Thaana Restaurant in Birmingham

Cozy, clean, the food was great. I will go here another time.

How can this still be on here stating it's open!? Been shut and different business opened same address.

Worst restaurant on ladypool road

I visited this place for the first time yesterday and I think the food was amazing. I asked for an extra spicy pakistani tawa meal and that's exactly what I got! Staff was friendly and attentive. Reasonably priced meals and good sized portions. I had plenty left over and got it packed. I got the same packaging as previous reviewer but I was happy with that as the food stays hot for longer and there was no spillage (flimsy containers can leak!) Loved the prison theme and enjoyed my meal.Thank you for your excellent service. Will definitely be visiting again.

Recommend the Pakistani traditional tawa

Dissapointed. When you ask for a tawa and grill and you get food in a tray instead. Food was ok!! I wouldn't go there again. Staff was nice

Nasty and tasteless food Place is nice and clean tho

It had great service and the food there was made to a very high standard. Overall i think this is a great place to go for any meal.

Food tasted decent but the portion was half the size for £10. They gave me a curry in a no2 takeaway container for that price when I could’ve gone to so many other places for similar or better tasting food at double the size of portion (6a container) and cheaper...rip off merchants that think people are stupid...definitely will not be back. You should be embarrassed!

Un brillante restaurante temático de prisión. Pedimos unos entrantes y un plato de tawa y todo sabía a Devine. La comida fue servida rápidamente y el personal era amable. ¡Un agradecimiento especial a los dos hermanos que son dueños del restaurante que fuiste fabuloso! ¡Tan humilde!

Fui con amigos y me encantó el ambiente y la comida. Lo pasamos de maravilla y definitivamente visitaré de nuevo. El servicio fue excelente y la comida sabía fresca y llena de sabor.

La comida que tuvimos fue increíble tawa fue realmente agradable, el tema de la prisión fue una muy buena idea gracias chicos

Went as a large group. Food came at different times for everyone. Wasnt well organised. Some of the food tasted good, however most was bland.

Great the best food on Ladypool Road. The customer service is actually amazing unlike most other places on that busy road. The 2 burgers we had was outta this world honestly. We booked high rank burger and sergeant Favourite burger MasshaAllah great Thank you Thaana, my nefewe were also impressed and would love to come back again. 5 stars for you:) thanks again Ali great service keep it up.

Decor theme is unique which is good from the other shops. Food I'm afraid is below average for the price. Nacho cheese was stuck to the paper amd clumped together and hardly any keema. Burger is not worth £9.95 compared to what you can get at other places. No credit card facility and dont bother with mocktails...not nice at all (I tried the blue one). Can drinks are £2.50 which is very expensive compared to other local places. Disappointed which is a shame.

The theme is different so cant knock it for that..the food however.. the most expensive burger at £10 is the same as what you'd get for a a fraction of the cost elsewhere. Very standard food. Parmesan cheese is just dry. Not sure what cheese they use for there nachos but its rubbery. Oh and drink cans are £2.50!

The restaurant was very clean and staff were friendly. The only issue or I should say the main issue was the food. My burger was cold and not the best to taste (andaa valaa burger) and the egg inside was horrible obviously cooked on a dirty pan as is was brown. My other half didn't enjoy his food either. Don't think we will be coming back here.

Never again. Overly priced drinks. Explains why it’s empty. Don’t know what was the hype about regarding this restaurant until I tried it😂 the hype is definitely over goodbye

Went here for the variety of dishes cos you don't want curry everytime. It's okay. Not bad not but not the best it'll do.

It was VERY quiet and no customers other than me and my family, we ordered a medium tawa the food didn't taste fresh and it was cold, won't recommend to anyone plus its over priced

This is a unique experience. The service was great and attentive, the food was pretty good too. Not the best I've had but I'd certainly return and I can't understand the poor comments on here and it's not what I experienced. It's worth a visit but note, no alcohol is served.

Awful service, waited over an hour for two steaks. Ridiculous

Food was delicious and excellent service. Really enjoyed the meal and had some really good time with family

The chips were to house. They were tryna immitate the jailhouse effect but there wad was no ramen noodle

Came here with a mate restaurants very quite.I would never come back to this restaurant. Ordered Pakistani Tawa lamb chops were good the chicken wings were dry and so was the chicken boti. Curries were sweet even tho I asked for medium spice. Over priced drinks 2.50 for a can of drink.Never coming back here.

