{"id":106284,"date":"2025-05-16T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106284\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:43:11","slug":"much-loved-asian-bakery-to-open-birmingham-branch-as-fans-say-finally-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106284\/","title":{"rendered":"Much-loved Asian bakery to open Birmingham branch as fans say &#8216;finally&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Asian bakery that&#8217;s been serving sweets, cakes and treats since 1979 is set to open a new branch in Lozells.<\/p>\n<p>Nafees Bakery was founded in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir almost 50 years ago and now claims to be the largest South Asian confectionery producer in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>It has more than 40 branches in the UK now, including in Alum Rock, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/smethwick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Smethwick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Smethwick<\/a> and Sparkhill.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/kerryman-pub-transformation-revealed-days-150834534.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kerryman pub transformation to be revealed in days as excitement builds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kerryman pub transformation to be revealed in days as excitement builds<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/data.reachplc.com\/230101373912847\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Subscribe to the Brum Food Club;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Subscribe to the Brum Food Club<\/a> for a weekly food and drink newsletter, in your inbox, every Thursday. It&#8217;s free.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The new branch is launching at 90 Lozells Road (B19 2TB) on Saturday, May 17 at 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>The bakery posted online: &#8220;Exciting news for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Birmingham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Birmingham<\/a> Lozells! Nafees is opening its new branch on May 17, 2025, at 2pm and we can&#8217;t wait to celebrate with you!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Free samples and sample bags will be handed out to early visitors (while stocks last!) Don&#8217;t miss out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It added: &#8220;Save the date, spread the word and join us for this special opening. See you there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nafees is known for its celebration cakes, ras malai, samosas and freshly-baked biscuits.<\/p>\n<p>Customers shared their excitement for the opening. Asad Hussain wrote: &#8220;Can&#8217;t wait, in sha Allah I&#8217;ll be there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aleen Syed commented: &#8220;Finally!&#8221; while Raja Rizwan Tariq said: &#8220;In sha Allah I&#8217;ll be there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The chain has a good reputation among reviewers in Smethwick and Alum Rock, with Google Review ratings of 4.3 stars and 4.4 stars respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews on the Sparkhill branch are mixed, with customers giving it a 3.7 star rating out of five. Comments range from calling it a top rated &#8216;one stop shop&#8217; to one-star complaints about rushed service.<\/p>\n<p>Nafees will join a number of Asian sweet shops in Lozells, including Mushtaq Sweet Centre and Mishtidesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Asian bakery that&#8217;s been serving sweets, cakes and treats since 1979 is set to open a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[35488,48738,855,48739,748,32390,393,4884,48736,17756,48737,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-106284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-alum-rock","9":"tag-asian-bakery","10":"tag-birmingham","11":"tag-birmingham-lozells","12":"tag-britain","13":"tag-brum-food-club","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-nafees-bakery","17":"tag-smethwick","18":"tag-sparkhill","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114517574240244434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}