Kababish in Birmingham

My first time ordering from here, and sadly, it will also be the last. I chose this place based on the glowing reviews, but the food was absolutely horrendous. The mint dip tasted like plain yoghurt, with no hint of mint whatsoever. The chicken tikka masala was watery, more like soup, and completely tasteless—nothing like what a proper tikka masala should be. For the price, I expected far better. The food was expensive and didn’t come close to meeting expectations. Very disappointed, especially as I had such high hopes.

Fabulous, delicious food and drinks and service is excellent. Another fantastic night at our favourite Indian Restaurant. Awesome.

First and only visit... food was awful, very bland, no flavour or spice to the curry. Very disappointing. Overpriced menu for what you get

This was my first time trying this restaurant, and unfortunately, it will be my last. The takeaway food was bland, flavourless, and vastly overpriced. As many other reviews have mentioned, their mint yoghurt dip is just plain yoghurt. The Chicken Tikka Masala had a generous portion of chicken but was disappointingly watery, lacking any creaminess or sweetness. The garlic naan tasted like cardboard, and the pilau rice seemed like it came from a packet. The only positives were that the staff were friendly and the interior of the restaurant looked lovely. There are plenty of great restaurants in Boldmere, but sadly, this isn’t one of them.

Service is very good, maybe a little too fast as felt rushed. Food was varied liked the chicken tikka pathia, but not the onion banjee lacked onions and was dry. The pistachio kulfi was expensive and very odd.

10/10 perfection. An exceptional dining experience where both the food and service exceeded my expectations. The meal began with perfectly crisp samosas, filled with a deliciously spiced mixture that set the tone for the rest of the evening. The highlight was the Balti Chicken Tikka, with tender chicken cooked in a rich, fragrant sauce that balanced heat and flavor beautifully. What truly stood out was the outstanding service, with friendly, attentive staff and the owner personally greeting tables with warmth and kindness. The combination of authentic cuisine and genuine hospitality made this a memorable visit, and I highly recommend it.

We came here as a family and had such an amazing experience. The drinks were yummy, the food was delicious and the service was super!

Great food, fast service. Very clean modern decor, polite, helpful and friendly staff.

A harsh 4 but I think others would have rated 5 (I rarely give a 5 but this was close) - wish could give half stars as would've given 4.5. What I was impressed by - the takeout box presentation and the way the food was double insulated with foil to keep the food as hot as poss which makes a big difference when eating at home (despite it probably incresaing their costs), food tasted better as a result, the salad given was nice (much better than the usual takeaway salads given) - contained fresh ingredients - the small details like including rocket/peppers too great addition!!! What could be improved - I ordered the sizzler grill for 2 but it wasn't enough for 2 really, mint sauce (as others have pointed out) could do with improving and price slightly expensive but not outrageously so. I'm looking forward to trying a few more dishes from here!!!!

What an amazing bunch of staff had my sons 21st meal here this evening, the food was perfect and the staff made his day , we had the best time, can't thank them enough start to finish just the best ....thank you so much ... we will definitely be back ...thank you! Xx

First time coming here tonight and what an experience. The staff was so welcoming and lovely. Was seated and asked for drinks and recommendations were made. I asked for suggestions for food as there was so much choice I was struggling to pick and the waitress Mariam was so helpful and friendly. The food arrived and what can I say wow. The food was so tasty and full of flavours. They checked back on food and asked for desserts. They accommodated my dessert to a cold brownie with extra strawberries. The best dessert I’ve had anywhere. Thank you to all the team for making my dad’s Father’s Day meal so lovely. Thank you mariam.

Such friendly staff & absolutely amazing food every time we visit!!! Never disappointed here :)

Highly recommend, great service and food! Different menu which was really nice.

Really nice licenced restaurant, excellent menu. Food is fabulous. The staff are all very friendly and attentive. You must try it.

Honestly can't fault the food, But when they try to charge a child under 1 years old for some rice and a table spoon of sauce at £10 it becomes absolutely ridiculous!

Wonderful meal for 6 of seated at our usuall table many thanks

Wonderful menu, lots of choice although a little more pricey than other nearby restaurants ... but you get what you pay for. First class. Attentive service, pleasing decour and a very enjoyable dining experience. Good for group of friends or intimate occasion.

Very good food. Great staff and a great atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Highly recommended. Great food. Great service.

The best restaurant in Sutton. Always busy, great food and amazing team.