I went with my husband and kids, the food tasted good but the portion was too small We ordered a small tawa and 4 cans of diet coke. The cost of each can was £2.50 🤤 first time in my life I've seen that price for a simple can of drink, I mean are you for real??!?!

OMGGG no exag. This is amongst one of the best restraunts I've been to in Birmingham wallah resembles a proper prison amazing and creative interior. Customer service was brilliant, waitress was polite and kind and helpful also hygiene was fantastic as tables were regularly cleaned infront of us . Food took longer than anticipated however quality was amazing. Ordered the large TAWA , mixture of desi foods , came in prison themed player style plates, looked realistic. Kebabs was scrumptious and my favourite was the stirfry which hit the SPOT. Was quite busy at the time but atmosphere didnt disappoint. The only disappointment was they didnt offer my specific mojito , but the alterantive was sufficent i didnt know the jail theme booths were for booking only but the manager kindly let us off haha. Was definitely worth the trip from woking and recommend to all Thanxxxs thaaana

top range food. Staff were co-operative . Child broke a glass and didn't charge me for it , thanks. Ordered the high rank burger, delux range and the sheesh kebab gave me a mouth full. Amazing interior I have to say , good idea . Owning a restraunt in west Brom myself I did recommend the manager to add deserts for convenience, new business hopefully succeeds. Only bad part was trying to find parking but Definitely coming back, thanks for the hospitality . Personal choice _ lamb steak and stir fry and the crime of passion mojito.

This place has theme of prison and sorry to say what you get is what you are expected if you were in prison and for me that is no thank you. A fairly new business you would expect much much better when you have so many other food businesses around you on the same road. Prices that you are charged does not reflect the quality of the food you are served. Will not be returning to prison sorry 😐 meaning @Thaana

Decided to visit this restaurant along with my partner. Alarm bells should have went of when we noticed the whole place was empty. Anyway...nice decor, good prison theme Polite staff. Ordered lamb chops and lamb Bhuna. Food was sadly a disaster, lamb chops were old and stale, seemed like a microwave job. The Bhuna was watered and very “commercially” prepared. Bits of ginger were floating everywhere. Not appetising, no flavour. Calle it a day without the doggy bag and time for bed. Sorry guys, your theme is excellent, staff is polite and friendly Your menu is something from a fast food restaurant and the chef needs shooting!

Fantastic place for a meal. Customer service and decor is spot on. Good location for parking. Will be back. !

Steak was horrible, lamb chops we okay for me but for rest of family very spicy and chewy, customer service was okay and told them the feed was at best 4/10

Very nice food been there few times nd food is lovely nd delicious ... friendly staff nd well mannered ppl ... will be our regular place for future parties Inshallah ... God bless ...

Excellent service nice food must go again.

