Places to take 15 eat in Birmingham

[KevF]

Morning all.

I have been tasked with booking a restaurant for next week for a party of 15 around the NEC in Birmingham.

One of the provisoes is to avoid (if possible) the plethora of curry houses.

I have tried all the 'usual' suspects such as Gaucho's, MPW up the Cube,Millar and Carter and Bar and Block.

Anyone got any other recommendations as time is running out and the Jalfrezi is drawing closer.

Cheers

Edited by KevF on Friday 15th October 09:42

[nealeh1875]

if you are at the NEC then check out the restaurants at Resorts World. They have a Miller and carters there and also a few bars for drinks after. Sports bar in the casino too.

If you want to stay near that, then a few recommendations are Bulls Head in Meriden.. Malt Shovel in Barston. The Boot in Lapworth. The Punchbowl in Lapworth too. All really nice pubs for meals.

The Boat in Catherine de barnes has just had a nice refurb and it nice for meal and drinks.

ETA , IIRC there is a MPW at the Holiday Inn on the Coventry road? will be 5 mins in taxi from NEC.

[craigjm]

Jaques in Knowle is a short taxi ride away and has private dining rooms to seat that number

[thebraketester]

Hen and chickens.

[Fastchas]

I'd avoid MPW's in the Cube like the plague.

[KevF]

Fastchas said:

I'd avoid MPW's in the Cube like the plague.

Lucky swerve then thanks.....

Looks like we are ending up at The Botanist in Birmingham. Apparently I was taking to long so was arrnaged 'on my behalf'......queue the posts telling me to avoid it..

[craigjm]

KevF said:

Fastchas said:

I'd avoid MPW's in the Cube like the plague.

Lucky swerve then thanks.....

Looks like we are ending up at The Botanist in Birmingham. Apparently I was taking to long so was arrnaged 'on my behalf'......queue the posts telling me to avoid it..

Its ok. its a chain pub and a step up from the likes of Wetherspoons but wont set the world on fire. The biggest issue is that they only book tables for 90 minutes so if you want three courses for such a big group you might feel rushed

[DaveGoddard]

nealeh1875 said:

Malt Shovel in Barston

I regularly work just down the road from that one - it's good!

[blueg33]

DaveGoddard said:

nealeh1875 said:

Malt Shovel in Barston

I regularly work just down the road from that one - it's good!

One of my favourites. Business lunches there for 10 years partially responsible for my Mr Greedy profile view. Table for 15 would be a struggle though

[douglasb]

I know you wanted to avoid curries, however the Tap and Tandoor in Solihull is very different from the standard curry houses. As the name suggests, they have a variety of craft beers rather than the ubiquitous Kingfisher. When I was there a couple of weeks ago they had a choice of this year's special Oktoberfest beers.

The food is also not the standard offerings. Have a look at the menu - https://tapandtandoor.co.uk/pages/contact-us

Prices are good as our party of 13 paid under £350 which included 3 rounds of drinks.