tipu sultan

its among the better indianrestaurantsin birmingham. certainly better than pushkar and rajdoot.

i dined here about five times in my 4 and half years stay in birmingham. four times on invites and once on my own. i have tried handi ki mirch, sultan karahi murgh and nihari. all of these were lamb dishes. the meat itself tasted good and succulent. well, lamb meat according to me is of a slightly higher quality in birmingham as opposed to say delhi.

i love a fiery dish being an indian that i am but handi ki mirch is overpowering on the palate because i believe they are a tad too liberal with the pepper. nihari for a discerning indian palate is overly subdued. sultani karahai mirch, colloquially put, was on point. it was a tad more spicy than the other dishes (even though the menu claims handi ki mirch) is spicier. 

i think the starters are a let down. murgh wings and fish pakoras were not up to scratch. the layer of basan was too thick to be an enjoyable pakora. you can never go wrong with the pappadoms but i think they are priced nearly 10 times higher than what they should be (including profit). one can easily procure a packet of 30 papodoms for 65p.

the staff are not much different from that of rajdoot in that they are ignorant about the items in the menu and the contents there in. they are not the sort of staff you can expect to be guided from if unsure on what to order.

the insides are lush but not quite as good as rajdoot's.

all in all, i would not be visiting this a sixth time but for a first timer its worth a try.

tipu sultan is deserving of all the positive reviews it has amassed over the short few years it's been open.

as a regular from its first weeks in operation to now the one thing that i feel they deserve the highest praise for is ' consistency '

too manyrestaurantsopen with much promise and potential to become standard bearer's but ultimately many take their eye of what is really important in a restaurant....yep the food.

decoration, style presentation are all vital but if the food doesn't excite the taste buds there's no point!

tipu has been in my humble opinion consistent throughout the years and i believe that's what makes it so dam good.

portions are generous and one main dish is more than enough for two. i love the open kitchen view nice to actually see how many people work to make this all happen.

the only reason i didn't score it a five is a feeling that the soft drinks are a tad over priced when comparing to the cost of food. a glass of coke is £2.50!! now for something that's costing no more than 30p to add such a margin seems a tad unreasonable.

and the comparison i use is a starter of seekh kebabs made of lamb cost £4 or so. lamb is an expensive meat, so how can you charge that for good food and charge so much for sugary soft drinks!!

a small complaint and i always have water with my food so why am i complaining!!

one of my favouriterestaurantsin birmingham.. i used to visit tipu's more than thrice a week ... good food ... ambience and value for money!

one of my favourite asianrestaurantsin birmingham. great food and atmosphere. nice location and very nicely decorated. friendly staff. easy car parking. you have to try the the biryanis as they're amazing 😋

this place was in my wishlist for a while, had heard quite a lot about tipu sultan. if you live in or around birmingham and talk about indian cuisine or indianrestaurantsyou could be sure that you will get to hear about this one and for right reasons.
we arrived there late around 9:30 pm on a weekday (it was a monday actually) and we were surprised to see it was still almost full,and this place is quite large, so expect bit of wait time if you head to this one on a weekend. 
decor from outside doesn't look too great however the moment you walked in, it catches your eyes. beautifully done, lavishly decorated and lovely ambience specially those red lights and classic fort like antiques.after having a look at the drinks menu,you could be surprised that there's no alcoholic beverage,none. yes that's right. plenty of nice non-alcoholic options  are available though to quench your thirst. we ordered a cocalada (pineapple,vanilla and coconut) and another drink which were quite refreshing.lamb chops as a starter were too good, it's also hailed as tipu sultan's signature dish.
we had hyderabadi chicken handi along with ever favourite garlic naan and a murgh biryani.quantity was enough to serve 2, naan was huge and tasty. handi chicken was good but was a bit dry to my liking, a little bit of gravy would have been great. biryani was alright not really great. another stand out thing about this place was cleanliness and courteous staff, they are friendly and polite. we finished off with a black currant ice cream and had really nice time at tipu's. we even decided to get nihari gosht and a naan packed for home. awesome place, great food and nice value for money. going again this week ;)

it is  undoubtedly one of the best pakistanirestaurantsin the midlands. last week i visited the restaurant, the service and quality of food was excellent. the girl  at the reception was  courteous and polite. i think her name is orooj. may god bless her.

simply dreadful customer service - avoid this place!

we had booked for a table of 20 at the start of the week, for 9pm friday night. when we arrived we were told our table wasn't ready and shunted off upstairs into a lobby off their empty banqueting suites.

after waiting for 20 minutes with nobody coming to see us, no offer of drinks or menus, a couple of us went down to ask what was happening. we were told an earlier booking had overstayed and they were trying to encourage them to finish up and leave. surely when we had a prior booking they should have ensured a table was free?

after another five minutes, still no news the manager said the table was being prepared and we would get free popadoms and pickles (something we regularly get in other localrestaurantsin any case!)
after another 5 mins (30 mins after our booking-time) i went down again to chase them up and was told we could come down. however when we came into the restaurant we still had nowhere to sit and were asked to go back to the lobby.

all the staff were arrogant, rude and unapologetic about having messed up our booking and kept us waiting. at 9.35pm we all walked out after a member of our group had contacted another local restaurant who were able to accommodate our group. needless to say, this is now a large group of people, and all our friends, who will never go near tipu sultan again!

poor service and food, not worth the price and the waiters don't have a clue, worst thing ever was they didn't even give any hot towels, even the low endrestaurantsprovide this.

never going back.