So I went there yesterday with a friend of mine. We travelled from London to Birmingham to visit people, and decided to come to Ladypool Road as its known as one of the better areas for food in the city, almost like their equivalent of Brick Lane, Green Street or even Southall for Punjabi food. Walked in, the interior design was that of prison. with sharp steak cutting knives on the table. I understand steak places provide customers with those knives when they order steaks though, but generally not just left on the table, just standard knife which aren't as sharp with forks. The interior design was to give some sort of an incarceration ambience, but I don't see how that's necessary simply because I don't exactly want to be thinking I'm here to be fed prison food. I ordered the beef burger meal, on the back of the menu, can't remember what's its called, along with chicken shaslik. My friend just ordered 4 seekh kebabs with 2 rotis. It took a while for the food to arrive, and I'm talking disproportionately long, it should never take this long. Whilst we were waiting, the guy by the til (who later identified himself as the owner) began playing music quiet loudly, which I felt was quiet rude and inappropriate considering there's customers in the premise (being us the only customers at the time) and not all (paying) customers who are trying to enjoy a time at a restaurant want music to be blasted that loud. The level of etiquette is something needs to be addressed. I don't mind listening to Usher (which he played) but there are times and places where you should not play it loud, and we should not have to point it out in reviews like this. I requested to the waiter to ask for it to be turned down, and the guy did so. But I don't think he was happy about it. Then played other songs, which I couldn't do anything about since this isn't exactly my home to dictate, but what I can say is, it somewhat ruined up my dining experience to some extent. Having been to so many restaurants in the past, they've played music but not that loud and it wasn't exactly mainstream music either, it was the type that's appropriate for that kind of environment or the culture of food. Or maybe I'm just wrong, since the interior design is about being in prison, why not play Akon's Locked up ?? When the food arrived, presentation was very good, there's nothing negative about that. Except for my BURGER, I don't know if it was even beef burger, I couldn't tell, because it seemed very soggy. When I held it, the pattie broken off the sides and fell off. It felt disgusting and impossible to hold. I was not particularly happy about it. So I told the waiter, and he explained that its a shammi kebab (which I didn't order) and I know what shammi is and its never this soggy. So I requested him to take it back, he offered to change it for something else, I requested the chicken alternative, which he bought. When it arrived, it too was difficult to hold simply because there was excessive sauce which caused the chicken to slide out if held. So I ate the chicken individually from the burger. I admit, the sauces used were exceptionally good, but what good is putting too much on if its gonna ruin the build of the burger ? The chicken shaslik was good. My friend's seekh kebabs were good. There are key areas for improvement; the owner needs to be more receptive towards hospitality. The chefs need to understand burgers a bit more, or maybe hire someone with extensive experience. I understand other customers coming in here would have given it a 1 or 2 star review based on my experience, but I like to give benefit of doubt to new businesses so they can address. The food was good, I'm not gonna score lower simply because I couldn't eat my burger like a burger since they intend to improve on that area. PS - Rob Chow giving the negative review beneath is NOT the same Rob Chow giving the positive review after, look at their review histories, they're seperate accounts with same name. Tut tut. Remain weary of fake reviews by looking at their review history's.

Took a family 8 and everyone was more than satisfied with the food.

We ordered an aloo tikki which had not been defrosted thoroughly and was frozen in the middle. When returned it was replaced with one that was almost burnt. The popadums tasted stale and the they had run out of them at 7.30 on a week day! The large tawa had chicken wings which were red raw - every single one of them!! The manager was not very apologetic at all. Bad service. Over priced.

We ordered an aloo tikki which had not been defrosted thoroughly and was frozen in the middle. When returned it was replaced with one that was almost burnt. The popadums tasted stale and the they had run out of them at 7.30 on a week day! The large tawa had chicken wings which were red raw - every single one of them!! The manager was not very apologetic at all. Bad service. Over priced.

Went here for iftari.. (open my fast), we were all very disappointed! The food came out cold and not very appealing even though we waited for nearly half an hour. The only thing that was nice was the chicken jalfrezi. Also they did not have anywhere for women to pray.... not good!

Poor service, Poor food, Should look into becoming interior designers instead. Honest opinion

This is the best place i have ever been to the food was bang on i had went when they had first opened up and it has changed big the food quality is great i would not listen to most the people that gave bad reviews because this is the best place

AMAZED this was the best food I ate I loved every bit of it I ordered a tawa dish which was given on time the mojitos were tasty also the waiters were excellent I highly recommend each and every one of you to come and try this place out I am certainly coming back.

Not good at all service was appalling and was told to hurry up and eat and get out. Not going there again that’s for sure. They might aswell close down because the ceiling was leaking with water and bulbs were broken.

Lovely friendly place to eat food nice aswel

Took my staff there, amazing food, very good service. Highly Recommend

Nice Food and brilliant customer Service

Sorry but service was mediocre, food was bland and not nice. Pricey and small portioned. I would not be coming back. Only plus is the music and decor.

Visited with my friend. Upon arrival the theme was very different. The food cAme quick and was very tasty! Would visit again

Food,service everything is perfect .love it.this is my 2nd visit 2day..the tawa is really good.for my experience in this trading I think soon this resturent will be really busy.best of luck team

Best place ive ever been! Love the food best restaurant ive ever been too

I went with family and everybody hated it.. the food was just nasty.. place was not busy to expected it to be a pleasant experience but wud rather go to any take away then eat from ther.. loads of my friends and family wanted go but iv told them it's not worth it so sorry but can't recommend u nor cum back to try again. Food made me sick literally.

