Verbena in Birmingham

My favourite sunday roast in Birmingham, with a great atmosphere and helpful staff. (Even when you forget to tell them that you are all vegetarian and create extra stress for them)

Brilliant food and service. Will be back again. Thank you!

Very tasty Sunday roast, the beef and pork were both so perfectly cooked.

It is the first time I go to Verbena and I was looking forward to trying this place. Food was nice and beautifully presented. Staff were nice and the restaurant itself is lovely. We were a large table and we had a set menu that consisted in some dishes to share. As the food was ready, some dishes were place across the table for people to share, but I had to ask for serving cutlery as these were not provided as standard. It seems that people were expected to use their own forks to take food from the sharing plates (which means sharing saliva with strangers). When dessert came out, no individual plates were provided and again, everyone was expected to use their own forks and spoons to eat from the same plate. (sharing saliva again). I am sorry to be this honest, but I did not enjoy the whole sharing/eating using own forks. I can't comment on the taste of the desserts as I didn't get to try them. (for the reason already described above). Guests should not be expected to ask for serving cutlery, these should be provided as standard, and people in a big table should definitely not be expected to eat from the same plate. Food was tasty, but the amount of food provided needs to be looked into. After paying £30 for the set menu, I went home to have a sandwich because I left verbena quite hungry.

Perfect..... And I mean PERFECT. Thanks. On second trip have had a fantastic Sunday Roast, with THE best potatoes. Thanks.

There were rotten tulips ;((( but wow!!!! food was amazing “!!!!!! It was my first time in birmingham eating really tasty food!! My deepest bow to the chief!!! you guys were amazing! 😋

I have to say, this was quite possibly the best experience I have ever had in a restaurant. The staff were just so warm and friendly and caring, I've never felt so at ease. And the food was outstanding, we ordered one of everything and it was all so tasty. And because things come out as they're ready the actual experience of eating and chatting and spending an evening there was just 10/10, how I imagine a Michelin starred place would be. We visited on Saturday 2nd March 2024, and we'll be coming back again and again. Especially if we have friends over and want to show them the very best that Birmingham has to offer. Just incredible 🤗

My partner and I visited Verbena for the first time tonight, and we loved it. They have a small menu but they nailed everything we tried. I thoroughly enjoyed the playful combination of flavours. Service was fantastic, and the ambience feels so cozy and familiar. We are definitely coming back to Verbena.

The restaurant has a nice, cosy but relaxed atmosphere and the service was great. It feels like the closest thing in Stirchley to the little neighborhood bistros you get in France. The food was a little pricey for the portion size, but it's hard to begrudge that in the current environment. It was still tasty (nice, subtle flavours in every dish) - the only disappointment was that a couple of things from the online menu weren't available on the night, which is a shame when the menu is quite small to start with. But overall it was a nice dinner, and we'll definitely go back again some time.

Verbena is such a gem! They have a small menu but it's all so imaginative & well presented with amazing flavour combinations. I can hardly believe it's as reasonably priced as it is! There are plenty of veggie options and a couple of meat dishes as well. The individual portion sizes are quite modest but that gives you the chance to try several plates without feeling too full. The staff are really nice too.

This place deserves a Michelin star. Amazing food in a cosy atmosphere.

Beautiful food, friendly service, reasonably priced and a cosy, relaxed atmosphere. My husband and I have been twice and will continue to go back.

Superb food, expertly prepared and cheerfully served. People of Birmingham, Verbana needs you! It’s great food at a good price in an excellent neighbourhood of the city.

Feeling a little disappointed after our visit today. We are big Verbena fans and this was my fifth time eating there. I've really loved it previously and couldn't fault it, so this review is based only on the experience today. Other visits, 5 stars. Delicious and wonderful. Today we went for the roast dinner, which sounded fantastic. Positives were that the beef itself was cooked beautifully and the creamy horseradish sauce was incredible. Cauliflower cheese, also lovely. But, having half a boiled carrot and half a boiled parsnip and one, egg-sized, very overcooked (to the point of being rock hard and hollow…inedible) roast potato each does not a delicious vegetable accompaniment make! We did ask about the potatoes and unfortunately there weren't any more. I think it was the end of the day, perhaps this is why we were disappointed. Also, it was my understanding that the carrot and parsnip should have been honey roasted. They weren't. I am of the opinion that if you've run out of something, just say, and I would've been cool with that or maybe give people a little more of something else/offer a discount, just something. But I think to serve that without any acknowledgement leaves you feeling a bit let down. Pudding was meringue, cream and fruit, very tasty and we did receive them on the house due to the inedible spuds, so that's fair enough. Overall, would still go to Verbena, but not for a roast again.

