We booked Mahirs for my wedding. They couldn't have been more helpful right from the start. They…read moregave us excellent advice, they were very easy to work with, and we felt confident that Harvir and the team were going to provide us with a good service. On the day, everything ran smoothly, the food was excellent and the whole team were very professional. My friends and family still talk about how great the food was to this day! I would definitely recommend Mahirs

I am definitely a fan of Mahirs. We booked them for the catering at our wedding after a tasting…read moresession. The food was all freshly prepared at the venue and the waiter staff were well mannered and helpful. The only reason I did not go the full five stars is because I there were some guests that had to wait for starters and some only received a part of what was on the menu. This may have had more to do with the emergence of unexpected guests but I can only hope that Steve and the crew think about this possibility going forward. Would recommend them without a second thought.

Having booked the Leicester Venue at the Empire Hall we were looking forward to our evening. We…read morewere emailed constantly about pre-booking drinks prior to the evening along with the fun casino money to avoid queues and to offer savings on drinks. We took advantage of this but warn future guests not to Unless you want to lose out. we were charged for the cloakroom upon arrival too - having been at Athena the week prior we didn't expect to have to pay £3 each for this on top of our £90+ tickets. We paid extra for VIP tickets which didn't give us anything other being closer to the entertainment and the drinks table service. Not worth the extra 20 quid cost each at all The drinks were served in plastic tumblers with no ice and the mixers were large cheap plastic bottled versions. The best bit though was that they COST US £1.85 MORE BY PRE- ORDERING THEM !!!!! so by pre ordering our drinks we were overcharged by £18.75 ! We were only able to use 25% of the casino money as there was one black jack table so couldn't get close until near the end so had to give the unused money back the food was very good. the music was too loud initially with the tables vibrating and the entertainment was ok. We emailed after the event to ask for a refund on the drinks and casino money and was told that they don't do refunds - they also said that had we drank something else other than spirits like bottled ale we wouldn't have overpaid as they were more expensive than the vouchers - by 5p. The fact spirits and mixers were so much cheaper (because they were using cheap mixers) we would have been happy if it was proper tonic in proper glasses with ice - would have paid double for that! We were also told we were given too much fun money to enjoy so should be happy with that (This would have been ok if we could have used it but didnt have time to) The venue was lovely but the company skimped on the drinks and entertainment and was clearly more interested in wringing the extra out of guests while offering a drinks service best suited to a school disco (obvs without the alcohol). I think their customer services leave much to be desired and so I urge those of you looking for a professional Christmas Party next year - book at Athena ! But if you do decide to book here -DONT PREORDER YOUR DRINKS ! I have emailed again but I am now being ignored - clearly this company is comfortable treating its customers poorly and basically I would have been fine if I drank Brown Ale - otherwise sucks to be me ! I was so looking forward to this event and was sorely disappointed in how amateurish it was compared to Athena - which I thought would be the poorer of the two but how wrong I was. Athena wins hands down ! Quality, comfort, entertainment, venue, drinks and great customer services

The Regency Banqueting Suite is a brand new venue, it's modern features make it an amazing space…read morefor a Christmas Party, it's one of central Birmingham's largest dedicated dining and events venues, catering for between 300 and 1000 guests.

The New Bingley Hall is a strange little events space located just out of the Jewellery Quarter,…read morenext to the Hockley Flyover. Short of an actual event, I'm not sure why you would end up visiting (although I can see from the other reviews that it is also a banqueting hall). It's a bit of a blank canvas outside (looking smart, but rather dull), but it does offer a generous amount of parking or is reachable by foot or bus. It was a good choice for a beer festival. With it's huge cavernous rooms it presented loads of space to have multiple bars offering over 300 beers in one place. It's also got a nice little outdoor/indoor space which floods with natural light from the huge windows and allows for more attractions and food vendors to be located at an event. It might be considered a bit of a pain to get to from town, but it's around a 10 minute walk from Jewellery Quarter train station. It's in a very industrial area, but being located by the flyover means it's still walkable and busy enough not to feel like the sticks. In terms of facilities, it boasted a large reception space, a big bar area and lots of clean toilets (with disabled conveniences as well). There was some seating provided on the day, but I imagine much more would be available should you be hosting a large event here. A smoking area was provided outside the venue, but again, I imagine this would be different as per the event you were attending at the time. In summary, I would attend an event at the New Bingley Hall again. It's an empty shell ready to decorate as the need requires and boasts enough space to host very large capacity events. It's convenient enough to get to and seemed to have enough facilities for the number it hosts.

As I have only visited once, for the Birmingham Beer Festival, it is hard to give it a full…read morecomprehensive review. I am told they do weddings here too(?). It's a very large space and for the festival itself I thought it was indeed the ideal space. It doesn't look much from the outside and perhaps not the easiest place to get to unless you drive, but I think it was worth the trip for me. It is spacious and airy, there are plenty of chairs and table and the toilets were very clean and tidy.