Worst curry ever ..was promptly sick in their toilet after eating their curry …manager didn’t give a dam when I explained to him …never ever again …stay clear of this place …food is shocking for what you pay.

The service was amazing! The servers were incredibly polite and helpful. The food was really good value for money as well. Highly highly recommend!

Amazing food,the staff were very friendly and could not do enough ,would definitely recommend,.

Went last night. Very busy but even then the food was served on time and the staff were very attentive. They even brought an extra table so we would not have to squeeze all the dishes on one. Abishek was a great server. Food was very fresh and tasted good especially the kulfi.

First visit yesterday and I must say it's one of the best asian restaurant I've been to. Despite being really busy, the staff were very attentive and the service was impeccable. Special mention for Abishek, top lad!

Fantastic meal as always Saturday evening - such attentive service and meal 1st class - our friends had not been before and loved it x

What a great place to eat, the food is amazing, and the staff are attentive and happy to help. Special shout out to Hasib, his recommendation was great.

I’ve been coming to the Kababish for 35 years. I remember when they had just 9 or 10 tables, the place has changed but the food and staff haven’t. Sydd and his team deliver the best food and service you can ask for. Consistently friendly staff and consistently magnificent food. I really don’t k now how they do it but I’m glad they do, it’s simply superb. Thank you Sydd and team, I’ll be back for more soon.

best curry in the midlands by far be going there for 32 years clean and modern great menu amazing staff that look after me and my friends and family every time thank you guys

Greatest Indian restaurant.Amazing food.Lovley ,friendly staff. Clean and modern. My favourite place. Thank you..

Best curry I gave ever had this place is amazing

Brilliant food and staff really friendly and welcoming we live in Spain but always make this one of our favourite meals out and will be back next time we are here

Absolutely amazing quality of the food. The taste the atmosphere was fantastic. Our first time eating here and was made to feel welcome and part of the family will 100% be visiting this place again and would highly recommend it

5 star experience. Exceedingly good service and great food. Love this place. Came for Jenny's birthday. Treated like a star. The best Indian restaurant in the West Midlands. Sid's staff make you feel extra special. We had been coming here for 20 years. See you again soon🔜

OUTSTANDING* owner really friendly..staff very friendly. Had fish curry absolutely superb. Too good. There are many curry restaurants in Boldmere. And the others are good but couldn't hold a candle to Kababish.

Good indian food at very reasonable price. Free parking. Bar if you wana drink

Food is always amazing. Great service and atmosphere, well priced too. Highly recommended any of the Balti's and garlic naan

Always good been going there for many years.

Nice food Parking available Management everything perfect

Haven't been there for a while due to location the service food was excellent nothing was to much trouble my grandson and granddaughter both wanted chicken nuggets and they made them will not leave it so long next time the manager should be grateful for there loyal staff who make the place that you want to go back again

Service brilliant. Food delicious. Can't complain

The meal was very pleasant having tried the restaurant before and having a good experience. The drinks and meals are reasinably priced. The only drawback is the feeling of being rushed. Staff were just hovering around waiting for a plate or glass to be empty and removing from the table immediately. Really off putting. Overstuffed in the evening of our visit

Enjoyed the night and the food too The staff were polite attentive and courteous....... Will be returning asap Too all the staff and management

Great food, great atmosphere. Would recommend trying out if you're in the area.

Absolutely amazing experience been a long time because of Covid but absolutely blown it out the park husbands birthday the best ever thank you so much be back very soon flavours still lingering ♥️♥️♥️♥️

My favourite Indian restaurant, hands down. Great atmosphere, fantastic friendly staff, and the food and cocktails are top notch. I've tried other Indian restaurants but always end up coming back to the Kababish.

Been many times and the food, service and atmosphere is always second to none Absolutely top place, would recommend without doubt, would advise to book.

Great restaurant. Friendly staff. Excellent food both in selection and quality.

Helpful and friendly staff. Excellent food at reasonable prices.

Ordered a takeaway last night, no flavour to mine or my partners chicken korma or tikka masala meals that we had, keema naan was disgusting, was more lamb paste than actual meat filling, really disappointed given the reputation this place gets

Have visited twice recently (use to go regularly with friends in the past) food is still very good hence I have rated highly I had take away order they got it wrong so I had to return it which wasted time this took a little away from my experience of enjoying the food

Staff fantastic. Always a nice warm welcome back. Manager best dressed man in town

Have visited here about 4 times now, always made to feel incredibly welcome and staff are very polite and friendly. We have eaten in and had a take away, food has always been great. My partner cannot rate the lamb chops highly enough! The atmosphere always feels great and whilst it is always a busy restaurant, it never feels crowded.

