Hen & Chickens

You'll find Hen & Chickens tucked away on Constitution Hill in Hockley, a neighbourhood that's quietly become one of Birmingham's best bets for authentic food. Walk in and it's immediately unpretentious—the sort of place where regulars know their order before they've sat down and the staff remember your name. The menu's straightforward: they do the classics brilliantly and aren't trying to reinvent the wheel. What keeps people coming back, judging by those 1,685 reviews, is consistency. The curries have proper depth, the breads are pillowy, and you're not paying through the nose for it.