I. Love. Crepes. Forget the doorstop American pancakes give me these thin delicacies any day…read more I much prefer the sweet variety and I'm a bit of a traditionalist with my lemon and sugar but the point here is you have some many to choose from! I think they could put some more filling on in some cases though. You pay a little bit extra if you want to eat in which is normal nowadays to be honest. The lady that served me was very friendly and struck up a conversation while she made our order. Considering she was new she was very calm whereas some of the other staff members looked a little bit stressed out. I wouldn't blame them it does not look easy. There is only one other place that I know of selling crepes in Birmingham and it's a bit of a walk so it's nice to have somewhere I can indulge on my love affair with crepes.

I visited here for the first time today and I was pleasantly surprised. I've always been a huge fan…read moreof sweet crepes (particularly when there are large quantities of Nutella involved), but today I decided to go for the savoury option of pesto, basil and mozzarella. It took at little bit of time to receive my order, but it was beautifully made, served at a suitable temperature (when I've eaten them at other places before they've often been too hot to eat) and was a lovely option for lunch. My friends had the ham and cheese option and a strawberries and cream option, and they were equally as lovely! I'm certainly looking forward to revisiting!

I really, really wanted to love Dolce Lounge. After being recommended I visit by a business…read morecontact, I had a quick look online to get some information. I discovered that the Cafe is a Independent venue set up by two Aston University Graduates to try and encourage more of a "Cafe Culture" in Birmingham. They have obviously put in a lot of work and hard graft to get it started, but it's just not there... yet. The little venue is based at the top of Corporation Street (passed the Law courts). It looks reasonably appealing from the outside (although the neon words listing it's wares does seem to cheapen the exterior), but I don't think it would drag you in unless you knew what was being offered. The first thing that caught me was the selection of Gelato. So many different flavors are on offer here, from Bubble Gum to Cheesecake your more traditional Chocolate flavored treat. The cakes also looked amazing! Beautiful, delicate and definitely sinful! As I am trying to eat healthy at the moment, I managed to avoid these temptations and just ordered a Red Berry tea (I tried for Peppermint, but they were out). I asked if I could sit around for a bit and do some work and was told I could sit downstairs (there are small tables designed for two) or upstairs where there is more room. I plumped for upstairs. The cafe has a lovely print of venice as wallpaper on the upstairs (obviously, again to put you in mind of the cafe culture). When I went up there, there were three other groups of people. Two of them were studying and one group was just... hanging out and having a chat. It all seemed quite nice... until someone decided that everyone needed to listen to rap... quite loudly. Now, I am not a fan of rap music at the best of times, but listening to a man shout at me whilst I'm trying to enjoy a nice cup of tea and get on with some work is not ideal. It was eventually turned down a touch, but the music seemed at odds with the relaxed, classy vibe the cafe was trying to create. That all being considered, I would pop back and give it another go. The cake and gelato are too much of a draw not to try this venue again. I only paid around £1.75/£1.85 for my cup of tea, so the prices seem about right. I didn't ask the prices of the desserts, but I will update next time...

Ordered from this place over the weekend and although the portion sizes are not huge the shakes and…read moredesserts are pretty good! I decided I would go for the peanut brownie milkshake and the Dolce Royale Sundae. Both came in a standard size glass you would get a large take away milkshake in and were well made and super sweet and exactly as advertised. The only downside to this place is the wait time for the order to arrive...... it took around 1h15 to get to my door. If you have a sweet craving you better order from here as soon as you realize.....otherwise by the time this place delivers you may have already manned up and made the trip to the shop to stock up on five family bags of m&ms!

It's a great small place with great service and food. And I…read morewas looking for a small local business to support and try some good local food. I found bonehead online and went for a walk to get myself some dinner. I walked right by it once, so keep your eyes open. It was just me, so I sat at the bar. ordered a pint, some wings and tots. I ordered the dragon wings and Buffalo tots. The dragon wings sauce was excellent. The wings were cooked well and the presentation was good. The tots were the hottest part of the meal. This buffalo sauce has a bite. lucky for me there was plenty of cold bureau on hand. Thee guys at the bar were friendly and the service was great. If I lived here, this would definitely be one of my local spots.

