The best restaurants in West Midlands

Waves is a true gem for fish and chips enthusiasts. Their consistency is unmatched, and every visit feels like a warm, familiar treat. The batter is perfectly golden and crispy, encasing beautifully flaky fish, while the chips are always cooked to perfection—crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Pair this with their impeccable service and you have an experience that never disappoints. If you're looking for a spot that serves classic fish and chips done right, Waves is the place to be. Highly recommended for anyone who appreciates quality and reliability in every bite.

He estado en zengz antes siempre tenía una buena comida y servicio, pero desafortunadamente no esta vez el servicio estaba bien el cordero tikka entrante era muy masticable y pollo tikka en puri soso estaba bien y la red eléctrica estaba bien nada que escribir a casa sobre No volveré a visitarte

Fantastic range of quality low price food.Great veggie options at prices below £12.00.My wife had a very generously sizes veggie tar,obviously cooked in house and I had the very tasty plant based burger.The service was very good,we had to wait a little for my garlic mushroom starter but it was really nice.Overall what a gem of a find.We love visiting Shropshire because you can find great pubs and restaurants like this.

Seven of us (and a whippet) had an excellent lunch today in the bar area. We had a selection of dishes between us - I had the faggots which were lovely. Great sweets enjoyed by four of us. The owner and staff were very welcoming and delivered first class friendly service. Thoroughly recommend.

Once again a Beautiful one night's stay at the Boars Head. Yet again made perfect not only by the great place and great food, but the Staff, not a few, but every single one of them are just so brilliant, so friendly, helpful and genuinely lovely people. Combine all this and I don't know how it could be made any better. It's just perfect. 😃

Come here quite a bit when I’m working down here and the food and service is excellent. Pad Thai is exceptional and easy to eat here if you’re a solo eater.

Love the fish and I tell you what the chips is something delicious.. I’ll definitely see you again

SCAM! Paid a deposit back in July only to find out they are shut with 2 weeks left before what was supposed to be our party. They aren't returning any emails, calls or insta messages, but they're posting on their instagram story to promote their night club??! Absolute nightmare! Lost our deposit and had to cancel our party because no where is available with such short notice!! UPDATE: messaged the nightclub to get my deposit back, which they thankfully passdd the message onto the resturant and have now returned my deposit.

Just returned from Easter Sunday lunch and so impressed i felt i had to leave them a review. Food was great, service was great and the main man (i assume the gaffer) was super friendly and welcoming. It's also a community owned pub, so great to see the model working so well. Absolutely fantastic, so if you are passing don't miss it.

Visited for the first time. I have been put off by the exterior for years, but a friend suggested going, saying that the food had always been great… and as soon I’d walked through the door, I was so pleased I had. It’s lovely inside. Service with a smile. Can’t do enough for you. Go in… it’s worth it. Everything is superb. Service, food, decor, everything. Go… you’ll love it. Highly recommended. I won’t be going anywhere else now… and given my last experience in the Pasha… this the best curry house (kind of) in St Johns.

Great home made food, very welcoming.

Just down from the Abbey the cafe is a great place to recharge the batteries or just chill for a while. Excellent coffee plus a good range of cakes and other nibbles. Throw in good service and some outside space and you are onto a winner.

Brilliant small pub with a great atmosphere

Delicious food, friendly staff making a very pleasant experience. We found the restaurant by chance on a short break in the area and dropped in as most places were closed for the Bank holiday. A great find indeed! Its highly recommended status is well deserved. The food was delicious, the choices were plentiful and will easily accommodate all tastes. Portions were generous and served piping hot and fresh. Delicious! The menu is vast and based on a “pick your sauce, pick your main ingredient” basis. I had Jaipuri sauce with Lamb and Pilau rice with egg and peas. A couple of onion bhajis as an accompaniment made for a very tasty meal. Plenty of food! They don’t have an alcohol licence but will happily allow you to bring your own. I couldn’t drink as I was driving but if you need it, the Co-Op if it’s open can sort you out. For 2 people having 2 mains, Rice, a Nan to share, poppadoms and a side as well as couple of soft drinks (pints) each coming in at under £60 is great value for money! I’ll happily go back if I’m in the area and have a hankering for tasty Indian cuisine.

If you’re looking for a place to experience all the excitement of a school canteen at closing time, The Navigation Inn might just be your dream destination. We arrived on a Saturday night expecting some life, some atmosphere — heck, even some background noise — but were greeted by an eerie silence and the sort of emptiness that makes you wonder if you’ve walked onto the set of a horror movie. Things didn’t improve when the drinks arrived: the wine was warmer than the welcome, and the coke was so flat it could have been served in a puddle. As for the food — wow. The steak was a mysterious shade of grey that defied all known laws of meat preparation, and the chips somehow managed to taste like they’d taken a long bath in old fish oil. If this was a flavor experiment, it was an ambitious one — and a total failure. Overall, The Navigation Inn is perfect if you like your evenings to feel slightly apocalyptic, your meals unidentifiable, and your drinks deeply depressing. Otherwise, maybe navigate yourself somewhere else.