Quill & Taper at Four Oaks in Birmingham

Awful! After waiting well over 40 minutes for food we were very disappointed! Ordered the Chicken schnitzel Caesar salad and lamb rump and mini pie duo. Chicken smelt and breadcrumb tasted like fish, croutons were pure grease, 3 shavings of Parmesan and no onions. I sent it back, explained and said been waiting over 40 minutes for it! Offered a dessert, declined! The lamb rump and mini pie duo should be called mini overall, we did have a voucher but it’s meant to be £21.99. Meant to be roast potatoes with rosemary and garlic but were awful and barely any gravy and lamb quality was poor. Didn’t bother complaining about that as just wanted to leave so spent £50 for nothing with drinks which were expensive too. I got a refund for the Caesar salad but I think they should have offered more after such a long wait and the fact that we went for a meal and it was ruined. I wasn’t risking a dessert, the wait again or poor food! Shame as pub looked lovely! Won’t be coming again!

Very slow service and the food came out after long wait and then it was wrong

Friendly staff, quality food. We were disappointed to have missed the special pie but the fillet steak and mini pie was great. Nice varied menu. Plenty of parking. Will definitely visit again.

Friendly staff. Good food. Booked to come again.

Booked for 4 adults, 2 teenage girls, and a 14 month old puppy as it was Bank Holiday Monday and wanted to get somewhere booked. We had been for a long walk around Sutton Park and we had come from Northampton and Shrewsbury so we were ready for a sit down, a drink and definitely some food. We were sat very quickly and explained to that we could order at bar or via the QR code. We decided to order at bar as there were a few adjustments to the meals we needed to do. Fantastic service, quick and hot food which you don’t get in a lot of restaurants/pubs these days. Friendly staff all around and came away full and happy. Thank you. When next in the area we will be back.

Really like the new decor. Warm friendly welcome from new faces and old. Enjoyed the menu choices, particularly the ngci one. Will return and recommend.

Had food cooked by Connor, the food was delicious. Third time having food by Connor and I’ve not been disappointed! Also excellent service by Harvey :)

What a rip off will not be returning £15.35 for 2 drinks 1664 blanc and medium wine No wonder it was dead in there Good luck just cause your under four oak doesn’t mean u have to higher the prices

Party of 22 in a reserved area with meals pre-booked from the Main Menu. Friendly staff, good food and drink offering

Very plesant atmosphere, friendly staff and good food

Very nice family meal, great food, excellent, friendly service. Extra Stars for the managers little baby Daughter, so cute.

We came for my birthday lunch. Food was amazing, service was on point. There was a little wait for pudding which wasn't a problem for us but we were advised why which to me is good customer service. Will definitely visit again.

Loved the pub, big car park, nice outside space. Menu is pricey but the meals didn't reflect this. I had the trio of lamb and couldn't eat the 3 chunks of lamb on my place, couldn't even cut them, it was obv looking at the chunks of meat they were poor quality. The mini pie was nice but nothing else was quality. I tried to have some water off the bar but the tap wouldn't work. Real shame as lovely pub.

Adam was brilliant, very attentive and couldn’t do enough for us :)

Regularly pop in for a drink and a bite too eat. All the staff are friendly and go out of their way to deliver excellent service. Special mention to Harvey who is great barman is attentive and personable. Food was lovely and cooked exactly how I requested And the manager Alys was welcoming and professional. All around great experience As always

Pleased to have a “mains” 30% voucher” but poor experience; stood around on arrival, although menu listed Scampi & Fish & Chips neither available! Garlic Bread inedible & beans with Sausage & Mash tough as not cooked! Why not a Chefs check on meals before issue.? Small gesture made with price but place to visit not recommended.

The team of Adam, Sian and Connor did fantastically considering they were the only staff working on a busy Tuesday evening. There was a wait for food and drink orders to be taken, but Adam did really well to cover the whole restaurant.

Food was incredible. Adam was very polite and very quick on service. (We also got to see his new baby!) Nice atmosphere.

A little background music would have been nice but it was lovely.

Lovely food and great service. Adam was very welcoming and attentive.

Food was nice, staff attentive and the building was well decorated and naintsined

Not told we had to order at the bar so waited for our order to be taken at the table. Steak over-cooked

Great place to eat and drink. Was served by two lovely people, Adam and Lola. Wonderful and friendly service

Visited with group of girlfriends for a catch up. Amazing service from Adam. He is a real credit to your establishment. Finished his shift mid service but checked in on us before he left. Great food; chunky chips were delish! Great value with the 30% off Mains promotion. Will definitely visit again.

It was a calm experience on bank Holiday Monday Evening, perfect after a very hectic long weekend! Adam was great and incredibly attentive

5 stars – A Totally Great Night! Had an absolute blast at the 80s Bingo Night at The Quill & Taper! The atmosphere was electric, the playlist was full of bangers, and the whole event was just brilliantly put together. Huge shoutout to Alys and Adam—your energy, humor, and throwback vibes made the night unforgettable. You both kept the crowd laughing and dancing between numbers. Can’t wait for the next one—highly recommend to anyone who loves a good night out with a nostalgic twist!

