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Summary

£60
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A rooftop fire in July 2023 briefly shuttered this hugely popular hangout of stars, and offering northwest Indian food that’s packed with taste; it’s now back in business and while “not cheap”, you can expect “a stand-out meal every time with a proper cocktail bar and Bollywood ambience” befitting its owner – nonagenarian singer Asha Bhosle, who was namechecked in Cornershop’s hit ‘Brimful of Asha’.

Summary

£60
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This city-centre venue wins consistently strong ratings – if not much feedback this year – for its classic “rich” cuisine from India’s northwest. It is part of an international group (with UK branches in Manchester and Solihull) owned by the prolific Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle and run by her son Anand; now 88, she is best-known in Britain from Cornershop’s 1997 hit single ‘Brimful of Asha’, which punned on her name, meaning ‘hope’ in Hindi.

Summary

£56
   ££
3
Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

There’s a “great buzz” at this outpost of Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle’s empire – yes, she's the same Asha namechecked in the 1997 Cornershop single, and amazingly the most recorded artist in music history – with “lovely cocktails” serving as a foil to the “rich” North-West Indian cuisine.

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12-22 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 3AS

Restaurant details

Highchair
16, 40
No dress code
170

Asha’s Indian Bar and Restaurant Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of Asha’s Indian Bar and Restaurant Restaurant in B3, Birmingham by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Asha’s Indian Bar and Restaurant restaurant.
Anis J
Odd experts have such well cooked food alon...
Reviewed 6 days ago

"Odd experts have such well cooked food alongside hopeless service. Impossible to call someone over and seemed to be quite actively avoiding attending to us."

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Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Lunch £26.75  

Starter Main Pudding
£6.50 £23.80 £9.95
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £25.45
Filter Coffee £3.00
Extras  
Service 10.00%
12-22 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 3AS
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Opening hours
Monday5 pm‑10 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑10:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑11 pm
Saturday12 pm‑4 pm, 5 pm‑11 pm
Sunday12 pm‑4 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm

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