{"id":434508,"date":"2025-09-18T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/434508\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:23:14","slug":"birmingham-takeaway-proud-after-being-named-one-of-the-best-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/434508\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham takeaway ‘proud’ after being named one of the best in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘The West Midlands has a lot to offer and it hasn’t had enough recognition’<\/p>\n

11:23, 18 Sep 2025Updated 18:02, 18 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

\"Taqi'sTaqi’s Grill was nominated in the UberEats Restaurant of the Year award(Image: Taqi’s Grill)<\/p>\n

A Birmingham takeaway is ‘proud’ to represent the West Midlands after it was nominated in a national award.<\/p>\n

Located in Sparkbrook, Taqi’s Grill will be competing against 11 other businesses in the UberEats Restaurant of the Year award.<\/p>\n

On September 23, Taqi’s Grill will find out whether the Birmingham takeaway is crowned ‘best’ in the UK & Ireland.<\/p>\n

Read More: <\/strong>‘We work for nothing’ – Birmingham pub boss calls on support from customers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Serving customers behind a window, the lack of seating at Taqi’s Grill means the business is perfect for food delivery.<\/p>\n

Menu highlights include chargrilled doner and burgers, including the Peaky Blinders<\/a> burger (double cheeseburger, salad and special sauce).<\/p>\n

\"Taqi'sTaqi’s Grill is located on Montgomery Street in Sparkbrook<\/p>\n

Marketing manager Yusef Al-Shamiri spoke to BirminghamLive about the ‘proud’ nomination and what makes Taqi’s Grill ‘different’ from the competition.<\/p>\n

He said: “The West Midlands has a lot to offer and it hasn’t had enough recognition.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully if we win, it brings more attention and traffic so people realise what great food we provide.<\/p>\n

“Taqi’s offers something different, from the start we’ve been adamant about bringing the community together with great food.<\/p>\n

“Birmingham<\/a> has a lot of fried chicken shops and we went for something different.<\/p>\n

“People are paying more attention to their health and we chargrill our chicken instead.<\/p>\n

“No matter where we finish, we’re proud to be nominated and represent the region.<\/p>\n

“They are all great shops, but if we win, it would take us to another level.”<\/p>\n

With a judging panel including Levi Roots, Taqi’s will be put to the test with a cooking competition against the other restaurants and takeaways.<\/p>\n

If Taqi’s is successful, the Birmingham restaurant will scoop a prize of \u00a3100,000.<\/p>\n

The Sparkbrook location is currently the only Taqi’s – but future plans include a Hall Green<\/a> restaurant early next year.<\/p>\n

Unlike the Sparkbrook restaurant, Taqi’s Grill in Hall Green will feature sit-down dining to satisfy the growing demand for customers.<\/p>\n

Taqi’s Grill is located on 272 Montgomery Street, Sparkbrook, B11 1DS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘The West Midlands has a lot to offer and it hasn’t had enough recognition’ 11:23, 18 Sep 2025Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,10314,748,393,4884,55105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-434508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-restaurants","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-sparkbrook","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115227407487651636","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434508","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=434508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}