The Railway Inn in Solihull

Another excellent visit, delicious food and great service. Totally recommend and trying the Sunday lunch next as suggested by Andy

Enjoyed this more compared to my last visit several years ago where the locals seemed to be staring at us like a scene out of American Werewolf in London, lol. The menu is all pricey but I was really impressed by the food and presentation. Nice choice of specials too.

Food here is top quality, with really friendly staff who out of their way to make the occasion special. We went on a Saturday evening and had the swordfish, chicken pie and the faggots. We all said how amazing the food was. You will need to reserve a table as it is always full and as the restaurant is only small they have limited space. Would highly recommend.

Food and service are both excellent. Being quite local to us, my wife and I have eaten here a few times, and never been disappointed. The standard is superb. Sunday lunch is exceptional, and we can even take our dog Basil along into the bar area too. The staff are all super friendly and make a special effort to come over and make sure we are all looked after. Basil is also catered for with a water bowl, dog treats, and lots of fuss. He loves it there as much as we do. Will be back very soon. Thanks everyone.

Lunch. AMAZING Gammon served at restaurant level. Delicious!!! Chicken burger devoured. Fish and chips really tasty. Will return for the Pork belly! Huge menu. Large portions. No room for desserts!

Turned up after a country walk without booking a table for two (12.30 pm). Table available, very pleasant staff, food great would definitely recommend, but to be sure of a table I would book as it soon filled up.

Food was really very very good. Pork belly was the best ever , but didn’t need salad with a hot dish. The sharing bread with Parmesan was really excellent. Only problem is you cannot see what you are eating as the lighting is so dull. Had to use phone torches to read menu and look at food. Lovely staff. Can’t fault food or service. But please change lighting !!!

We had a wonderful meal, but found the main course of gnocchi and dessert of pecan pie on the small size for the pricing . We did mention it to the waiter. Service was great though and very friendly staff.

Good food, good atmosphere, on a fully booked Wednesday night in August.

I recently had the pleasure of dining at The Railway Inn, and it was truly an unforgettable experience. From the moment we walked in, we were greeted with warm smiles and an inviting atmosphere that set the tone for the evening. The ambiance of the restaurant is perfect, elegant yet comfortable, with just the right amount of lighting to create a cozy and intimate setting. The attention to detail in the decor made the space feel both modern and welcoming. The food was simply outstanding! Every dish we ordered was a masterpiece, beautifully presented and bursting with flavor. The menu offers a wide variety of options, catering to all tastes, and everything we tried exceeded our expectations. The ingredients were fresh, the flavors were perfectly balanced, and the portions were generous without being overwhelming. The service was impeccable. Our waiters were attentive, knowledgeable, and made excellent recommendations. Despite the restaurant being busy, we never felt rushed, and every request was met with a smile. The staff clearly takes pride in their work, and it shows in the level of service they provide. To top it all off, the dessert was a perfect end to the meal, absolutely delicious!! We left the restaurant completely satisfied and already planning our next visit. The Railway Inn is a true gem, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. If you're looking for a lovely dining experience where every detail is thoughtfully considered, this is the place to go. Five stars across the board! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A good local. Reasonable value pub food. Large beer garden

Lunch with a friend - the staff were friendly & professional and very helpful. The food was delightful

Best pizza and wings I’ve had in a long time if not ever! Steve is amazing 😂

Food Excellent and beers. Staff very friendly and helpful.

Fantastic meal and fantastic service. Highly recommend this lovely country pub..

Five of us had Sunday dinner today. 1 beef 3 pork and 1 chicken dinner. All were amazing. Staff were so friendly as well. We will be back.

Small quirky pub that was train station waiting room, worth a visit for a unique pint of their ales

Lunch with my brother and his wife for my birthday,very good service and food was excellent from starters to pudding. Highly recommend

Friendly efficient service. Cosy atmosphere. Great food. Good price. What more do you need?

