Elma Restaurant is inspired by broad East Mediterranean culture…read more Five stars for the food: wide choice and excellent quality of all dishes. We enjoyed the typical mixed starters, grilled sea bream, king prawns with rice and stuffed aubergine. Overall, I give however 4 stars mainly for two reasons. The environment despite being spacious and well organized on several rooms, is quite normal. The service, being gentle, precise and with the right speed, sometimes lacks the care of some small details necessary to be considered perfect. Anyway, a great choice, where we will be happy to return!

Absolutely terrible. They do not care about allergies and made me sick!! And still didn't care at…read moreall. I told them about my dairy allergy, multiple times. They said the baba ghanoush was fine, so I got Some. The bread looked buttery, so i asked them about it. They said it had dairy!! Luckily I asked first and only tried the baba, didn't eat the bread. The grape leaves came with a bowl of yogurt and had some sauces in the leaves themselves too, so I just avoided it. Then we came to the main course, chicken on pita. I asked them to double check it was dairy free and he said yes, it's gluten free. I explained again for the 6-7th time that my issue is dairy, he checked and said oh yes the pita has dairy, just don't eat it. I explained I can't just skip the dairy parts, I have an allergy! His response "So what do you want me to do about it" .. I sent it back, ate a protein bar I carried while my colleagues had the business dinner. And then was sick and had to go to the restroom (which is on the 3rd floor) many times. Terrible service overall, avoid.

Situated right at the intersection of Sheep Street and the High Street, Mida's is probably one of…read morethe most trafficked spots in town. It's a cute Moroccan cafe with a full breakfast and lunch menu. The lattes are blisteringly hot, which after my time in Morocco is a welcome sight. I literally learned new ways to hold hot (metal) tea glasses in Fes. The bacon & egg breakfast sandwich is a simple one, but it's cheap and tasty. Perhaps not my favorite cafe, but certainly full of character and ambiance. Plus, the views of passers-by is about as good as it gets.

I visited this wonderful place a couple of weeks ago. I'm an American, and had never visited this…read moretown before that day. My friend recommended we try Mida, and so we did. I was so impressed! The owner waited upon us as if we were family. he was a Morrocan who spoke several languages and was quite a raconteur! His wife was the chef. She came to the table to offer us a sauce she'd just devised for the dish my friend and I shared. It was amazing! The food was incredible. The service was top notch. I wish I could visit with this charming couple and patronize this place many more times.

I witnessed yesterday what I consider to be the worst piece of customer service and embarrassing…read moremanagement that I can ever recall. A young couple came in to order drinks at a quiet time for the pub in the afternoon. The card machine seemed to not be working and this couple after trying repeatedly to pay for their drinks were told to return their drinks to the bar from outside, as they like most people of their generation were not carrying any cash. I felt acutely embarrassed for them as they were obviously made to feel extremely uncomfortable by the lack of empathy shown both by the serving barmaid and by the manager who was called. The drinks were then disposed of and the couple left, I'm sure never to return. I certainly will not return myself either as this episode of lack of understanding, compassion and downright rudeness on the part of the Orange Tree left such a bitter taste in my mouth.

Went to this restaurant while visiting the UK and it was an awful experience the manager Stacy…read moreneeds to be in the basement somewhere filing. Her customer service skills were very poor with how she treated us as patrons. She confused out orders and even lied about the drink service. She told me it was regular coke when she obviously served us Diet Coke. My cousin ordered 2 meals and one was to go. She did not put in that order and when we were getting ready to leave proceed to tell us that "It's not like when you are in America and you get to order things to go and rice cannot be taken off the premises" I have never heard of this before in any of the countries I have visited yet alone in the UK. She was rude and unprofessional and the food was equally unimpressive. I would not recommend this place to anyone!

