Fumo On 4 - Birmingham

One of my fave places and first time in the Selfridges one. Fantastic as usual but service was disjointed with waiters spending lots of time talking to each other in Italian rather than serving. Think I will stick with the Fumo restaurant near the Ivy which was much more attentive. Food was amass always!

Great lunch. Good choice and value for money. Enjoyed the pasta. Cheese board could have been better. Beautifully presented but only 2 different cheeses and bread was dry, no butter. Would definitely go back but pass on the cheese.

Staff friendly and attentive. Food arrived quickly and was very tasty. They did not have our OpenTable booking (not their fault) but seated us immediately without a fuss.

This restaurant is fantastic! The food was excellent, and the service was outstanding. We've visited often, but we were a bit disappointed this time. We had to book our table for 4 PM on New Year's Eve, and we were only given until 5:30 PM. We were hoping for a nice two-hour meal, but the early closing time abruptly cut our enjoyable afternoon short. It would have been nice if the restaurant's website had informed us about the early closure in advance.

Not worth a second visit: I wouldn't recommend it to others, definitely not worth the money.