Where to eat in Birmingham

[Jack Wes]

Having a long weekend in Birmingham, any ideas what restaurants to eat in?

[silly~lilly]

what sort of thing are you after Jack? Brum is full of eateries.

[VHG]

As has been said, there are loads of restaurants in Birmingham.

It depends where you are staying and what sort of food you like.

If you are near the centre of Birmingham then the area near the Symphony Hall and Convention Centre has a load of places to eat.

Brindley Place is just behind the Symphony Hall and has quite a few places to eat

http://www.brindleyplace.com/

Broad Street is also nearby and has loads of bars and restaurants.

http://www.broadstreet.co.uk/

The whole Symphony Hall / Convention Centre area has a few things to do, like the Sea Life Centre, and there are loads of canals near there that are now really attractive.

Here is a picture of Brindley Place with the canal.

http://essential.tbs.bcu.ac.uk/dispimages/brin dplace1p.jpg

[VHG]

Near the Symphony Hall area is The Mailbox

To get there you need to walk about 200 yards down the Canal past Gas Street Basin.

The Mailbox is full of up-market shops and quite a few bars and restaurants

More here

http://www.mailboxlife.com/

[VHG]

The opposite side of the city from the Symphony Hall is the Hippodrome theatre (it is near the Bull Ring shopping centre.

Next to the theatre is the Arcadian. It is not huge, but it also has quite a few bars and restaurants

http://www.thearcadian.co.uk/

[VHG]

The Bull Ring shopping centre itself has quite a few places to eat.

http://www.bullring.co.uk/website/default.aspx

[VHG]

Here is a map that may help you find the places I have mentioned

http://www.idfb.co.uk/assets/map-738-600.gif

On the left you can see marked Repertory Theatre and Centenary Square. Just to left of them (partly cut off) is CC (for Convention Centre) and Symphony Hall.

This is where Brindley Place and Broad St are.

Also on the left you can see Gas St marked, and the canal alongside it. You can see it leads to the Mailbox (and there is a big red marker for MailBox).

At the bottom of the map you can see Hippodrome marked, and also the Arcadian next to it.

On the right of the map (big green arrea) is the Bull Ring shopping area.

All the Orange roads in the centre are banned to cars and most of the shops are in this area (mostly New St and Corporation St)

[VHG]

If you want an idea for a nice stroll around the city centre can I suggest the walk from the Bull Ring to Brindley Place (or the other way round as it is downhill).

You can start at either end and because cars are baned from most roads in the centre you can walk without worrying about cars.

If you want to start from the Bull Ring follow this route (reverse it if you want to start from Brindley place).

Start at the statue of the "Bull" in the Bull Ring centre.

Walk up New St past many shops and bars.

Get into Victoria Square and see the huge fountain, and the lovely old town hall.

Walk past the town hall, past the museum and art gallery (or pop in for a look - its free), then UNDER the new library.

This brings you into Centenary Square. Walk towards the Convention Centre, then THROUGH the convention centre and out the othe side to the canal.

Cross over the bridge (this is the bridge in the picture I showed you earlier) and then you are in to Brindley Place.

As I said, can be done either way, but if you start at Brindley place it is downhill all the way.

[VHG]

Note, just by the "Bull" outside the Bull Ring is a tourist information centre (it is rather hidden down a slope on the left as you walk out the Bull Ring).

If you pop in there you can pick up a city map, plus details of things to do.

Details here

http://www.visitbirmingham.com/information/tou rism_centres/

[VHG]

I have mentioned the "Bull" a few times.

Here is a picture of it if you have no idea what it is

http://www.concepteducation.co.uk/The__Bull.jp g

[VHG]

If you fancy a quiet break during the day then inside the Museum and Art gallery is the Edwardian Tea Rooms.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dogfael/345121620 4/

Nice place for a cup of tea and a piece of cake.

In fact it is worth popping in the museum anyway, see here

http://www.tinos.biz/eksoterikou/birmingham/bi rmingham-museum-and-art-gallery.jpg

[mccfluff]

has the bullring re=opened then it was shut sat cos of a chem leak

are you staying city or venturing out into surrounding areas? if your driving the dog in whittington is a good food pub.

[VHG]

>has the bullring re=opened then it was shut sat cos
>of a chem leak

Wel lthe poster does not say WHICH weekend he is there, so it could be weeks away.

The Bull Ring opened again late on Saturday