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Summary

£40
    £
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Farhad Kabuli’s smart, contemporary subcontinental opened in this smart Brummy suburb in 2024, and aims to take you ‘on a journey to the heart of Afghanistan’. According to the Telegraph’s William Sitwell it succeeds, delivering a meal that’s “actually very, indeed gloriously, straightforward, hearty, soul-satisfying and rustic”. Feedback please!

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120-126 Alcester Road, Birmingham, B13 8EE

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

The Daily Telegraph

William Sitwell visited an Afghan restaurant in Mosely whose “interior design clearly aims at posh, with wide and comfortable chairs and banquettes, soft and pale furnishings, heavily textured, white-washed, cave-like walls, marble-topped tables and golden cutlery”, and whose Instagram promises “fine dining”.

Much to his relief, this was not in fact true. “Instead it was actually very, indeed gloriously, straightforward, hearty, soul-satisfying and rustic.”

Not everything was perfect. William wanted a bit more heat in the qorma-e-murgh (chicken curry), and was mildly irritated that everything he ordered arrived at the same time. But on the whole it was “great grub”.

William Sitwell - 2025-02-23

Prices

Starter Main Pudding
£4.20 £17.80 £6.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £0.00
Filter Coffee £3.75
Extras  
Bread £4.00
Service 10.00%
120-126 Alcester Road, Birmingham, B13 8EE
Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑10:30 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑10:30 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑10:30 pm
Thursday12 pm‑10:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑11 pm
Saturday12 pm‑11 pm
Sunday12 pm‑11 pm

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