The Regency in Solihull

Little to say other than my duck with peaches at £15.50 was poor.smallest duck breast I’ve ever been presented with and a fair percentage fat. It was smoked - not mentioned in the menu. Two pieces of flat warm peach, lettuce leaves and a sauce and grated nuts ( on the bottom of everything) completed the dish. Very unappetising. Wife had chicken which mirrored my comments, especially with regard to size!

I had a high tea for my friend’s retirement party. Being gluten free I dread these as my experience thus far has been poor. However, other providers should take a leaf from their baking books. The alternatives I was offered were as good as my gluten munching friends and I even had a beautiful gf scone. Well done Regency for not making me feel like a second class citizen.

Poor service even though place was almost empty. Booked for a birthday lunch but no special attention, in fact no attention. Saw 3 different waiting staff and then nobody once food arrived 30 mins later. Some food cold, some not great quality. After we’d eaten we had to go in search to pay the bill. Shane as recommended to us. Needs a lot of work to bring up to a quality restaurant standard. Oil the squeaky kitchen door for a start, very annoying and you’ve known about it for a long time. Learn how to cook a rare steak and look after your guests.

First visit here and well worth it, recently refurbished, lovely decor and ambience. I had Eggs Benedict beautifully poached 2 eggs on a toasted muffin with smoked ham and hollondaise sauce. I also had Orange Juice and a lovely smooth latte. Family members also enjoyed their choices, breakfast burrito and eggs royale.

Super, super Sunday lunch! Have been twice now with friends for lunch and it is excellet. Food is well cooked and fresh, even though we were eating late Sunday afternoon. Starters very good, main course excellet. Good choice of wine too. Will be coming again. Serve Madri beer too!

Came to the restaurant in June 2023 for a family meal for father in laws 65th birthday. The restaurant has been refurbished to a classy high standard, the service was great and the food was fantastic. I will definitely be returning and can recommend.

I went to Harry’s Brassiere recently for a family celebration. The food was lovely I had the cauliflower pakora and buttermilk kings prawns, both very tasty. We had a table of 11 and everyone enjoyed their meal, children’s menu was also very good. The waiter was lovely very friendly excellent with children. I would definitely recommend it. The bar/restaurant itself has been through a refurbishment and is very nice inside.

Had a great Sunday lunch (7 people) food was excellent , service was brilliant very attentive, friendly staff . Would highly recommend . Definitely be going back

Stayed here last month whilst daughter and friend went to Wireless. Decided to do a last minute stay as family member participated in Commonwealth games. Last stay was brilliant. Only had breakfast but the food was really good and great waitress. This time I could only give 3 stars. Lady on phone doing booking was VERY helpful. Checkin was quick. Room was two doors down from the last room we had and again the room was spotless. Window view was a load off old ceramic toilets (same as a month ago). I found the room very hot but there was a fan in which we used. Had a problem at breakfast in which I found the restaurant manager was not very helpful. Did let the receptionist know as the hotel manager was not around!!!! On a whole the hotel was clean, staff welcoming, loads off car park space and a great gym/pool/sauna room. Just wasn’t happy with the person using their hands to pick up all the items at breakfast (even though every item had tongues to use) and was not happy with the restaurant managers response when I told him.

A long awaited afternoon tea held up by COVID-19. We arrived early but was fold that’s fine and was seated straight away . The service was wonderful could not ask for more and we had a wonderful arrangement of sandwiches and cakes . Ours was a Champagne tea and the champagne was a good quality one overall it was agreat afternoon

to sum it up -service was slow -atmosphere was lacking in this dated establishment -food was lacking in seasoning and heat. for a rosette establishment overall disappointed.

We stayed one week in the hotel and while the rooms were not great, the food was very good indeed. The breakfast buffet is very tasty.

The food in the restaurant was really good, I had a lamb burger and was very well cooked, my friend had the scallops and chicken kebab starters and they were delicious. The staff are very professional and helpful. Nothing was too much trouble. The pool area was really good, however be ware if you want a swim best go early in the morning before it gets to crowded. Hotel is a bit dated, however clean and worth the money, close to the NEC which is a bonus

My soup was lovely, but the burger was overdone and actually not that big. Waiting staff were efficient and friendly. I thought the chairs were a bit old and stained...

