Chakana in Birmingham

Wanted to update my review after having been back multiple times now - everyone is always so helpful and tonight they made croquettes specially for me with plantain because of my various food issues. Thank you so much! 22/11/2024 Love this restaurant. Great for gluten-free and super good with other intolerances. It’s rare to get exciting food that tastes like nothing you’ve ever eaten before and that looks like a picture - esp. if there is stuff you cannot eat. Expect a lot of corn and shapes and colours you’ve never seen before.

We went tonight to chakana and had their Christmas set menu. We found the atmosphere relaxing. It wasn’t so noisy you couldn’t talk. The food was amazing. Enough to eat. The salmon ceviche and the dark chocolate mousse were my stand out meals. Also the purple corn main. We couldn’t fault anything. Our server was amazing. Just the right amount of attentiveness.

The tasting menu was spectacular, accompanied by a pisco flight and a bottle of Peruvian white wine. Each course was a delight, so many of them new flavours to us. Any "foodie" should visit this restaurant and we'll definitely return.

very distinct and fascinating - high quality for all our starters and mains ranging from the sea bream and tuna ( awash with flavours) and a lovely spiced crab dish to the delicious mains - very friendly service explaining the dishes and good value wines -- an fine meal and see you next time

Incredible experience with excellent food. The service was also top notch!

Amazing! Period. This place is still on top if it’s game, if not better, while so many others are falling off in terms of quality and service. The manager Mr. Owen did a great job of maintaining the bar high and ensuring an impeccable experience from start to finish. Treat yourself and your family, go eat there!

Lovely unique restaurant with great food and service. Thank you to all the staff for an enjoyable evening.

An excellent restaurant in Moseley offering delicious, Peruvian food and very warm service. Well recommended.

I don't review restaurants too often. They is the 2nd place that I loved. First in the UK 😊 Peruvian food is amazing! Their entire menu caters for gluten free requirements which is amazing. But the best part is that all the food options are flavoursome.

I would give this 4.5 stars. The service was impeccable. The drinks (between us we had cocktails, wine, juice, desert wine, amaretto) were all 5/5. The food was mostly very good - especially the chicken dishes and the salmon ceviche. The pork main was lacking in flavour and the tiramisu was served warm which was a little odd and left the table regretful about ordering it. We would go back again, but would avoid certain dishes.

Great for special occasions with authentic recipes.

Dined at this venue yesterday and what an experience. Fine dining ,amazing food , friendly and attentive staff if you want a 10 out of 10 experience I can't recommend this establishment enough. Fantastic .

A wonderful and unique experience showcasing the best of what Peruvian food has to offer

What a fantastic experience! The food was just delicious, beautifully presented and with excellent service (our waitress took time to explain the menu, the food came quickly) in a lovely atmosphere. We’ll be back!

Excellent experience, never had Peruvian food but the portions were generous, the food was cooked by a Michelin starred chef and you could tell. Prices are reasonable and we had a lovely server called Erica who was outstanding in explaining the service and food to us newbies. Would definitely come back if in the area.

Went back to Chakana today - a year after our first visit. Nothing has changed its still.... Exquisite food. Stylish surroundings. Delightful staff. This place is really worth it! Give all your senses a treat... amazing. (This enthusiasm for a restaurant is EXTREMELY unusual for me. This place is exceptional).

Amazing food, always happy to cone back for special occasions 😇

I did the tasting menu and my wife had the vegetarian tasting menu and every dish was excellent both in taste and presentation. Good choice of wines and drink - - we went with the wine recommendation and it was an excellent choice. Service was excellent being both informative but retaining a relaxed vibe. I have hesitation in recommending this restaurant and I will be revisiting

First time eating Peruvian food and one of the best restaurants I have been to. Highly recommend all the sides to start

Exceptional find on open table The food,drinks, staff, energy, all 5* Every dish is amazing We tried all the snacks Highly recommend the hot crab causa and suckling pig

Excellent restaurant! Has won handful of awards and the chef is michelin starred, which increased our expectations.Amazingly met, the beef and chicken was tender, sea bream ceviche was so fresh, and the crab starter was so creamy! The quality of the ingredients were phenomenal, portions are generous too!! Even the starter ceviche I had a lot of the fish 😹 Erica is excellent in her service, we had a brief chat and she originally hails from Mexico. She was very knowledgeable about the dishes & was so friendly! Thank you!

