Tiger Bites Pig Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "I had the beef shin rice, and can honestly say it was delicious. I have never had an egg yolk so tasty! The meat was melt in your mouth."
• "The pork belly especially is marinated really well and tastes so flavourful. The buttermilk fried chicken bao is also very tasty."
• "The food is fantastic quality, and the portions are generous. All the ingredients were fresh, and the flavours popped."

Cons:

• "Some parts of the rice bowl were cold (e.g., you would expect caramelized carrots to be warm)."
• "Very bland generic Asian food—never had such tasteless pork belly before, the veg were just as dull."
• "Rice very congealed and tasteless, chicken coating had a nasty flavour and the confit egg on top was actually really bad and almost plastic in texture."

Service and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Staff was really friendly but £40 was just not worth it."
• "The staff were friendly and chatty as we asked about the food we were eating whilst watching them work."
• "Service was quick and it's nice to sit at the bar and see the food being made."

Cons:

• "The waitress took our money, saw the unfinished meals but made no comment or enquiry."
• "I've tried to go here twice for lunch. Both times, I took a seat as advised, and then waited 10 minutes whilst more and more people came in and ordered before me."
• "It quickly turned into a social gathering point as the employees' friends were coming in and being loud."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "The beef shin was amazing and my favourite so far. 1 bun is perfect for a lunch time snack and 2 filled me up for dinner."
• "Was worth the price we paid and felt like we got good value for money."
• "The bill was decent at £30 for a two-person lunch, so I’d give it another go."

Cons:

• "A little bit stodgy, not the best I have had but still really nice + you can’t really get bao buns in Birmingham. Good drink selection too."
• "Is the food worth the price? Absolutely not. £4.50 or £5.50 for a SINGLE bao bun is pretty extortionate."
• "We also paid £2.70 each for a lemonade which just seems like daylight robbery along with the rest of the pricing."

Variety and Options

Pros:

• "Fully recommend this place, the bao buns are delicious and freshly made. We got a selection but photographed are the chicken, beef shin, and pork."
• "Great bao buns and a great variety of options. The chicken, pork belly, and duck were all delicious."
• "Superb bao. We had 4 different options (lamb, pork, chicken, and duck). They were packed with flavour."

Cons:

• "I would give this 3.5 stars. I would come back but I was disappointed with there being only one vegetarian option."
• "The fillings were a bit hit and miss. We really liked the fried chicken bao but the soft shell crab was a bit stingy in terms of portion size and the tofu missed the mark on texture."
• "Cross-contamination at this place is 100% guaranteed. Went in thinking I’ll find a wonderfully conscious eatery only to find the chef preparing the bao in front of me prodding his fingers in the meat to place them -WITHOUT GLOVES- yes you read that right, just plain old fingers rearranging pork, chicken, tofu, whatever you’ve ordered without switching gloves or washing hands."