Beautiful little restaurant that is working hard to make its mark. Some dishes hit and miss. Pasta dishes very under seasoned. Beef ribs fantastic. Cheese and desserts very good. Worth a visit.

We enjoyed a lovely meal here last weekend before a day at the Test match. From the very friendly welcome to the excellent small plates food, everything was spot on. Couldn't fault it and very good value for money for the level of expertise on show. Wouldn't hesitate eat here again, if only we lived closer. Thanks all.

The food is so delicious and fresh - we’ve been a couple of times and always love the variety in the menu. Thank you for being part of lovely Stirchley x

We had a wonderful dinner here last night. My husband & I are both vegan, which we noted down when booking. Upon our arrival our menu had been starred to show which dishes could be made vegan - this made the ordering process very easy! Everything was so delicious! There’s such a cosy, intimate feel to the restaurant. Service was excellent too, everyone was so friendly & helpful. Highly recommend!

Limited choice if you don’t eat dairy. Food came out at different times so my side came out after I’d eaten all my main.

Every meal I have ever had here has always been perfection. It gives serious competition to some of Birmingham's big name fine dining restaurants while being beautifully laid back and down to earth

A fantastic dinner was had here a few weeks ago. Each plate was absolutely delicious, especially the fish pâté and the vanilla and apple mousse (hands down one of the best desserts I’ve ever tried!) We are lucky to have Verbena in the local area, they’re doing an amazing job and I look forward to going back soon!!

Lovely independent, intimate restaurant located in up and coming Stirchley.

I always love a visit to Verbena. It's a great place for a relaxed weekday lunch, and their evening, Modern British menu changes with the seasons and incorporates lots of local ingredients. The whole team are really passionate about what they do and we're so lucky to have such a gem of a restaurant on our doorstep here in Stirchley.

Thank you so much for a lovely meal. Attentive service, perfect portion size, every course lived up to expectations. Will definitely return and highly recommend. Great to have this on our doorstep.

Went for a birthday, delicious food and drinks

Lovely cafe, fabulous cake, really nice staff! Relaxing atmosphere, I definitely recommend going!

Friendly service with comfortable surroundings. Food was exceptional Many thanks x

Lovely food, wonderful staff and owner, perfect evening meal. Would highly recommend to all!

A lovely intimate space, delicious food and drinks (particularly the verbena cocktail) and all very reasonably priced. We have visited a number of times and have always experienced warm and thoughtful staff who clearly care about high quality service.

Lovely restaurant, serving excellent quality food for the price point. Lovely décor and love that it's female run.

Incredible Sunday roast! Everything beautifully cooked and sides with such fresh ingredients. A curry side is even included and goes perfectly with absolutely everything. The roast potatoes are the best I've had anywhere. For kids you can order a mini plate of roast. Excellent beverage options alongside. Service was perfect and a relaxing environment.

Verbena is great. Sunday lunch was really good. Great service, food and venue. 5 stars. Looking forward to coming back.

Excellent meal and lovely setting

Verbena is always lovely. Cute and well designed dining room serving up very well thought out and beautifully presented extremely tasty dishes at very reasonable prices. I absolutely love the Sunday roasts with all the great sides. One of the best spots for Sunday lunch in Birmingham.

The Ox cheek was utter perfection. Well curated cheese board. Friendly and lovely service. Professionally made chocolates, can we buy boxes please? Thank you for a special evening.

Next level Sunday roast I’ve helped make Sunday roasts since I was knee high to my father. I know, from my family’s efforts, what a good Sunday roast should be. So I thought. I sat in the comfortable, bright setting of Verbena to be entertained by a taste sensation. I ordered the pork belly with apple sauce served with yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, roasted carrots & parsnips, cauliflower cheese, braised red cabbage, buttered greens, house vindaloo & gravy. The attention to detail of the taste, texture profile of every ingredient. It made me react in a contradicting manner. On the one hand, I applauded it. On the other I felt unhappy that my Sunday roast efforts weren’t anywhere near this level. The meal, the contemporary, classy setting. It’s a bargain for a £16 tour de force roast. I would love to meet the chef one day and thank her for elevating such an iconic meal.

