ASK Italian in Birmingham

Emily K is the goat ! Helped us have a nice evening with kids !

Lovely evening meeting family. Great atmosphere and great, friendly service

Amazing food, service, and atmosphere. I can't think of any negative replies.

We were served by Emily K and she was great

Great food, shame about terrible service! Ordered food and only half was given and then no waiter came back to our table, waited patiently for someone to come to our table but they were busy elsewhere. Asked for bill and again no one came back back to us

Six of us, we turned up without booking but they found a table for us. Great food and fantastic service from Emily K. Thank you.

Really excellent service by Emily K, made our family celebration perfect! Great food and atmosphere!!

Great place to have an amazing pasta in Birmingham!

Table of 12 for a family occasion, Emily k was fabulous thank you

Great experience, lovely food, Emily K’s service was exceptional!

Emily K was great, very attentive, patient and kind, the food was lovely and service even better xx

Emily K is the goat A legend of a waitress

No tiramisu but great service from Emily K!

Emily K was amazing, she's a legend.

Emily was very attentive and looked after our group really well throughout our visit.

Super friendly staff and good food

The food was great we really love it 👍

Very lovely food ❤️ and good service 🤌🏻 Thank you so much 😊

Amazing experience looking forward to come back

Excellent, friendly service. Look forward to visiting again. Emily K being a Charlie XCX fan was a bonus…!

Oskana was very helpful. She checked in with us to make sure we were happy with everything and made sure we left with happy bellies 😃 Great service, thank you!!

Oksana was amazing!! Really great service and the food was great. Thank you 😊

Excellent friendly service, when I advised one of our party was gluten free they knew exactly what do to do and which menus and allergen info we needed, food was very nice, gluten free pizza base was pretty good, not the best we’ve had but far from the worse. Our server OliviaG was on it, attentive and friendly, we would eat here again.

thank u to ask italian birmingham for being super accommodating for me and my best friend who has a peanut allergy! thank u also to our lovely server pippa; keep up the good work!

The food was lovely, served by attentive waiting staff?

Consistently good, great location, menus change with festive dishes to and reasonably priced for the easy busy location.

Emily K - absolutely wonderful member of staff. Attentive, courteous, genuinely caring for the customer experience

Emily K was brilliant. Really friendly and couldn’t do enough for us, although it was a very busy Saturday lunchtime.

Very enjoyable lunch with the girls. Emily K was fantastic - friendly & attentive - even on a very busy Saturday.

Tobias & Justin were great with their customer service. Nice one, lads!

Very very inattentive staff, table not ready despite booking ahead and they weren't that busy but we still waited ages for anyone to come and take our order and only then because we had to ask someone if we could order but the food was nice

Food was fantastic. Emily K looked after our table and she was extremely polite, friendly and professional. Thank you

Great food and excellent service from Emily k 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Absolutely love it here. Yesterday we had a group of 10. I know large groups can be chaos, but the staff were brilliant. Everyone we spoke too staff wise were very energetic, positive, kind, and helpful. The food and drinks were lovely.

Justin and Tobias were excellent

Enjoyed lunch on a Sunday afternoon. It was busy due to the Christmas market but service by Emily K was fast and with a smile.

Such a long wait time for food only to be served with a boand pizza and pasta. Could've had better Italian at home. Waste of money.

We waited almost an hour for two pizzas. I had to ask several times(4 in total), but they kept ignoring us. We were about to leave when they finally brought us one of the worst pizzas we ever had. As an "apology", they tried to offer us a drink—but our time is worth more than your pathetic drink. Just avoid there are like 10 other better Italian places in the same street.

Booked the day before for daughter.'s 20th birthday on a Friday night at 6.30 for a table of 5. We just had mains and a couple of desserts. We did start with a shared garlic bread with cheese - delightfully light and tasty. Mains were 2 x King prawn linguine - lovely flavours with quite a spicy kick. 2 x Ragu - excellent! 1 x Calzone . After a wait for replacement calzone after some ingredients left in the first one, the Calzone was also lovely. Our waiter was Jaydan who was excellent throughout the meal. He even brought out a small chocolate brownie with candle for her Birthday. Lovely, enjoyable family mealwith great service from Jaydan!

absolutely amazing experience and emily k was absolutely fantastic and amazing food

Matt make the best cocktails. Best service and amazing service, pls do visit!

Nice atmosphere, staff were slow bringing our drinks dispite being able to see them on the bar. The food was nice. Would go again

Jaydan is an absolute start love the energy from him so welcoming would definitely come back again x

My second visit here in a couple of months. Much busier than my first visit, but the service and food were still excellent. Can recommend the Lasagne, Pollo Della Casa and the Stromboli pizza. Staff were very friendly, especially Emily K who took our order and made sure we had everything we needed.

