Emporio Artari in Solihull

What a wonderful Italian afternoon tea with champagne! We were greeted by a lovely young waiter who showed us to our table which was laid out ready for us with a crystal water decanter and matching glasses, beautiful yellow and white teacups, saucers and side plates, the cutlery was a good quality and all matching. The champagne cork popped, and we were served with a glass each of crisp dry champagne....no Prosecco here, this was the real stuff! The menu was explained to us and the food was freshly made and absolutely delicious, just so different to the usual sandwiches that you get with an afternoon tea. We each received our own teapot of hot tea. The cakes were all so different and bite size and filled with chocolate or custard plus there was scones, jam and cream of course. The service was outstanding, and it was so nice to have the same young man looking after us for the whole experience, his manners were impeccable, and he is a credit to the restaurant.

The cocktails and coffee were very nice I have to admit, however the food was terrible. For an Italian restaurant I ordered a pizza which came pre cut and in a square shape ( non authentic) and to top it off the base was soggy the mushrooms un-cut and the cheese was non existent. I ate it because I was hungry however I will never be returning. The staff were very friendly and welcoming but it took over 10 minutes to be given a menu and 15/20 minutes to order a drink. The pizza was on level with a primary school cook it yourself equivalent.

We visited for Afternoon Tea on Friday 9th February. The whole experience was wonderful. From The welcome we received, the friendliness of staff and the food was delicious. It was a little different to the normal afternoon tea with open sandwiches but very tasty. The cakes were all amazing too. The table was laid beautifully with beautiful china tea cups etc, We were driving so couldn’t enjoy the 2 for 1 on cocktails but from what we saw they looked superb. We will definitely be back again. Well worth a visit.

decided to try somewhere new whilst visiting town and had a quick gander at the menu before going to look in some of the shops, after thinking about it for a bit we decided to visit here for a sandwich and a drink as we only fancied something light for lunch. we ordered 2 of the Chicken Milanese panini and a ham and cheese focaccia as well as 3 teas. the drinks arrived quickly as did the food. the food was delicious and we really loved the fact the chicken sandwich was not caked in mayo as well as the salad was not covered in dressing and we were offered oil and balsamic to add to our liking. the staff seem really freindly will defo be back to try some of the pasta

I booked an afternoon tea off Groupon and it didn't disappoint. Staff were attentive, food was delicious and seating in a lovely cosy booth

Beautiful Brunch, polite staff good atmosphere. Avocado and eggs, good portion sizes and tasty coffee