Soho Tavern Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The paneer was cooked properly with perfect juicy, tendery taste."
• "The food is amazing."
• "The curries are probably one of the best I have had in Birmingham."
• "Food is absolutely delicious, great customer service and atmosphere."
• "The Soho grill is the perfect sharing dish and the curries are very authentic."
• "The food was amazing comes out piping hot, deliciously fresh."
• "Food is 5 star, out of this world, best I've tasted."

Cons:

• "Had the pork steak literally burnt and lamp chops were undercooked."
• "Chicken tikka in the grill was over salted and the battered prawns were raw and not cooked correctly."
• "Food was very late for the food to arrive."
• "We ordered a mix grill but the prawns were cold, the meat was definitely re heated from the night before as it was just so dry."
• "The Butter Chicken was very sweet."
• "Chilli chicken was very very sour, salty, and tasteless."
• "The veg grill is smaller yet more expensive and is simply too sweet."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was nice, they noticed it was my first time so I think they might have tried a little harder."
• "Excellent service, excellent staff."
• "The staff are polite and friendly, the ordering process is seamless and easy."
• "Service is always friendly, you have to order from the food station."
• "Great service, with food served quickly and very attentive staff."
• "Very attentive and friendly staff."
• "The staff are so friendly and attentive."

Cons:

• "Called back and was spoken to rudely."
• "The management did not help us at all, even though we requested footage from them several times but heard nothing back."
• "Service is terrible! Asked three times to all three waiters for a side order that was not brought out with the main meal."
• "Service was poor mains brought to table then had to wait 15 minutes for the plates to arrive."
• "Great food poor service. Need to line up and order food, and wait for it to be delivered to table."
• "The server who took my order (Josh) didn’t note it down properly."
• "When we requested to speak with the manager or owners, there was a lack of response."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Phenomenal experience. Top notch food, atmosphere, and staff."
• "The atmosphere is always buzzing too, it has a nice mix of customers from different backgrounds :)"
• "Despite that when the group left the atmosphere was nice, decor quite quirky and food on point!"
• "Very modern inside with a friendly welcoming atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere and the ambience was good."
• "Good atmosphere watching the football."
• "The atmosphere inside was awesome."

Cons:

• "The music is quite loud and you have to shout when you're trying to talk with someone at your table."
• "Pub has been nicely refurbed and almost doesn't suit the area it's located in."
• "Parking nearby is nearly impossible as it is such a busy area with no dedicated parking."
• "Area is a bit of a letdown parking is a nightmare."
• "It was very noisy, again because of the big groups of men."
• "Had to wait to be seated and when we finally got a seat it was upstairs where we were put next to a screaming group of people, who became annoying as the minutes passed on with their overly drunken behaviour."
• "The place was bit crowded and Loud."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The tavern itself was clean and welcoming."
• "The insides is always clean and looks very modern."
• "Clean restaurant with nice friendly staff and quick service."
• "As you walk in to the place it's a bit messy with things everywhere, but kitchen area was nice and clean."
• "Nice and clean, loads of space."
• "Internal decor is very impressive, ladies toilets were very nice too."
• "The place is clean. It is on street parking but never had issues parking. It is clean and has good decor."

Cons:

• "The glasses were dusty and dirty. The toilets smelt of urine."
• "Overall cleanliness could be better."
• "Tables and seats were not disinfected before the next customer sat down to eat their meals."
• "Hygine is poor. The toilets were not clean."
• "The serving staff wore no masks or visors."
• "I was appalled by the amount of people who were seated on the ground floor with no apparent attempt at social distancing."
• "We went to this place Saturday evening their was four of us no children. We ordered the menu and between the 4 we got kids size salad and 2 popadoms between four adults which I wasn’t expecting… very crowded."

Value

Pros:

• "The mixed grill is amazing value for money and more than enough to feed 2 people."
• "Food was nice, good curries and very reasonable prices."
• "Awesome value for money too."
• "The most important thing the price is bang on the button for whatever you order 👍🏾!"
• "Larger portion for less money than other similar pubs in the area."
• "Very delicious food and with good portions at great prices."
• "The prices are really good too!! Very important."

Cons:

• "Been ordering from here for years but quality has gone down and prices have gone up!"
• "One of my favourite dishes, the chilli cheese chips has arrived in a shallow container about half it's usual size, effectively reducing the portion by half but still at the same price point as before."
• "The only reason I never gave 5 stars is because the drinks are expensive, £4.90 for 500ml bottle of cider."
• "The quality of food has gone downhill."
• "The veg grill is smaller yet more expensive."
• "The price is very fair but the food is nothing to write home about."
• "The price is amazingly low for the quantities and it's absolutely tasty."