One of the best team and italian restaurant I’ve been to. Special thanks to Emily, Melissa and oksana🧁🍻 You ladies are amazing

Great food and drink, with friendly staff.

Excellent meal. Excellent service. Lovely staff. Can recommend the Mount Etna pudding.

Emily was great! The new Chicken dish was lovely.

Emily K looked after us well without being intrusive. She helped us feel at ease and that nothing was too much trouble

First time in the restaurant and everything was perfect. We got served by Emily and Matt (the manager/supervisor) and we honestly have nothing but positive experience. From food to service, everything is spot on. Big thanks to Matt and Emily for making our time there so enjoyable. 100% we will come back. Also, many thanks to Matt for taking care of my allergy/intolerance properly, too.

Waitress incredibly friendly, kind, provided allergy info.

I have spent an amazing time. The food was lovely as well as the waiter ! I’ll come again !

I went there for my birthday with friends. First time going, and I was really impressed. From entering, staff greeted us with a smile, which is very important, cause that's what sets the 'mood'. A varied selection on the menu, and I enjoyed the meal. Our food came promptly and still piping hot! Overall, I plan to take my family there. Keep up the hard work!

We came here for dinner, and the food was very nice, both our starter and mains were lovely, however the service was very slow and not attentive at all, especially when it came to ordering our dessert. A waitress came over and took our order, however, after 20 minutes of not receiving ours but the tables beside us did get there’s who ordered at the same time by the same waitress, another waitress came over and asked if we wanted dessert. We said no after realising that the first waitress didn’t actually take it even tho she had looked at us multiple times after. Unfortunately it ruin the experience we were having

Thanks Emily K, very hospitable

Emily K is an amazing waitress, great service and very knowledgeable about the food served on the menu and makes great recommendations.

Visited here prior to the theatre after booking in advance. It was busy but no one said there was any delays. Waited 40 minutes for our starters, but assumed that our mains wouldn’t take as long! Then another 40 minutes later our main courses had still not turned up! My daughter asked the manager nearby how long our food would be as we needed to leave and the waitress next to her rolled her eyes! Then the table who had arrived about half an hour after us, behind complained about delays and they were given free drinks and their food arrived! We cancelled our food and walked out! This completely ruined our evening! Their attitude was appalling. Nobody apologised or seemed to even care! I will never visit Ask Italian Birmingham again!

Enjoyed a lovely pizza here. Great service, relaxed atmosphere, and good food. Will happily return.

Food was amazing and the staff were friendly x

The food is served very slowly and delicious.

I visited here with my family and have had a truly terrible experience. We arrived a little bit earlier than our booking time and were seated. We waited almost an hour for our starters and then waited a further forty minutes for mains. The table next to us which complained just before we did got their food before us which was the final straw. When we dared to complain the waitress rolled her eyes at us. There was absolutely no communication about a delay and no apology whatsoever. I would not return here or recommend to anyone wanting to eat in Birmingham city centre.

Loved it! Visited with my partner for my birthday in August before seeing a show at the hippodrome. Very pleasant, spacious layout; greeted, seated and served by Daria who was fab. In particular she was extremely attentive, understanding and professional in regard to my partner's serious allergies - confidence-inspiring, which is disappointingly very rare when dining out. Food was delicious, dessert outstanding. Spotting it was my birthday from my tasteful badge(!) Daria presented dessert with a candle and offered us a complimentary drink - small things perhaps but showed a personal touch which together with the quality of food and environment made the meal more than the average chain restaurant experience. Genuinely impressive all round - would wholeheartedly recommend and return.

Friendly welcome from the main server, and good service from him. Service from other staff was less good, and therefore a bit inconsistent across the restaurant. Took a while for our order to be taken, and for the food to arrive, despite the restaurant not being busy at the time. All of the food we had was very nice. Not enough bread served with the cheese fondue. Main courses and chips were very tasty (too much spinach in the calzone, but they were able to remove one of the cheeses for me when ordering). Great value meal due to using blue light discount.

Good vegan options. Portion little small but some good offers available to make it affordable.

At ASK in Birmingham New Street on Thursday evening. Food was good, restaurant busy, staff great.

Lovely staff, decor and food. Will be returning

Nice food but they take FOREVER to seat you and even LONGER TO SERVE YOU

The service was amazing with very friendly servers. The food tasted good with fit serving sizes

Pre booked a table for 6pm but still needed to wait around 15 mins to be seated, and some 'walk in' customers were served before us. Considerably understaffed and badly managed. Had to chase for drinks, menus and then wait nearly 45 mins for food to arrive, after we had told the waitress that we had theatre tickets. Food was ok, although choice of pizza options was disappointing. Our bill was timed at 7.15pm ie 1 hour 15 mins for one drink and a simple pizza meal. The restaurant needs to stop taking 'walk ins' when they clearly do not have the kitchen staff and waiting staff to cope. Drinks very expensive at £7.25 for a Peroni and £8.25 for a glass of wine. Will not return as there are numerous better Italian restaurants in Birmingham.

