Tipu Sultan - Sumptuous Halal Fine Dinning

Assalamualaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatu. Ya Hayy!!! I cannot believe it's been so long since I've last blogged!!! And so much to catch up on and even more to reflect upon. All khair, Alhamdulillah. In that little time, yours truly has gotten married and had a baby boy, Alhamdulillah. Of course with juggling marriage, moving, commuting, work, etc. (ahem procrastination), I didn't really have much time for blogsville but I've had you all in mind. Thought I'd come back with anther restaurant review seeing as I've been to so many amazing restaurants in the last few months and of course enjoyed some more than others. Therefore, before I archive the pictures, I thought it might be worth posting them here first.

So what do you do, when you bump into a few friends at a conference unexpectedly, you of course go for dinner afterwards. As I have never lived in Birmingham, we had to rely on a local who I must say absolutely impressed me with her choice.

Location
The restaurant is located at number 43 Alcester road Birmingham. I can't even really remember how we got there, got in the cab, got there - easy. However, I did not think the area was busy and I'd certainly say more residential than commercial. But if in doubt, ask Google maps.

Restaurant
I kid you not but this is perhaps the fanciest restaurant in terms of décor that I think I have ever been to. Yeah yeah, I know there are Michelin-starred restaurants that will cost an arm, a leg and a bit of your heart but you need to understand that I'm only a junior doctor so usually can't afford any of those. Take that Jeremy Hunt! So on getting there, the first thing I thought was whether or not we could afford it. Don't blame me, there was a Bentley parked outside and I was not prepared to feature in the daily mail for being unable to pay my restaurant bill.

The restaurant stands elegantly in it's own grounds with plenty of parking spaces as well as a banqueting hall on the first floor for events. I could not see any facilities for private dinning area that will let's say allow niqabis to take off their niqabs. However, the eating booths with their magnificent chandeliers create a cosy enough environment to eat your food without the feeling that someone is staring at you; not if you count the statues. Yes, there are several statues there that it gets disconcerting but you just have to ignore them. The food of course is halal but I could not remember seeing any HMC certification although they verbally confirmed that their meat is indeed HMC certified. 

Customer Service
As you walk in, there is someone waiting to find you a seat and although we went there on a Saturday evening without any reservations, we got seated pretty quickly. The food also surprisingly did not take that long to arrive considering how busy they were; partly because we did not order anything too fanciful. You also got given wet hot towels to clean your hands like they do in a lot of middle eastern restaurants.

The menu

Food
It is a North Indian restaurant so you should be able to find something to eat there. As said before, we ordered food that we could recognise but I must say one of the curries was Hot!! Even for my spicy Nigerian taste bud so if you cannot tolerate the heat, it is worth mentioning this to your waiter. In terms of taste, most of the food was spot on and even the mocktails made an impression on me.

          

Final Verdict
I could throw words like opulent and majestic at you but you've got to hand it to them, they do offer something different to your day to day halal restaurant, the luxurious environment. And that was well executed. So if you're looking for something different with the family or just want to dine out with that extra glamour, why not give Tipu Sultan a go. Did I mention, it was very affordable! And according to Tipu Sultan, they are opening new branches soon in London, Manchester, Bradford, Luton and Leicester. How soon? Allahu A'lam.