Got a deal which included tickets to Cadbury World up the road which included breakfast at hotel. Was a good stay, warm room, good bed, we had an upgrade to Deluxe I think they said, bigger bed etc. Cooked breakfast was fine, good choice of options, cereal, toast etc. Overall great stay thank you.

This was our first visit to the Regency for about ten years, having heard from friends that they had made real improvements to the food offering recently. I have to say we were pleasantly surprised as to how good it was. Special mention to our waitress Davina, who talked us through the menu, and also to Claudio who made sure we enjoyed our visit. We will definitely be returning.

The restaurant is beautifully decorated, light and airy. The staff are always so friendly and happy to chat. The Sunday roast is delicious and the vegetables always plentiful and varied.

This restaurant is part of the Corus Regency hotel. There is ample free parking adjacent. The menu is varied and well presented food, served efficiently means an enjoyable meal.

Just back from the Laura Ashley Tea Room at the Corus Hotel. Took a friend as a treat. The room has a lovely decor and we had a great table in the window. We were well looked after from the moment we arrived. We chose the traditional afternoon tea £20.00 each, we could have up graded to one with Prosseco or Champagne. We had as much tea as we could consume with the waiting staff regularly asking if we were ok, would we like anything more to drink.For the afternoon tea we had a selection of Cucumber, Ham and Egg sandwiches. Followed by a plain and fruit scone each and a lovely variety of different cakes, Macaroons and small jellies.For the cakes we were unable to finish we were given a Laura Ashley box to take the cakes home.We will defiantly be back in the near future, my Mum is already looking forward to coming to experience it. Well done Chef and Staff keep up the good work.

Fuimos al restaurante para un almuerzo entre semana justo antes de Navidad y tenía el campo de juego 3 Menú de navidad. El restaurante y el hotel estaban bellamente decoradas para Navidad y aunque no hay muchos comensales, tenía un buen ambiente con villancicos jugando. Había una buena selección de platos del menú y la comida estaba bien hecha y las porciones abundantes. El servicio era excelente y el precio muy razonable.

£21 for 2 single spirit and mixer drinks and Diet Coke is an absolute joke. Would understand if it was a swanky place but I've stopped in travel lodges with better standard than that! To add staff were rude and disengaged, facilities were in an awful standard and there seemed to be a horrible damp smell throughout the whole hotel. For what was charged to what it was just doesn't add up!

Stayed here on business for two weeks and was made to feel very welcomed by the staff where nothing was too much trouble. A big thanks to Ionut Baciu who always had a smile and time to talk to you. Thank you. Elaine

As a family we visit the Regency for special occasions at least three times a year. Service is excellent. The...

This hotel's restaurant area was booked over lunch time, because the relatives were assured that a good standard of food...

Reservamos este hotel en el último minuto en booking.com, al llegar tuvimos un buen 10 minutos de espera para ser servido en recepción, pero nos registramos muy rápidamente que estaba en la segunda planta, la habitación era agradable, limpia y la cama era cómoda. La...

Nos sentimos muy bien acogidos a pesar del hecho de que tenían un montón de mesas reservadas se desvivieron por nosotros. gracias

We ate at a pretentions pub on the previous night. The food at the Regency was 10 times better and half the price. Well recommended. The breakfast was pretty good too, quality bacon and sausages and plentiful .

Stayed at this hotel for one night whilst on business. Reception staff were very pleasant and helpful but some aspects of the hotel were disappointing. There was no hairdryer in my room which I find unusual these days. Breakfast was just average although it was great to have fresh fruit. I used the pool in the spa. It was lovely and warm but the area had a 'tired' feel to it.