We had Sunday lunch with our family here. Cannot rave about it enough! Between the 7 of us, we had all three roast options, beef, pork and vegetarian and every single component was faultless. It has a lovely atmosphere and the staff and warm and welcoming. Can’t wait to return and feel very lucky to have it in our local area!

Delightful evening, had a few recommendations to visit so pleased to see it lived up to its billing. Excellent service, we were made to feel very welcome. Small menu but delivered on every course and such good value at £30 for 3 x courses. Hake and beef cheeks for mains, but all courses were good. Special mention for a good cheese selection. Thoughtful and well presented food without the pretentiousness of other places. Look forward to our next visit.

Wow. What an amazing meal at a lovely, welcoming, cosy restaurant. Had three courses here tonight (taleggio and chicory salad, cod for mains and a beautiful apple and caramel sponge pudding). All were absolutely stunning and so tasty, so much thought had gone into each dish. I'd particularly recommend the Verbena cocktail & will happily admit that the bread roll with treacle and bee pollen was probably the nicest I've ever had. Brill service too - can't wait to visit again!

Lovely chilled atmosphere and amazing food, each course was exceptional - definitely recommend and will come again soon

The meal was excellent !! Lovely staff , great attention to details.

Lovely cosy place with great food and amazing value for money! Staff were lovely, music was great. Can't expect any more!

I won't mess around. The food here is sensational and this was easily one of the best meals I've had in Birmingham. If you liked very well cooked plates of food without pretence than Verbena is for you. More enjoyable (imho) than Adams for example. A small comment. Some bread with the mains would have been appreciated (we didn't ask for any so not a criticism). We left just full after three courses. Again to reiterate a sensational meal. I wanted to eat here after reading about the ethos of the place and I was not disappointed. Please support this local Independent.

Really flipping good. I've been planning to go to verbena since it opened and we finally made it there last night, I'm so glad we went. I took my partner and my mum who was visiting for a few days, and we were all just as impressed. The service was friendly and efficient, the setting was a nice balance of clean & modern but cosy and the food was quite simply all really delicious. Between us we tried most of the menu (3 options for each course) everything was delightful from the bread through to the petit fours. We are already planning to go back to try the winter menu. Well done team verbena!

Wow! What a find on Stirchley High street! You do need to book in advance but well worth it! The food was absolutely amazing - something for everybody. We went as a family of 3 generations and were very impressed.

I travelled up to visit especially as we'd heard good things about verbena. Was not disappointed. Got me from the start with the beautiful bread rolls and the butter with bee pollen A..mazing! Starter was beetroot, deliciously earthy. Main mushroom ragout, and i can honestly tell you I've not eaten a veggie main as rich and comforting anywhere else. Great wine, fabulous puddings, delightful service. Absolutely fabulous evening. Thank you Verbena, keep up the good work. I'll be back.

Great food. Great service with a smile. Great to have more and more lovely independent restaurants like Verbena in Stirchley.

So, so, so, so good! Eating here made me very happy. 😊❤️

Food was delightful and dishes had interesting flavours tied together. We definitely enjoyed our meal. We were a bit surprised how long our food took to come (about 45 minutes for the bread to even come out, one of the buns wasnt heated up through to the inside) considering it was a weekend day and there were only two other small tables in the restaurant with us. Perhaps understaffed. Bit surprised by the owners response as I was obviously not counting any time it took for us to decide on our food…

Gorgeous food. Had small plates of everything (smoked mozzarella, roasted cauliflower, rare beef, trout quiche, scotch eggs, honey bread- have the bread, it's amazing) to share with my partner. And a lovely redcurrant hazelnut frangipane for dessert. Great value lunch if you like fancy food but don't have loads to spend. Great service. Will definitely be back for evening menu!

I decided to treat myself to a visit to Verbena for my birthday lunch. The restaurant may be small but the food is epic and the staff are brilliant! Big thank you to Chloe and the team, that was a meal to remember!

