Brindleyplace to host Christmas market – full list of local food and gift sellers including ‘best’ bakery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nThis year, it has been pipped by a little Jewellery Quarter spot which has taken the 12th spot, with Opheem falling to 20.<\/p>\n
Albatross Death Cult, the fine dining restaurant from Wilderness chef Alex Claridge, has is that restaurant, being described as ‘just amazing in every way’ by the guide.<\/p>\n
Set on the canalside in the Jewellery Quarter, Albatross Death Cult can only accommodate 14 guests at a time in its dining room.<\/p>\n
Seafood and fish are a focus on a menu with a strong Japanese influence.<\/p>\n
In reviews, Harden’s contributors said: “The dozen or so courses are fresh, exciting, original, generally delicious and accurately and beautifully prepared.”<\/p>\n
The restaurant has been described as ‘an original concept’ that provides ‘a unique and rewarding experience for West Midlanders and those prepared to travel from further afield’.<\/p>\n
No other Birmingham restaurants have made the top 100 list this year.<\/p>\n
In 2024, Albatross Death Cult’s sister restaurant The Wilderness took the 90th position but it’s absent from this year’s ranking.<\/p>\n
Grace and Savour, in Hampton in Arden is on the list, occupying the 63rd spot, a fall from the 30th position last year.<\/p>\n
This year is the 35th that Harden’s has released a top 100 list.<\/p>\n
Moor Hall in Aughton, West Lancashire has been voted the UK’s best restaurant with only four of the top 10<\/a> being London restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The esteemed Harden’s guide called it ‘just amazing in every way’The dining room at Albatross Death Cult(Image: Tom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,983,10314,748,393,4884,10969,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-611824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-centre","10":"tag-birmingham-restaurants","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-jewellery-quarter","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115661797995947602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611824","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=611824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The dining room at Albatross Death Cult(Image: Tom Bird\/Albatross Death Cult)<\/p>\n