The Ark Birmingham

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   Lucy

   Essex1 review

   1.0

   Dined on 10 August 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Booked in advance only to find on the day that the place has closed down! No warning from the restaurant or open table. Totally ruined what was a special occasion for us and our city break away!
   

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   LisaH

   Birmingham2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 28 June 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Nice place, food was quite nice but very expensive. Feel you are paying inflated costs to fund the. Groupon offers
   

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   AlexE

   Birmingham5 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 10 February 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   All good; food excellent, service fine, good location.
   

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   AmitD

   New York City1 review

   3.0

   Dined on 10 February 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   The food is good however the portions are extremely small for what you’re paying. The service could be significantly improved, it felt like I was taken to my table in Nando’s rather than an upper class restaurant. The menu wasn’t explained, no other questions/ rapport from the waitress, just given the menus and took our order. When we asked for new cutler for the mains we were asked “what cutlery do you want?” When we clearly only had a knife left on the table. I think this restaurant has marketed itself to be far more than it actually is.
   

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   IainC

   Birmingham1 review

   4.0

   Dined on 12 January 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Good service, reasonable prices. Food well presented, and very tasty, although mine was a little on the salty side. Shame the heating still wasn't working, this took the edge off it a little but we all still had an enjoyable evening.
   

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   JaskiranS

   Birmingham1 review

   2.0

   Dined on 31 December 2023

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   Unfortunately the starters were uncooked, and the restaurant itself was very cold
   

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   DebbieJ

   New York City1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 28 December 2023

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food and very good service. We will definitely go again.
   

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   HaneefM

   Manchester1 review

   1.0

   Dined on 23 December 2023

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   The venue is decorated but all of that becomes irrelevant when they don't have heating. Staff mentioned the heating doesn't work so it wasn't a one off. It just ruined the evening as all you can really focus on is how cold it was.. food was average, nothing special, service was OK.. they asked us straight away what we wanted to drink.. I hadn't even sat down properly.. starters weren't hot and was average. They don't give you wipes at the end which should be standard if you are trying to portray yourself as a posh venue. Overall I wouldn't really go back, neither would I recommend it. Its out of the way and not worth the journey and hassle.
   

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   Pretheatre

   Derbyshire3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 22 December 2023

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Stunning food, lovely ambience, great service. We visited before a theatre show and didn't feel at all rushed - there was no pressure for us to leave our table which can be the case at other restaurants. We shared a platter (designed for 1 but enough for 2) as a starter. The Ark Special Curry and The Boatmans Fish Curry were both delicious which we ordered alongside one rice and a naan. We had a couple of cocktails and a bottle of wine. Altogether £107. Couldn't fault it and will definitely return! Highly recommend!
   

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    SamW

    Warwickshire1 review

    2.0

    Dined on 16 December 2023

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 2

    Service was very slow, even though the restaurant wasn’t even half full All our mains were overly salted and poor quality for Indian When I booked I requested something like balloons or something special on table for my daughters birthday but there was nothing added
    

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