Royal Shalimar Birmingham Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Most beautiful restaurant I've been to in all of England!"
• "The decor is this place is just amazing and so is the welcoming into the venue."
• "The place is stunning and gives Dubai vibes as soon as you enter."
• "Luxurious decor, great food, great service, warm atmosphere and stunning private rooms for private parties."
• "The restaurant had a beautiful ambiance that made me feel like I was dining in a royal palace."
• "One of my best experience with beautiful, elegant and rich look ambience."
• "This place has most beautiful ambience and the atmosphere is just so charming and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Overall it was set at high expectations with bad a disappointing delivery."
• "So the first complaint arose before even entering. The place looks closed and deserted and you don't feel like you should be there."
• "Upon entering the place felt eerie and deserted."
• "I glimpsed through the double doors of the dining area and noticed the place was dead and there was no atmosphere."
• "The same place I went to, very cold dark empty place and the oily food was a joke."
• "The decor wasn't the best and lacked in variety."
• "Parking lot was disgusting, it was an abandoned building and felt like it was going to collapse."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Very polite, well mannered conscientious staff. Always at hand if we needed anything."
• "Delicious Mocktails, Great Live Music and Very Attentive staff."
• "Very welcoming staff and excellent experience."
• "The staff was friendly, attentive, and always ready to assist."
• "Staff looks properly trained as per the fine dining."
• "Staff were all very courteous and polite."
• "Staff members were keen to help and always at hand."

Cons:

• "Really bad service from start to finish head waiter and manager did not have a clue I could not understand a word they was saying."
• "It looks like staff are tired of serving customers, asking us to leave the restaurant in very rude behaviour."
• "Staff is half asleep like they don’t want to work."
• "Rude staff, wanted to complain about it to the manager but when encountered him, then found out why the staff is so rude."
• "The workers were quite rude and Nasty to the children."
• "I would not recommend anyone going here the workers do not respect the customers."
• "Very unprofessional management.. very long queues for entry, there is no sitting area and no proper rules for entry."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is so amazingly cooked and fresh I would honestly rate the food 10 out of 10 especially the achari fish my favourite."
• "Certain starters were nice and tasty like the chappali kebabs, fish pakora and chicken pakora."
• "The starters had that authentic desi taste..and the Butt Lamb karahi was simply gorgeous!"
• "The food itself is a knockout. Cooked to perfection and presented in a very elegant way."
• "The food was varied with so many options and had a lovely Italian section which was led by a Palestinian couple."
• "Every dish we ordered was more or less impeccable with a decent level of spice."
• "The food is absolutely delicious, from the biryaani, the curry dishes and the gourmet burger."

Cons:

• "Most of the food is really spicy."
• "The noodles were hard the wings were tasteless roti and nans was rock hard even the lamb chops had a nasty after taste."
• "Ridiculously Expensive, Food quality was below average."
• "Food was tasteless, paya had visible hairs on them."
• "The main dishes were far too spicy and very salty."
• "Food was bland, tasteless and very oily."
• "The food was cold and tasteless covered in that much spice the meat could of been anything literally!"

Entertainment & Music

Pros:

• "There was live music playing, really good entertainment."
• "The live music was a wonderful addition. We even joined in the singing."
• "They had the live music, which was the cherry on the cake."
• "Live music is present too. Makes the atmosphere perfect."
• "Live music was the Best part!!"
• "Visited on a Sunday evening where they had live music which was the cherry on the cake they even sang a song for my partner."

Cons:

• "They had a live music but almost felt like a tribute night or a karaoke, which didnt fit in with the setting of the restaurant."
• "And more thing live music was doing headaches."
• "Not to mention the live performance which is equivalent to an uncle at a family wedding trying hard to sing. Was so loud and ear piercing, felt like a poor karaoke performance, totally does not suit what they are trying to achieve."