Banu Indian Restaurant

Banu was a lovely dining experience with great hospitality and delicious food. We had chicken curry, tikka masala, samosas and keema naan. I especially loved the keema naan as it was better than the many others I’ve had. Loved the curries. Our server / the owner was so lovely and hospital to us. He made sure we had everything we needed. Inside was cosy and comfortable. We’ve ordered for delivery here by calling and always loved the food. Looking forward to returning! ✨

Ordered a takeaway, got both of our meals wrong, food was tasty enough but not what was ordered. Sending chicken instead of lamb for one meal, and sending the whitest chicken when tikka was ordered for the other. The poppadoms seemed as if they'd been left out for several days, not crispy at all, could bend them in half without breaking, they should never have been sent out to paying customers. Avoid ordering as a takeaway, the in restaurant reviews seem fairly good.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely incredible! The food was absolutely delightful — full of flavour and piping hot on arrival. Delivery was super quick and the service was brilliant from start to finish. Honestly one of the best curry houses around. Would absolutely recommend it to anyone.

Lovely little restaurant food was lovely just the way we like. Everything was nice and warm we were given a hot plate for our currys to keep the food warm while we eat. Staff were very friendly and courteous. Will reccomend to friends and family.

Ordered food 22/08/2025 on just eat at approximately 12:30am and the restaurant accepted it and said it would be about 45 minutes. 1:50am and it updated to "enjoy your food" it never even arrived. Waiting in my living room right next to my main front door. So at that point i referred to the just eat help page and requested a text update from the restaurant and never arrived. I have now had to request a refund from just eat with no guarantees of getting it back. Poor excuse of a restaurant and will now be avoiding like the plague.

What happened? Was my mum ordered food from here at 2 o’clock this morning and she usually pays by card but the thing is this time she only had cash on her so she asked to pay by cash and when the delivery driver came she had the money in hand ready to pay but she only had a £20 note when this order was £15 .70 So she asked for the change, and the Delivery man said he didn’t have any and obviously it is very stupid not to have change when you’re delivering an order and the person who ordered it is paying by cash so she overpaid anyways and then has called the restaurant about five minutes Ago and she explained everything that happened and she just asked for the change back that is all and the person who answered the phone was being extremely rude, with a bunch of attitude and yes, I was listening And then, as she finished explaining the person on the phone hung up and we just thought that was very rude Considering the inconvenience that happened when she had gotten her order I must say the food is very good, but the service is trash, childish, and I recommend to not order from this place

The 2 stars are entirely for the waiter, who was very attentive and friendly. I would have given him a 4. The food however was terrible. The meat was hard, the vindaloo didn’t nearly taste like it should. Needs a new chef and better ingredients for sure.

Food is delicious. The owner make us feel very welcome. Service is good. Price is fair, portion is big.

Popped in here rather later in the evening than I like to eat, but it had been a very long day and I was in need of sustenance. There's not much else around in this area, and this place was a) open, and b) errr... open. It wasn't exactly busy, but the staff were very welcoming and made us feel at home without being overly-fussy. We were instantly offered popadums and a drinks order was soon placed for some Cobra beer. Very soon the combination of beer and popadums started to relax the tensions of the day. I wasn't starving hungry and didn't want to eat a large meal this late, so I settled for the fish bhuna and a plain nan. The food was absolutely delicious I have to say - very tasty without being too spicy. Just what was needed for a late evening meal. A surprising little gem of a curry house in this deserted stretch of Hagley Road. Well worth visiting if you're passing - they deserve the custom.

The Banu is modern restaurant situated on the busy Hagley Road, close to the areas of Edgbaston, Harborne and Bearwood. The restaurant has been here since the 1970s and has changed management many times. I happily chatted to the current manager whilst I was eating at my table. He was a friendly chap and told me that he was in partnership in the 1980s and now fully owns the restaurant. The décor inside the restaurant is pristine and inviting. It has a contemporary approach that reflects the modern style cuisine that they serve. Their mission is clearly stated on the menu and that is to serve the best in authentic food of the Indian Subcontinent, specialising in the Indian and Bangladeshi Cuisine. The specialty dishes include Madras, Bhuna, Kurma, Balti Pathia, Rogan Josh and Karai The Chefs specials Chicken Salami Singri Saag Chicken chilli & Garlic Massalla Chicken & King Prawn Anarkali I had a very hot Madras and a Mango Lassi to help reduce the heat levels. I enjoyed the succulent chicken and the rich sauce that it was served in. The service was quite good and the staff were very friendly. I will be sure to come here again.

I'd never heard of the Banu Indian Restaurant when a friend of mine took me for the first time after we met for a couple of after work drinks. I love a quality chicken tikka masala and tend to always go for my trusty favourite. Although the creamy texture and flavouring of it was delicious, I was disappointed with the amount of chicken in my curry. I found that it was mainly the tikka sauce in my dish which did come in handy for dipping my nan bread in but not good enough when you're paying £7 for a curry. My friend ordered the chicken balti and she seemed to have a lot more chicken pieces in hers so I put it down to pot luck. If you do go here, just pay attention to the portion controls as otherwise you will end up paying a lot of money for a bowl of creamy sauce!

My husband (a native Brummie) and I were recently in Birmingham visiting family. For New Year's Eve, DH wanted to take me to dinner, just the two of us. As far as I'm concerned, he chose well. I don't remember what he ordered, but we started the evening with poppadoms and a few dips. Mango chutney - wow! Great stuff! I also had a starter of chicken tandoori, and my main was butter chicken with boiled rice. Thoroughly enjoyed it, as well as the tea served after the meal. If you're ever in Birmingham, I strongly suggest this restaurant. We'll certainly be returning on our next visit to the UK.

Banu is right in our neighbourhood and since we moved here, we´ve been a few times to the restaurant and have never been disappointed: Whether we ate in, or had take away, the food was always delicious! The value for the money is good and if you eat in, be prepared to have the friendliest waiter ever. It does not look very inviting from outside, but it is very nicely decorated inside. So if you live near by have a look yourself. It is also open quite late, which we found out recently (very handy for late night craves ;) )Highly recommended!

After hearing great things about this restaurant, I went with my then fiance for an evening meal. The food was swimming in oil and the naan was burnt. It was the kind of food I would expect to from a saturday night delivery hut. The service was good though and the restaurant was well presented. That's why I give two stars. The waiter was polite and we didnt have to wait for a table. I would not go back unless they changed the menu and the chef. Careful with parking too. I had to park down a side road and then walk around onto Hagley Road. It was a little dark going back to the car after the meal and it didnt feel very safe.

This is the worst takeaway you will probably order I have ordered from here around 15 times and everytime there was a mistake missing food the wrong food and I let it go hopefully thinking they would change but tonight they send me missing food and by the time I recieved the rest of my food the other part was cold I phoned them and they told me to walk for 20mins to the restaurant for a refund in cash when I payed over the phone and told me they cannot refund it the same way I payed they are rude and need to be closed and the delivery driver also lied and said he was a manager but he was not do not order from here ever