Baked In Brick — Restaurant in Birmingham

2022 Review: Micro aggressions personified.

It was downhill the moment we walked in. We had a table booked for 7pm, arriving 10 mins before the hour. Two workers were busy with tasks (one re-stocking, the other tidying the counter). We stood in the area of the door where it said 'wait here to be seated'. The worker re-stocking drinks walked past us FOUR times and did not even acknowledge us to say he would see to us and the other worker was completely oblivious to our existence.

Side bar: As someone who has been to Baked in Brick before I know it is not a big place so it is easy to see people when one enters through the door from the back to front. The only exception being the outside place.

To make matters worse, a local worker from another Digbeth business came in and was instantly acknowledged. Then not soon after they had left, another group came in after us walked past us and were acknowledged by both the incompetent staff members, seated in 10 SECONDS. By then waiting for close to 15 minutes I eventually had to go up to the man and say we've been waiting. Both members were apologetic but didn't seem to have a clue why we were waiting there.

Extra side bar: My personal past experiences of Backed in Brick have been interesting exciting flavoursome pizzas that are worth the extra mulla.

After being seated on a NON-SANITISED table (which becomes a running theme we notice throughout more customers arriving) we are asked about drinks and food. My bellini and chorizo bites were the only thing worth talking about as both were satisfactory. Pizzas were very average and not worth a write-up.

Many other customers came and waited in the same position we were and an instant acknowledgement from the workers were had except one group who were of indian descent also waited quite some time to seen to. There was even one group that came in to be turned away due to no tables at that time and still came back 10 mins later to be able to be seated within seconds of re-entry. Can you tell we were peed off at this point?

We all felt very reluctant to pay due to the initial interaction but eventually did and departed.

I don't like to call the race card because I believe in the good of human beings before anything. BUT as it happened we were the only diners for the majority of our time (the last 20 mins we were there, customers of indian descent were present) there that happened to be visibly different to other customers. Hate to see and say it but I'm calling it what it is.

This experience has tainted any future dining with Baked in Brick sadly.

2019 Review: A great place in one of the livelier parts of Digbeth. The decor is welcoming and the space is quite open plan. We were fortunate to go on a 2-4-1 deal and had the duck and anchovy pizzas. Delicious and filling, there were plenty of options. Staff were wonderful and I would...

We called ahead on the day we visited to make sure we had a table. I told them we were bringing a dog and this was received with genuine enthusiasm. When we arrived we were given a really warm welcome. The staff ALL said hello to us which was so nice of them, it’s an open kitchen and even the chef greeted us all. The service was faultless throughout our meal. The waitress brought a bowl of water for our dog right away. We couldn’t decide on what to order because the menu is so good. There was a wide range of tempting meat, veggie and vegan options. We each had a pizza and a side of the special garlic bread. I opted for the beef and mushroom calzone which was an award-winning recipe. It was delicious but huge and I’d already filled up on the Japanese inspired garlic bread, so I ended up taking about half home in a box which the staff prepared for me with no hesitation and even topped up my portion of the amazing blue cheese dip, which was a nice touch. I also had an excellent cup of coffee. We subtly told the waitress that one of our party was celebrating their birthday and they went above and beyond by bringing over a brownie with a candle in it. Overall I highly recommend Baked in Brick, I can’t wait to...

Great interior, the food was impeccably good and well located for Digbeth… went here for a bite to eat before going to a VR escape room in Digbeth. Went on a Sunday, fully expecting a Sunday Lunch (since on the website it says on Sundays they do them), but sadly found out these are only on special occasions, although unfortunately it doesn’t state these Sunday lunches aren’t every Sunday. There is mention of ‘pop ups’ but I thought these were something else.

Anyway, the bad luck of no Sunday lunch wasn’t too bad since we got to sample the normal menu and wow… the ‘BiB baked eggs’ are incredibly good. I had the chorizo and it was bursting with flavour! If you’re going for lunch it definitely fills you up well and was very impressed with the price! Also tried the char Sui which tasted amazing, albeit a bit cold.

All food was beautifully presented, the place was very clean, interior was nice and staff were friendly, although service was bit slow. Definitely want to come again to try the Sunday lunch I missed out on, but highly...