Dreadful from my last experience and hopefully only experience of this restaurant. The first impression when I arrived was that it was empty and for 2000 on a midweek night is not a good sign. Lot's of cars in the carpark and had seen plenty of business travellers in the hotel so they clearly knew something I didn't. The restaurant had loud music pumping out of tiny speakers that I think was coming from the kitchen and was dreadful. Not really what you want when you are trying to eat a meal and read a book. The staff are young and don't seem to be well trained but are polite and pleasant enough. The menu is limited and what you expect from this type of place. I had the pork belly to start and it looked really nice when it arrived. Well presented, looked nicely plated and smelled good too. How wrong you can be. The belly was nice and flavoursome but meagre portions of it. the crackling would have caused some serious trouble to your teeth if you had tried to eat it. So hard is was a joke. Not nice. For the main I opted for the gammon and again looked nice on the plate and a generous portion. Gammon was very salty and overcooked, the chips, frozen and tasteless and the 'salad' was pointless. Hot and cold food on the same plate is just odd. The side portion of cauliflower cheese was nice and the best bit of the meal. The portion size was miniscule and not really worth the money in honesty.

Thomas was the perfect host, very friendly and helpful, with a good knowledge of the food and wine, great service. We must compliment the chef, the food was excellent, there was a good choice on the menu, great taste, well presented, quality produce with good portion sizes and served quickly. Very highly recommended. We will definitely return.

The staff is very friendly, however the restaurant and the bar seems to be understaffed. The food is good. I was in there two evenings for dinner. I tried Sri Lankan Curry and Risotto. The best of the bunch was Plum & Almond Tart.

We had a deal with a spa day and afternoon tea. The spa was great, pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room followed by a sumptuous afternoon tea. The hotel is well located and easily found. We enjoyed our swim etc and had a rally good tea. All the produce was delicious. Home made cakes and scones, loads of clotted cream and jam and the finger sandwiches were so fresh and had great fillings. Service was extremely good and all requests were dealt with promptly and in a friendly manner. Very highly recommended.

Pleasant family meal in the bar, served quickly, reasonable choice, well presented and all eaten! Wife and 2 children enjoyed a nice meal.

Hotel looks tired and in need of an update. Rooms dated and stuffy. Spa ok and clean. Did not eat in hotel, not huge menu and quite pricey. Large car park. Friendly reception. Suit business overnight stays.

On arriving at your hotel we were greeted by a que of people at reception with only one staff member actually working on reception, it took a good ten minutes for us to actually get to the desk. The above mentioned staff member was not wearing a name badge nor did he introduce himself & was wearing a very tired looking suit!We finally got the key to our room & went up to the 2nd floor to get ready for our night out. On approaching the lift we decided to take the stairs as the lift was making some very odd sounds, no service was offered to help with bags.Room was ok, not the cleanest & the fan in the bathroom was rather noisy. My husband took a shower which consisted of two temperatures: very cold or very hot.On returning from our night out we were greeted in our room by a loud noise of water rushing & gurgling in the ceiling, we pressumed it may have been our neighbours shower but found 11:45pm an odd time to shower. After around 15 minutes the noise stopped, so i went to have a wash. On filling the sink i found that the water out of the taps was yellow!! So i reluctantly washed my face, gave cleaning my teeth a miss & we went to bed...but no, after around 30minutes the noise returned. We rang reception to ask to move rooms & they rang us back 10minutes later to say we could have an alternate room.We had to make our way down to reception in order to swap our key & the staff member covering reception had "no idea" what the noise could possibly have been? After yet another wait our 2nd key was ready & we were sent on our way to a room on the ground floor.On entering the room, it was very similar to the first, however this time we had patio doors rather than a window. These patio doors have slatted vents in them, which had been left open...in october, so the room was freezing.After finally dropping off to sleep we were awoken by the sound of our neighbours plus friends at 03:20am. We continued to hear our neighbours plus friends arguing until 05:30am when said friends left our neighbours room shouting "lets knock every door on the way past" Maybe monitoring guests coming into the hotel after midnight would be a good idea...? Particularly in the state they were in.So after approximately 0 hours sleep i am writing you this reviewWorst hotel experience of my life!

meat tuff , vegs nearly raw, I know they should not be soft as, but cruchy as a raw spud is not right, the wine paid for was not provided, wedding planner was a waste of time.