This place has great decor, having been redone. The staff are friendly and thoughtful. Having…read morenoticed that we had ordered only vegetarian food, they double checked whether we could eat gelatin, having ordered a lemon tart. The risotto verde was full of veg but could have done with some lemon or some stronger stock to give it some bite. I had to add a lot of pepper and salt to it. The halloumi kebab was nice but seemed to be lack the dressing (or the dressing was lacking in flavour!). The desserts were tasty and generous.

This is a fairly new place (either that or I've just noticed it), serving Mediterranean (French,…read moreItalian, Spanish & Moroccan) dishes. The menu is extensive, interesting and served by really nice people - friendly without being too matey. It's got really modern decor, and it's expensive (ish) at £40 each for 3 courses with wine, but worth it. Also they have special offers every night including free house wine on Sundays, and live music on Thursdays (non intrusive Jazz). It would get 5 stars but for slightly uncomfortable chairs.

Great food! Plenty of vegan options. Very friendly service. Cheap.read more

Been to Elham's 3-4 times the past few months. The presentation is unusual in the sense that the…read morefood is served like I am at my grand parents house during the holidays, rather than a typical order off a menu restaurant. This is the best part. I would say I know good Lebanese food (because of my background) and this certainly hits the spot. Their tabouleh is amazing, as is the eggplant, and they use proper Syrian bread, not that fake Tesco naan stuff. 5 stars!

Small, quaint restaurant with amazing Greek food!…read more Both my husband and I got the Kotopoulo Souvlaki- chargrilled kabob with side salad/ vegetables and pita with a side of basmati rice. Juicy and flavorful, would definitely recommend it! This place is wonderful and worth trying- will for sure come back when in Oxford again!

Enchanting interior, great value, and excellent service! The moussaka was amazing as were the…read moregrilled lamb chops. We highly recommend it!

We went back today and ordered the moussaka and prawns. Still perfect. Gosh how I wish he would…read moremove to the US and open a restaurant near my home. For those of you Oxford dwellers, you don't know how lucky you are. You should grasp the opportunity and try his food, my friends. I wouldn't presume to know if the dear Chef had served us authentic Turkish cuisine or not, but I must tell you, authentic or not, it tastes wonderful. Once you've had his food, it will be hard for you to not miss it. For the days to come, I shall await with alacrity our next visit to Oxford, and most definitely, to Oxford's Grill. Teşekkür ederim!

My wife went here on a Friday night because she was on the Cowley Road and everywhere else was…read morefull. She liked it so much we went together the next day for lunch! The place doesn't look like much from the outside but the staff are friendly, the place is clean and the food is great! Cheap too! The free humus and bread is amazing! The moussaka is incredible! Can't wait to return and try the rest of the menu.

Mykonos is a greek restaurant near the train station…read more The owner of Mykonos, Dimitri, is the friendliest, happiest restaurant owner I have ever known. He gets really involved with the people who eat there. Whenever I have been there, he has made me get up and dance with him on a table at the front. After the dancing he gets everybody outside and lets us all smash a plate. The food is delicious and the atmosphere is the best I have ever experienced in a restaurant. I highly, highly reccommend this place to people of any age for birthday meals, anniversary meals, a fun night out with friends, anything! You will have fun, guaranteed!

I went to mykonos a couple of weeks ago for a hen party. there was a large group of us and the…read morerestaurant was very accomodating. it was a friendly and welcoming atmosphere from the start, we all thouroughly enjoyed the food and left totally stuffed!! some of the girls tried food they had never had before eg the calamari, and all really loved it! As mentioned in previous reviews, Dimitri is fabulous!! He had us all up dancing all around the restaurant and out into the street and down the side of the building to smash plates! we all had such a good night that i will definately return!

Once I had gotten over the fact that this restaurant isn't licensed (so an ideal place to bring the…read morekids or grandkids!!) I settled down with a glass of chilled water, to enjoy the tenderest, most tasty dishes I've eaten in a long while!! Very pleasant waiting staff and everything is cooked and prepared in full view, so no problems there! Clean, well presented, tasty - and reasonably priced! Will definitely return when back in Birmingham, given the chance (ideal short taxi ride from the NEC hotels).