Mahfil Restaurant in Birmingham

A bit disappointed with the lack of flavour and quality of the food that was delivered. Mahfils is usually really delicious and we love to sit in the restaurant to eat for special occasions, but the food delivered tonight didn’t match up to its usual quality. I had more sauce than chicken in my Butter Chicken that it was more like a soup and the flavour wasn’t as tasty. The whole meal was a bit of a let down to be honest, not great.

An Exquisite Dining Experience at Mahfil! Mahfil Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge in Birmingham offers more than just a meal—it's a truly unforgettable experience. From the moment you step inside, you're welcomed with stunning decor ✨ that creates an elegant and inviting atmosphere, perfect for casual dining or celebrating special occasions with loved ones 🎉. The authentic Bengali cuisine is exceptional 🍛. Every dish is crafted with fresh, locally sourced ingredients, and the flavors burst with authenticity 🌿. The Sunday lunch buffet is a must-try, with a delicious variety of classic dishes ranging from traditional curries to roasts 🍗 that cater to all taste buds. Whether you’re a fan of traditional or contemporary dishes, Mahfil has something for everyone 🍽️. The service is top-notch. The staff is friendly, attentive, and makes sure your dining experience is as enjoyable as possible 💫. We also hosted a private event here, and the ambiance of the lounge was perfect for our celebration 🎈. The restaurant's focus on quality and customer satisfaction shines through in every aspect. I highly recommend Mahfil for anyone looking for a taste of Bengal mixed with modern elegance 🎨. It's not just a meal, but a celebration of food and culture! 🎊

As always tasty food. Can't fault the food. We would definitely recommend.

Came for the Sunday buffet. Tasty food, great service.

great meal great service defo makes this place a go back to eat place xx

Brilliant place really enjoyed it. We had a 90th birthday there. Couldn't fault them

My friend and I visited the restaurant last night. The food was amazing! Best Indian food we have had. The food was delicious and plentiful. The staff were very polite and helpful. The restaurant is very lovely inside and beautifully decorated. The room upstairs is very modern and spacious. We will certainly visit again with friends and family!

Lovely food and service. This is such a treat especially for celebratory meals.

Great food but the order is never correct

A brilliant Indian Restaurant that we visited thanks to being with friends in Birmingham, my food 😋 was well presented, well cooked and tasted fabulous, fantastic customer service even though they were busy, thank you 🎉

Garlic chilli chicken is on point 👌🏽

absolutely delicious food, thankyou

Good service, reasonable prices and some of the best Indian food I've tasted in Brum! Deserves nothing less than 5x⭐!

Great food as always, nice and hot on arrival, tasty. Unfortunately the can of coke was missing

love the restaurant but they do get the orders wrong at time's. tonight we ordered a prawn curry but got a chicken one

Had a meal here with my sisters and my 90 year old mom. The staff treated my mom like a queen, nothing was too much trouble The service was excellent, the staff were so lovely and the food was amazing Thanks guys for a really lovely night

Superb Indian food. One of the best in Birmingham. Get a blanket size naan and a 'Ruby Murray' . Wonderful. Booking essential . Recent change in policy has meant that this restaurant no longer sells alcohol. (A big mistake in my view)

1st time ordering last week, the food was lovely and hot great value also..

Staff was fabulous 10/10 Atmosphere was fantastic 10/10 Food was amazing 10/10 But most of all it was absolutely 💯 👌 the best restaurant I ever been to and I'll keep going again and again beat place

Ist time ordering from here food was great

Disappointing 2 weeks on the trot, not to the usual high standards. Will try somewhere else next week.

all round great scran. really pleased

Great food, only issue was salad and sauces missing for poppadums.

biryani sauce and bhuna was like oxtail soup , luckily enough I had a money off coupon

Yet again the food was excellent and yet again early. Great quality.

Very fast time and food was excellent.

Food was marked as delivered when it was not! Waited ages afterwards and it was cold. Also never e two items from my order.

Food barely warm. Lacked flavour sadly. Will go back to Kurry Kingdom....

Family meal out food and service 5 star defiantly recommended

Wonderful service! Amazing staff! Heavenly food!

Food was nice but I ordered a tandoori mixed kebab main and got a chicken thigh, 3 nuggets of lamb and chicken and half a sheesh kebab. not worth 13 quid. when you do a great deal of 40% off its not so great if you give 40% less.

Amazing food and service always recommend this place

Very pleasant evening with 5 friends... food and service were exceptional 👌 thank you

Food was hot, but lacked in flavour and was very watery. Very disappointed.

Delicious. Did arrive 15min before the time we’d selected meaning we weren’t ready for it but everything tasty.

We booked as a group for a family event and the food was really good, not very spicy which we and kids enjoyed that way, but I could taste the sugar on the naan bread unlike other places. Also the waiting time for main course was 55 minutes and that was too long because we did not want to order starters except papadoms. Tge place was very busy on Saturday night and I noticed lots of takeaways, that must have busied the thefts and kitchen staff. The waiting time made me think we were not that of a priority, not like takeaways anyway. For a next visit we'll have a different approach.

