Birmingham, French Restaurant Guide

TV-chef Glynn Purnell’s swish HQ in the business quarter was Birmingham’s most-mentioned restaurant in the survey last year and is often recommended as “Brum’s best” (with ratings on almost exactly level pegging with rivals Adam’s and Opheem). Criticism is most notable by its absence, with nothing but rapturous reviews for his “technically accomplished cuisine, with well-executed creative dishes” and “interested, attentive and well-paced service”.

Restaurateurs Ben Taylor and Zsofia Kisgergely return to their former haunt - the site of their Little Blackwood, which closed in 2020 - with a French bistro offering blow-out seafood platters.