Birmingham takeaway reviews from the Birmingham Mail

Cheap As Chips: Chamberlains in Oldbury May 25 2012

I ENJOYED the restaurant here a year ago just after it had opened and since then the business has won the fish and chip shop award for best UK newcomer.Read

Cheap as Chips: McDonald's on Warwick Road, Olton May 18 2012

I MUST be really thick – because at least three people will arrive behind me before I’ve grasped Maccy D’s menu.Read

Cheap as Chips: Urban Feast on Navigation Street, Birmingham May 11 2012

I HAD to double-check the name of this eatery on my way out after the friendly server flash-cooked some quarter-inch square fries so quickly I thought I must have been to a shop called Urban Fast.Read

Cheap as Chips: The Cod Pot in Cotteridge May 04 2012

YOU learn something new every day – I never realised the route between Pershore Road and Linden Road was called, er, Watford Road. Why would you?Read

Cheap as Chips: Frydays in Acocks Green Apr 27 2012

IF YOU don’t know the area between the Warwick Road and Coventry Road, then this chippy might be hard to find.Read

Cheap as Chips: The Big Fish in Stratford-upon-Avon Apr 20 2012

MIDLANDS Seafish Industry Training Association training manager Michael Pili discovered an “incorrect practice” was at the root of my one-star review here in January last year.Read

Cheap as Chips: Beeches Walk Takeway in Sutton Colfield Apr 13 2012

WAITING to walk into this tidy shop in a prime position next to the main road into Sutton Coldfield, I was surprised by how quiet trade was.Read

Cheap as Chips: The Drome on Kingsbury Road, Castle Vale Mar 30 2012

FASHIONS come and fashions go...Read

Cheap as Chips: The Frying Pan in Winson Green Mar 16 2012

WHEN we published my top ten chippies last week, some shop owners might have felt hard done by when I highlighted my last ten great portions.Read

Cheap as Chips: George & Helen's in Harborne Mar 09 2012

LAST visited in March 2006, George & Helen’s price for a cone of chips has only gone up from 85p to 95p in that time.Read

Cheap as Chips: Silver Hake in Acocks Green Mar 02 2012

NOW with different owners since my last visit in 2007, I was pleased to note the outdoor fascia sign has been fixed, but sad to see the parade with so much litter.Read

Cheap as Chips: St George's Plaice on Charter Avenue in Coventry Feb 24 2012

IF YOU are going to the Warwick Arts Centre and fancy some chips to set you up for the night, divert off the A45/ Sir Henry Parkes Road campus route and keep going up Charter Avenue.Read

Cheap as Chips: Frydays on Pershore Road, Selly Park Feb 17 2012

I HAD two phone calls while I was in this shop – both from my wife outside in the car wondering why it was taking so long (14 minutes!) for chips.Read

Cheap As Chips: Perfect Fryer, 8 King Edwards Road, Ladywood, B1 2PZ Feb 10 2012

FOLLOWING the demise of the award-winning Great British Eatery on Francis Road last autumn, it’s reassuring to know that Ladywood is still home to some mighty fine chips.Read

Cheap as Chips: Deep Sea Fish, 99 Drews Lane, Birmingham B8 2QE Feb 03 2012

YOU’VE got to feel sorry for some shops when a giant like LDV shuts down across the road.Read

Cheap as Chips: Big Fish, 708 Chester Road, Erdington B23 5TE Jan 27 2012

I’VE HAD some experiences in chip shops in my time, but have never been beaten to the doorstep by a crafty pigeon.Read

Cheap as Chips: KFC, Star City, Watson Road, Nechells B7 5SA Jan 20 2012

YOU might like to know that KFC is trialling mechanically slaughtered halal meat in 100 UK stores like this one.Read

Cheap as Chips: Chequers, A34 Robin Hood Island, Hall Green B28 9JA Jan 13 2012

THE return of this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions suggested it would be an appropriate time to revisit Chequers.Read

Cheap as Chips: Sliced potatoes from Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas market Dec 09 2011

THOUSANDS are drawn inexorably towards the heart of town in December and the chance to slowly shuffle along a street jam packed with even more food stalls than previous markets.Read