Great food and service. Missed my 'Baileys' at the end of the meal.

Don’t book a table last minuet, it won’t be a good one. Staff and food make up for it though! Best dish I’ve ever eaten and the staff are absolutely wonderful and look after you well!

Lovely staff 👌 the food was absolutely delicious 😋 highly recommend, we were quite a big party and the food came out quickly and efficiently, no complaints at all

Great Sunday buffet. Would recommend

Gutted as I have used for years and always said how great the place was until tonight. Made an order for collection & one of the mains was wrong so called and they said could collect a replacement, when I got there no apologie and when I got back the butter chicken was watery not to the standard of previous orders.

Top notch. Excellent non pushy service, beautiful ambience, and first class food but not quite 5 star. Can't fault it at all really, will be back soon to try another dish.

I’ve never had a bad one until now, not tasty , very watery, not very impressive food 😒

It's a very nice place and the staff are very friendly. My food was very well cooked and the ingredients are good quality. Unfortunately the flavour really let it down, I found my curry to be rather bland and tasteless. It's not just the heat that was lacking, it was the overall blend of spices that you expect from an authentic Indian meal that was missing. Also, minor criticism, the lighting would be better if it was a bit dimmer. Other than that, it's a lovely place to sit and enjoy a meal.

Delivery time kept changing said it had been delivered when it hadn’t then added another 15 minutes after it was already 35 past the time it was meant to be delivered & food was cold especially the naan breads was barely edible. Haven’t had a curry in months and after this one probably be even longer before I have one.

I've been wait for over 10 minutes know and no food

Lovely place great staff but sorry to say the food is so bland.Four of us for the first time we all had different curry's all different spices and not one of us enjoyed them.quite expensive as well. Shame really.

Meal was nice, although I couldn’t eat my coriander & garlic naan bread because there was something red on top of it. Due to me having allergies & not knowing what it was I wouldn’t eat it. It would be more helpful if a full description was printed alongside the item

I'll never order a take away from here again. Chicken was ok, why I've given 2 stars. Too much watery ghee and the nans had dried to dough. No garlic on mine. Just dry, with bits of red. Disappointed 😞

Excellent quality food and service 👌

Set the scene... a much anticipated festive celebration for family and friends. Sparkle, magic, and the wonder of celebration. Oh, sorry, that's not this place at all. There's porridge out there spicier than you get here - a range of dishes were ordered from mild to "3 chilli pepper", all of which could be served to a one year old and they'd be bored (I'm not even kidding. Baby food is spicier). It's like eating soggy sawdust. Don't expect dessert, there isn't any to be had. Last of all, the very best bit. The most creative award of the evening went to the bill. Which bore absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to the published prices on the web menu. In any way. Not even close. Massively overcharged when compared, and surprise surprise... a completely illegible bill with drinks nothing more than a scribble at the bottom. Staff stood there finding everyone's puzzlement very amusing. Their grins only broadened and their eyes twinkled when a further pile of tenners landed on the plate to cover the mysterious cost of what what was, without a doubt, the worst curry any and all of our 20 strong party had ever had. Hands down. Seriously people, if you respect your taste buds, your wallet and your self esteem, don't touch this place.

Poor service what’s the point in booking a table and it not been ready over booked and ruined the evening

Booked New Year's Eve with family two months prior. Rushed service we were told we could not order desert as table had been booked and people waiting . We had one hour to eat.The bill came to almost,£200 at this price the service was questionable due to rude members of staff,not an enjoyable evening and will not be returning. Money first, service secondary. 👎

It was a hit quite as we were earlier than normal.

Everything was lovely, just 1 naan bread was cold, but we still enjoyed our meal, so we could have warmed it back up. But overall lovely food.

Top evening, Globe Christmas party, thank you for a lovely time.

The food was excellent and was delivered early and hot. I would recommend Mahfils it’s delicious.

brilliant food, so tasty, will always order from here, I even left a comment to make my curry extra hot which they did, thank you!

Very nice food. Not much meat for the price of the main meat dishes and the Dahl was very watery, but the taste was delicious. The aubergine side was particularly very tasty. Will consider ordering again, but hope for slightly more meat in the main meat dishes.

Fast delivery, accommodating my request thank you, however I’m afraid the food was a little cold and lacking in punch/flavour

Difficult access for anyone with mobility issues. One of our party finds steps very difficult and struggled with entering and leaving the premises.

Food was cold, over cooked and like cardboard.I have called the restaurant and they’ve offered nothing other than a discount if we go eat inside the restaurant which is a little cheeky and not a resolve.We have eaten at the restaurant and it’s usually good but this takeaway was absolutely awful.I want a full refund.

Always excellent food, great service..and busy!

The order was late and food was cold when arrived also some of the items were wrong. This is the second time we have had issues with an order from here .