Enjoyed the food and really good service, thank you

Attentive staff and food was splendid

Great place, first time visit Adam was a great host.

Great value, with great service from Adam.

Great food and service, friendly staff

Always good food at a reasonable price. Closing shortly for a 6 week refurbishment to more up-market table service.

Great welcome, friendly service, good food and great Guinness!

Great atmosphere. Food is good. Staff lovely

Great food and service , Heather was exceptional who changed our seating from inside to outside because weather was lovely and she really took care of us.. Well done..

The food was excellent very well prepared couldn’t fault it and service provided was excellent also especially Adam

Served by Adam and Danni, excellent service and food. Very attentive and friendly.

Great attentive service from Adam excellent food (Tom Shepherd)

Served by Adam and he was amazing, lovely guy and took great care of us. Food was wonderful

Great meal and great service. Adam was fantastic even though he was completely rushed off his feet he was still attentive to all the guests

Adam and Beth were so friendly and accommodating thank you both for such a lovely experience😁!! The food was brilliant and would definitely recommend!

Great service our server was very professional. Anything we needed was sorted and we felt very comfortable. Brilliant experience and will be returning. Thank you so much ☺️.

Visited on Saturday for a 21st. We had booked for a large group but one of the families had pulled out so ended up being half the amount of people, however they still were happy to give us the space for a special event which was highly appreciated. Service was super fast, staff really attentive and friendly! Atmosphere was great too. Made for a great afternoon with the family, thank you!

Great atmosphere and friendly staff

We booked at the last minute and were happy to be accommodated in the bar area. Food and drinks served were excellent.

Lovely meal as always. The staff are always friendly & welcoming and the pub has a lovely atmosphere

Great evening at Quill & Taper. (Adam i think) was the perfect host. Food was spot on. Came as a table of 5 and we all had a lovely evening. Was our first time and we all definitely will be back. 😊

Really nice food and great service from Adam

Adam was our server he was brill very quick service and gave us some good recommendations, we had a great time :)

Adam was absolutely brilliant – friendly, attentive, and made our experience at Quill and Taper even better. Great service all round!

The staff at this pub are among the friendliest, match this with superb food and service and you have the basis of a great experience. Well done everyone.

Our passion fruit mojitos were made by Adam and they are delicious! Really good service

We really enjoyed our food and the service was very friendly , we’ll definitely be back

Adam was fantastic and professional ! Definitely going to come back !

Adam was brilliant at serving the beers in sun !

Great atmosphere and Adam is great

Food from Connor was fantastic!

Thank you Adam for great service and Gaz for amazing food. Would definitely recommend.

Really nice food and Adam was brilliant! Excellent recommendation for the Lemon tart it was amazing!

Adam and Heather were fantastic. Thank you

DO NOT buy the mock tails for your kids, you will get told that you can’t buy mock tails for underage kids. Their mock tails have 0% alco in them and every other pub sells them! Unfortunately this wasn’t a very good stay. I couldn’t have my passion fruit marti-NO

Adam was an amazing host, so considerate and attentive, we had a lovely meal and couldn’t fault the service at all, 5* and will come again, thanks again Adam

Good food nice and hot, didn't have to wait too long service was good would highly recommend. Took advantage of the meal and pudding for £19, so a nice bargain as well.

Very disappointed booked table for 7 on arrival no one seemed to realise we had booked nothing ready for us had to wait half an hour for table to be ready. Seems they need more staff. My party and myself were going to leave. But table ready. By then we just stayed. Food fine. But someone needs to oversee the arrarrangements re bookings. I will go back to see any improvements

Firstly I would like to say the food is lovely, although they did miss the pork & apricot stuffing with my pork roast, it was still nice. However the service is shocking. I had booked a table for Mother’s Day at 6:30pm for 7 people, we had arrived on time to be told to wait at the bar for 5 minutes while people finish their desserts off which we didn’t mind, at first, until 25 minutes go by and we’re still sat at the bar. Very disappointed. If you have guests booked for a time slot, you should let the other guests know what time they have to be off their table for. There weren’t many big tables either and had assigned guests to tables for a reason due to it being Mother’s Day. So I, as well as many other people I assume, would expect the table to be ready for when they get there. I will not be coming back.

We went for Mother’s Day & the food was beautiful, Sunday dinners were lovely and great portion sizes. We had a gluten free member of the party and our waitress Danielle was very helpful in finding out the options, and was very attentive asking if we wanted anything throughout the whole time we were here! Thanks so much we’ll be back!

Me and me friend came as we usually go four oaks pub and wanted a change, worst decision ever! The food took 40 minutes to come out despite there being barely anyone here, I paid £15 for scampi and chips, I counted and was given 8 chips and 7 scampi bites, absolute joke. My friend ordered a burger and chips, along with halloumi fries (£7.50) and his bill came to £23, he was given a fair amount of chips, but his burger was burnt and he was given 4 halloumi fries in total, costing just under £2 each holloumi. Absolute rip off, food quality was average at best, don’t come here. Do yourself a favour and get a better meal at crown or four oaks pub!

