We went for Sunday lunch at one of Birmingham’s popular venues and it did not disappoint

The venue may be a household name for dinner reservations and a fun night out enjoying city life, but the team welcomes you to try their specially curated Sunday menu.

The bier palace, cook haus, wunderbar and bakery, with regular live performances and themed events, takes inspiration from German culture and creates an experience like no other.

Located at the heart of the city in Chamberlain Square, anyone who has visited knows the interior screams luxury, with an inviting atmosphere and impressive attention to detail.

After visiting earlier in the year to give their unique breakfast offering a go, we were pleased to try an alternative meal and see if it lived up to how much we enjoyed our last experience.

After we were sat down in the ideal location in the restaurant, perfect for people watching outside in buzzy Birmingham, we were greeted by Reece – a bundle of positive energy and nothing was too much trouble for him.

He shortly took our drinks order and with the warm temperature on Sunday (June 2), we indulged in some alcoholic beverages. The strawberry spritzer and Krombacher Pilsner were a refreshing accompaniment to our meal.

The Sunday Service menu, which contains a reduced number of items, is priced reasonably at two courses for £24 or three courses for £29.

With recommendations about the venue’s favourite wine pairings on the menu, we were also pleased to see four alternative choices to the Sunday luncheon so visitors are not constrained to a roast.

There are also four choices of roast dinner, with a variety of dietary requirements catered for, and they are all served with a family-style accompaniment of roast potatoes, root vegetable mash, seasonal greens and lashings of gravy.

Charlie chose the dry aged rump of beef, served with a large Yorkshire pudding and horseradish cream.

The tender meat was complemented by the fluffy potatoes and Yorkshire pudding, which were crispy on the outside – just as it should be.

The vegetables were cooked to perfection and the sweetness of the root vegetable mash broke up the richness of the rest of the plate. With a generous helping of gravy, this roast dinner comes highly recommended.

Katie opted for the cook haus cheeseburger. The 7oz chuck, short rib and smoked beef-fat patty was served with Albert’s burger sauce, sweet pickle relish, red onion, monterey jack and fries.

As I am not a fan of chips, I opted for charred broccoli on the side. This was the best broccoli I have tried, and was elevated by the lemon, shallots, herbs and anchovy aioli. The perfect side to a heavy burger.

With melted cheese covering the entire outside of the patty and the burger sauce providing a welcome kick of flavour, the only way to describe it was simply delicious.

It would have been rude not to make the most of the ‘pudding klub’ and we shared two between us to round off the meal. 

As we waited for our desserts to arrive, we took a moment to appreciate the ambience of the venue – full with people enjoying a Sunday afternoon with friends and family, but yet it maintained a calm and relaxing atmosphere.

With a performer entertaining customers by singing and playing the guitar, this made for lovely background music. One of the perks of Albert’s Schloss is you never know who you are going to see perform during your visit.

The alpine chocolate cheesecake, which consists of light vanilla and chocolate mousse and raspberry coulis, and pretzel doughnuts were soon to arrive.

The hot cinnamon sugared doughnuts, with a salted chocolate caramel dipping sauce, were reminiscent of the nostalgic sugar doughnuts you eat by the beach – but a more sophisticated alternative of course, as Reece shared with us.

Though we are major lovers of cheesecake, the pretzel doughnuts were our winner and we would not hesitate in ordering those again.

With generous portion sizes, a relaxing atmosphere, attentive staff members, delicious flavours, and a good deal on two or three courses, Albert’s Schloss is a real contender when it comes to Sunday lunch in Birmingham.

Whether you are a lover of a roast dinner, or would prefer to opt for one of the venue’s staple choices, there is something for everyone on the Sunday Service menu and we would highly recommend.