I am glad that middle eastern community is realising that this city needs some authentic middle…read moreeastern restaurants. This restaurant has exceeded my expectations in the authenticity of arabic and lebanese cuisine in Birmingham. I am glad to say that I don't have to plan to go to edgware road in london to have good arabic food. It is all here now. Inside the restaurant they have ample seating space including curtained family rooms. The service is very good, the waiters are well mannered compared to some other arabic restaurants near by where they have no bloody manners. Not to mention any names. When eating out I carefully choose which restaurant to eat, especially if I am dressed up nice I don't want my clothes to stink of the food when I come out of the restaurant and this restaurant is on my top list now. You can't smell any food when you enter. Its clean and well equipped with ventilation system. Even if you are going to sit right next to the Shawarma counter, you won't smell any thing and you will come out of the restaurant still smelling nice with your aftershave of perfumes. When I ordered my food I specifically asked the waiter if the food will be as it is meant to be in middle eastern countries as I told him that I have not had any good arabic food in this city, the waiter smiled at me and said they are all fake. I kind of agree with him. Shwarma is the main dish I ordered to see if the waiter's claims were right about they having the authentic food and yes when the food arrived I was totally blown away. Nice and tender meat of lamb and chicken shawarma as it meant to be.. Lamb Tagine, Humous, Laban, Mixed Kafta they all tasted so tender and juicy with that authentic taste of middle eastern food. This restaurant has got lots of options on menu to choose from starters, side dishes, main courses, desserts, juices, ice creams, cakes, all tasting yummy. Fully recommend this place to all to try. If you are meat eater and like good food, then this is the place to be. Price is right as well, I would say mid range prices as with all the restaurants usually are. Most of the staff is arabic speaking but they do understand english, maybe won't be able to speak much english but they know what we are talking about in english. If you speak arabic then they will give you the best service ever, a bonus I guess. Parking is a problem at day time but in the evening there is plenty of parking spaces available around the restaurant on main coventry road.

If you're a fan of Indian food, Guajarati delicacy in particular, then you're bound to love what…read moreJyoti's restaurant has to offer. It's a quaint family eatery with simplistic and clean decor, and polite yet reserved staff. There is some parking outside although side-street parking is plentiful. It's also a take-away, so as you enter there is an Indian sweets counter. If you dine in, you have a vast range of dishes to choose from at very reasonable prices. I often order a variety of snacks to eat a tapas-style meal, which gives you the opportunity to try out numerous dishes with a rich blend of flavours. But favourites are the chilli paneer and spicy mogo chips! Don't be put off if you're a keen meat-eater - so am I! But Jyoti's is testament to how varied and delicious vegetarian food can be.

I met a friend here for a few snacks and a catch up. There is a Indian sweet shop at the front and…read morethe dining area is at the back. We ordered Mixed Bhajiya which was 6 assorted fritters with tamarind sauce, paneer spring rolls and mogo chips. The food tasted nice some of the fritters tasted very similar to each other and were quite dry, the mogo chips were quite hard but tasted ok. The tables were clean, waiter service was ok, bathrooms could be better, food was nice......it was ok in general but nothing amazing!

Excellent wine list, with complementary bread on arrival. Great service from knowledgable wait…read morestaff. Well presented and tasty food. Our table of four unanimously agreed to the above. Will definitely try again and recommend to others.

They are excellent (albeit the pork roast was a bit dry), but you MUST book a table, like, days…read morebefore, for your Sunday lunch. We sat outside in weeny February sun. The waiters were lovely though and kept bringing us yummy hot food outside.

This was actually very delicious. Me and my family were craving some Indian food so I went online…read moreto see what we could have. I found this place called mother India and my family was expecting it not to be nice and was thinking about going somewhere else but I saw the food and convinced them to have it. We went there and the customer service was very good and the food came surprisingly good. The price was good and the food was so delicious we left the building very happy of tonight's food ambiance.

First visit for a takeout. Wow, delicious. Parking is tough but worth hunting a spot down…read more I had Chicken Tikka Marsala - delicious with a little of the coconut coming through. The Vegetable Baha, nan and boiled rice. Take out had papadoms, onions and a delicious sauce. Would highly recommend. Also, and a key ingredient, the staff we very nice and helpful.