Faultless, Faultless, Faultless, Faultless, Faultless, Faultless. That's my review of the tasting menu. And as for everything else i.e atmosphere, service... Faultless. Me and a friend enjoyed absolutely every second and every mouthful of our visit there. Overall, the food is of Michelin star quality and I would say trumps some of the Michelin experiences I have had so far in Birmingham and beyond. Exciting, unusual and yet familiar, creative yet also simple. Just sheer elegant perfection. I cannot wait to come back. My friend I came with cannot wait to come back either.

Staff were brilliant, very friendly, very polite and professional. Food is amazing, vegetarian options were so good. This is our new favourite place. Suckling pig was amazing.

Bit disappointing. We had the tasting menu that provided a lot of variety but had very small portions and some dishes a bit hit and miss. Sea bream ceviche was good. Crab and suckling pig not so much.

Can't wait to come back Wow! A masterclass in restaurant Its not cheap but also not expensive.The food, service and atmosphere all delivered with a personal touch. Unique flavours from start to finish. enjoy a delicious meal from lovely people. The chef was so modest to come to our table ☺️

Had a great time trying Chakana's vege tasting menu. Well fed and well looked after. Obviously this place is all about the fish, but they cater well for veggies and vegans too.

The reviews here had been very good and I have heard lots of good things. I went with a vegetarian so it was a good opportunity to try both the veggie tasting menu and the non veg tasting menu. The vegetarian menu seemed to lack variety, there were a couple dishes that had the exact same sauces etc but just a different vegetable. One of the dishes was very vinegary and unfortunately this was the dish that was duplicated. Upon asking a staff member if it was the same dish with just a different vegetable they confirmed. The non veg menu was ok, their was one or two nice dishes howver for a tasting menu and the price that is paid its not something I would say was a stand out tasting menu experience. In general the staff were very friendly. There was one issue where we had one lady who was serving us throughout the night and was aware there was one veggie and one non veg. For one dish another lady took over and served non veg to the vegetarian which luckily was spotted by us. The lady who served this was not apologetic and just took the dish away and brought the vegetarian one.

This was our fourth visit to Chakana, the first being shortly after it opened, and we have been for a couple of special occasions over the last few years. Unfortunately, this was the least impressive experience we've had. While the food was generally fine it didn’t feel like it justified the price tag this time. The scallop ‘snack’ was probably the tastiest item, but even that was disappointing as the description said ‘scallops’ but you only got one, so we cut it in half. The artichoke and dragon fruit starters were both aesthetically pleasing and tasted good, but not incredible. The carrot main dish was the major disappointment of our evening. It felt both poorly designed and poorly executed, and whilst I am familiar with the concept of a ‘saltado’ (stir-fry) I don’t think that presenting someone with a bowl of over-charred onions and carrots should pass as a £22 vegetarian main dish. The potato stew main, whilst pleasant, was also a little underwhelming, with the whole thing tasting a bit like a pub-lunch cauliflower cheese. The colours and presentation here are stunning, but it shouldn’t be a case of style over substance. The waiting staff were attentive and friendly, and the cocktails were delicious. They brought over a beautifully decorated free ball of ice cream with ‘congratulations’ on the plate, as we had told them we were celebrating a new job (and they had seen our disappointment at the mains.) Overall, while there were some positives, the quality of the carrot main dish overshadowed our experience this time. It is a shame to see somewhere local that opened to rave reviews leave us feeling so lacklustre, and we hope that the feedback is taken on board.

Fantastic food and really friendly staff make Chakana a wonderful restaurant. It is expensive, but overall still worth it.