I had... I wanted to have a 3 course meal, having high expectations for the food, looking at the reviews and photos... Apparently, everything was wrong today... We arrived at the restaurant at 6:20 pm. The bread came on the table at 6:45pm, it was a nice entry in the menu. The 1st course came at 7:05.... Both cauliflower veloute and beetroot had a very flat taste, always compared to the presentation of the dish, which was a Michelin starred tasting menu course... The second course arrived at 7:40, chicken and cod... I had the chicken , my girlfriend had the cod. If I had the cod, I could be more disappointed than I am already... The only thing that saved this plate, was the excess butter around the barley risotto... The problem..? Like the 1st course, flat taste, no excitement in your mouth after every bite... And I say again, this is what you expect when a plate with this presentation comes in front of you.... We were already 1h45m at the restaurant and we just finished, fast, as we were hungry, our main course. To be honest, I didn't expect that a 3 course meal will take more than this to be served. We had to leave before the dessert as we had to catch the train back to London.. so neither my 3 course meal finished... And I am wondering, was it a very bad day in this kitchen, no service's fault the girl couldn't do much more than this, or this is what they TRY to serve? Because in the end, this a restaurant and a person arrives hungry and expect to leave full. You don't need huge portions, but you definitely need taste. I hope the chef see this... Ps. Five Guys saved my night.

Food was decent, staff was nice and the venue itself was cosy. Was really disappointed with the fact that after 1 hour and 20 minutes we still hadn't had our main course.

Cosy neighborhood restaurant with amazing food and lovely staff!

Lovely starter and pud, mains were small and a bit disappointing. Great venue though

Had an amazing lunch here. Food was incredibly good, tried about 5 plates between 2 - like a food-based adventure of taste - and very good value too, sounds like the menu changes a lot so we'll be back to try out the latest offerings soon!

A lot of thought went into the combination of all the ingredients in each dish and how they create a collective taste. Case in point this simple bread roll with salted and honey-combed butter. The main and deserts did much the same. Regretting not going for a starter now as I likely missed out...

First time there and it certainly won't be my last. Had three courses for £30, all excellent. Very nice vegetarian options. Great service and ambience. A little gem.

During lockdown we had two delicious heat at home meals from Verbena. We went there this evening (23rd July) as our first proper restaurant meal for a year! It did not disappoint. We'd decided that we were going to share starters and pudding but couldn't resist the menus and ended up having two three course meals. They were both delicious. My tempura courgette with ricotta and n'duja was wonderful. My partner was in delights over the mackerel. My risotto was delicious. The puddings were also really great - who knew whipped caramel was a thing? Hopefully we'll be back before long.

I waited over 6 months to visit and it was well worth the wait. I chose the tomato starter which was fresh and cool for a hot day. My partner was very pleased with her burnt leeks. We both had the lamb rump for mains and it was excellent. Perfectly cooked. It came with extra greens which were delicious. Staff are helpful and knowledgable about the wines on offer. We chose Beck Ink. We even sampled a complimentary dessert wine which went best with the chocolate dessert. The dinner concluded with petits fours of lemon and chocolate sweets. I shan’t be waiting 6 months to return.

Beautiful food, excellent service and a wonderful atmosphere. A fantastic restaurant and a brilliant addition to Stirchley. Looking forward to returning.

Brilliant food, not expensive, unfussy surroundings. Sunday lunch was delicious. Veggie option, mushroom pithivier, was 'the best veggie Sunday lunch ever'. I had beef which was outstanding as was the pork my son had. The trimmings were all flavoursome and beautifully cooked.

Good flavoursome food, good service, very welcoming. Prices very reasonable. Would definately recommend

Total value for money, the food was creative with amazing flavour. It felt like you got a lot for your money with lovely surroundings, great staff and it's totally great to see these places pop up in a little place called stirchley.

We shared a selection of the small plates for lunch, all of them were delicious and fresh. We also had the lemon meringue for dessert which was scrummy and not too sweet. Service was great too, can't wait to return.

Beautiful food, lovely atmosphere.

Excellent modern British food, great atmosphere and ready nice staff.

What a lovely little restaurant. The menu regularly changes and the quality of the food is exceptional for a small high street restaurant. The wait staff are phenomenal and each meal arrives just as you are ready for it. Excellent food, excellent staff and excellent service. What more can be said. Well worth a visit if you can book a slot and take your time. If you have any doubt about the quality of their food follow them on Instagram, I can assure you it tastes just as good as it looks.

Lovely little restaurant, great food, great staff and great value

Totally delicious food in a lovely relaxed setting. Highly recommended!

Great food and fantastic staff, can heartily recommend to anyone.

Gorgeous hot chocolate on a snowy day 💯 And the brownie... 🤤

I have been here a couple of times already. At the moment due to the restrictions it's open for takeaway for hot drinks, cakes and sweet treats and also some lovely hot food. I've had a bean stew with some soda bread that was very tasty. I've also sampled a chickpea curry. I think when they're able to open fully it will open as a restaurant it is a great addition to Stirchley.