Dilshad Balti - Piatti

Rasoi Cottage

➤ Oakenstore 21 Castleditch Lane, Redditch, United Kingdom

Piatti • Wine • Fish • Meat • Indian

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"We placed our order just before 6 PM, and it took an hour and a half for the food to be dispatched. After that, the delivery driver had a flat tire, which added an extra 30 minutes to our wait time, totaling two hours. To make matters worse, our naan breads were missing. While I was offered a credit, I declined and am still waiting for the manager to get back to me to arrange a refund. The kids liked the chicken korma, but the rest of the food was quite bland for adults. Overall, I was really disappointed. Service: Takeout."

Miller Carter Washford Mill

➤ Icknield Street Drive, Studley, United Kingdom

Piatti • Cafés • Kebab • Mexican • Seafood

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"Lovely building and surroundings with the old mill wheel exposed in the centre of the building. The steaks are always good as is typical of a Millers. The cocktails here are of a good standard and most the time they will make you what you ask for not just what is on the menu. The waitresses and waiters are excellent and take good care of you and know the menu very well All in all you can pretty much guarantee a good meal here. Came on Valentine's last and even with it being very busy everything was still excellent. Went Nov 23 and had the Ambassador cut, it was an excellent steak for a fair price."

Redolence Spice

➤ 17, Unicorn Hill, Redditch, United Kingdom

Piatti • Vegan • Indian • Delivery Services

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"Very nice food well presented. Lovely friendly staff very attentive, definitely go here again. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommendation for vegetarians: Highly recommend Vegetarian offerings Large vegetarian selection"

The Orangery Cocktail Lounge

➤ Ipsley Lane, Redditch, United Kingdom, B98 0AP

Piatti • Coffee • British • Cocktail • Ice Cream

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"I want to start by mentioning that the restaurant's website seems to focus primarily on events, which makes it difficult to find specific information about their Sunday lunch hours and menu. Upon arrival, I informed the staff that I could not have cheese in or on my food. They were attentive and checked with me about certain dishes, which I appreciated. The welcome was friendly, and the staff were great. The venue itself is lovely. We all opted for the Sunday roast, except for my daughter. Here’s a breakdown of what we ordered: - 1 x Le Serre Chardonnay - £24.50 - 3 x Cokes (330ml) - £7.50 - 1 x Pink Flamingo Cocktail - £9.50 - 1 x Pravha - £5.00 - 2 x S P Squid - £14.80 - 2 x Moroccan Haloumi - £14.80 - 1 x Confit Chicken - £16.95 - 2 x Free Range Chicken - £33.90 - 1 x Topside of Beef - £17.95 - 1 x Churros - £6.40 - 3 x Sticky Toffee Puddings - £20.70 - 1 x Coffee Americano - £3.00 - 1 Double Hennessy Fine - £28.00 - 1 x Espresso Martini - £8.00 **Subtotal**: £211.00 **Service Charge**: £21.10 **Total**: £232.10 I made sure to verify that the staff receives their share of the service charge (except the managers). As for the food, all the starters were fine; I would have preferred a little more chili and, if I’m honest, I ended up "borrowing" some of my daughter's. The main courses were impressive—my son’s beef was melt-in-your-mouth tender, and my free-range chicken roast was packed with flavor. The desserts were enjoyable as well; my son loved the churros, while my wife found her Sticky Toffee Pudding a bit too generous in portion size. Now, for a couple of minor points, but I’m not deducting any stars for them: 1. The roast potatoes were a bit bland. I’m not sure what fat was used for roasting; I was hoping for goose fat. They were large, which I appreciate, but I found the outside a bit hard to cut through. I suspect they might have been prepared earlier in the day and kept warm. 2. The roast chicken felt a bit lacking without stuffing. 3. As for the Sticky Toffee Pudding, it was good but didn’t quite measure up to my wife’s own recipe. It felt more like sponge cake and could have used more toffee sauce. The ice cream on top was nice, though—I wouldn't have minded a bit more! 4. Lastly, I enjoy a brandy with my coffee at the end of the meal. I appreciated the choice of cold or warm milk, but the brandy was served in a cold glass, which it didn’t deserve. Holding it didn’t help much; it would have benefited from a warmer glass. Would I return? Absolutely! I didn't dock any points for the minor issues. However, I should mention that the acoustics could be challenging for the hearing impaired—the restaurant lacks soft furnishings to absorb some of the noise, and the background music was a bit overwhelming for me with my hearing aids. I found it difficult to hear my family over the sounds from other tables, as hearing aids tend to amplify louder noises. The music was more of a distraction than an enhancement. Overall, I had a pleasant experience, and I would recommend giving this place a try!"

The Brook Inn

➤ Sillins Ln, Redditch United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Piatti • Pubs • Coffee • British • Ice Cream

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"Arrived a few minutes early at 3.15pm for our 3.30pm booking. Very warm welcome from blonde waitress at bar. Very quickly seated by dark haired waitress with glasses who wasn 't very friendly from the start. Pub was fairly busy on arrival but soon became pretty quiet, perhaps explaining our tail end of service poor experience. Wine list had to be chased as didn 't arrive. Drinks also had to be chased. Service to actually place our order had to be chased as we were seemingly abandoned after asking for a few minutes to chose our meals after being asked for our order only a couple of minutes after arrival. Further service had to be chased from our dead zone later in the meal. These were details only, very annoying but par for the course these days sadly. The main and more significant issue was the quality of the roast beef. Tough to the point that you could not cut it. Also delivered not as requested in terms of cooking so lots of back and forth to get our meat cooked as we had asked. Numerous veg were cold or luke warm. Several yorkshire pudding way beyond crisp to the point of being burnt. Excessive salt on majority of veg. Manageress arrived fairly quickly and was initially responsive but the experience at this stage was already hugely spoiled. Replacement food was much better but by that stage we had been put off the whole lunch and to reflect this were offered 2 glasses of wine and a portion of custard to compliment our dessert! This place has been unreliable since the start of the Giles ownership. The family attitude to customers is poor. We asked for the manager to review the bill to reflect the poor experience and ended up being passed a phone to talk to the manager who had gone home. This some 3 hours after we entered the pub due to the awful experience we had encountered."