We both felt excited and treated by the labour of love that is the taster menu! Especially the fish dish with the roasted corn and pomegranate and the pork also the traditional Peruvian stew. Staff were attentive yet gave us time to enjoy these new flavour experiences. Turn up hungry to make the most!

July 2024 update-absolutely fab food with most artistic flair! Don't bother with the calamari or crab dish..just got for all the seafood starters and dulche de leche cake!!! We absolutely enjoyed our experience both food and service. The server was extremely knowledgeable and accommodating. I would definitely recommend the Tuna Ceviche,Tuna tartar, pork belly and beef sirloin and the lovely passion fruit pisco sour! One star down for the scallop dish as we found it lacking in taste and as the scallops were sliced so thin, it just didn't stand out as the star of the dish.

Main meals were lovely but dessert was too sweet we ordered a selection and they were all too sugary. We had a nice private space which was great, the atmosphere seems sophisticated and what you would expect with high end cuisine. Bathrooms are shared also.

We had the Sunday menu and it was fab. Em had the scallops and I had the crab to start and then we both had the Lomo. Fabulous food, service and tho fairly pricey, it was totally worth it.

Amazing food, amazing service!! Good quality product in very elegant dishes. The tasting menu was well designed, we learned lot of history about Peru as well from very knowledgeable waiter. We cannot fault anything. Definitely recommended it.

Absolutely amazing food beautifully presented. Cocktails also to die for. Service excellent. We'll be back!! Thank you

JUST INCREDIBLE!!!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Delicious food, a delight for the eyes and the palate, colourful, tasty and all new for this diner; many thanks to Erika for her warmth, knowledge and encouragement - her recommendations were all spot on; a really enjoyable meal in a very laid back venue

Have visited before and once again it did not disappoint. We always go for the tasting menu (and pisco sour recommendations), to get a bit of everything Peruvian. Crab, Hake, Scallops, Potato stew and our favourite Sea Bream ceviche all beautifully presented and delicious! What also makes this restaurant a great place is the service and interactions with all the staff which make for a wonderful experience.

A nice restaurant with a good atmosphere and a good drinks selection. Service was friendly and attentive. Unfortunately the food didn't quite justify the price tag, and although certain dishes (the scallops and ceviche) were nice, the majority were sub-par and left me feeling a little underwhelmed given the hype. The pork was dry with vegetables essentially boiled and plain, and the potato dish was disappointing for £22.

The tasting menu was amazing, I tried foods that I had never tried before and was blown away.

We were seated in a private room for my friend’s birthday which was a nice experience as this wasn’t directly booked through the restaurant, the mains were great however the desserts were too sweet resulting in us not finishing these off. Our waitress was very kind, knowledgable and had pleasant mannerisms.

Best Peruvian restaurant I’ve tried in the UK. The flavours made me feel like home. And the people working there were the nicest!

Absolutely excellent, as with previous visits. Not been for a while so was great to try a new menu, with full stomachs and big smiles all round at the end of the meal. Pisco sour remains a firm favourite on the cocktail menu. Scallops, asparagus, sea-bream ceviche and hot crab for starters; piquillo peppers and potato stews for mains. Every plate was beautifully presented and delicious beyond words. Service 10/10. The best restaurant in Birmingham hands down, we had a wonderful evening, thank you.

Absolutely incredible food here! It's so colourful and the flavour combinations are exciting and tasty. I'm vegetarian and there were plenty of fantastic options to choose from. The cocktails are lovely too! And the service from the staff was fabulous, just the right level of attentiveness and care. We felt very welcome here, and we would definitely come back!

Great place worth heading out od the city to visit. Erika was a dream, a beautiful lady with great taste for food and tequelia. If she recommends something I would order it as I loved everything I had. Asparagus starter was lush and my Hake was beautifully cooked. Great staff and food what more do you want. Erika we need more people like you in the hospitality industry, thanks for making it a special day.

