Really good café, popular with my work colleagues and always busy with locals…read more Serves everything a local café would, full English breakfasts, omelettes and jacket potatoes. I go there for there for the freshly made sandwiches and baguettes. The favourite at work is the tuna and sweetcorn salad baguette. Sheldon Café to bean to cup coffee for a reasonable price.

My best friend and I decided to try this Café for a change of scenery from Costa Coffee. We were so…read morepleased we did. It was clean, offered good service and great prices. We will definitely be returning.....

It was so good that I'm tempted to say it wasn't and demand that I go again, for a second opinion!…read more The ambiance of Aalto restaurant is relaxing whilst still buzzing with life and energy. The live music added to the ambiance, providing a soothing and pleasurable background to the meal. The restaurant itself is beautifully decorated, modern, tasteful and welcoming. I loved that we were sat on a large round table - I'm rather a fan of round tables as I feel it creates a better social vibe, and always supports odd numbers without so poor soul sitting opposite Hollow Man (which, lets face it, would put you off your food!) As for the feast itself. Well, let's start with the menu. It was the perfect size, with six options in each category, so plenty of choice without it been too baffling. All the same, I did find it hard to choose, as so many of the options were deeply appealing. For starters, I settled on the Beetroot & Goats Cheese Tart, which was served on a bed of rocket, with walnuts and balsamic vinegar. It was a feast for the taste-buds, and light enough not to make my main course option of Roast Lamb appear too daunting. The lamb, as with the starter, was beautifully presented, and there was a lovely selection of vegetables served with it and they were cooked too perfection. The main was delicious, and plentiful. You will not go hungry after a meal at Hotel La Tour, tough you may need a little lie down! So as not to cheat ourselves from the full experience, we all had dessert too. Again, I was a little torn between a couple of the options, and decided in the end that Spiced Crème Brûlée with Shortbread Biscuits just sounded too good a treat to miss. I was right! With food that tantalizes the eye, stimulates the taste buds and is delivered with a wonderful side portion of fabulous service, Hotel La Tour provides a fabulous menu at reasonable prices, and is well worth a visit. I shall be going again.

Where do I start? This was my very first visit to Aalto and…read moreI have been waiting a very long time to mark a special occasion there. The decor is superb, the embience is just right, the pianist play as you sit enjoying your drink in the lounge is relaxing and shere class.. The food - 5* I will be back!!!

Oikos is easily the best cafe on Erdington High Street…read more Whether you want some breakfast, lunch, or just want to pop in for a tea or coffee, Oikos is perfect. Their menu has a great variety to satisfy whatever you may be crazing, but not too much that it's overwhelming. The staff is kind and accommodating, their smiling faces are always ready to welcome you whether you are a regular or a first time visitor. My personal favourite food is the personal pizza. They just got a new oven, so it takes even less time to cook it to perfection. But I've had many different things from their menu and have yet to have a bad meal.

Oikos Cafe is a bright light in Erdington! Amazing space, really clean, and great coffee. Staff is…read moresuper nice and helpful, and makes a great addition to the high street. You won't be sad to visit!

My first visit and I get a lovely welcome. Great service,…read moregood coffee, comfy seats - and lots of tables and chair too. Just ask if you'd like a takeout Opens bright and early7.30am. From having one for years, we now have 3 coffee shops in Custard Factory area - fab!

This place has already become one of my favourite places to get coffee in Birmingham, if you are…read moredown in Digbeth and want somewhere with a relaxed vibe but great food and drink...this place is worth a visit. The building itself is part of the Old Crown pub which believe is one of the oldest pubs in the city. The low ceilings and stained glass windows make it so cosy and packed full of charm. Myself and a friend went for soya flat white's (very hipster I know but she is from Brighton......) and a couple of items from the very reasonably priced sharing menu. For food we had a sharing portion of wings and a black pudding scotch egg. Both were SO good, very fresh and generally amazing. Another one for the to-do list of you haven't already! This place is a real find.

Breakfast Review: An…read moreimmaculately clean cafe, with mod like artwork. The place was staffed by a couple of young ladies that being honest, didn't seem to want to be there, though they were efficient. They do an array of breakfasts, based on English historical figures, (Nelson, Churchill, Henry VIII). Ingredients are cheap, however, prices are equally cheap. I opted to go for the Nelson, a small breakfast, consisting of a sausage, bacon, an egg, mushrooms, a hash brown, toast and a complimentary coffee, all for just £3.60! Its good value breakfast.