Thanks Olivia for an exemplary dine in service and I loved the taste of Pasta and Garlic bread. I am certain that I’d come here on every sunday.

We had a wonderful dining experience at ASK Italian! The service was top-notch, with the staff being incredibly friendly, attentive, and quick to accommodate any requests we had. From the moment we arrived, we felt warmly welcomed. The food was absolutely delicious, with fresh ingredients and authentic Italian flavors. Every dish was cooked to perfection, and the portions were generous. The atmosphere was relaxed and inviting, making it a perfect spot for a cozy meal. Highly recommend for anyone craving great Italian food with exceptional service!

Food, service & drinks all good

Zucchini frittes are to die for

Food lovely, but had to wait over 40 mins for mains

The good was delicious and fairly priced. The staff were friendly and helpful. I would definitely visit here again.

Caitlin was so lovely! We really enjoyed our dinner and such fabulous service :)

Great food, service was fantastic and quick. We didn’t originally plan on coming here but was pleasantly surprised with how good this chain is. We would definitely recommend. Caitlin was especially good and very attentive.

Didn’t realise ask was still going as it shut down in Leicester. We had such a lovely time xx

Caitlin & Ben were great. Lovely food and attentive service.

Daria was fantastic and gave me confidence as she took my food allergies very seriously! We had a delicious relaxed meal! Thank you!

Olivia was amazing great service

Amazing quality food, always great taste no matter the choice on the menu! Really broad menu choices for both mains and starters, meat and veggie options available! Pretty fast service and easy to pay online rather than wait. Nice atmosphere not too busy comfortable

Absolutely amazing, authentic Italian cuisine, best grande lasagna I have had outside the Mediterranean. Our servers, Matt & Dharia were fantastic. We went for our 24th Wedding Anniversary and I have to say that we are so glad we did. They surprised us with 2 Proseccos at our table and a beautifully presented complimentary desert. Ask Italia is a gem in the culinary crown of Birmingham city centre. We highly recommend this restaurant, very reasonably priced and gorgeous menu. Grande Lasagna Caprese salad Rosemary & Olive bread...DELIZIOSA! Thanks for making our anniversary extra special 💕

Lovely staff and food was brought out quick and very nice.

came here today and had such a good time. matt served us and he was really nice and made it a really enjoyable experience

I recently dined at Ask Italian and was very pleased with the quality of the food and drinks. The meals were delicious, well-presented, and reasonably priced, offering great value. The drinks menu was also impressive, with a good selection of beverages that perfectly complemented the dishes. However, the service left something to be desired. Despite the restaurant not being very busy, the service was quite slow. We had to wait an unusually long time for the bill, which put a damper on an otherwise enjoyable experience. Overall, while the food and drinks were excellent, the slow service, especially when it came to settling the bill, was disappointing.

we always have a fab meal here and great service , friendly staff . we look forward to our next visit .

Dalia is amazing staff! Thank you for your amazing customer service

Lovely food and Dalia was amazingggg Please try the pistachio tart!!!

I had a lovely time at this restaurant with my friends that came to visit from Japan. Thank you very much Dariyah for serving us.

Tasty food, helpful staff, pleasant surroundings

Lovely food and service. Lovely lunch.

Went to order a quick takeout and was served by Daria and her team. Food was nice. Daria was so welcoming and very personable, looked after us very well! Also thankyou to Olivia and staff with lovely piercings (sorry didn't get her name!) for being kind

Guys were excellent, I have severe citrus allergy and the kitchen staff made me a lasagne from scratch to make sure all allergens were eliminated. Respect and thanks to the team.

The food is a 10 and there is a boy who speaks Spanish, everything is perfect

Always a nice time at this branch. Staff were really nice and welcoming. Food was fresh and delicious 😋

Such an Italian vibe well were to visit you won’t be unhappy with food service or hygiene. Indoor and outdoor seating which is excellent right in the middle of new street in Birmingham can just watch everybody walk by or sit inside for more romantic vibe.

Excellent pizza. Serves also excellent. Place very clean.

I went to dinner with my teammates in this restaurant. It’s located on the Main Street. The service was good, and the food was tasty. I had butterfly king prawns, king prawn & crayfish frilly tagliatelle, and a drink. The atmosphere could have been better, but overall it was a good experience.

Brilliant food and smashing service! Best vegetarian carbonara (I know) we've ever had. Service was incredible thanks to Emily K! They're an absolute legend!! Highly recommend this place!,