Frankie & Bennys, Birmingham

All in all, a pretty good place. We’re not talking Jamie Oliver, but good grub at reasonable prices

This is not the best exampe of Frankie and Benny’s i have seen. They are very busy on fri and sat evenings. The service isn’t brill. Food was delivered incorrectly last time i went with a party of about 5 friends. Can be very noisy - no good if you have a headache and seems to be more of a kids place than adults - which can make it feel like MacDOnalds - rather than a fairly expensive adults restaurant (meals fro m about £7 to £15)

I’ve been to Frankie and Benny’s numerous times, each time fooling myself that the experience will be better than the last. Inevitably, it isn’t!
I’m normally pretty easy going when it comes to eating out but I can’t recommend avoiding this place enough.
The 50s style decor and music is cute enough but the food is simply terrible. American/Italian cuisine= bland, tasteless overcooked and often overpriced food.
Meals are often ore than £10 and consist of the most basic, rehaeated ingredients. the service has always been ok but the lack of any good food really makes me say, ‘stay away’.
The only good thing I can say is that they do cater well to family and children who seem to love the novelty of it all.

I’ve never visited one of this chain before, so it was quite a novelty. ‘New York’ style diner with an open kitchen. and constant Rat Pack music. We sat at a round table which had loads of room to play all the children’s quizzes and games they provide. The downside was we waited ages for our food so us adults were a bit restless. The food was ok when it arrived, nothing out of the ordinary. A big plus was the free refills of drinks as I have a daughter who always drinks copious quantities and so the bill was surprisingly low. Still, we did wait ages for all of our courses.