Michelin star restaurants in Birmingham
18 October 2026·4 min read
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Balti, brunch and the best new openings, from Ladypool Road to the Quarter.
EatCheap eats in Birmingham
Bao for £6.50 on Church Street, eight kitchens under one roof off St Paul's Square, burgers on Shaws Passage and a falafel bowl for under seven quid. How to eat well in Birmingham for not much.
25 September 2026·4 min read
EatThe best Sunday roasts in Birmingham
Sirloin served pink on Harborne High Street, porchetta in a Victorian building on Harborne Road, roasts until they sell out in Kings Heath and a family-run craft beer bar on Constitution Hill. Birmingham's Sunday roasts, with prices.
15 September 2026·4 min read
EatThe best street food in Birmingham
Digbeth Dining Club started out the back of a Digbeth bar in 2012 and changed how Birmingham eats. Here is where the city's street food lives now: a food hall in the Quarter, two big yards, and the traders who graduated to their own kitchens.
13 September 2026·4 min read
EatThe best restaurants in Birmingham
Two Michelin stars on Summer Row, a rock and roll tasting menu in the Quarter, ceviche in a Moseley bank, pasta on Lordswood Road and lamb chops in an Edgbaston townhouse. Where we would book tonight, and what it costs.
11 September 2026·4 min read
EatThe best pizza in Birmingham
Bennetts Hill has two Neapolitan pizzerias within a few doors of each other, Grand Central has two more above the trains, and the Quarter does it square. Where to eat pizza in Birmingham, and what to order.
7 September 2026·4 min read
EatThe best coffee in Birmingham
A coffee bar with no sofas in Piccadilly Arcade, a house blend at The Grand on Colmore Row, brunch on St Paul's Square, cruffins on New Street and spiced coffee from a dallah on Temple Row West. Where to get a proper cup in Birmingham.
5 September 2026·4 min read
EatThe best brunch in Birmingham
Fried chicken French toast in a Victorian gallery on New Street, a bacon naan roll on Chamberlain Square, shakshouka in Moseley and brunch in a Piccadilly Arcade coffee shop. Birmingham's best weekend mornings, with prices.
3 September 2026·4 min read
EatThe best baltis in Birmingham
Ladypool Road, Stoney Lane and Stratford Road once held more than 40 balti houses. A handful of the originals are still cooking in the thin steel bowl. Here is where to go, what a real balti is, and how to spot a fake.
1 September 2026·5 min read