Fumo Reviews Summary
Category: Italian restaurant Birmingham
Food Quality
Pros:
- "Cannot recommend this place enough, some of the best food I have eaten in a long time."
- "The food was amazing and didn’t take long."
- "All the dishes were exquisitely presented and they tasted nice too!"
- "The quality of the food is fantastic. Every single one of the dishes we ordered was freshly made, smelled and tasted gloriously."
- "The food was delicious, all freshly made and perfectly cooked."
- "The food tasted great, bruschetta tasted very fresh and the calamari was delicious."
- "The food is delicious as are the cocktails."
Cons:
- "The food was tasteless, undercooked and the batter on the calamari and scallops was soggy."
- "The Halibut is terrible, served cold, tasteless, overcooked."
- "The lobster risotto was okay, but, again, small."
- "The food we got was shocking quite frankly. I had ordered a lobster dish but the lobster itself was small and just bad."
- "One of the worst meals I've had a in a long, long time. Very low quality, tasteless food."
- "The black ravioli is 15£ and, apart from being absolutely appalling, you only get 3 pieces."
- "Food was bland & overpriced, risotto was dry tasteless & only just cooked."
Service
Pros:
- "The staff were friendly and welcoming."
- "Efficient and friendly restaurant."
- "The waiters and waitresses were all very friendly, professional, and knowledgeable about the menu."
- "Great service, the wine glass kept getting topped up by the waiter which means they were paying attention."
- "The staff were attentive, even when it was busy."
- "The staff are very polite and courteous."
- "Excellent service from the waiting team."
Cons:
- "The service was terrible, as a black woman you can sense discrimination and I sure felt it here."
- "Felt ignored by staff, did not check on us until we asked for the check."
- "We complained about the service to the manager and said we would not pay the service charge so he snatched the bill away."
- "The service wasn't the best."
- "The service was poor, we were left unattended had to wait ages to order and call for assistance when we wanted drinks etc."
- "The service was shocking. There's so many people that work there yet we had to wait 20 minutes to order."
- "Service lets this place down a little. Some of the staff are great, some not so good!"
Ambience
Pros:
- "The interior is very welcoming."
- "Very chilled relaxed environment."
- "A contemporary feel, modern, and swish."
- "The atmosphere is modern and chilled."
- "Such a lovely atmosphere here, I took my partner here for our anniversary and we both enjoyed ourselves."
- "The atmosphere is lovely can not fault that at all."
- "Lovely atmosphere and great food."
Cons:
- "It was so noisy that you couldn't have a proper conversation with your company."
- "The place is not very big and can become noisy."
- "It was quite cramped which detracted from the dining experience."
- "The atmosphere for me could not be enjoyed as it was clustered and quite small."
- "The sound level is really loud with loud music etc, so it's hard to talk and you almost need to shout."
- "Music was way too loud, I couldn’t hear anyone at my table."
- "Too crowded and noisy."
Value
Pros:
- "The food is very reasonably priced for how good it is."
- "Not cheap but a very very enjoyable eating experience."
- "Reasonably priced for a fancy restaurant."
- "Prices are very reasonable and you get value for money."
- "The portions are reasonable."
- "Always good staff and excellent food and wine."
- "The food is immense, but definitely, the seafood was the best - Lobster Thermidor in particular."
Cons:
- "Meals were very small and certainly not worth the money!"
- "Prices are creeping up and quality isn't quite what it use to be only 4 stars this time."
- "For tapas style, a bit expensive."
- "Overall we ended up paying a bomb for not a lot of food."
- "The food portion was really small for main course, more like tapas size."
- "We paid a fairly salty price for cold food and very small portions."
- "The food is very expensive for the size of portions, average £10 per dish."
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