The Vaults

The Vaults is such a good venue! Its really unusual as you walk down the stairs it feels like you are going into a dungeon! But then you enter the restaurant and theres natural light with big windows. The food is of a high standard and the chef certainly uses his imagination. I had Spiced Goats Cheese with Roast vegetables and Figs with Bloody Mary Sauce. Its good to see a restaurant giving something other than pasta for vegi's like me! My hisband has the Pan Fried Barbury Duck Breast With Lentils and Pear Barley, Peas and Sweet Cherries. I dont eat meat but I was certainly tempted to try some, my husband said it was the best duck he had ever tasted. The service was fantastic we had a very smiley young lady serving us so didnt hesitate to tip her. After our meal we went into the bar, there are lots of arches and booths with bare brick and great art work. What a great place all round, I would definately recommend The Vaults to everyone!
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Nathan Grimmet
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Vaults is such an amazing venue and the quality of the food matches its surroundings. Gorgeous British cooking with a modern twist, the food is fresh and some of the dishes I have ate there are quite a suprise, the duck with roast peaches was so tasty! I would recommend anyone to eat there, dont miss out! x
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Judith - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, March 18, 2010

I was just having a look at this website and came accross The Vaults, and the review that is has received. I couldnt agree less!! The Vaults is a magical place and myself like many of my friends have never had a bad experience there. The beers are actually £3.50 which is a pretty normal price, and the food is good quality and great value. The staff have always been really welcoming to me and my friends and partner and I would definately recommend it to everyone! Its a gorgeous looking place, really unique and Im glad its in Birmingham. Its like a place Ive been to in London, but it has much better pricing than the one in London! Chin up to whoever wrote that bad review, maybe try smiling once in a while ey? Keep up the good work Vaults ;-)
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Lucy
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

We booked well in advance on a "2 for £30" offer for valentines. It was clearly confirmed that we were ok to book under this offer, however when the bill came we were stung at £27.50 a head, plus a service charge they had sneakily slipped in for a meal for 2, plus we were belittled and made to feel stupid when this was pointed out to them, before being told there was no record of our booking despite being called a few day prior to the meal to re-confirm!

The food was ok but no better, and portions were tiny (I got takeway after a 3 course meal!). With the choice of other restaurants in Birmingham, I would definitely recommend giving this a miss!

1 out of 10.
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Nick
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Food 0 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Saturday, February 20, 2010

We had booked well in advance for lunch Christmas Eve. As vegetarians, I was impressed that they did not assume that we wanted to eat pasta as the veggie option. I had double-checked that the French Onion Soup on the Christmas menu would be replaced by a vegetarian white onion soup - and this was duly noted in their diary.

However when we arrived, we were told that there was no soup at all available. (How can a restaurant run out of onions?) We were offered alternative starters from the a la carte menu at no extra cost.

Then we had opted for a mixed bean cassoulet in a filo pastry parcel. This came without the filo pastry.... as they had run out. It did taste delicious but was bit insubstantial, especially as the potato and veggie side dishes were not supplied with this option (although the menu seemed to indicate clearly that they would be.)

On to the puddings. Fine.

Coffee and mince pies - mince pies miniature, obviously bought in from an industrial supplier, still in their foil cases.

This would overall have been a rather miserable experience had it not been for the very pleasant, friendly and helpful waiter, whom I felt really sorry for - we didn't make a fuss, but others in our situation might well have done. By the time we left just before 4 o' clock he seemed to have been left entirely on his own.

Oh - and no soap in the loos.

All in all not an experience I would wish to repeat - not god value for money.
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Food 6 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 4
Wednesday, December 24, 2008