Not even worth 1 star!!!! the worst service in the whole bham!!! rude staff .... cold food almot waited 1hr 20 mins for tiny portion food to come .... then found Hair in my food 😪🤮 fizzy drinks served with no ice staff runnin like chikens not paying any attention to the diners at all NEVER going back there again would nevr recomed this to any 1👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

Service and food was good. I had the high commission burger (I think) the mojito was really good. Would recommend. Thank you for the food.

The food was good portion sizes were too small but the best thing that happened was at the end the manager came to us and had a word with me and my wife and took our suggestions on board.

It's OK but the food wasnt that good

Overall the food was good ordered the Pakistani tawa however I asked for the currys to be mild but when the food arrived the currys were very sweet. The waiter took it back and put some spice into it. The food arrived hot and the wait time was good. It was busy in there with familys but overall nice evening with good music.

Lovely place and the food was great me a mates enjoyed our evening there👍

Extortion, diabolical customer service! Poor quality food, No customer care at all. No sympathy from the owners/managers all they care about is getting their money! Waiting over an hour to get uncooked food. Never will I step in that place again, I will definitely be advising friends and family to stay away from such a place.

such a nice evening here, really nice atmosphere with amazing decor and hygiene. Would definitely come back and recommend to others 😀

Extortion, diabolical customer service! Poor quality food, No customer care at all. No sympathy from the owners/managers all they care about is getting their money! Waiting over an hour to get uncooked food. Never will I step in that place again, I will definitely be advising friends and family to stay away from such a place.

This has to be the worse experience i have had, shame i was not allowed to give them ZERO. I woke up this morning hoping it was a bad nightmare turns out i really did spend the evening in the cells. Only good point was the decor is quite nice and retro, that is where it stops. Under staffed, not sure what they have working in the kitchens must be a snail, we waited over 40 mins for food complained about 3 times and each time were told other tables are waiting longer, they been waiting an hour..WOW. Finally food comes no apology, nothing just dumped the food on table and left, start tucking in and the chicken is raw we call the waitress and get it sent back then waiter comes back saying what do you want, i said the manager would be a good start. Two finally emerge from the kitchen, really poor as others are complaining and managers are letting the waitress and waiter deal with it,. Manager comes and gives same excuse others waiting over an hour and as for raw chicken can make another, we said take it off the bill, most places knowing they under-cooked the chicken would take 50% off bill or most would give you on the house not these idiots, they are just money hungry thieves, they took 3 pounds off the bill YES 3 pounds. We argued but then just left, my advice AVOID AT ALL COSTS, they wont survive with this attitude!!! HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!!!

food nice staff very friendly and could add a couple more vegetarian starter on tawa

Unique interior , nice steak ...

Food was amazing but service was slow

I visited here with my friend for the first time. We had ordered a platter for 14.99 which was a small but was more than enough for 2 and we could not finish it.Although the waitress advised us to get the medium I'm glad we didn't. The theme of the restaurant is that of a prison not sure why the owner felt that this was a good idea! Food was nothing to jump up about.The only dishes that we enjoyed were the chicken and lamb curries.The rest of the foodi.e lamp chops,seekh kebabs ,chicken tikka were bland and I suspect were not freshly made as they went cold very quickly. The cheesy music was also a turn off! Will not be visiting again.

My steak was good.. I liked the Pakistani prison idea virgin mojito was tiny but filled with alot of ice to make it look full kind of let me down .. hubby ordered chicken but only 4 pieces served .. friendly staff nice place I'd go again someday.

The quality of food is good. But i was expecting something more than just a name.... They can do better. Usual pakistani food

Really disapointed with the food as i really enjoy my starters and they were not cooked properly had a smell to them had to be returned, even then we weren't given lamb chops but instead chicken wings which also werent cooked it was altogether a very bad experience. We were also approached by a member of there staff who asked us how our experiance was when we told him how the food was he told us to go to the front desk and ask for manager even then no1 came back to us after complaining about the food which was unprofessional as i made a complaint and management never come to speak to me about it. After paying my bill i had to approach the manger myself who wasnt very helpful or even apolagetic about our experiance and asked what do we want which i found very rude so im writing this review so everyone doesn't experiance the same. Starters are really bad wouldn't recomend them..

