Sapore — Restaurant in Birmingham

OMG. I took my wife for our date night, her birthday eve. Booking was easy, I just dropped them an email with the date, time and advised it was the wife's birthday. I received a mail back quickly confirming my reservation and I was more than happy. So tonight (Friday 16th October 20) I took the Mrs, as a surprise ...I arranged someone to have the kids etc. Arranged a taxi and told her to dress nice. When we arrived we were greeted by a nice welcoming gentleman who asked if we had a reservation and the name and we were seated without delay. The ambience of the restaurant is great, really nice and welcoming and after a while homely They leave you ample time to look at the food and drinks menu (they do cocktails, alcoholic and non, wine, beer, soft drinks, hot drinks) Before your starter is served they bring you some bread and balsamic vinegar. Your starter is served shortly after and to be honest there is little time from ordering to receiving your starter (in my opinion, just about the right amout of time). For starter I had the calamari and WOW. Not only was it fantastic, but the portion size was great. My wife ordered from the specials and had black pudding with scallops and some other stuff and she really enjoyed it. After we finished our starters, we had a little chat about something, and then the mains came out, just after the right amout of time - again, in my opinion (about 15 - 20 mins) I had the filleto Rossini steak, requested medium .... OMFG... It truly was to die for. My knife just slide through it like a hot knife through butter and it is served on a bruschetta which with the juice/marinade just soaks in and a pate on top.... It came with roasted potatoes in a separate dish and with a little salt added they were fantastic as well with all 4 together tasting super great and bringing all the taste buds alive. Being greasy, I also order the spinach in cream as well .... Again with a tad more salt and pepper for my liking, it was amazing, and with the area, steak source, pate, and bruschetta ... Well, I was in good heaven. My wife went for the special again and had with king prawns, lobster and something else.... I'm not a fish person but it looked absolutely gorgeous despite the lobster shell sat there. They brought the dessert menu, but after what we had had, we just couldn't fit anything else in (nearly couldn't). When I booked I said it was for my wife's birthday, so they kindly brought down a ice cream and hot chocolate fudge cake with a candle in and it was a big portion again, but really really nicer of them and it tasted Wicked. The service would easily get a 11/10 They don't hound you while you are eating, but come pretty much straight away when you have finished. When you finish your drink, again they pretty much come and ask if you would like another Food Tate and quality 20 /10 Just amazing, probably the best Italian I have had, and that is saying something Price I really think the price, for what you get, the service, the food quality etc. etc. Is fantastic. We had 2 x starters, 2 x mains 1 X pink gin cocktail (it's big and strong) 2 x large glasses of rose, 1 x pint of peroni and it was £90 ... £90 ... I was expecting a lot more than that, I really was - so I have a nice big tip

I really would 128% recommend this restaurant for any Italian food lovers. They have a web page so you can view the food and drinks menu - with prices You can call and book or email them Really can not recommend enough peeps...and the pics are what...

Went today for a nice Tuesday lunch out. Havn't been to sapore for a while because the pasta dishes were always in a tomato sauce but their new menu has options for us cream sauce lovers. We started out with olives and bread and an absolutely gorgeous gavi di gavi. The bread came warm and when we asked for more olive oil it came promptly. My other half had the sheep's cheese ravioli and I had the penne al Salmone . The pasta was cooked superbly and both sauces were very tasty. I'm not sure about other reviews about small portions but ours were just the right size for our appetites. I indulged in profiterole for dessert and he had an excellent espresso which came lovely and hot. The host was really efficient and friendly and served us as and when we wished. The only reason I didn't give a 5 for atmosphere was because there were only 3 tables occupied, however past experience of being here in the evening there is quite a buzz about the restaurant. I'm glad they've added more pasta dishes to my liking as that was the only reason we hadn't come for a while. Will...

Second recent visit and this time we did the early bird deal. Value for money is outstanding as is customer service. Food is excellent. On the early bird, which is three courses, choice is good but don't expect to get the same as the main menu on the cheap, that's unreasonable. Main course does seem to be as main menu. So two ways to approach this. Early bird is excellent and full menu is just better and more expensive. I'd recommend try both at different times. Wine choice and cost excellent and car parking is available but Morrison's is across the road and 3 hours free car parking. We play fair and shop in Morrison's regularly as it's not nice to abuse facilities. Main entrance is a bit convoluted so wheel chair access isn't the easiest but flat and open inside. Staff have Italian accents and the food is authentic and we'll done. Don't be put off by the location. We live in Solihull which over scores it's restaurants. This one deserves the high...