1st time here, 1, told me don't do mixed food, ie Chicken and prawn Balti madras hot. No 2, Chicken and prawns Patia. Food was awful, staff not helpful. Personally I felt the food was prepared earlier, staff were not very helpful. * -00 Go under cover

I think we found our new favourite place. Beautifully looked after by the staff. The food was amazing. Will definitely be back.

Stunning food full of flavour. Is there a six star review. Attentive staff not intrusive and very reasonably priced. Will definitely return.

Excellent, the keema naan was stunning the best I've ever had and the chicken bhuna had so much flavour, always an excellent curry one of the best in the Midlands if not the country, 34 years owned by the same Family 🏆🏆🏆

Very attentive staff, clean and pleasant restaurant atmosphere, food was good but I wouldn’t necessarily say in my experience anything above many other restaurants in the area.

Fantastic food and great service

Amazing and delicious tastes Real indian food here.

Always good. Great food, amazing staff.

Consistently excellent food and service 👌

Beautiful place, staff were excellent. First ever Indian meal. Would recommend.

Went here with a few friends on a Saturday night, the restaurant was pretty much full but we weren’t aware of particularly long waiting times for any of our courses. A thoroughly enjoyable evening was had and I can easily recommend. Don’t know why it took me so long to try this place, I’ll definitely go going back.

Absolutely top-notch meal here yesterday. Excellent food and service. I felt fortunate that we managed to get a table.

It was my first visit, and it will definitely not be my last. From the moment we arrived, we were made very welcome. The service was excellent, and the food was delicious. Can't wait to return.

It was our first time and would definitely go back again

The food was fabulous and the service matched. We had a great evening at Kababish. We hadn’t visited for a couple of years, although we have never had a bad meal here. Would highly recommend it to anyone. The staff are very friendly and attentive, the ambience is lovely and relaxing.

We had the sharing platter to start - delicious, and the lamb chops were to die for. I then had a chicken achari, which was so tasty, really enjoyed it. Staff are so lovely and friendly too. One of the best curries I've had in a long time. Brilliant place

Held a family do at Boldmere fir 15, plus a baby. Food excellent as usual. Service and venue outstanding. Children loved the ability to extend into the lovely paved, lit area adjacent to our table, absolutely lovely. Sid, Tahir et al deserve all plaudits for creating a marvellous venue. Love it!

Awesome food and the service is fantastic, new regular for me! Vegan curries are amaaaaaazing!

Absolutely perfect. Had a takeaway and collected food was piping hot. Meat just falls off your fork. Very flavoursome. Thank you

Best curry I’ve had in a long time. Up from London, where curry options are vast, and this outshined them all. Excellent food, service, and Lovely inside.

Wonderful food great service lovely helpful staff

9 of us attended and had shared platter starters and various mains with rice and naan. Great food and service

Yet another superb meal at this outstanding restaurant. It’s been a while since we visited but we were treated to a very warm welcome and shown around the new extended area and garden, really great to see the plane looking so good. The food, as always, was superb. I can’t recommend this place enough. You have to try it!

Lovely meal ..friendly staff ..Will go again

We had not tried eating from here before having been most others in Boldmere/Sutton Town, so gave it a go! Very disappointing.. Ordered takeaway and staff were helpful in arranging the food to be ready for collection at a later time. When I arrived, swiftly attended to, paid and collected all before they opened the door for me on leaving with hands full! Good start! However, when at home the troubles began. Unfortunately no salad with the poppadoms and no mango? The mint sauce I’d describe as “Yoghurt Mint” as opposed to “Mint Yoghurt”. Tasted sour? Chef’s Platter to start. This was decent if a little expensive. The Onion Bhaji’s were good compared to other places. BUT THEN.. The Curry. Honestly, really poor, and this is obviously the staple surely? Tikka Masala was watery and shockingly tasteless with small bits of chicken like a dogs dinner. The lamb Rogan was tender, but just spicy, no real taste. I’ve since read a few reviews on here saying the same and I can confirm they’re right. Wish I had looked before. Bare in mind, these were £10 curries whereas other places you’re looking at £8.50/9 tops for a far better one. Mushroom rice was SO dry, really poor. The rice even had chunks stuck together like it had been overdone. The mushroom were all shriveled and didn’t seem to have been cooked in any oil, or at least very little. Naan’s were average. Nothing to write home about. Could have done with a bit longer as they were quite pale. Peshwari wasn’t too overpowering which can happen sometimes. Overall, this was not a good meal. For £50, quite the opposite. I’d be hard pressed to go back. I opinion is if you’re going to charge a premium for your food, then you need to ensure it is just that, premium. Judging a good proportion of the reviews on here, I’d say it’s not and there is no chance of it changing. Panache up the road towards the town is a far, far better curry and even better value. Karma lounge is a very decent mid-point and Dilshad, Beeches Walk is some of the best value I’ve found. I’ve been told I’m here for a family birthday in the summer.. I might have to be washing my hair that night!