Absolutely fabulous meal, a party of five and we all had 3 courses, plus one of each of the nibbles as pre starters, plus cocktails, wine and coffee! Food was delicious and service was excellent. Highly recommend.

Wanted to come for years and lived up to expectations. Pitch-perfect piscos, service and modern Peruvian cookin. Best I’ve had in the UK.

Gran experiencia en el restaurante Chakana, desde la atención al ingresar, información del taste menu y la comida muy agradable y en su punto. Los veganos también tenemos opción de comer delicioso la comida peruana. Lo recomiendo y regresaría.

They had me at doughnuts. Fresh food with fantastic drinks!

Absolutely love Chakana, have tried both the tasting menu and the a la carte menu and both do not disappoint. Highly recommend the sea bream ceviche, it’s incredible!

Very good food. I love the peruvian menu. Lovely mexican waitress. She explained every dish in detail and they treated us great

We stopped casually for drinks and I was surprised by the ambience and the atmosphere of the place. We sitted at the bar and had a warm welcome .we had the pisco sours and the ceviche .I must say 10 out of 10 Definitely had a lovely experience.cant wait to come back! Love it !!

This is the second time we have come and we are not disappointed. Refined and delicious dishes, the servers are very pleasant and the atmosphere is great. I recommend booking on the weekend.

Booked 9course tasting menu. The sea bream ceviche, crab causa, scallops tiradito, andean potato stew, beef short rib pachamanca, and chocolate mousse were all great. Worth every penny

The food here is amazing and really good value for money considering the effort and attention to detail they clearly put into the dishes. The atmosphere is relaxed and the staff were lovely. Had a great night with great food. Definately visiting again.

Third time at Chakana. It remains simply next-level dining with faultless service. You will be wowed by just how much zing the team can magic onto your - stunningly presented - plate. The colours alone are a feast for your eyes. The flavours do the rest. Unmissable.

Best ceviche I have ever had. All dishes were incredibly well made. Price was ok for a restaurant that has a Michelin star

Thank you for a lovely evening. Food amazing and service too; making my birthday special. could have selected every dish from menu. Definatley coming back. New favourite :-)

Really enjoyed our meal at Chakana. The food was certainly interesting, with some flavours / ingredients that i'd never tried before. If i had a small criticism, it would be that perhaps some of the dishes have too much going on. Standard of cooking is high as you'd expect from a Bib Gourmand restaurant and the service we had was excellent. If i had the option I'd rate it at 4.5 stars and it is somewhere we would happily return.

Oh how amazing! Real welcome and real authentic tasty food from Peru, delicately and lovingly produced by their amazing chefs. Erica carefully explained each dish and served us to the extensive taster menu (fish and veggie options) at this secretly located Michelin Star restaurant in Mosley just off the main Alcester Road. Beautiful food from Peru complimented by their own Peruvian cocktail similar to a Cosmopolitan but with more punch! Take a look at our photos...

This place is fantastic. Every dish presented flawlessly, flavours combined to perfection, having eaten many Peruvian meals in Lima and elsewhere, very authentic. Definitely had far too many courses but it was worth it!!

La comida es excelente, la atención sobresaliente definitivamente mi nuevo restaurante favorito, gracias Erika por hacernos sentir como en casa fue para mi una celebración de cumpleaños memorable

We are here on 7th March. The service was great, the staff are extremely welcoming. Everything we ate was great. the sea bream Ceviche was absolutely outstanding. Also recommend the beef fillet, the celeriac purée was like caramel. Incredible! Highly recommended!

One of the best restaurants I have been to. The food was amazing, the employees were so kind and the atmosphere so confortable. I highly recommend to go ! Just remember to book in advance :)

Fantastic food and fantastic service. The food was simply amazing. The service was attentive, quick and infromative. The pisco sour to die for and the dishes looked amazing and were just delicious.

Chakana is our favourite local restaurant for special occasions. The food is unique, soooo tasty and beautifully presented, and the service is friendly and relaxed but attentive. I would always recommend this place and feel very lucky to have it on the doorstep!