I'd been away from Birmingham for a while, and this place had sprung up in my absence…read more I took two colleagues here, after a friend of mine told me about the hot head burger, and the beer selection. We ordered three plates of topped fries, two types of wings, and three burgers. I also ordered a session ale, that sadly I don't remember the name of. The place was busy, so service wasn't super quick, but that's not an issue. I had the traditional normal wings, which are fried in breadcrumbs, and served with an amazing tangy ranch style sauce. Cooked perfectly. There were also some of the Asian style on the table. Which were equally as incredible. The fries, were topped with coleslaw, slightly spicy comeback sauce. Wonderfully done. The burgers got thumbs up all around. There was a buffalo and two hot head, I couldn't sing it's praises enough. My favourite chicken place to date, has been crackbird in Dublin. This has taken its crown. Bravo. (The beer was great)

Seeing as the market is the biggest German market outside of Germany I wasn't as impressed as I…read moreexpected to be. There were duplicates of lots of the food/drink huts and I expected a wider range of huts selling goods like toys and decorations. It felt very sparse compared to what I'd seen in previous year's photos. We checked the map to make sure we hadn't missed a section but I'm guessing they maybe took a hit post-covid because it just didn't hit the mark for us. Beautiful to walk around at night but very expensive, especially for the food options.

The smell of mulled wine and sausage cooking on the streets of the city centre can only mean one…read morething......the Christmas market is back! This is a yearly addition to the city centre with stalls selling festive treats ranging from chocolate and tasty treats through to toys and ornaments. The real thing people go here for however is the food and even more importantly the drink. This is the one time of the year that Birmingham city council lets allows people to drink on the street (in designated areas) and people 100% take advantage of this! The bars and stalls are always full with people enjoying a range of mulled drinks and beers. I am a big fan of this market and even though it can be a little pricy at times its a welcome addition to November/December in the city. Go get yourself an oversize glass of festive cheer and welcome the Christmas market back to Brum!

Wow... what a place. Some desert places are done up well, some have good customer service, some…read moregood deserts.... very rare you will find a place that ticks all the boxes. But this place has all and more. Absolutely brilliant ... but made massive mistake by taking my neice as its the only place she talks about now 'PIRLO's'.... Thank you to all the staff for a brilliant experience and making us very happy. Highly recommended...

I hate having to put 2 stars but I think it's a fair assessment. Me and a friend had some time to…read morekill and we had walked passed pirlos a few times and decided to try it out. When you first walk in you realise a lot of money has gone in to this place its very grand and gold and shiny but no matter how grand and shiny a place looks waiting over 30 minutes for a drink and a scoop of ice cream when there are only 4 other customers in there is not gonna make me happy. Ok so I understand that when it's busy to keep on top. Of things is hard but we were literally among 3 other tables. It took someone at least 10 minutes to come take our order. Which was a smoothie a diet coke and 2 scoops of ice cream. It took 30 minutes for them to complete this order. I'm dissapointed because all of the deserts look delicious but it's completely put me off going back to try any of them. Such a shame.

Frankie & Bennys is an American Italian style restaurant located across from Odeon cinemas. It's a…read moregreat spot to grab dinner before a film, although it seemed like it was the only restaurant close to the theatre. In fact, that is the only reason we ate here. We were seated quickly on a Wednesday evening. The restaurant didn't appear to be very busy. It took nearly 10 mins for a server to come over and take our drink order. In his defense, I think he was the only server on. I ordered a bramble which was seriously mostly ice. Highly disappointing. It was a happy hour special though So I forgave them. The second drink I ordered was a martini and tasted very weak. I'm not sure if they were watered down due to the price or if all drinks are just plain weak. As far as food, we ordered some garlic dough balls which came with a wonderful jalapeño cheese sauce. I liked the sauce so much that I ordered a meal with it. The potato skins were pretty good. There was one favour with pulled pork that was well worth the calories! As for a main, I had a baked wrap with chicken, lettuce, tomato, cheese sauce and bbq sauce. Also came with a strange salad and a sad serving of coleslaw. What bothered me here was the wrap was baked with the veggies. So the lettuce and tomatoes were boiling hot and soggy. Maybe I'm being too picky, but it kinda ruined it for me. And the fact that our dinner sat under the heat lamps for a bit because our poor server was running his butt off. Not sure why the two managers doing nothing did not deliver our food.... The dessert menu looked amazing so I was hoping it would make up for the underwhelming meal. I ordered a cinnamon crunch waffle that as you'll see from the photo was mouth watering. However, it looked better than it tasted. The ice cream had frozen ice chunks in it from being thawed and re frozen. And the waffle didn't taste fresh. My partner's dessert was a chocolate brownie sundae and he thoroughly enjoyed it. Our server was named Don or Dom. He was lovely and friendly. Very good server. Despite all the disappointment, I would try again. All the 50s rock and roll reminded me of home (although our italian restaurants do not play any music remotely close to that). The menu is large enough that I'm sure I could find something that works.