We heard about this local place which opened late last year. It's a very interesting concept with booths designed as cells, handcuffs on tables, menu is playing with criminal wrds. Food was nice, reasonably priced, decent portions. However advisable to book as it is a...

First visit and I was surprised by the lack of authenticity of the Thaana, that they were banging on about... Yes good idea but atleast follow it. Through or. Get someone who could have! From the out of. Place seating, tables, lighting and front of the menu's although the inside of the menu's was good just wish they had carried it to the front aswell. The food ahhh... Was amazing... I ordered samosa chaat, wings, lamb bhuna & nans. Samosa chaat very nice and balanced, wings were freshly cooked and the masala was bang on, I could taste the chicken and masala together which didn't blow your mouth off with chilli's. The lamb bhuna again cooked to. Perfection couldn't fault it, with complimentary nans nice and fluffy and medium density. The prices are very reasonable and the total was £21 for two people... What more can you ask for.... But I would have liked a larger portion of the bhuna dish... Its a bit small. The staff were equally as attentive without being stalkers... Keep up the great work and please don't change the menu or ingredients....

Food 10/10 Staff 10/10 Atmosphere 10/10 Great customer service , excellent experience overall. Will visit soon !! Highly recommended

It is one of the best restaurant. Nice food and good customer service. Its new restaurant and they are improving day by day. Wish them good luck. Highly recommended.

seriously, if your going to charge these kind of prices at least give us some food, small portions, and poor quality food, save the time and buy a chicken and chips

Had to wait ages for cold starters . Foods not great.

Management need to seriously reconsider prices if they want repeat custom. Food was just okay and decor is meh so I can't understand how they came up with this pricing. Could have ate similar food locally for the price of just our drinks bill. Should have seen this coming when even their own social media doesn't show the inside of the menu, just loads of angles of the front cover 😂. £25 per head I thought I was back in Dubai!

Great restaurant, Great Manager very helpful man

top food mashalla tawa top noch.

Very good food, came here every week since opening and don't have a bad word to say about this place. Excellent food, everything is always fresh and staff are always happy to help. Would highly recommend this place. Best place to eat on ladypool road, get yourself's down to Thaana.

Tried the food here the other day. Price was high and food was disappointing. Better off going to 3 Five 1. Should have stuck to my usual Tawa place.

@Ghazala Ali, I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I also went with a large family group, and the food was cooked perfectly well, we received the dips and salad. The service was great, waiters and waitress were attentive and made sure we were okay and asked if we needed anything. Overall, it was a fantastic experience and I would definitely recommend to anyone.

Name is the attraction the food was poor, menu is limited and the service was terrible.If you still want to try good luck.

best place I've eaten by far and I'm a fussy person when it comes to food. Amazing atmosphere, unique theme, best place to go to with friends and family - Thank you for your amazing service

very good design however the pricing is not accorded to the size of meal like you would order a small tawa dish but receive something very big

I went to this restaurant tonight with a huge family group. I am utterly disappointed with the service provided. The service was incredibly slow, the food arrived in the wrong order. we received the mains at the beginning and the starters right at the end. All the people in the group had to wait for ages before their choice of food arrived. They charge extortionate prices for tiny portions of food and drinks. The food was raw, tasted very bland and there was no salad or dips provided. it was a hugely disappointing visit, with money well and truly wasted. I would never recommend this restaurant to anyone, its a complete waste of time. The staff were running around without a clue as to what they were doing. The platters start at £25 size of a large plate yes not a tray, plate people. With large group of people the platter is awfully small.

Dont know about other peoples experience but we enjoyed our food is was perfect. We had the medium size tava. price was reasonable and the atmosphere was great. Staff were really friendly too. I have recommended to many family and friends

This place is so bad they gave water after we had to ask and guess what they gave no glasses what kind of sense is this? Then the salan was cold and the naan were not cooked properly. It's better to go to a real jail. I am a honest reviewer and trust me go to another restaurant on ladypool.

