There are a few seats outside on the pavement, net curtains at the windows, close-packed tables and true Gallic decor, complete with plenty of chatter and music in the background.

  3 Coventry Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands - Cuisine: French

Restaurants in Sutton Coldfield

• New Hall, Bridge Restaurant

  Dating from the twelfth century and once the Earl of Warwick's shooting lodge, New Hall is reputedly the oldest-surviving moated manor house in England.

  Walmley Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

• Pier 39

  Pier 39 brings a touch of continental chic to Mere Green, with its spacious contemporary dining room, luxurious leather sofas and tables out on the pavement.

  Mere Green, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands - Cuisine: International

Restaurants in Walsall

• Fairlawns Hotel & Spa

  Privately run by the Petite family since 1984, this greatly extended Victorian residence stands in nine acres of landscaped grounds and – over the years – it has established a strong reputation for its leisure, spa and banqueting facilities, as well as its food.

  178 Little Aston Road, Walsall, West Midlands - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Wolverhampton

• Bilash

  A long-serving West Midlands rendezvous, the Bilash stands right in the centre of Wolverhampton opposite the Civic Centre. For more than 20 years, the kitchen has been delivering a highly distinctive menu, packed with a big selection of dishes that are a bit different to the curry house norm.

  2 Cheapside, Wolverhampton, West Midlands - Cuisine: Indian

• Ely House Hotel

  Built in 1742 and originally used as a private girls' school, this listed brick building just outside Wolverhampton city centre has been sympathetically transformed into a privately run hotel with the personal touch and a real 'home from home' feel.

  53 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands - Cuisine: International