We came here for lunch for half term, we loved the food!…read more The lunch menu has a greedy selection to choose from and the mains were only £6.95. I chose the BBQ burger and fries and my son had the missus margarita pizza & fries from the kids menu.

DDC's just awesome. The original and best weekly street food event in Brum. Mercifully now 2 days a…read moreweek (Friday and Saturday) to allow more opportunity to enjoy some of the vendors amazing grub. It's set out the back of Spotlight & Mama Roux's under a large canopy. There's normally 5 or 6 vendors, and it's generally a good mix of different cuisines - always one burger joint (the best being Flying Cows and Meat Shack, now OPM have their own digs), normally something Asian (either Thai, bao or Vietnamese), sometimes Mexican, BBQ (Andy's Low n Slow is there regularly) desserts (crepes, pancakes and so on), wood-fired pizzas and loads of other stuff. Drinks are inside Spotlight, full bar with craft beers, cocktails and everything else you'd want. Always a great vibe with good music in very 'Digbeth' surrounds. Well worth your time of a weekend!

It's a place I got dragged to, yet I ended up enjoying myself more than expected. I highly…read morerecommend.

Looking for some American diner style breakfast/brunch spot, Seth S. and I decided to check out…read moreCelebz since another brunch place was closed. The Celebz concept is based on a kitschy stereotype of Americana with quintessential foods like burgers, waffles, fries and milkshakes. I love a good bit of kitsch but Celebz seemed to hit all the wrong notes. The blaring music, loud colors, and cold interior left me feeling like I was on Sunset Strip after a late-night bender in search of greasy garbage to cure my hangover. The vibe, encouraged by Rhianna screaming "bitch better have my money," was starkly contrasted by a grouping of families with small children. Womp womp. When placing our order we learned that the milkshake deal (+£2) advertised with the burgers only applies to the burger meal, requiring you to spend £9 for a sandwich and milkshake, with or without fries. Seth S. got the burger but skipped the milkshake and I decided to get some pancakes and twisty fries instead. Seth's burger and my fries were delivered to the table fairly quickly, but we were almost finished eating before my pancakes arrived. I was disappointed that the pancakes were crepes not American style pancakes in an American themed restaurant, but that's neither here nor there. The twisty fries were perfect - just like some of my favorite from a greasy spoon in NC. The crepe presentation was nice but the flavor underwhelming. Too much egg was used in the batter, and the egg flavor overshadowed the Belgian chocolate drizzle and strawberry filling. If you're in search of an authentic Vegas hangover cure, this is the place for you!

I am big fan of reviewing places on what they are and as an independent American diner I have to…read moregive this place five stars. Located over by Aston uni campus this place is a bit out of the way but when looking for a late night sweet myself and a friend took a wonder over here to see what it was all about. Now I know this place will not be for everyone, it's loud and in your face in terms of design with pictures of the USA and celebrities on the walls. The menu is made up of a range of popular American classics like burgers, milkshakes, pancakes, cookie dough and ice cream. We decided to go for nachos and a cookie dough dessert to share which were both surprisingly good. The nachos had the guacamole and salsa on the side instead of being all over top which is great for a condiment lover like me! The thing that I love about this place is you can easily sit a chill for a few hours eating and drinking on a quiet weekend night off the booze (dry Jan seemed like a good idea at the time) if you are looking for a place to get something sweet with a good range of options this is a great option in the city centre.