Have eaten here quite a few times, Sunday Lunch is fabulous, highly recommend the Roast Pork, delicious 😋

What a fantastic pub! We took friends visiting abroad here for the first time and were blown away by the amazing food and great space for families. But what really made the trip was the manager, Ewan, who went above and beyond great customer care. Highly recommend visiting here and keep up the good work, guys!

sorry to say 12 months ago food good 6 months ago food not good today Sunday food still bad beef tuff gravy not gravy it's sweet due carrots burnt calleflour cheese burnt service very good but won't be returning soon

1st visit but on today's performance it won't be our last. lovely meals and great service.

Did not en joy at all meat was tough veg hard root veg tasted burned will deff not order again was not worth £15 ×

We experienced nothing like any bad previous review. The staff were so attentive and friendly. The food was faultless. There is a nice feel about the place. The pricing is great value. Very good experience all round.

We haven’t been to this pub in years. The previous owner was quite rude to us, when we heard it was under new management we decided to try it again. Looks to be a revamped menu and the service was much more friendly. Pizzas were delicious and we will definitely come back again .

Really good food. Chef coped expertly with my dietary requirements and the rare steak cooked absolutely correctly.

Fantastic food. Service was great. Inside is a little small but will definitely return and hopefully in the warmer weather to dine outside

Excellent service staff very helpful and polite!!!! Food was extremely good just crisp the roast potatoes a lil more otherwise excellent would highly recommended! A joy n will be coming again v v v v soon

Had the most amazing Sunday lunch here. Great selection of drinks, good value and service and the food, wow! Superb. Will be back again soon! Thanks guys!

Good value, delicious Sunday lunch. My husband thought it one of the best Sunday lunches he’s had in the local area - and particularly enjoyed the pork belly and chicken (on the mixed roast). I had the special beef bourguignon pie and really liked it.

First time at the Railway since new ownership. Excellent food (scrumpy cider & mustard sauce accompany gammon was fabulous), lovely decor and cosy atmosphere. Pleasant staff - will definitely be returning. Highly recommended.

Thought I’d try a new pub out of my area , however when I got there it took 40 minutes for our starters to come out and when they asked for our mains they told us they didn’t have any beef left , when they could of told us when we got there, mains took another 30 minutes to come out. More of a pub in the restaurant .

Pepperoni pizza was unbelievable

Delightful country pub with a good range of starters, mains and desserts. All tasty and they also serve excellent coffee. Staff friendly and helpful.

First my first visit to The Railway Inn a lovely experience very good food excellent service an hidden gem well worth a visit

All 6 of us thought the food last night was absolutely fantastic. My blade of beef was beautiful. Definitely the best pub meal I have had recently in Knowle and Dorridge. The staff were lovely and attentive. 100% recommend eating here.

Really lovely staff and service. Manager/Host Gill made our family experience exceptional. Really good food... Sunday lunch 😋

This was our second visit and once again the food was fantastic. Lovely choice on the menu and great service from the staff. It is expensive, but no more than similar establishments and you get what you pay for and we weren't disappointed.

Our second visit for another beautifully tasty Sunday lunch, friendly staff, cosy & warm surroundings, a very happy party of 5, definitely recommend

Five of us visited for the first time, was overcharged twice for drinks, we didn't stop for our meal booking incase it happened again. Embarrassing.

Lovely meal out. Very friendly and attentive staff. Lovely, fresh, hot food. Will definitely be going back again!! Easy to park as lots of space in the car park. Modern and clean facilities.

I had the fish and chips and it was 10/10 , would highly recommend :)

First visit to the Railway Inn for Sunday lunch. Had a roast trio which was delicious. Very tasty, lots of meat, traditional trimmings. Would recommend.

Whilst we had a lovely evening, I wouldn't rush back. I was gutted the fish pie, which was divine, and was no longer on the menu. The food was average and didn't reflect well on the prices charged. If I compare it to the Malt Shovel or the lovely pubs at similar pricing, it wouldn't fare well. A real shame as the owners are lovely, warm, and welcoming. Just need a number of tweaks to get it up to standard.

