The Physician — Restaurant in Birmingham

Mother’s Day lunch 2025, take the good with the bad

Food - at around £25 this is clearly on the pricier side of roasts available, desserts around £9. I have to say the food was outstanding, especially puddings, one of us said this was one of the best we’d had. No set menu for Mother’s Day so it does add up if you have 2 or 3 courses

Drinks - 2 pints, a glass of Prosecco and a coke came to well over £20, expected I suppose near Birmingham these days. Hobsons pale ale was very well kept

Service - though staff were all friendly, and I understand Mother’s Day is a busy day and staff will be tired and missing their own Mother’s Day, at this price point you do expect a lot better service than this. Waiting for someone to seat us, no one came back to take a drinks order before the mains arrived, the water for the table we ordered never arrived, and a long wait for our dessert orders to be taken. It did feel like we were forgotten as the others rooms were busy

Setting - the building itself is beautifully done out developed from a historic office premises. Separate cosy rooms adjoin the bar and main restaurant rooms which each seem to have their own vibe. A genuinely lovely place to spend Mother’s Day. Brunning & price have some wonderful locations and their commitment to redeveloping old buildings should be commended

Summary - fantastic food is let down by poor service. Perhaps we were unlucky as can happen at a restaurant where one table goes from bad to worse. Mom enjoyed it which is...

Great place to eat & drink Location:

Near the botanical gardens with off street parking and next to a pay and display car park. Beautiful Victorian building inside and out, no expense has been spared in creating this restaurant. The atmosphere was great, felt warm and welcoming, a great place to relax with a few drinks.

Food:

Starters; We had the Carrot and coriander soup, Korean chicken wings, Spiced beetroot and chick pea fritters and the Deep fried Cornish Brie. Everyone really enjoyed their starters, I had the chicken wings, they were nice and crispy and extremely moreish, I could’ve ate a lot more of them.

Mains; We had the Fish Pie, Steak and kidney suet pudding, Steak burger and the Honey roasted ham. The pies looked amazing, they came out without a pie dish or foil, perfectly presented on the plate, the honey roast ham was a huge portion and looked great. I had the burger, great meat, succulent and very tasty, cooked just right too (medium rare).

Service: Our waitress was lovely, very polite, friendly and attentive, no complaints there. The only downside to the evening was that we booked a table for 19:30, but when we arrived (5 minutes before) they said that the table wasn’t ready, we had to wait 30 minutes to finally sit-down, which is not good enough when you have pre booked.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed all their meals and we will be definitely going back again soon. I would’ve given it 5 stars…. but due to having to wait for our table for 30 minutes I’ve...

I really enjoyed my experience in The Physician. The food, staff, and atmosphere are really outstanding. I hope my comment can help your restaurant to be much more successful in the future.

With the classy, vintage, and modern theme of your restaurant. It makes me more relaxed to enjoy my meal. However, I found out the background music may a little bit un-match the style. I suggest that you may use some jazz instead. That could provide more leisure and chill moments to the customer.

I tried the Scallop and Crispy beef salad. First of all, the scallop was stunning, perfectly cooked, and well-seasoned. The texture of the puree is really rich, surprisingly pretty matched with the scallop. Really outstanding as an appetizer. And the crispy beef salad is colorful and really fresh. Combination of all the veggie, the texture of the whole dishes was so crunchy, with the sweet and sour dressing. However, the beef is kind of too salty and chewy. If the salad is handling the crunchy part, for the meat I will suggest you may use the slow-cook beef slice instead, probably WANYU or KOBE. Due to the taste and the combination, it can really open up your appetizer. In my opinion, this dish is more perfect in the appetizer but with less portion.

Lastly, The physician is such a warm and sweet dining place for everybody. I will defiantly bring my friends and family to come to your restaurant again in the future. Hope your restaurant all the best...