Simply the best…read more That's right, here I am standing in the country's finest and tastiest street foods. It was an honour being able to attend to see what potential new businesses or franchises that could one day turn into a monster in the market. The day was filled with good buzz from all the people, to watching drunken customers having a go on the rodeo. Despite me and my friend Davey not trying everything, we're convinced we chose smart and went for our top 6 merchants (in no particular order) 1st stop - Buddha Belly 4.5/5 *** Davey's Nomination *** A local Thai merchant originated from Stourbridge, a town familiar to another elite I'm familiar with in the Yelp Birmingham community. When she gave high appraisal to this merchant, there was no way I could back down, so I went in with high expectations. It was £8.50 for trying a bit of everything which included a vegan curry, chicken curry, noodles and Thai crispy chicken. For me, the curry was the best Thai curry I've had in Birmingham and I think it is, it's just a shame it's not permanently stacked somewhere. However, the other half of the dish, I felt the noodles were slightly too greasy and wasn't particular outstanding, with the same view on the chicken, as from the colouring, I'd liked to see the golden texture. Whereas it was dark and slightly soft meaning old oil was used in the process which damages the flavour. Overall, I was very happy with the dish, the presentation was very good and genuinely I felt the dish was given to me like I was standing in Thailand. 2nd stop - Pheasants Hill Farm Kitchen 4/5 This merchant was a pot luck choice by which Davey decided to try as they were selling simple sliders, which provided a good change of pace, meaning it wouldn't totally fill us up. For £3.50 we ordered a Venison burger, which I believe is always a risk if it wasn't cooked just right... As expected the burger did exceptionally well, marks were rewarded with the fact that the juices along with the meat just slowly dissolves in your mouth, slowly topped off with the butterness of the brioche bun. It was a wild deer chase, but eventually we caught it, and it felt good...! After a quick drinks break at 3rd stop - Cracking Nuts... 4th stop - Cheeky Burger - 4.5/10 I wasn't really much of a burger guy myself, but after my recent visit with Elaine at Original Patty Men, I was reminded why Cheeky Burger also has a very good chance of winning at the awards as well. The raw smell of beef with the addition of streaky bacon, something so simple yet so delightful. Davey had ordered a 'Cheeky BSF Brummie' without cheese as a specific, despite it was disappointing not being able to serve the correct order the first time, they were very helpful and even served us bacon straight up on the pan! (YUM!) but it doesn't end there. We were also given some cheeky awesome fries too, which are not to be underestimated as there were exceptionally crispy. The burger had a similar texture to Pheasant's Hill, but the juices with the flavour from the beef and bacon made it exceptionally better. To me, this was a balance between Original Patty Men and the well known Five Guys. Messy but very tasty! I'm expecting Cheeky Burger to be in top 5. 5th stop - Man Meats Fire 4/5 A well known BBQ Champion from Adam Richman's series. These guys definitely know how to BBQ and no wonder they had sold out quite a lot of their items on the first day of the festival. Here a stood as the man was just pulled a bone off a chunk of meat as if it was just a Popsicle stick out of a melted lolly. The meat looked so juicy and tender that I just couldn't resist! At a merchant, which sold such a good variety of meats, the beef rib was definitely one I couldn't pass the opportunity on. With such a huge bone and the meat separating so smoothly, you can gather how tender and moister it was. The meat itself had a great texture, however I felt more flavour needed to be added. With meats as good as this, marinade would've been a perfect combo, however with logistics behind all this, I know it may've been very difficult. After a stop off at the retro gaming....! Final stop - Dim Sum Su 5/5 *** Gary's Nomination *** A 2nd visit to Dim Sum Su, after visiting with Elaine at the Hawker Yard during soft launch. I have high hopes for this merchant with the queues long all day and the fact that I was remembered from my last visit. At this point, we were feeling very full, however I just had to convince Davey that this was the real deal and I won him over big time! The Cantonese Chicken Bao was the same as it was a weeks ago, tender, juicy with a slight sweetness, the 'bao' itself was perfectly cooked and moist. It's one of the few dishes I'd like more of! But did I mention that they do some amazing dumplings too filled with leek, chicken and chinese mushroom! Dim Sum Su is one of the merchants to keep an eye out for, these guys are not to be underestimated.

