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You're heading down Moseley Road into Balsall Heath, past the independent shops and curry houses, when you spot ines tucked away with its warm glow. Inside, it's properly intimate—the kind of place where you can hear conversations without shouting, where the staff genuinely seem pleased you've shown up. The menu pulls from Spain and the Mediterranean, done with real care rather than Instagram theatre. Expect proper flavours: seafood that tastes of the sea, vegetables that haven't been murdered, wines that make sense with what you're eating. It's the sort of neighbourhood restaurant that locals guard jealously because it punches well above its weight.