Reviews in Sutton Coldfield

Visited Da Gino for the first time my wife, who is wheelchair bound, and myself. Were made most welcome inside the restaurant. The atmosphere was relaxed easy, the food was excellent and well presented which is why we plan to return very soon. Well done Gino and staff.

Food good, but too expensive without the 25% off tickets. White Horse food as good but better prices,Oak.

Since Eugenio Cozzi took over this restaurant a few years ago I have seen it improve from good to outstanding, probably because excellence in a restaurant stems from the top, and Signor Cozzi clearly knows how to get the best out of his staff, perhaps because he has been a waiter and cook himself in the past, and still retains his enthusiasm for every aspect of the job – and consequently knows how to appoint good staff. That must be one reason why the waiters are unfailingly friendly and helpful, not only to me, a ‘regular (and by this I mean four times a week for lunch, and a few times a month in the evenings!) but equally so to those around me, some of whom are clearly first-timers; and the cooks are not only highly competent, but show imagination in attractively varying their dishes so as to please their customers As a diabetic, I could have found my choice limited, at lunchtime even by a menu whose range of choice is very generous at the price, but the staff make vigorous efforts to come up with something both suitable and enjoyable – and again I hear this happening to nearby customers when appropriate. I enjoy the ‘ambience’ as well as the food – the place buzzing with the noise of happy eaters, and friends meeting for a good gossip and to exchange news! What are my qualifications, you may ask, to pontificate like this? Well, I drive regularly to France, largely for the sun, the food and the wine, and find myself regularly in Beaune, Burgundy, whose restaurants are legendary, one of which, proudly sporting its ‘Bib Gourmand’, I have been patronising for 19 years. That is my yardstick! As a diabetic, I eat a lot of fish. I have paid a lot of money for fish in some distinguished restaurants in Burgundy, and I have yet to find a restaurant that can challenge Gino’s in this respect. We ‘afishionados’ are lucky to live in Birmingham, whose fish-market is as good as any in the realm, but, to get it, a restaurateur has to go regularly at crack of dawn and know the best stalls to visit and what to look for, and one who does is called Gino Cozzi! I have enjoyed superb lobster, halibut and sea bass, a la carte at Gino’s. I have also eaten equally memorable sardines for a starter on the lunch menu. As befits an Italian restaurant, the pasta is equally memorable for its range and excellent quality. Whatever the dish, its presentation is always a pleasure to the eye, and the service almost always fast and efficient. I write ‘almost’ because the staff are human beings, and when many customers, as they do, all want to come at about the same time and when the restaurant is nearly full, do not be surprised if, very occasionally, you have to wait a little longer than usual, or under extreme pressure the staff even get something wrong!

Have visited this restaurant several times over the past 12 months and it has been excellent each time . I am coeliac and have to avoid wheat, they have no problem in adapting recipes for me, I can thoroughly recommend this restaurant.

Wow, what a spectacular night for our anniversary. The food was just perfect, the best meal we have ever had. Amazing. The service was second to none. Our wheelchair was was very unobtrusively accepted. What a lovely, lovely night. We're waiting for the next special occasion to come along so we can go again. Amazing food, service and fabulous surroundings. Perfect night. Thankyou.

Enjoyed an excellent Cannelloni at Da Ginos for lunch yesteday. The restaurant is on a nice quiet street in an upmarket district of Birmingham. The place is upmarket too, classic style in design and food. Service was very good especially from the boss Gino!

wonderful little restaurant,very nice staff excellant food and service,lovely decor with proper serviettes not cheap paper rubbish and nice plates etc with their own name on,its BYO prices are very reasonable

I bought a Groupon deal for this restaurant which was supposed to be worth up to £59.60. Only to find out they have a separate Groupon menu which serves less than half the portions compared to dishes of the same price from the regular menu! A starter worth £4.95 was literally 80-90 sauce and had 2 cubes of lamb each 1 square inch in size. One King prawn main dish which was supposed to be worth £9.95 had 3 small prawns in it! When I complained to the owner he told me that Groupon portions were indeed smaller but did not admit this to be misleading. If not, than what is the 66 discount based on? Not to mention the fact we had to wait one full hour for our food. Absolutely horrible experience!

I visited your pub on Saturday the 19th Nov there were 4 of us and we all ordered food. I ordered chicken keiv when i took a bit out of the chicken it was hard and there was no butter on the inside as it had been cooked to a hard lump (i was given a money refund for this but totally spoilt our day. My son had the mixed grill and said it tasted as if it had all been cooked in dirty FAT. He was hungry so carried on eating. I have been in pain all weekend as the chicken that I bit into broke part of my tooth off and now I have the added expense of seeing a dentist!! I chose the H

enjoyed a lovely Sunday afternoon meal just recently

Had a fantastic meal at Blake Barn on 20th July. Staff very attentive, meals came out quickly and were piping hot and plenty on your plate. Plenty of choice too. Have booked again for 22 of us

Travelled with my partner and stayed 2 nights. The food was terrible. Never 2 rosette standard. We recommend if you do stay at this hotel that you eat else where.

Been here 3 times food is excellent decor fab all linen is cotton not cheap paper ones's lovely plates and cutlery would highly recommend and bring your own drinks..

Highest quality food with first class service.

we went to the boldmere harvester restaurant on Thursday the 3rd of feb,for my brother-laws birthday,this was our third time there,the second time wasn't clean enough with food on the floor and the tables.I'm sorry to say the third time was much worse ,the food wasn't enough,cold and we didn't realise we had to pay separately for fish when we ordered surf and turf.I've put a comment on the harvester website stating this.I'm sorry to say i wouldn't recommend the harvester on boldmere road,it was a waste of £70 and a disappointing night, and wont be going there again. MRS D CROKE ;

Consistently good food, nothing is too much trouble and brilliant service. What more could you want!?

We went to ASK in Ashby de la Zouch, excellent. staff wonderful and food fantastic, will visit again, again, again!

My first visit to regards last night was an excellent experience. The atmosphere is very friendly, the food is first class and the staff are polite friendly and very efficient. I am already looking forward to my next meal at regards. A first rate restaurant !