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Selly Oak in Birmingham (England)
Selly Oak in Birmingham (England)
Selly Oak is in South Birmingham and has its own train station with frequent services from Birmingham New Street. It can also be reached by buses, which stop along the Bristol Road. The University of Birmingham is located close by, and hence the majority of residents in Selly Oak are students, who live in terraced houses mainly in a rather poor state.
The shops and services on Bristol Road cater for the student population. There are many take-aways / junk food places, letting agents, off-licenses, cheap restaurants and pubs.
The Soak Very cheap and decent food available, as well as a wide range of drinks.
The Goose Cheap food and drink of mediocre quality. Chips are not bad. Efficient service. Generally a strange atmosphere with a large number of older people, in contrast to other Selly Oak pubs
Gun Barrels Very studenty pub with pool tables and the like. Quite big. Cheap drinks. Very popular with students, gets very crowded on some nights. Has a large beer garden. Part of the Scream chain.
The Bristol Pear Again part of the Scream chain but much smaller than the Gun Barrels. Cheap drinks.
Khanum Indian restaurant. Very good. Cheap. You can bring your own wine.
Chamon Indian restaurant. Pretty good. Cheap. You can bring your own wine.
Sheratton Indian restaurant, pretty good you can bring your own wine. They give you big discount
Cafe Eastern Delight Pretty Indian restaurant. You will have about 5 waiters behind your back if you eat there.
Sundarbon International Tandoori, 590-592 Bristol Road, Birmingham , Birmingham, B29 6BJ (Located in Selly Oak, close to the University), ☎ +44 121 472 7858. Similar to an Indian restaurant, this provides a somewhat higher quality of food than is common in Selly Oak (studentville). The £10-15 centre menu items are complete main courses with rice or bread included. The rabbit, duck and veal make a change from the usual Indian faire (which Sundarbon also has in abundance). Recommended; however, larger groups sometimes have slow service. This may be uncorrelated with the value of alcohol they consume. The restaurant also tries to appear famous, the windows displaying many magnified newspaper cuttings about the restaurant selling its curries to famous celebrities. They are forgetting to include an article from the local student newspaper where a disabled student complained that the waiter was making fun of her disability. Scandal! £18-30. �
Suzen's Noodle Bar Food often too oily. Cheap.
Rimini Italian restaurant. Prices higher than usual in the area, but quality of food and presentation is usually better than most local restaurants. You can bring your own wine.
Pizza Land / Mama Wia / Luciano's All little shops that serve very cheap (but good) pizza cooked by people who probably get paid less than the national minimum wage.
Dolphin Chip shop situated on Raddlebarn Road. Do not even think of venturing in there. They served me chicken that tasted of fish, as they clearly cannot be asked to change the oil.
Selly Sausage Popular cheap student restaurant. Good for paninis, pancakes, omelettes and the like. Host of "the campus mate" - a dating section by the local student newspaper.
Kebab Land Name says it all.
Rooster Hut closed down as bigger, better and cheaper Rooster House opened across the road. Good chicken at low prices.
Adam's Place Usual range of junk food at low prices.
Big John's Usual range of junk food at low prices. Has been refurbished and now looks slightly more fancy.
Woodstock Formerly a nice place with great atmosphere. Since the shop changed owner in early 2009 it has got much less cozy and the food is not as tasty as before. Still very high reputation.
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