Every dish was delicious and so well balanced. We thoroughly enjoyed the food, as much as the cocktails. Julia was very knowledgeable about the menu and gave us some great recommendations. We’ll definitely go again and take our friends with next time!

Absolutely love this place from star to finish !!! The food beautiful presented .the service was very friendly….and the pisco sours 10 out 10 !!

Very good food and the ceviche the best

Warm relaxed atmosphere with delicious food and excellent service. Fresh, original menu with a good range of options and fantastic cocktails.

very good flavor. The combination of textures is perfect. my favorite dish was ceviche. Thank you very much Erika for your attention

Chakana is a gem. The staff are really friendly and fun to speak to. The menu is varied and as vegans- we felt very accommodated. Lots of delicious options! The food is colourful, interesting and very different. They don't rely on meat substitutes, instead they craft each plant based dish with care and attention to make the veggies shine! My wife really enjoyed the artichoke ceviche whilst I demolished the carrot saltadito and asparagus causa. We also really enjoyed the dragon fruit Tiradito! The drinks are prepared with as much love as the food. Their pisco sours can be made vegan- delicious. I had a nikkei time which was honestly amazing. Can't recommend Chakana enough!

Superb food and drink, cracking atmosphere and sterling service. 10/10. Compliments to the chef and staff for a wonderful restaurant.

Marvellous Peruvian food. Colourful and tasty - one of the best meals I've ever had.

Amazing food, one of our favourite restaurants in Birmingham! We’ve eaten Chakana food twice - once in the restaurant (my husband and I had the tasting menu) and the other time we had it as take away - we’ve just had a baby and they were so accommodating, so that we could bring the food home. None of the flavour was lost, it was as good as when we had it in the restaurant! Exceptional service. The ceviche was my personal favourite and my husband liked the suckling pig the most. We will be definitely coming back.

Amazing, loved everything. Food was delicious, my favourite was the sea bream ceviche. Relaxing atmosphere and the service was especially excellent, they are so friendly and make you feel at home. 10/10

We went for Sunday dinner as a family. We really enjoyed the experience! The service was was very good and the food was good as always. We enjoyed a very nice white wine served by the glass. Would definitely recommend.

An interesting - and very pretty - meal. Unusual ingedients (a lot if then purple), We enjoyed the food a lot, I particularly liked the octopus, but one of our group was not so impressed with the hot ceviche. Desserts were not, in my opinion, as good as the first 2 courses: if it says 'dulce du leche' as the heading then I think there should be more than a smear on the plate + it came with unannounced ice-creamthat I'm not fond of.

We've come here to celebrate a birthday and what a way to celebrate! Great food and drinks all the way from Peru. Definitely recommend it

I recently enjoyed a lovely evening at Chakana with my wife, we both went for the tasting menu. It was a great introduction to Peruvian cuisine, each dish was so balanced and packed with flavour. The presentation of each dish is amazing, colourful and exciting, it’s a real conversation starter. Serving staff explain the dishes which adds to the experience. We also enjoyed the wine suggestions, top notch.

The ceviche was really great but I had the full tasting menu and it fell a little flat compared to other tasting menus. I was so excited to try chakana and sadly it didn't live up to the hype or the standards of other Birmingham tasting menus. The service was also very slow in the middle and the atmosphere just felt like a normal restaurant, not bad just nothing special.

We've had a lovely time having some delicious dishes and excellent pisco sours

Had our wedding meal here! So undoubtedly a solid favourite for us

Loved this place, never tried Peruvian before and the waitress was incredibly helpful in recommendations. Food was very good, light, clean and tasty. Decor is interesting as a former bank with a special room for parties in the former vault to the bank. We will return with friends...hopefully very soon.