Overall a terrible experience!…read more For starter I ate: King Prawn tandoori @ £5.95- this dish only consisted of 2 King Prawns of small/medium size, I personally think that's an insult, the absolute minimum should be 3 King Prawns but I expected about 4-5 against the size and price. For the main meal we order King Prawn madras, now the taste was awful, very bland and missing many flavour that a madras dish should have, not what I expected from Simla Pinks, also a friend ordered the same dish where he received 7 king prawns and I received 5! A good note was the nan was exceptional, very nice quality nan, just shame about the poor curry! I would definitely avoid this place if your in search of a good curry house.

This was my second late-night visit to Shimala Pink, having visited in October 2008 for a curry…read moreafter an all-night Halloween bash. At about 7:30pm on a Sunday there was only one other table occupied and unfortunately no staff out on the floor. After we were seated our waiter alerted us to a special deal, £10 for a starter, main and rice or naan bread - bargain! We had Vegetable samoasas, mixed vegetable pakoras and onion bhajees to start and I chose lamb rogan josh with pilau rice for my main. The starters were good, with exception to the samoasas, which appeared to be made from filo pastry instead of a dough. They were however served with a chickpea-chutney type side, which was pretty good. My curry was well cooked as tasted very good too. Though as the other reviewer has said, it was warm, but far from 'piping hot'. Despite being the lone diners in the place by the time we finished we had to call staff over for the bill. The main complaints I've heard of Shimla Pink before is the price, but seeing as we got a 'special deal' I wouldn't be able to comment on that.

Authenticity is the thing here, and you should definitely try it. This is proper, real, genuine,…read morepizza as it ought to be, and I have to restrain myself from not going more often for my own well being! They import all the ingredients, so the finished result is indistinguishable from something you might get in a pizzeria in Naples. The key thing here is that they cook the pizza in about 90 seconds at very high temperature in a wood burning oven. The result is one that can't be replicated any other way, from the lightness of the fillings, to the crispiness of the crust. If you are more used to offerings from Dominos and the Hut, this should be one on your list, just for the sake of comparison. Can be a queue at busy times and weekends, and seating next to the queue should be avoided unless you want to be gawped at by a slow moving series of hungry people, but well worth it

Absolutely amazing!! The best pizza I have ever eaten in the UK and possibly even better than the…read moreones in Italy i have tasted. Service was very quick and staff were friendly; also the lunch menu was very reasonably priced. I could not fault this meal! My boyfriend and I could not compliment the experience enough and will definitely be returning as soon as possible!!!

Mama-mia I sure do love the pasta from this place!…read more I've been going here for years as the take away choices are not only delicious, but also healthy in comparison to your standard fast food. When you walk in, there is a large fridge full of different pasta options; everything from meatballs to my personal favourite, Cajun chicken. You can even have half and half and I tend to go for the vegetable pasta as the ingredients are really chunky and I'm sure that goes towards one of my 5 a day! You can choose to have it warmed up with melted cheese and then add a side salad to it which is delicious. My only note would be that when they ask you what salad you want (such as olives, feta cheese, peppers etc) be careful as the more luxury items cost more. I didn't know this and ended up spending another £3 just on salad but it was tasty.

I used to be a regular here when I worked in town and was always telling my colleagues about 'this…read moregreat cheap pasta place which gives you massive portions '. Since returning from university I was stuck for what to eat in town and suddenly my mind flashed back to Polo's! I explained to the woman behind the counter that I used to be a regular back in the day and I was excited to be back. Her and the man serving seemed to be truly touched by this. I was surprised because I'd expect this place to have a really loyal fan base. You can get a big plastic tray of all different kinds of pasta (mix more than one type if you like) then add what you like out of the deli and sauce section. I usually order sweet chilli chicken penne covered in grated cheese with a side salad (for those extra hungry times). They have other lunchy type things but the pasta is so good I'd feel guilty ordering a panini.

Good value local Balti. Pretty good food, very pleasant…read moreservice, probably why there seems to be many regulars.

Good food, good value. Friendly staff.read more