The top 7 delicious fine dining restaurants in Birmingham with reviews, rating & price range - 2 make the UK top 10

Fine dining is all about the attention to detail.

The top level restaurants carefully select top-tier ingredients and pay time perfecting the artistry of the presentation.

Fine dining is an experience that extends beyond the food to encompass the atmosphere, the elegance of the setting, and the special service that makes guests feel truly special.

It’s a sense of luxury and exclusivity, where even the smallest touches make a difference.

Tripadvisor uses two measures to score restaurants: the popularity index and the bubble rating:

• Popularity Index: Compares a restaurant's popularity against other similar businesses in the area based on the quality, quantity, and recency of their reviews. This ranking is updated weekly.

• Bubble rating: Based on the quality, quantity, and age of all reviews and ratings. The rating is given on a scale of 1–5, with 1 being "terrible" and 5 being "excellent". 

• Price range: Tripadvisor's price range is based on the average cost of a meal

The top 7 fine dining restaurants in Birmingham

1. Harborne Kitchen

The Harborne Kitchen is at 175-177 High Street, Birmingham. Reviews say: “It’s simply the best, better than all the rest” and “wowzers trousers, I cannot tell you how good this was”.

The restaurants boasts: “Being a modern British restaurant boasting an open kitchen which is apart of the experience. We offer a 5 course menu with a choice of main, alongside our signature 8 or 10 course.”

The restaurant is in the Michelin Guide 2024 which states: “Deservedly loved by local diners, this contemporary neighbourhood restaurant is a pleasure to dine in. The attentive team run the place with such passion and the cooking shows the kitchen's ambition across a choice of menus. A tiled bull on the wall is a nod to the building's past as a butcher's shop, with an open kitchen now providing the room's focal point. Desserts are a real highlight, such as a clever, rich creation centred around 20-year-old Pedro Ximénez sherry.”

Prices range from £55 to £110, the cuisine is European, British. Tripadvisor rates it 5/5 based on 815 reviews. It’s also received the Travellers' Choice 2024 award from TripAdvisor.

For more go to: https://www.harbornekitchen.com/

2) Opheem

Opheem is a two-Michelin starred Indian fine dining restaurant on Summer Row. Reviews read: “Everything was outstanding from the service wine and of course the 10 course tasting menu. Made extra special by being served our different courses by the chefs including the top man him self Aktar Islam.”

The Michelin guide says: “Locally born and bred chef-owner Aktar Islam has fashioned a wonderful dining experience at this ever-developing restaurant.

“A spacious bar and sitting room are cleverly used as a space in which to enjoy snacks and a drink before heading to the dining room and its open kitchen.

“The series of flavoursome, excellently spiced and carefully balanced dishes are creative, modern takes on Indian recipes. Well-chosen wines from the excellent sommelier are on-hand to accompany.”

Price range: £35 to £124, cuisine: Indian, contemporary. Tripadvisor bubble rating: 4 and a half based on 886 reviews. It’s also claimed the Travellers' Choice Best of the Best 2024 ranking from TripAdvisor.

For more visit https://opheem.com/

3) The Wilderness

This rock and roll fine dining in the Jewellery Quarter is also in the Michelin guide.

The Wilderness is a restaurant by Alex Claridge, serving “provocative, playful tasting menus in a restored factory, set to the soundtrack of rock, punk and heavy metal”. He says: “Come as you are. Stay weird.”

One review says: “An absolute gem - let your taste buds be tantalised” and another reads: “We will 100% be returning.”

It’s on Warstone Lane, Birmingham. The food is European, British. The Tripadvisor bubble rating is 5 based on 1082 reviews. It’s also got a Travellers' Choice 2024 award from TripAdvisor.

Price range: £50 - £129

For more visit: https://www.wearethewilderness.co.uk/

4. Lasan Restaurant & Bar

Reviews for Lasan read: “Beautiful delicate Indian food with beautiful cocktails” and “smart, smooth and comfortably sophisticated curry experience”.

Lasan says it uses “the finest ingredients, the skill, imagination and passion of the chefs all combine to craft authentic, timeless and true classics that weave wonders on the taste buds and stir the soul”.

It’s got a 4 and a half our of 5 rating on TripAdvisor, based on 2,313 reviews

Price range: £15 to £50. It also offers a 6 course experience for £89 per person.

For more visit: https://lasan.co.uk/contact/

5) Restaurant Folium

The Michelin guide says this Caroline Street restaurant is a “smart-looking restaurant in the city’s Jewellery Quarter, run by a two-person team. Ben is in the kitchen and the warm, genial Lucy is out front.

“The cooking, like the décor, is modern in approach and allows Ben’s personality to shine through in the flavours and presentation. The menu is largely seafood-based, which results in highlight dishes like Cornish turbot with a delicious Arbroath smokie liquor.”

One review says: “The quality throughout was perfection. The dishes are designed by an artist; their composition, flavours and appearance all matter, even to having individually made pottery dishes to complement the food. The service was impeccable and very personable.”

Cuisine is European, British. Tripadvisor rating is 5 based on 323 reviews

Price range: £16 to £75

https://www.restaurantfolium.com/home/

6) Qavali

This place is at 60 Broad St, Brindley Place, it’s Indian/Turkish cuisine. The service earns high marks for being warm and professional, making celebratory occasions feel special, although there are occasional reports of slower service.

One reviewer said: “Love the mix of Indian Persian food best chapali kebab and lamb chops we ever had.”

It’s got 4 and a half on bubble ratings based on 754 reviews. It’s also got a Travellers' Choice 2024 award from Tripadvisor.

Price range: £18 to £100

For more: https://qavali.com/

7) Adam's

Another one-Michelin star-rated restaurant here. It’s on Waterloo Street. One reviewer said: “The venison blew my socks off”, while another said “amazing food and “beautifully presented”. The cuisine is European/British.

The Michelin guide said: “Adam Stokes’ elegant restaurant feels like it’s been part of the Birmingham dining scene forever.

“It’s a luxurious place with an art-deco-cum-retro style that includes a smart cocktail bar and a plush dining room. The cooking seamlessly mixes tradition and modernity, offering tried-and-tested combinations in dishes you will recognise in name, but served in ways you’ve probably never encountered. That being said, the primary flavours are left uncrowded, with nothing extraneous on the plate. An impressive wine selection adds to the appeal.”

The TripAdvisor rating is 5 stars based on 3,011 reviews. It’s also been awarded the Travellers' Choice Best of the Best 2024 award from Tripadvisor.

Price range: £35 to £110

For more https://www.adamsrestaurant.co.uk/