Incredible food and amazing staff lovely experience. Thank you Alys

Great service from Adam and lovely food

Adam was lovely, went above & beyond for our table. Would come back again. Thank you Adam

1st time coming. Adam was amazing food top Food was very good Will be coming back

Adam was very helpful and friendly. A credit to the team. Kept us updated with waiting times due to busyness of restaurant but a lovely experience from start to finish. Thank you Adam

Meet up there with friends once a month. Always enjoy. Food and service very good. Easy location to travel to. Clean and welcoming.

Went with family, had to wait for a pre booked table, service was very good. Drinks was was good, food was very disappointing, burger a and chips was like a child’s portion I’m not a big eater but was still hungry after, a the fish was overcooked and was all batter, won’t rush to go back

Cheryl looked after us very well again yesterday - and our meals were excellent. We’ll be back soon!

First time visiting and would 100% would recommend! Adam was very welcoming and friendly, by the end of the evening felt like part of the family! Will be visiting again soon! Food was delicious and a lovely atmosphere to the pub!

I was welcomed to the quill and taper by the lovely Alys, she was absolutely fantastic by finding us a table without even booking beforehand. The service we had was as great as the food we received, so maximum stars for everything that day. We shall be back again!

Fantastic food served by Sian who was supper. Thanks

Adam served me and my family, honestly was the best customer service experience I had! We had a great meal and Adam seemed very happy to help! Thanks for a great experience.

It was our mums 80th and the staff were brilliant. Gave us a secluded area, flexible with candles, brought the cake out and took some great group photos. Even gave us a discount on the main meals despite us not having a voucher. Brilliant service. Thanks Heather and the rest of the team

Adam served our table and was very friendly and attentive. The only slight downside was the waiting time for our food about 40 minutes but our booking was for 1.15 on a Sunday so I could expect a longer wait than normal.

Adam was great and very helpful.

Adam was an amazing server, very friendly, funny and chatty

Adam was just brilliant, very attentive and funny and we really appreciated that personal approach which made our afternoon, thank you!! Xxx

Warm cosy pub with friendly staff. Good food which we all enjoyed and with 30% of mains it became affordable.

We had the most expensive thing on the menu. The meat was good (although my wife's lamb was overdone) but it came with potato cubes that were literally like cardboard. When we told the staff they said sorry and that maybe they'd been left in the oven too long (I would think since lunchtime at least) and that was it. No offer of complimentary chips or something. Bizarrely veg also not available as a side. Wouldn't eat here again. Nice place otherwise.

Always the best experience when we visit the Quill & Taper in Four Oaks Today we met Adam he was just the best host .. attentive .. advising and funny .. a credit to your company

Held a wake here - buffet lovely Staff extremely accommodating . Handy location for the train for the younger cousins attending back from uni .

Nothing bad to say. We had a fantastic Sunday lunch. Food was very high quality and delicious. You get a generous portion which isn’t often the case at many places these days! What you get is spot on for the price! Adam our waiter was very attentive and kept us up to date with how our food was doing. Very impressed. Can’t recommend highly enough! A great meal in a really nice setting!

Lovely place to eat,friendly staff,Heather was our server and good food.

It’s ok. Great place to grab a drink either before or after a train trip

Adam made the dining more enjoyable. We were celebrating a birthday and he made it known. Must say he made it special him reading the special requirements to know he had diners with a bday. He's a credit to The quill & taper Thank you Adam xx

Very disappointed over the last few weeks, items unavailable and last week I ordered a steak sandwich, the bread was stale and not worth the money.We have been coming for a while , noticed the quality has changed pity as they are always welcoming

food was a little burnt and dry but apart from that it was amazing a very cute set up and adored the inside service was very good for the amount of people in the section absolutely amazing on there part

Adam was a fantastic host. Really great service.

Served by Adam he was great. All was very nice

Adam’s service was excellent and alys management was on point. Great night!

Delicious piping hot meal, very tasty. Drinks came straight away and we didn’t have to wait long to be served our food. Our server Adam was attentive polite and helpful. Fabulous meal out at The Quill & Taper 😊

Cheryl and the team go above and beyond to make sure your visit is an enjoyable one.A fabulous local pub with a great atmosphere and excellent customer service.

We had a family on Friday, payday weekend. Expected it to be busy but arrived at 7.20 to a relatively quiet bar and restaurant. Table booked at 8.15, we had a lovely table and we’re not rushed at all by Alys and George who were attentive but no in our faces. Really good service and we were not rushed at all. Food arrived, mixed grill, sirloin steak, duo of lamb and steak pie. All plates were superb and quality and quantity were great. Definitely go here again and would recommend it. Such a shame it was quiet, ( maybe a one off) but if not people are missing out. Thanks for a great night.