Only gave a 1 star because the food was nice but I was absolutely shocked at the time we had to wait before our food arrived and to top that the price of the food in regards to the portions that were served (This includes the drinks) was ridiculous. Oh and i must not forget to mention that there was no salad and just a tiny spoonful of dips, which obviously were not enough. Also, there was no order in which the food was served...the kids had to wait so long for their burgers that we had finished our meal ( which they had joined us to eat) when there food arrived. Would not recommend this place as you don't get your moneys or times worth.

Simply Amazing 😍 The concept itself is so good and unique. Will come down soon again.

I visited this restaurant with my family and my experience was appalling. Once we had placed our order, everything started arriving in completely the wrong order. There were children who were waiting for their burgers and chips till the end, by which point they had lost their appetites . We were served the mains first, there were no sides such as salad or dips offered and the starters arrived right at the end. The service we received was incompetent and the food was raw and extremely bland. The portions of food were tiny but we were charged a huge bill at the end of the night. The prices charged for drinks is unbelievable. I definitely will not be recommending this place to anyone. I cannot comprehend the prison theme as it has no correlation with food or eating.

The best food I've had so far on Ladypool road. Lovely samosa chat for starter. Tawa dish (kebabs, Lamb and chicken karhai was amazing). Big food portion size. Nice and family friendly environment, staff were spectacular and the service was amazing.

The best restaurant I’ve been so far I would recommend everyone to try the tawa dish! Family friendly, staff were spectacular and the service was amazing.

Over priced for the size of the portions. Ordered a large thawa for £40.00 was told its for 4 to 6 people. 2 to 3 people more like. Chapal kebab vety small for £5.00 extortionate masala fish £8.00 Staff running around headless chickens Food was luke warm. would not recommend. Did speak to manager who had no sympathy , he was comparing to 351 in Coventry. Trust me I've been to 351 in Coventry no comparison. stay away, if you must go to 351 Stoney Stanton Road Coventry

Utterly disappointed on New Year’s Day 🤮🤮🤮 had high expecitations of this place, nice set up with prison theme (thanna) Pakistani jail, we ordered a a table for 6 people and waited we ordered 1x large tawa £39 shish kebabs cut up and meat was hard to chew, food arrived cold and sauces was ketchup and chip shop chilli sauce cheap stuff bland taste nothing special js highly priced and small proportions Starters we ordered masala fish £6.99 and chapel kebab £4.99 ( only 1 shami kebab ) very disappointing short proportions and very highly priced drinks for 6 £28 ridiculously expensive and not satisfying our taste buds , you can find other local shops better food and more for your money’s worth. We spoke to the manager and he didn’t Compromise. AVOID 🤮🤮🤮 #your better off at manjaros or a real lahori tawa.

Rob chow u was with me what u on about 😂the food was great nothing wrong with the food the service was great

Thaana.. what a shambles. The service was very poor and the food even worse. We ordered the large thawa... after waiting a hour it arrived cold and the portion sizes were a joke. Service 1/10 Price 1/10 General experience 1/10 #stayaway #yougetbetterfoodinarealthana

The worst place I had ever visited! Everyone running around like headless chickens leaving dirty plates on out table no cutlery no tissue nothing. After waiting an hour for food we ordered a £40 tawa which was cold and about enough to feed 2 people. We order some starters which were very small and the price was extortionate. Also 6 drinks £30. When talking to the owner about the issue he was very confrontational and comparing to other restaurant's. To people who are wanting to try this place stay well clear.

Staff were running around like headless chickens. Food was cold, very small quantity at extortion prices. Only one girl staff was good at what she was doing. Also manager had no sympathy. You're better off going to 351 restaurant, better portion, better priced, better flavour and food comes nice and hot. Wont recommend Thaana to anybody.

Amazing mouthwatering food very kind staff a clean atmosphere highly recommend.

This place is cheap to eat from and quality food better then other restaurant there Tawa dish start from 14.99 and fills 3 people. The mojito are the best peach and strawberry tasted the best. There karak Chai is better then chai wala. Thank you guys for you excellent service will be coming back.

Food quality is amazing, literally beating all the big restaurants food out there and i am sure soon this restaurant will be known in whole England as well. Butter chicken and Peshawari naan are the best😍 Everyone should try Thaana’s Ice cream as well 😍👌 Pukka 😍