First visit for sometime. Enjoyed the bread oils and olives with roasted garlic. Steak excellent, fantastic chips. Lovely ice cream. Wine fairly priced and great flavours. Will be going back

Very disappointing visit for a Birthday treat... Dining area shabby and draughty... Front of house staff very pleasant but food service extremely slow... Quality of food left a lot to be desired, of the 8 dishes we ordered no one was satisfied with their meal. Certainly will not be returning or recommending.

Love this place. Good choice on menu with various prices. My 'Go to' place.

Lovely old pub in Dorridge - but sadly that was the only lovely part of our visit. Occasion was my Dads 86th birthday , we booked weeks ago. Our table was next to a drafty front door and next to a noisy bar, I asked if we could have a table away from the door because of my Dad (there was a table free our whole visit inside the dining area) we were refused. Our drinks order arrived - completely wrong. The food was good but ruined by the server having his thumb in the gravy while holding the plates. It was so noisy by the bar that my elderly father could hear nothing. Not the birthday treat I had hoped for, we left within an hour as it was stressful to be there.

We ate here last night, fab food and service. A slight issue was more than professionally dealt with. Fab service and it was a nice touch that the manager and owner came over for a chat. We had chicken schnitzel and pork belly, lovely.

On Tuesday 5th September, I spent a really enjoyable few hours at this establishment. The Moretti beer was excellent – and I can’t speak highly enough of the music; the choice was superb, covering several decades and genres. I am blind, and would like to thank all the staff for looking after me – and, equally as important, their conviviality; especially when most of them are several decades younger than I!! The menu sounded delicious, and I will definitely be returning to sample it. Thanks again for such a fun afternoon.

Best Sunday dinner visited twice now and both occasions the food was great. Would highly recommend the railway inn for great food service and value for money . Be back soon !!

Wouldn't go again, atmosphere very unfriendly

An extremely disappointing experience. It took 10 minutes to get offered a menu and we had to ask if we could order drinks. We ordered food at the same time, given it took so long. The food took 1 hour to come out and when we chased, we spoke to a manager who wasn’t helpful at all. No apology for the delay and he didn’t even come back and update us. The main courses were really small and presented really badly. Not one staff member checked in on us to see how our food was. When paying the bill, no gesture was offered to make it right, we were told there were a chef down. Overall a really bad experience.

Great place for a Sunday roast. Been a few times during the week and the food has always been pretty good too. Usually seen a nice couple of ales as well which is always welcome. Timmy Taylor and Brakspear last time if I remember rightly.

Couldn't fault the food. Reasonably priced, hot, tasty and nicely presented. Excellent service and friendly and attentive staff. It's a shame though that the indoor eating area is so small. If the pub was extended, I would imagine that there would be no problem in filling the tables.

Everything else was shut or full so we ended up at our favorite place. As usual ordered far too much food and drank far too much! But it is so delicious fishcake, asian cauliflower, chicken parfait and buratta. followed by chicken schnitzel, gammon, and faggots. finished with cheese and affogato.

Great food and drinks and service

Great food, great service and atmosphere was spot on. I’ll be coming back again 👌🏼

Love it here for a sunday lunch 😋

Great new owners,staff etc ,very friendly atmosphere, excellent food,we shall return

Popped in for a pint on the walk home. Nice pub, decent garden and hardly had to wait to be served. Guinness was cold, menu looked appealing and the car park is a decent size. Happy days.

Table of 9, accommodating staff and tasty food. My sister and I shared starters of prawn pil pil and buffalo chicken wings which were delicious. Main courses and desserts also delicious. We’ll be back!

Amazing quality and presentation of the Sunday roast. Will definitely be returning. Slightly dark in the front room due to the storm so partially hard to see food whilst eating.

didn't eat this time round but the menu looks tempting will give the food a try next time. the staff where pleasant and cheerful.

Food was too notch. Four of us had all different dishes and all of us said food was exquisite! Service was excellent too. Definitely be back soon. Highly recommended.

Popped in for an early dinner. Never been before, and wish we'd been to visit sooner. Food was so delicious. Unfortunately, we were in a wee bit of a hurry. Would have loved to have stopped a wee bit longer. Caeser salad was fab and my husband was so quiet eating his pie, I knew he was enjoying it. A regular was celebrating his birthday, and everyone sang to him. Lovely. Definitely be back when we have more time. Thank you!!

