Hengata in Birmingham

I took my couple to Chapter to celebrate her getting anew job. We often use Chapter as the food is excellent and the service impeccable. Sadly, 14th September we didn't have the best experience. The food and service were as good as ever, but there was a birthday party of some 30 people which were unbelievably loud - raucous even. It was like being a football match. I have no issue with restaurants entertaining such number - or even such groups enjoying themselves, but it would nice to be advised in advance as it almost ruined the evening.

The English breakfast was mediocre, no scrambled eggs. The waiters are very professional, the environment is beautiful, and the price is slightly expensive. It has already caught up with the 12.5% ​​service fee in London.

Habíamos visitado dos gatos expectativas cuando oímos que estaban abriendo un pop-up en Digbeth (sobre todo porque era 1 minuto de mi puerta de la oficina)

The hashbrowns were very yummy. Eggs were cooked perfectly and the pancakes were delicious!

Wow! I'm still reeling from just how disappointed we all are by our visit to Akram's last night. We are BIG Asian food fans willing to travel some distance to get the most authentic food. We were recommended Akram's by an Uber driver (on our way back from our usual eaterie) and were genuinely excited at what we were told. On arrival it was truly 'heaving' and we did have to wait over-time for our booked table; but were so excited we just took it in our stride. The staff were friendly and hugely efficient - operating like a well-oiled machine; which they needed to in order to keep on top of the service! After possibly the best Papadoms and Pickles selection I think we've seen to date, our main courses arrived; within 30 seconds of the Paps being cleared away; again, a well-oiled machine,,, We all ordered different dishes; a Balti Fish and Vegetable Karahi (if memory serves); a Balti King Prawn Karahi; a Chicken Dansak and a chicken Tikka Masala. On serving, our first reaction was 'this doesn't look appetising or filling'; served in large balti dishes, the Chicken and Prawn dishes literally looked like a few lonely pieces of meat in a alternately thick / watery or gloopy sauce. But we reserved judgement for the 'taste-test.' On the Dansak - even the pineapple in the sauce was utterly tasteless; The Tikka Masala tasted of nothing other than sugar; The Fish and Vegetable Karahi was 1. devoid of any flavour and 2. almost completely devoid of any fish... The King Prawn Karahi was to put it mildy; completely tasteless... though labelled as 'Spicy'. I actually used salt and pepper to try to give it some flavour as truthfully, I've tasted spicier Oxo based gravy... The King Prawns were totally overcooked and I even let someone else taste 1 to see if they could recognise the flavour... "Water - it tastes like water" was the unsolicited and objective input; yes - I don't know if they were fresh-water prawns (is that a thing) or had been marinated in fresh water - but it was genuinely the first time I have tasted - tasteless prawns; and I've eaten in 108 countries... To their credit, when the staff came to clear up, they asked if everything was ok and I politely told them how disappointed we were with the food for which the staff-member apologised. If someone had served me a glass of wine as disappointing as the food was, it would've gone straight down the sink. Nothing tasted 'bad' such that we could really complain; but then nothing 'tasted' of anything... Truthfully, our go-to places are The S'oak (Selly Oak), The Masala Merchant (Moseley) and Tamasha (Harborne / Edgbaston). The first listed is by far the best and best value. We noted that none of the customers in Akram were actually Indian, Bangladeshi or Pakistani - which really should have been our warning. Great staff; great service; just tasteless and overcooked food. Cannot recommend and genuinely, we feel so disappointed as to feel 'cheated.'