March 2024 by Catspelle
Not a great experience here. Went for a pre theatre dinner. We delayed ordering by 30 mins as we wanted a more relaxed experience. Firstly they didn?t have the wine we wanted so the wine we did end up ordering was a) over priced and b) very poor quality. I asked for a glass of ice to go with my wine it wasnt brought to our table. When we did order we had a starter of olives. They didn?t apparently have any olive sticks or any cocktail sticks at the bar so we had to eat with our fingers. None of the olives were pitted and many of them were mushy so obviously old or poor quality. Before we had even had half our olives our main course arrived. H had pasta which was overcooked and Luke warm and I had what was supposed to be a pepperoni pizza with about 5 small bits of pepperoni on. The cheese came away as you cut the pizza and it was barely warm. Overall very poor but expensive meal. It also lacked flavour which was surprising given it was pepperoni and needed salt. Wouldn?t return here again.
February 2024 by barbaragN1251PX
Where the staff were indeed lovely and the food arrived quickly the food was not good quality. Big bowls of pasta with very little else, very few prawns and sauce was heavy on the chilli making it unpleasant to eat. My husband?s spaghetti bolognaise was a very sloppy sauce, lacking meat and flavour on pasta. Very disappointing and not value for money.
February 2024 by Road41151731922
The food is decent and filling, however you can often tell that some of the items on the menu are not fresh. To me this is a big deal as I like to go out and enjoy a nice fresh meal! This was however not the case when we have visited Zizzi?s back in January. We had ordered the calamari as a starter and they were very oily upon arrival and also chewy after we had tried them. This was a big disappointment as I love calamari and was really looking forward to this dish. For my main dish I opted for one of the fresh pasta options (truffle carbonara) and I am very glad I did. You could tell the pasta was ?homemade? and the sauce was to die for. The truffle flavour was very nice and the pasta was very creamy which I enjoyed a lot! My partner opted for the pepperoni pizza and he was very pleased with it, but it was a bit plain for my taste. One thing I will say is, their portion sizes are amazing, the pizza could easily be shared between 2 people and so could the pasta honestly. Overall we had a great time and the food was good, will probably be returning as it was great value for money as well!
February 2024 by Helen F
Popped in randomly to get some late dinner, and we?re seated quickly which was great. Our waiter was ok, but when I asked for a Diet Coke he kept trying to push me to get something else as it was ?the weekend? - felt a little insensitive. I ordered the Pancetta and Truffle Carbonara, which was essentially a cream-based carbonara with one piece of Pancetta on top. Considering it was £17, I was very disappointed. My friend ordered the Sausage and Chorizo Lasagne, which was a very VERY dry lasagne with a sprinkle of chorizo on top - again, disappointing for £17. When we asked for the bill to leave, the waiter handed us the machine, and then literally hovered over me as it came to the tipping. I didn?t want to tip as our experience wasn?t great, but I felt pressured to do so as he literally stood over me. My friend, who is a bit more confident than me, managed to not tip him even though he hovered over her too. Overall, even though my expectations were on the floor, the food and service were disappointing. Won?t be going back unless it?s our only choice.
February 2024 by Cathy H
Went here before seeing a show at The Alex. The service was excellent, really friendly and couldn't do enough for us. The food was very good, the pork dish especially delicious. Reading other reviews, it sounds like it's a bit hit and miss which is a shame because when they get it right, it's very good.
January 2024 by carolbellamy
There was a board outside the restaurant advertising 30% off food if we joined the zillionaire club. I did so but couldn?t find the 30% offer. Asked staff member for help but he was totally disinterested and just said that without the offer code there was nothing he could do. The restaurant was quiet but we had to keep calling staff when we needed anything. I had the sea bass which was unpleasant. Sitting on a bed of vegetables out of a jar in a puddle of oil. Eating as a family this restaurant is not cheap, especially when we were unable to get the discount advertised outside. The combination of poor quality food and staff who would obviously prefer to be somewhere else means I will never return. There are a lot of much better restaurants in Birmingham to choose from.
December 2023 by EEvans36
We were in the restaurant for less than an hour but managed to have 4 different servers, none of who seemed interested in being there! The salmon pasta was very average, and the pasta was over cooked, left most of it but didn't get a chance to comment as the plate was whisked away, and nobody asked how the meal was. Definitely won't be returning.
December 2023 by Patricia B
Terrible food. The roast chicken pasta dish I had was watery, flavourless and certainly not creamy as per description. 5 small pieces of chicken and 2 mushrooms. Poor value. Poor quality
November 2023 by Nomad00316684766
This is a very beautiful restaurant and the food was absolutely amazing and it came extremely quickly
November 2023 by Rocky-230710
Arrived here on a busy Saturday evening We didn?t have a reservation but it wasn?t a problem. From start to finish everything was just perfect. 10/10 staff 10/10 food 10/10 comfort Will definitely visit this restaurant next time we are in Birmingham.
October 2023 by Gustav M
My daughter just returned with a pasta dish of theirs as a takeaway. It was extremely bland with a weird aftertaste I get from Wagamama food too. Checked their prices and apparently this dish cost £14. £3 would be overpriced. I have no opinion on their staff or service obviously.
September 2023 by Catherine R
Poor service average food Server ignored us at the door for some minutes. Finally seated. Poor demeanor came against as irritated and disinterested. Slammed our glasses down. Slow service. Food was fine.
September 2023 by Jet44741716350
Had the calamari for a starter and a cheese pizza for main. Service was quick and food was very good. In a nice location and we?ll worth a visit.
September 2023 by Trice T.
Great food and the service is impeccable with a cool vibe in the restaurant. Would definitely come back
August 2023 by joj771
Have been to zizzis a few times including this one and always enjoyed the food and had good service. Arrived at zizzis on a quiet Wednesday night, plenty of tables outside and sat down at one. The waiter arrived promptly and we explained that we would just like drinks (we had a dinner reservation a couple of hours later somewhere else) he then told us that we could only order alcoholic drinks with main courses otherwise we would have to have a soft drink only and then walked away. So weird, never been anywhere that wasn't busy that wouldn't serve drinks especially in such a relaxed setting, zizzis is hardly a high end restaurant! Well zizzis my friend and I got up and walked a couple of hundred yards away where another bar was more than happy to serve us and you lost out on £40 worth of drinks