We have been going to the Kababish for over 20 yrs and can honestly say it's a 5 star experience everytime without a shadow of a doubt. Fabulous restaurant.

Best Indian restaurant around. Well established, food excellent as well as service. Good value for money too

Recommended as we were playing golf apx 15 mins away at the Belfry and everything about this place was spot on , highly recommended, thanks guys for having us 🙏

Top class from reception through to the goodbyes. The food was first rate. 5*

Amazing service, food was good will be going back for the meat dish!

Great meal wonderful service would recommend authentic food lovely staff

If you can get a table booking, rush in and experience delicious and nicely presented gourmet food! It might be a little expensive, but revel in the atmosphere and quality of the surroundings, whilst salivating over the discerning menu contents. Would highly recommend, but be patient for a booking- this is a 'class act'.

My partner and I have been here several times and it never fails to be a great meal. We’ve been as a large party with family before several times which has also always been great. The food is fantastic, there are good options for vegetarians...

Haven’t visited for a while, but I’m glad we did. The staff here are probably the best in any restaurant I’ve ever eaten. They are attentive without being intrusive and are just really nice. Sadly there were elements of our meal that were nice others...

Excellent food & friendly staff, highly recommend

I had a chicken sizzling platter..+ naan.. the Tandoori chicken and rice pretty nice I would say.. the vegetable side on the platter a bit disappointing.. I was hoping for more vegetables like broccoli and beans etc.. but it was more like a few peas and a bit of potato..a bit like you would get with a biryani dish... the service was very attentive and frequent.. all in all a pleasing experience.

Great place to eat...staff friendly...food not overspiced...onion bhajis are great...they also do spicy papadoms...nan breads and rotis of very good quality...house red merlot wine is very good. Overall a great experience...parking is restricted however you can park in bays on side of main road ...

Exceptional newly decorated restaurant, the ambiance is amazing. The food and service was one the best I have experienced. Credit to the team at Kababish Sutton

My sister and I visited this restaurant last night. The service was excellent from start to finish. The staff were friendly and attentive. We ordered our food and it came out in no time at all. The food was absolutely beautiful, hot and tasty. I will be recommending this place to all my family and friends. Bid shout out to Sid who was an extremely welcoming host. 5 stars to you and your team.

Found food very average for a so called renouned Indian restaurant . I had a very salty balti, and a Nan which was less than average. Service also quite slow. Shall no be going again.

Great place to meet up with friends or family, very attentive waiting, polite and courteous, food very good, meat in every mouthful, not all sauce like a lot of other Indian Restaurants...

Nice pleasant management some of the girls not so abit abrupt,food average but overpriced , no childrens menu when we asked the girl for not to spicey chicken pieces for the young children she said they could wash of the spices as they are all...

Brilliant as always - the ambience and service is excellent

First time trying here and unfortunately I won't be trying a second time... Takeaway food was bland, flavourless and incredibly over priced. As many other reviews say, their mint yoghurt dip is just yoghurt. The Chicken Tikka Masala had a generous portion of chicken but also had the consistency of soup, with no creaminess or sweetness. Garlic Naan tasted like cardboard and the Pilau rice was from a packet. Only positives we're the staff seemed friendly and the interior looked lovely. There's a lot of great restruants in Boldmere, unfortunately this isn't one of them.

First time using and will not be returning here! Ordered a takeaway as reviews looked very good! Food was horrendous, mint dip tasted purely of yoghurt no mint, chicken tikka masala looked and tasted more like soup, so watery and tasteless absolutely nothing like it should have been! So expensive also, very disappointed as I had high hopes

The Kababish never disappoints - wonderful food, wonderful welcome and wonderful service. Really like the refurbishment, the place looks very smart. This is definitely my favourite Indian restaurant in this area. Thank you to all the staff.

Fantastic food and service is always top notch! Would 100% recommend