The 2016 British Street Food Awards took place over the weekend at The Rainbow Arena this year and…read morewhat a culinary treat it was. The arena was packed with 17 traders from all over the UK who had been chosen from over 3000 entries in 5 regional heats. There was also a DJ playing some great tunes as well as the Festival photo booth, face painters and Dead Pixels had all of their retro games set up in the Rainbow. I took my 14 year old nephew and we had a great time. I was pleased to see that a lot of the traders were offering smaller portions for £3-4 to allow you to try lots of different dishes from different traders. We walked around the arena a couple of times to check out our options and settled on a couple of sliders from Cheeky Burger from London as our first course. While my nephew settled for a standard cheeseburger, I opted for their BSF Brummie burger special which was accompanied by comte cheese, confit onion, rosemary compote, grilled smoked applewood bacon, homemade garlic aioli and homemade ketchup. We both wolfed them down, mine was really tasty and I will definitely go back for more if I spot Cheeky Burger on my travels around London. Our second course was from The Breakfast Club who are based in Brighton - the large BACON sign on top of their trailer lured my nephew in, as I'm sure it did with lots of other people over the course of the weekend! He sampled the fried chicken with waffles, gravy and maple syrup while I opted for the mac n cheese fritter. Again, both were really tasty and didn't last long! Finally, we had to go local and chose thai curries from Buddha Belly. I opted for their vegan curry while my nephew went for their chicken curry. I am a big fan of Buddha Belly, if they are at an event I find it very difficult to chose anything other than their amazing food. As usual, both dishes were beautiful, really flavoursome and nicely spicy. I was really pleased to see that Buddha Belly eventually won the People's Choice Award at the event, very well deserved. My only criticism of the event was that there was a very limited sweet offering - despite scoffing all of that food, my nephew and I still fancied something sugary afterwards but there wasn't much on offer. Despite that, it was a very pleasant and relaxed afternoon, we went home with very full bellies and big smiles on our faces!

Before I had even had a chance to try Deliveroo, I was recommended Dirty Cow Burger. These guys…read morehave popped up in the O Bar kitchen and are open for orders in the evenings (now until 11pm) via deliveroo.co.uk (if you live within the delivery radius, of course). The burgers are a double burger as standard, and if you opt for a double burger - you get a quadruple burger. Well, blow me down... They make some seriously good grub. Me and Dan had perused the menu from Deliveroo and decided we would go for the set meal for 2 (coming in at £22.50 including delivery). This entailed 2x burgers (1x "Dirty Roo" and 1x "Just plain dirty") Burgers with 2 portions of fries and chicken wings. As we had, had a bit of back and forthing with Dirty Cow on Twitter, they had kindly offered to substitute one portion of wings for hot wings for us to try. Now, these were seriously good and recommended if you are ordering off the main menu. They were pretty saucy, but gave a good tingle on the tongue. Recommended for spice fans (but might be a bit hot if you the kind of person who prefers a korma). The food was well packed, all the different bits were separate and everything was delicious. We were so full, we couldn't move after eating. If you're hankering for a big, dirty burger on an evening, you won't go far wrong by giving these guys a try.

These guys know what they're doing! We sampled dirty cow through a recent Deliveroo order and were…read morenot disappointed in the slightest. With the wealth of burger companies popping up in the street food scene competition is stiff and as we've been spoiled with some truly incredible burgers mediocrity really shows. But I'm delighted to say that this is far from the case with dirty cow. For £20 we were delivered two burgers, two portions of fries and two portions of hot wings. They graciously changed our order to one portion BBQ wings and one of the suicide hot wings and I'm so glad they did. The BBQ wings were smokey and sweet without being overly sickly like some BBQ wings and the suicide wings, oh man were they good! I love spice and for a moment thought these would get the better of me but I powered through and once I did the fruit spicy sauce came into its own - I even mopped up the remaining sauce with my fries! As part of the deal were two burgers: one your fairly standard beef burger topped with lettuce, pickles and tomato, the other with the same BBQ sauce as the wings, bacon and frazzles! You heard me... MOTHERFLIPPIN' FRAZZLES! This gave some really nice texture to the burger and this one was hands down my favourite. The beef patties were succulent and tasty, although could have been a little rarer in my opinion but that's not my call to make. A great addition to the Birmingham burger family and if you're down on Broad Street or in need of a burger fix at home then check these guys out. I imagine we'll see great things from them.