The Railway Inn is in a very affluent part of the world. It has recently been extensively refurbished, and is an attractive place for a drink or food, with a nice interior and small garden/ Menu combined traditional items with a more modern twist, and our items were well cooked/presented. My issue is that it's (very) expensive, for example close to £18 for steak pie, chips and greens. I fully understand the cost pressures on a hospitality business, but there has to be a limit on the price a business like this can charge and still sufficient attract customers, and to me, they have reached that.

We went to the Railway Inn to celebrate my mother-in-law’s 92nd birthday. The food when it arrived was beautifully presented and tasty, but unfortunately they were extremely busy and it took a long long time to arrive. My main concern, however was I am allergic to gluten and dairy and we had specifically booked here a few weeks ago because it showed gluten-free fish and chips as an option on the menu, but on arrival I was disappointed to find it had been taken off the new menu. There were only couple of GF dishes I could order, and as the kitchen was so busy, I double checked that they had remembered the allergies when they were served, and they had forgotten and added cheese to both dishes. The waitress was very apologetic and they eventually replaced both the starter and the main course. Unfortunately, I would be wary of dining here again due to the lack of menu choice and concern about allergy mix ups in the kitchen. I would have been quite ill for a number of days if I hadn’t checked. I must say in its favour the pub is friendly and the waiting staff, particularly Emily, were excellent. She tried her best to give us a good evening and was very friendly and helpful. Our score would have been lower if it wasn’t for Emily’s service.

What a surprise! Went for a family lunch here in a Sunday and the food was amazing! We were all very impressed with the quality of the food and service. Did have a slight problem with our table due to having a baby needing a high chair but managed to resolve in the end and we all really enjoyed our visit. Definitely recommend.

A great pub, with great service and food. A great venue for an amazing Sunday lunch. ALL the team were fabulous both in service and personality. The beef roast was cooked perfectly and we will definitely be back!

Right so went to there this afternoon. Arrived approximately 12:40 ish. Place looked nice. Really good out the back. Ordered about 12:50ish. We were the first ones through the door. A starter of prawns and a pork roll. All to come at the same time. 25 mins after ordering I checked with the waitress to see when we could expect our food. She said she'd check. Never came back. 2nd time After 30 mins I checked again. Then a 3rd time after about 40 mins. We were told 4 mins. Then the first waitress came back and told us no one had put the order through. Now mistakes can happen but after asking on 3 separate I would have thought somebody might have checked. Obviously no one did. I'd suggest re training for the waitresses and get a system in place so this cluster xxxx doesn't happen again!!! Won't be going there again.

Update - 2nd visit to try fish and chips. Really well cooked and loved the fresh homemade tartare sauce. Really impressed with the food, service and decor here at really good prices. The burger was really tasty and patty was generous! Loved the caramelised onions on it. Coleslaw was also high quality and fresh which is hard to come by. Best burger in the area definitely. Can’t wait to come back and try something else.

Great menu good food Pub has been done up recently (refit)

Had a really great lunch here. Lovely food, great friendly service, good value for money and nice garden area out the back. Small play area for children too. Will definitely be returning ! Thank you 🙏🏼

Firstly, the staff members were friendly and helpful and I could not fault them. Unfortunately, my two friends felt as I did that our meals were indifferent . We were taking lunch at 2 30 pm. So that may explain the quality of the meals. The chips, however, were excellent. We decided against puddings and coffee. Overall, it was not good value. There is a very good car park and a pleasant garden. Other friends have had a much better experience taking Sunday Lunch

Very attentive staff. Good food.

Amazing Sunday Roast, excellent menu & lots of choices which included options for children. Lovely friendly staff. Highly recommend, fantastic service.