We joined some friends (who were staying overnight at the hotel) for an evening meal. I had never heard of the restaurant before, so was not expecting too much. We had a lovely surprise - a delightful menu, and we all enjoyed what we had. The staff were very pleasant and helpful.The ambience would have been helped by candles on the tables, and some additional low lighting in the resaurant, but that did not spoil our enjoyment.

The service here was first class from the minute we entered, to actually leaving. Sadly the main meal was fairly standard and extermerly expensive. It was cooked beautifully but was bland and no sauces with the steak and no option to order it seperately.

From the welcome at reception to the chef knowing i was tired of the options as a veggie after a week and wrangling a delicious dish

Had an amazing lunch! Staff very friendly,and well presented.great portion size,surroundings,ignore previous Spanish remark!! Go and make your own judgement,will not be disappointed! Will definitely return soon

Poor chef, boring menu, miniscule portions, overpriced.Staff are truly excellent and go the extra mile

Lovely welcome in great surroundings! A hotel that offers something for all.Varied lunch menu which offers a selection and little touches by the head chef Nigel makes a standard Club Sandwich amazing!!! What cheese board......certainly worth making room for.Staff are super friendly and smart, rare in such an establishment, Thomas is a credit to the team.We will be back

When I originally reviewed this hotel I didn't realise how much notice the General Manager took of guests' comments. He got in touch with me and took time and effort to reassure me that my comments were taken very seriously and suggestions always considered. There is an old fashioned kind of courtesy about The Regency management and staff and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to stay in the Solihull area. It's was a "don't judge a book by its cover" experience.

Went to the Corus Restaurant at the Regency Hotel for Valentine's night and disappointed. Food very average.- 5 courses and a box of chocs. No atmosphere. Restaurant half full and very dreary music in the background. Not much heating on either.Waitress was lovely but couldn't lighten the evening.Won't be rushing back again.

A most enjoyable experience ! A group of us had an excellent Pre Christmas lunch at the Regency Restaurant. Really tasty food and attentive staff, not to mention the plates were hot too!We'll certainly be returning in the New Year.MMS

Visited here for for an advertised Christmas Meal last December. 15 in our party were shown to a side room which we shared with another party of 10/12 people celebrating a lady's birthday. This wasn't what we were expecting! There should have been a Michael Buble tribute apparently but I guess this was over booked so we ended up in the 'old bar'. But you've got to give the place a chance. The starter was poor & not much of it. This was followed by the main meal which was served on a 'side plate' comprising of 2 sprouts, 2 roasters, a few carrots, 1 brocholi spear & what could have been 'Bernard Matthews Turkey Roll', the xmas pudding was quite nice but again a bit on the small side. All in all it wsn't worth the £26 per/head, which I confess is probably not a lot for this time of year, but I'm afraid eas way over priced for the fayre we had.In defence of the restaurant, after our organiser complained, we were offered the chance to join them in their main restaurant at a later date TBC. Watch this space!!!!

Cannot fault the Robbie tribute act in the slightest! Great fun atmosphere with all you would expect from a party night. Dj was good and a great time was had by all. Food: Well..... Starters were on the very small side but tasted superb... We all had Turkey for our main course... Four of us had ours served yo us but one member of our party had to wait at least 15mins for his (the other 4 had almost finished by the time his arrived) and when it did come there wasn't any cauliflower on the plate, just 4 Brussels and one small floret of broccoli and absolutely not a potato in sight! We asked for some potatoes as they were missing and nothing, so after asking again and starting his meal a young lady came over with a side plate with what looked like the scraps of potato that were left and had been fried to look like sautéed potato! She scraped it onto his half eaten dinner without even asking if he liked a chunk of mashed fried potatoes! Dessert: Three of us had dark chocolate mousse with cream...... Two came out and were placed in front of each and two panacotta came out. Again, a wait for another mousse and when this one arrived it looked totally different to other two! Looked like they had ran out again and the newest supplies were different!!!!!! Panacotta was not how it should be and was like stodgy on a plate and just heavy!!Would we return again?..... Robbie would be a yes.... Food is a big NO!

Excellent meal and service. Very good value in pleasant surroundings. 3 course lunch plus coffee and mince pies, choice of starters, mains and desserts. Attentive staff who couldn't do enough for us.