The Hive Cafe & Bakery in Birmingham

Visité hoy con amigos. Eligieron el lugar y yo no sabía nada de él de antemano. Como universidad me encanta lo que hacen, como café he luchado. 4 tipos de baguette, todos vegetales, dos con pesto que no me gusta, uno con hummus que no me gusta y otro con halloumi, que no me gusta. La sopa estaba condimentada, lo que adivinaste. No me gusta. Los pasteles se veían bien, pero eran todos veganos o sin gluten. Al final tuve dos pasteles, que eran bastante agradables. Me pareció un menú muy limitado para un sábado ocupado a la hora del almuerzo. Me encanta el edificio, la falta de música, es un ambiente agradable, el personal es amable. Me hubiera encantado ver pizza o queso Mac n, si tiene que ser vegetariano. Acepto que soy un comedor bastante quisquilloso... pero las críticas son opiniones y esta es mía.

A group of us went for coffee in the morning. Only one person serving, nobody else in there. Coffee took over 20 mins to come. Coffee and hot chocolate were fine. We returned for lunch later on and there was hardly anything on the menu. Mainly sausage rolls or scotch eggs. I ordered dip but when the other meals arrived mine wasn't there. Eventually I was told that they didn't have any left. I had a refund. Staff were pleasant but we were very disappointed as the cafe had such great reviews.

Such good food - all home made and a really unique menu. Amazing freshly baked bread as well. Nice atmosphere, great service, friendly staff. A gem in the JQ.

Inventive vegetarian menu, friendly staff, quirky decor, dog friendly, and BLISS - no background music. I had a huge focaccia sandwich loaded with delicious goat cheese, home grown salad, sweet red pepper, gherkin and pickle. My husband had a generous serving of home made beetroot soup so thick you could stand up a spoon in it.

First I think this is a place that attracts groups of ladies with the occasional retired gents. Not so much a place for a professor and students. We had a reserved table but I didn’t realize it had a time limit - after 60 minutes we were told we needed to pay because another party was waiting for the table. I was entertaining two of my former students and we had hoped to catch up. That didn’t happen when we were told to move along. Second visit I took 2 business guests. Was I dressed badly? Or am I too young for the place? The hostess was rude. So I think this is a place to be seen but not for long. Enjoy the food and beverages but don’t linger. I can say the food is outstanding but there are other restaurants in the area that have excellent food - maybe not as creative as the food at Hive but I tend to favor restaurants that treat me well. As you might expect Hive prices are expensive.