Try difficult to get parking very congested road. The cafe it self well decorated a good selection…read moreof foods pretty authentic cooking.

I'm going to dispense with any usual pre amble or attempt at formal introduction here and just…read moreindiscriminately yell "BEST CHICKEN KEBABS IN BIRMINGHAM" - possibly the world. It's difficult to pin point why these kebabs are so much better than all the other kebabs in a city that's generally knee deep in reconstituted pillars of meat , but the quality of the meat is definitely much better here, and the delicious nans that hold them together definitely help a lot. The price is higher than virtually every other kebab in the city, but the quality has totally justified the higher price every time in my opinion, and it still works out cheaper than a curry. They serve curries, burgers and other stuff like that but I've never tried any of those because I've been too busy eating chicken kebab. I'm sure the other dishes are good though. Oh, and did I mention that the kebabs are really good?

Decent little coffee place in the train station / convention center area. It's pretty nondescript,…read moreand normally I'd just go for three stars, but I happened to be there when they were having a systems malfunction in their POS system. The way they gracefully handled the situation (after a few moments of mild flailing about) is easily worth an extra star.

Stopped while waiting for our train to London. Pastries looked good, but I didn't eat one. Latte…read morewas good and BF had a canned beverage. Server was nice, and waited for me while I tried to count out currency. I'm American so the I get mixed up with the different coins. She was patient. Thanks for being nice to visitors!

After seeing Dave P's photos and hearing him rave about this place, I knew I had to go. I've had a…read morebit of a week of new discoveries this week, so when I was invited to a late meeting at Millenium Point (with this coffee shop being situated just around the corner), I was presented with the perfect opportunity to go and give it a go for myself. It's got a cute looking exterior, with a modern feel in steely grey and bright pink. With their location, I would think they would mainly attract a student crowd, but it wasn't busy on my visit (between 4:30 - 5:45pm). Inside the venue is clean, modern and there is plenty of seating to be had. On the right hand side of the shop is a widescreen TV and area with comfy high backed seats and on the left is a selection of low and high tables to sit at. The counter shows off a number of tasty treats for purchase. I knew that I was having a cake before I got in (I even knew I wanted a bubblegum cake after hearing Dave talk about it), but the other pastry and cakey treats did provide a tough choice of when I got up to order. As well as sweets, they also do sandwiches and some savory dishes (so it could be a good spot to pop in for lunch). I took advantage of their "any cake and hot drink for £3.45" offer, but there was also an offer for beers after 6pm, concrete cake and a couple of other bargains to be had (depending on what you wanted and the time of day it was). To go with my rainbow cake treat, I opted for a vanilla latte. Once I had placed my order, I was told to take a seat and it would be bought over for me. This shop does have free wifi (under the code of a BT Hub), you just need to ask the staff for the code. This is invaluable in this part of the city; as signal isn't great for me around Eastside. My drink and cake were bought to me within a couple of minutes of placing the order. The cake was just as good as it looked! Light, fluffy and sugary; it was devoured within a couple of minutes. The coffee was pretty good, not as strong as I would have liked, but very nice regardless. I was having such a nice time working away that I later ordered a watermelon bubble tea. This was also excellent (and great value at £2.50). If you are ever around the Jennens Road side of the city and hankering for a cake or a coffee - I would 100% recommend CoffeeKup.

Passing here on each morning walking to university always temps for a quick pick me up but time is…read moreoften the enemy. A quick trip inside shows a small business with a very clean and vibrant atmosphere, perfectly presented cakes and patisseries full of colour immediately catch the eye. The drastic mix of pink and wooden furniture offset themselves and the mix of classic seats, high stools and sofas provide respite for all demographics, though the seating is very limited. Chillers behind the counter contain a classic mix of wkd and Stella, perfect for the student digs perched overhead. The staff were friendly and service was quick and with a smile. Coffee was fairly priced and what you would expect quality wise from this sort of small venture, nothing extravagant but a good coffee nonetheless, may take use of this one in the run up to assignment hand ins!