Balti Bazaar — Restaurant in Birmingham

It's been around 30 years since I last ate here, not that there was anything wrong with the food or the service. The wife and I had a very enjoyable meal here. It has had a recent makeover and I shudder to think how much the carpet cost. I am pleased they went for soft flooring rather than a hard finish as it helps keep the noise down. The menu is huge, obviously much is a variation on a similar dish but at least it might tempt you in trying something a bit different. It was very busy on our early Friday night visit which confirms it must be doing something right. Indeed they are, the garlic and coriander nan bread was a bit "different" but apart from that all was very good. My Jalfrezi was particularly flavoursome and so was the wife's balti. The chicken in both was excellent. The portions were too big for us to finish, partly due to the complimentary pakora. Prices are reasonable and being able to take your own alcohol is obviously a bonus. I notice quite a few customers took their own soft drinks which I am not sure about. Parking can be a bit awkward but it's well worth...

The 3 stars don’t really represent our experience here, but let me explain. Very friendly welcome in what was a quiet restaurant, but it was a Monday evening. Ordered popadoms and pickles, which were lovely (lime pickle superb) then served a complementary dish of vegetable pakora which as also delicious. 35 years ago I was on a course just up the road and enjoyed many Baltis or ‘dipper’ so I ordered a meat Balti with naan. The portion was huge and tasty, but much drier than I remembered and not possible to dip - things have obviously moved on. The real down side was my companion leant forward to reach her rice after her Balti was delivered and received a nasty 2” burn on her chest ( no warning that the dish was that extremely hot). The service was good apart from the lack of warning. Shame its put us off for...

Really disappointed to have to write this as the staff members I came across when collecting my order, were really engaging and welcoming. However, the Chicken Tikka Masala and the Chicken Korma that we ordered were so bland and had no taste what so ever. The other concerning issue was when we were eating it, we kept getting warm mouthfuls, followed by nearly cold mouthfuls from the same dish? The naan bread was inedible; It was hard and chewy, so we gave up straight away trying to eat it. We were really looking forward to this curry as we were recommended Balti Bazaar by someone else, but the food really wasn’t nice, so unfortunately we won’t be back or...