Sorry, very poor value for money, faggots very good, chips absolutely awful, appeared oven cooked then cooked in oil,. Burgers no taste and dry, sweets very dry old left out. Nice area and drinks ok, but expensive. Second visit and not good. Nice place sadly let down by poor quality

honestly the best Sunday lunch in ages, delicious, will definitely be going again, roast beef, horseradish and cauliflower cheese can’t beat it

Came here for the first time as wanted to try somewhere new - food was very good i really enjoyed the pie that i had and was definitely fresh - for that reason i would return- the only issue/issues i have where that the atmosphere wasnt what i would expect such as loud staff members chatting , children running around screaming(weekend evening - would understand if midday Saturday but no the evening) - one waiter that knocked into my table 3 times without apologising or acknowledging he had done it- just seems things need be a bit more professional because the food was incredible quality.

Have never had an issue with the railway. Food great friendly service. Until this evening. Booked with plenty of time to spare. Was given a two hour slot, fine. Arrived on time and ordered our food relatively quickly. Was told to expect a 25minute delay for a pizza. Food arrived late when it did the pizza was not what was ordered and my wife’s food was going to be a further 5 mins. Nobody took away the pizza and when asked again they did and brought it back with the correct toppings on but luke warm. We asked to order some dessert but were told they needed the table back. This was 20 mins before it was due back and we had only taken this long because they couldn’t get the order right and couldn’t get the food out on time. In their defence after pointing this out they then offered us a free dessert. However we felt unvalued at this point so wanted to get out. Also of they needed the table back so desperately where were we going to eat it?? Seemed to us that they were busy and couldn’t cope.

Had the burger. Best burger in the area and by area I mean Solihull, Shirley, Dorridge, Knowle and Hatton. Great service also 😁

Excellent menu. Excellent food. Even more excellent service !! Lunch fir a bday ended up being a really really positive experience that was good value for the quality of food. The ladies who served us were very attentive and very friendly helpful polite and chatty!...

What a fantastic place this is, the staff are lovely, very friendly and always seem to know what is wanted even before you ask. The food is superb, my wife and I have been several times now and it is our go to lunch location. Make sure you book...

This was my first visit to new Railway Inn since it's modernisation and I was pleasantly surprised to both transformation & good choice of food at reasonable cost.

Fine beer, excellent food and service with very friendly staff and landlord. Great value for money. All you need in a great country pub. We’ll worth a visit. 👍

We were recommended the Railway Inn by a friend who had visited with family the weekend before. We are very grateful to have been introduced to such a lovely pub. A small dining area with a lovely atmosphere and some of the best food we've eaten in a long time. Everything we had was fantastic and to top it off, the service was great and staffe were very friendly. Both the bavette steak and pork belly are highly recommended!

Always great food and brilliant service. KRO

Popped in on Thursday 6th with my sister and daughter. Fabulous food and great service, all at very reasonable prices. We'll worth a visit and we'll be going back next time we go shopping in Solihull.

Great place for lunch, dinner or special celebration. Food fantastic and so is the service. Definitely be returning !

Great food nice staff will be back

Last minute lunch booking, cosy bar/restaurant area with great service from the team. We had a lovely nachos sharing plate to start and then I had probably the best burger I've ever eaten 👌 Deffo will be back👍 Update: Been back twice since.... And still probably the best pub burger I've ever had 😋

Called in weekday for Lunch. New owners and place has had a full refurb and is very comfy and cosy. Nice terrace outside which should be good for the summer. Bar area is dog friendly. Traditional British food served and cooked really well. Tasty and...

I booked for late lunch last Sunday they had 4.45 available, We ordered drinks and our meal at 5.00 the meal arrived about 5.20 as it was very busy, At 5.50 the waitress came up to us with a dessert menu and said we had...

I had a takeaway roast beef dinner and it was just superb the quality of the meat was second to none veg and roast potatoes were brilliant i will definatly be ordering again .

we booked for dinner for 4 and we weren't disappointed. We've been before so we know what to expect yummy food, quaffable ales, tasty wine and great service. We shared starters of mushroom gratin, garlic loaf and humus all delicious expecially the mushroom gratin. To...

Absolutely stunning roast. Best in the area. Highly recommend.

Good value for money, nice atmosphere and family friendly. Only problem we had was an hour wait for the food.

Great food. Steve and Sam are very pleasant. Will go out of my way to come here again.