
Tropea
Lordswood Road, Harborne
- Food
No.32 GFG 100 Best Local Restaurants 2026
Harborne neighbourhood Italian that local chefs book for their own big nights. Southern Italian flavour, warm service, and you'll need to book.
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Lordswood Road, Harborne
No.32 GFG 100 Best Local Restaurants 2026
Harborne neighbourhood Italian that local chefs book for their own big nights. Southern Italian flavour, warm service, and you'll need to book.

Shaw's Passage, Digbeth
Digbeth burger heroes under the railway arches: messy, inventive patties and a cult following. Napkins are not optional.

Waterloo Street, City Centre
Michelin star
Adam Stokes' Michelin-starred dining room on Waterloo Street: polished tasting menus, precise cooking and a proper special-occasion feel.

Warstone Lane, Jewellery Quarter
Michelin star
Jewellery Quarter tasting menus with a rock'n'roll edge, finally Michelin-starred in 2026 after a decade of brilliance. Bold, playful, unforgettable.

Summer Row, City Centre
Two Michelin stars
Aktar Islam's two-Michelin-star Indian on Summer Row: progressive, fearless cooking that fellow chefs name as the city's big-night table.

Alcester Road, Moseley
Moseley neighbourhood restaurant with South American roots and a seasonal small-plates swagger. Intimate, inventive and worth the trip south.

Great Western Arcade, City Centre
Plant-led restaurant in the Great Western Arcade, cooking vegetables with the respect usually saved for steak. Carnivores leave converted.

Lower Severn Street, City Centre
Rough-and-ready fried chicken joint and bar off the Mailbox. Crispy, saucy, a bit loud and loved by Brum's chefs on their nights off.

Woodbridge Road, Moseley
Moseley Indian street-food bar: chaat, rolls and grills with a buzzing drinks list. Grab a group and order everything twice.

High Street, Harborne
Harborne pub that does it all: weekend brunch, pizzas, a big beer garden and a crowd from breakfast to last orders.

New Street, City Centre
Artisan bakery and brunch spot that's grown into a Brum institution: show-off pastries, proper sourdough and a buzzy, gallery-style room.

Piccadilly Arcade, City Centre
Specialty coffee bar tucked in Piccadilly Arcade by New Street. Beautiful room, rotating guest roasters and baristas who know their stuff.

Pershore Road, Stirchley
No.1 Top 50 Cocktail Bars UK 2026
Stirchley neighbourhood bar voted the UK's best cocktail bar for 2026 by the industry. Walk-ins only, so get there early and settle in.

Frederick Street, Jewellery Quarter
Cosy Jewellery Quarter izakaya pairing Japanese bar snacks with some of Birmingham's best cocktails. Small room, big flavours, book ahead.

Trent Street, Digbeth
Digbeth warehouse club with a big soundsystem, late licences and the city's heavyweight dance nights. Bring stamina.

High Street, Kings Heath
Kings Heath music pub with gigs and club nights upstairs. A grassroots legend (UB40's first gig was here) that still packs the room.

Lower Trinity Street, Digbeth
Underground Digbeth club with an intimate room, a serious soundsystem and house and disco that runs deep into the night.

Newhall Square, Jewellery Quarter
Jewellery Quarter roastery-cafe where the beans are roasted on site: rotating single origins, pour-overs and baristas who love a chat.

St Paul's Square, Jewellery Quarter
St Paul's Square cafe doing everything in-house: Turkish eggs, bagels and doughnuts, plus seriously good coffee. Queue at weekends.