Had rave reviews from family about this place but my first time was generally underwhelming and the same for family who go here often food was slightly cold a starter also a drink was overcharged until rectified.Busy nice atmosphere but on the night food was average.But would try again.

Food was on point as usual can not fault!

If you like stew you will love the food very bland

Delivery driver was excellent. Unfortunately food was only Lukewarm and was unable to reheat due to being in process of moving house and now heating facilities

Best Indian I’ve had in a while, food was amazing and staff were really friendly. Definitely going to go again

Ordered a takeaway 5 items only three turned up had to wait another ten minutes for rest of food to get here Then curry was watery looked like gravy not much taste and rice was lumpy

As always my meal was perfect always hot and delicious courier was polite as always thank you Mahfil

Great restaurant food is always brilliant- could not recommend them highly enough

Lovely food, full of flavour and meat very tender

First time we have been to Mahfil. A lovely atmosphere,superb staff and the food is amazing. Way better than many other places around the area

I love this restaurant the food is always hot and tastes really good. I would highly recommend

Been here many times. Food is good, but I was disgusted at the waiters attitude when myself and my friend wanted to order a starter each. 2 sides. 2 drinks and extra salad. The waiter was so rude. Stating you HAVE to.order a main meal. Now if that's the restaurant policy then the least he could've done was say it and explain this in a polite manner, instead of been aggressive with his response. Not everyone can manage large portion meals. It was totally unprofessional. Will not eat there again I'm afraid

Good points, Naan and popadom. That's about it, Onion bhajis soft and doughy, sheek kebab dryed up . The balti was just bland, Chiken Madras cooked in what tasted like a patak sauce. All in all, almost £40 wasted. Not recommended. Won't be ordering again.

Lovely food . Nice and hot delivered on time .

This is a lovely place and the food is delicious the staff are friendly and the service is good

Wrong Nan bread, not even half a spicy poppadum, certainly not upto usual standard.

So this was my first visit back in a long time. I can tell you that it still is as good as ever. The food is on another level to their competitors. Took my other half and it was her first visit, she was blown away with the food. The service is always amazing. Bahar and his staff are always friendly and helpful. Please visit guys and support this amazing place

Food so bland no salt no flavour no spice not made for Asians. Very very disappointed as it had said 4.5 I was expecting flavoured food with at least salt and flavour the biryani was not a biryani if you Asians have ever tasted biryani this was bland no flavour I was embarrassed it was an Indian restaurant

Always delivered early, always hot and delicious.

First time ordering and it was lush poppadoms were fresh chips were nice curry was hot will order again 👍

Good quality better than other take aways in other areas we will be having food from you again :)

Amazing food delicious best we have had in a long time

Nice decor - awful chicken balti. Less time on the interior design and more time sourcing fresh ingredients. Chicken balti in a dog bowl was gravy with warmed up cheap chicken. Totally overpriced with staff badgering to by more drinks (when I wasn't drinking). Very poor.

Not as nice as usual, curry was really watery, poppadom was stale and rice was good. Disappointed

Sadly sent the wrong meat. Ordered chicken and got lamb :( - sauce was tasty

The food was great, service good but a bit slow, we sat upstairs where the atmosphere was good.

curry watery normally good food

Normally have takeaway. Food is absolutely amazing!!

Disappointed as food is usually excellent. Curry very watery and very little meat. Popadoms very salty and inedible.

Great food, great service, very attentive staff. Will be coming back for sure.

What a fantastic meal we had this evening. Very attentive and friendly staff. We’ll be back 🍛 🍺

Ordered at 5:55, told delivery 1 hour. Due to weather change appreciated there may be a delay, so left it until 90 mins later to call to ask when I should expect it, to be told it was on its way; bearing in mind I live less than 10 mins away, I had to call another 2 times and it took a further 30 minutes for food to arrive - it had been in drivers car for 30 mins - not in heatproof bags, so was only warm by time it arrived. Person I spoke to on phone did not bothered by issue - Very disappointing service and food wasn’t great either - prawns rubbery, popadums soft, batter soggy on pakora. Definitely will not be ordering from here again!

Food and service was nice.. Staff was approachable and friendly

Decent food. Great service. Its become a Kings Norton institution.

Food was awful, the main dish The Lal Mirch was horrible, so much that I had to throw it away. The sauce was bland and tasteless, it was neither spicy or sour just had huge slices of Onion and burnt Birds Eye’s chillies thrown in. It’s been a while since i’ve had a curry so bad but boy was this, the rice and naan were average too so overall the meal was a huge disappointment.

The Lal Mirch was horrible, so much that I had to throw it away, the sauce was bland and tasteless, it was neither spicy or sour just had huge slices of Onion and burnt Birds Eye’s chillies thrown in. It’s been a while since i’ve had a curry so bad but boy was this, the rice and naan were average too so overall it was a huge disappointment of a meal, shall not use again.