Maybe a nightmare shift at Chakana? Staff were nice but lack of training or understaffed did not help with number of instances that isolated are not major e.g. waiting front of restaurant for minutes with no acknowledgement, unable to give proper recommendation off wine menu, and empty alcohol glasses kept on table for a while. For a fine dining restaurant the interior finishing was not great. The real problems with the experience: ordered snack, starter and main for table of 4. It took starters 1.5 hours to arrive from time of booking. We were waiting excessively for mains also - literally ordered a second bottle of wine to pass time. Once starters were received, notified one of the mains "has run out" so had to order something else, unsure why we weren't told much sooner. During the long wait we were never updated by staff, just simply thanked for waiting once food was eventually served. The artichoke cerviche was nice but the quality of the food otherwise was questionable; none of the produce used for vegetables tasted fresh or of a good quality e.g. a tomato used in one of the dishes was not even ripe, looked and tasted like local supermarket quality. Outside of the cerviche none of the dishes were well received or even considered nice. The main dish potato stew was too salty to eat - at least half was left untouched but the staff did not question it or ask how everything was during the meal. On receiving the bill we requested the service charge to be removed, and were told it has already been done prior, due to the long wait. As a group felt we deserved an actual discount also, spending £60 (ex service charge) a head, for a bad experience seems ridiculous. My best guess is staff including management and kitchen have been shifted to London and the current Birmingham restaurant is relying solely on its historic ratings - a shame as we were really looking forward to it.

Amazing food with lovely service. We had the tasting menu and the food was incredible. We will be back!

Absolutely brilliant service! Colourful and exquisite food 👌. If you want beautiful Peruvian food, sumptuous wine, and the most attentive service; please come to Chakana 😁

Once a firm family favourite, disappointingly, this place has lost its lustre. Under staffed, although our waiter was lovely, drinks took 40mins to arrive, they ran out of bread, the presentation of the food which once looked like amazing art, is nothing to look at now and lacks taste as well. Sad to see this once fantastic place go so downhill!

Enjoyed the creative plates and friendly service. The courses are playful and are pretty sophisticated with many layers. On top of that, the cocktail "tiger milk" might be the best thing I've drank in last few years. Kudos to the chef and the kitchen!

The perfect word to describe this place is simply stunning !!!!!! Food, service, everything was perfect

Came for the tasting menu having never tried Peruvian food before. It was very nice and the portions were huge compared to other tasting menus I’ve tried, although it is expensive in comparison. Staff were very lovely. The veggie option didn’t feel like equal value for money as the meat version, two of the courses were almost identical and there was some repetition with flavour and vegetables used. However my partner was very impressed with the meat tasting menu.

This was our first time trying Peruvian food and we weren't disappointed. The flavours were delicious and the portions were more generous than expected. We would be definitely coming back.

Lovely food and atmosphere would really recommend!

Four of us had dinner here on the Friday after Christmas. None of us had been here before and we were blown away by the whole experience. The restaurant had a great atmosphere but not too showy. The food was stunning, definitely very different but really varied and superb quality. We went for the taster menu, which was perfect for our first visit here. Our server was also wonderful, so friendly, attentive and knowledgeable about the food. We will definitely be going back.

The food and the people how work in there are fantastic! Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Absolutely amazing experience. The food is incredible, service is amazing without being stiff or overbearing and the drinks were perfect. Thank you so much to the team for the best dining experience.

Great food and lovely staff Had a fabulous meal last night

No hesitation in recommending Chakana. We selected from the Christmas menu and were served excellent flavours prepared with love and attention to detail. Ambiance was totally relaxed and comfortable. The front of house team were right on the mark, attentive, engaging and knowledgable. I will certainly be heading back for more in the New Year. Thank you to the entire Chakana teams for making our experience one to remember for all the right reason. Nick

Veggie tasting menu was INCREDIBLE!! the ceviche was absolutely stand out. Erin, our server, was fantastic at recommending pairing drinks & explaining dishes, she was also super fun. Highly recommend the tasting menu experience. A team of talented and wonderful people!

Sensational fine dining! Attention to detail across the entire food and drinks menu. Highly recommended.