Birmingham restaurant reviews from the Birmingham Mail

Restaurant Spy: Experimental Claire Hutchings is no flash in the pan May 17 2012

AT the age of 23 and with relatively little kitchen experience, Claire Hutchings was catapulted to fame when her innovative and beautifully-crafted dishes took her to the final of last year’s MasterChef: The Professionals.Read

Restaurant Review: Aalto Restaurant in Hotel La Tour, Birmingham May 11 2012

COMPUTERS and I are not natural best mates.Read

Restaurant Review: The Queens in Belbroughton May 04 2012

THIS area is far from short of talented chefs, but Andy Waters ranks among the very best.Read

Restaurant Review: Delhi 6 in Little Aston Apr 27 2012

CHEFS are show-offs. Not all of them, of course.Read

Restaurant Review: Don Diego in Sutton Coldfield Apr 20 2012

THE pursuit of good tapas in Birmingham often turns out to be a forlorn thing.Read

Restaurant Review: Carluccio's in Brindleyplace Apr 13 2012

TWICE before I’d eaten at Carluccio’s cafe, restaurant and deli and been pleased by the food, the relaxed vibe and the value.Read

Restaurant Review: Chung Ying in Wrottesley Street, Birmingham Apr 01 2012

ALL manner of unpleasant things have passed between my lips in my manic pursuit of authenticity at Chinese restaurants.Read

Restaurant Review: Hortons in Solihull High Street Mar 23 2012

THE humble rice pudding: a standard in the repertoire of any home cook and a comforting dish for all who relish soft grains bound together by a heart-clogging sauce of sugar, cream and butter.Read

Restaurant Review: The Chameleon in Victoria Square, Birmingham Mar 16 2012

BRUMMIES of a certain vintage will remember fondly Hawkins, a wine and coffee bar in an awkwardly shaped space at the bottom end of Corporation Street.Read

Restaurant Review: Vesuvio in Harborne Mar 09 2012

ITALIAN restaurants in the suburbs are generally unimpressive.Read

Restaurant Review: Henry Wong in Harborne Mar 02 2012

IN A city in which the food scene has improved almost beyond recognition over the past decade, one sector seems resolutely stuck in the past.Read

Restaurant Review: Imlees on Alcester Road in Moseley Feb 24 2012

IT’S difficult to be nasty about the recently-opened Imlees, with its sparkling, stylish decor, friendly and efficient service and very competitive prices.Read

Restaurant Review: Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath Feb 17 2012

TO CRITICISE a place that has an approach as transparently good-hearted as that of Kitchen Garden Cafe seems wrong – a little like kicking a cute kitten or poking fun at a Liberal Democrat.Read