Zen Metro Reviews Summary

Category: Thai restaurant Birmingham

Address: 73 Cornwall St, Birmingham, B3 2DF, United Kingdom

Phone: +441212001911

Rating: 4.5
based on 203 reviews.

Decor and Ambience

Pros:

  • "Beautiful decor in the establishment, a beautiful flower tree placed in the middle of the restaurant really gives it dimension and that tranquil zen type of feeling."
  • "The restaurant space is decorated beautifully."
  • "Beautiful atmosphere."
  • "The venue was clean and beautiful."
  • "Beautiful interior design, excellent service and an exquisite dining experience."
  • "Walking through the restaurant the overall ambience was unreal - the decor was BEAUTIFUL!"
  • "The setting is just gorgeous."

Cons:

  • "The interior And ambiance of the restaurant is extremely tacky!"
  • "The drinking area needs a makeover in my opinion as it looked dated."
  • "The restaurant was so cold! It was uncomfortable, we all kept our jackets on."
  • "The manager who took the soup back looked at me as if I was making it up."
  • "Not impressed with the portions provided especially the platters."
  • "The toilets as they felt unhygienic and this can be a big let down."
  • "Biggest let down was the place we were sitting was near the toilets, it STANK!"

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was exceptional throughout the night."
  • "Great customer service."
  • "Service was brilliant. They take great care of their customers."
  • "Very friendly and attentive staff, beautiful ambience, nice overall experience."
  • "The staff were very attentive and speedy bringing the food out."
  • "Service from Aldarin was outstanding along with his team."
  • "The service was lovely."

Cons:

  • "With our receipt in hand we proceed to leave the restaurant... the so called 'manager' proceeded to chase us to the door shouting 'the bill, the bill'!!"
  • "His response was little more than patronising in its nature."
  • "The manager sought confirmation from the waiter that took payment, that we had actually paid! No apology, no explanation, nothing."
  • "Staff rush you to order."
  • "It took a long time to be served as there seemed to only be two servers on the go."
  • "Then they had the nerve to take a 20 pounds deposit and I was not late."
  • "When we arrived we were waiting for 10 minutes for someone to great us."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was spot on and they were brilliant with the Gluten Free."
  • "The knock out dishes were the curries, yellow, green and red, aromatic, spicy, creamy, flavoursome and totally delicious."
  • "The food is consistently brilliant and would confidently say that it was the best Thai food in Birmingham."
  • "Food was great."
  • "The food was fantastic."
  • "The food was absolutely beautiful, it was so tasty and fresh."
  • "The food was amazing which deserved a five star."

Cons:

  • "Certain foods wasn’t close to even being the original taste."
  • "Tasteless food. Undercooked rice and padthai."
  • "The dishes I ordered were too hot and spicy and not in a good way."
  • "The mains especially the curries are truly disgraceful for a place claiming to be pan asian."
  • "The food was terrible and not one of us actually ended up finishing."
  • "The spicy wok chicken it was extremely disappointing and over priced considering it was £15 alone."
  • "Sharing my experience of the worst Thai food I ever had."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Came here for lunch. Lunch menu is great - a starter and main package is very reasonable."
  • "Great value for money."
  • "The price is reasonable."
  • "Drinks were a little on the pricey side but then veg food was reasonably priced given quality and restaurant location."
  • "Good portions of top quality tasty food."
  • "Overall price for lunch was very reasonable and great value for money."
  • "The food was spot on and for the prices excellent value for money."

Cons:

  • "Sadly won’t be going again."
  • "Small portion and not worth the price."
  • "Salty and over priced."
  • "Drinks were a little on the pricey side."
  • "They charge extortionate prices for subpar food."
  • "The food here is overpriced but ok."
  • "Not at all worth the money disgusting."

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