Curry and Cocktails? ARK is a contender for Birmingham’s BEST Contemporary Indian Restaurant. You could easily dismiss The ARK Birmingham if you are looking for a place to eat. It looks like a night club. Walk inside, it still feels like a night club. Walk up a flight of stairs. A sign indicates the restaurant is located to the left. The night club is on the top floor. A smily, welcoming member of staff is there to meet and greet. What a cool looking place. The ARK shares many of its interior cues with modern Birmingham restaurants/cocktail lounges. There is loads of seating, including a VIP area if you want something a bit more exclusive. It does feel classy. I visited to try the Indian food. Why? Take a look at the beautiful photographs of dishes on its social media sites. The menu is heavily influenced by British Indian cuisine. I ordered a veg platter, Nan bread and vegetarian curry. My goodness, the presentation, flavour and texture surpassed all expectations. What beautiful dishes. Arguably some of Birmingham’s, therefore the world’s, best. The staff member was kind enough to offer me a mocktail, on the house. Again, blown away by presentation and taste. You will pay a premium for the experience, but… for British Indian food of this quality It is well worth it. To really appreciate The ARK’s fine cuisine, visit the restaurant first then party upstairs afterwards. To do the reverse would do ARK a disservice.

Best cocktails in town. Perfectly measured alcohol to get you drunk! what else could you ask for? Wide range of drinks which can be altered as the bar tenders are amazing at their job and make drinks of your wish and likings. Absolutely amazing food with great potentials, which is more likely to get better in time. I would 200% recommend this place.

I have tried various Indian restaurants in the UK, but this place definitely stands apart from the rest. I am a vegetarian and was looking for a good soya dish and my search is complete. Their main course as well as snacks are impeccable. I will 100% recommend this place for Indian delicacies. Special shout out to Arun who served us well.

Birmingham gem , Excellent food and service & totally surprised at the quality of food it has to be best i ever had! The restaurant itself is very nice, the music was great & atmosphere was very calming. Staff were very nice and friendly.

We went to Birmingham for the weekend and thought it only right to have a curry whilst there. I'm very glad we picked this place in particular. The restaurant itself is beautifully decorated with a tranquil and calming ambience and the staff are all very warm and welcoming. The food was some of the best Indian cuisine I've ever tasted. The time taken into knowing a balance of spice never goes unnoticed. Altogether a fantastic experience at a reasonable price, well worth a visit.

The food/cocktails were phenomenal. The presentation was beautiful, and everything was flavoursome! Thanks to Arun & Madi for providing us with a great service. My boyfriend had a great birthday 🔥

Went to this place with my partner on his birthday. Really nice food in here. Definitely the best Indian restaurant I’ve ever been. The cocktail got a lot of choices and highly recommend.

We had a Friday evening show at the Alexander theatre, Ark is a stones throw away from the theatre so in we went for early dinner & drinks. Ark is a very classy & tastefully styled Indian restaurant, we were early so the restaurant was empty but we were welcomed in we received great service & the food was delicious.

Beautiful food, full of flavour, special shout out to the paneer! Place was quiet when we were there but still had atmosphere and the service from Arun was excellent.

There's a lot to like about this place, largely food related. It feels like you're walking upstairs into a nightclub. The interior is an odd mix of neon light strips, a water feature then wooden/metal effect furnishings. The star dishes were the chicken hariyali and traditional tandoori chicken starters. Absolutely soft and delicious, with oodles of flavour. Highly recommended and excellent value. The chicken biryani was fairly tasty, and the chicken chettinand was flavoursome. Both served piping hot, excellent. Areas for improvement: 1. Poppadoms - the three dips were tasty but really tiny portions, see pics. Poppadoms plain only (no spicy). 2. Background music. Very strange classical music versions of modern songs (Ed sheeran meets violin). Very weird and didn't enjoy it. It did improve slightly towards the end when it moved away from violin renditions. 3. Service was friendly but inexperienced eg, plates weren't cleared very quickly (it wasn't busy and there were 3 staff mainly at the bar), cutlery didn't arrive until the food was being delivered. What I do object to is the (ok, optional) 12.5% service charge. If you are going to offer silver service to compete with restaurants like the Ivy, Opheem, Orelle etc then 12.5% is justified. But the service is a mile away from this. Management take heed if you want to improve the foot fall. There's lots of other Indian restaurants from which to choose. If the above was improved I would return but otherwise would only use here for a takeaway.

5 Star in all areas👌🏽 from the front of house, the excellent service, to the exquisite food, the exceptional chef and not forgetting the modern clean line interior that creates the ambience.. a perfect place to celebrate a special occasion. Hubby & I’s new favourite place to dine!! .. Thank you team

This place is a perfect fine dine for couple or families. Ambience and service deserves maximum points. Food quality is great however quantity is less but then that's typical of fine dines. Our host for the night was Grisha, such a lovely and cheerful host! She did help us in ordering and advised on quantities which is always a help! Would definitely visit again.

It has all the flare. Looks pretty and has all the showy bits. The taster platter could have been a little better for the price. Could have had enough for two to share. The mocktails were decent. Flavoursome. We didn’t enjoy the lamb shank. It wasn’t falling off the bone the way it should have been. The curry that came with it, did not go with it well. Overall experience: would not visit again as was costly with not much memorable flavours.

Must visit Indian restaurant in Birmingham. After long time we thoroughly enjoyed the vegetarian food. And food are little bit expensive for a given quantity but they wroth it! Thanks Arun for excellent service. Highly recommended for someone who wants to try authentic India curries. Planning to visit again soon.

We booked a table for dinner. Located right in the middle of the city centre, the closest car park is perhaps the Birmingham New Street NCP car park. It is only a 10-minute walk away from the Bullring Car Park. The ambience was great with friendly and helpful staff, especially Santhosh, who served us. The starter was the regular ARK sizzling sharing platter, which was very good. The mains were authentic Indian cuisine and delicious. Overall, it was a lovely dining experience.

Visited recently with my partner for our anniversary, never been before so didn't no what to expect. Food was absouletly beautiful, deffinetly a hidden gem worth trying out. Beautiful tasting food and service was wonderful - our server was Jason who was very pleasant and helpful and added a nice little touch to our dessert.

The food was very good and tasty. We have ordered garlic Naan, Paneer butter masala , kids meal and chips. The Naan was so soft and tasty , i haven’t eaten a naan like this before in my life. The service and staffing was excellent. Ambient lighting and well decorated restaurant welcoming christmas. A NCP car parking facility is available next to this restaurant may be 5 min walking distance. Metro access available as well. Visited this restaurant as a part of my visit to the birmingham christmas market. Wasn’t an expensive restaurant. I will highly recommend this restaurant. I haven’t given a 5 star rating recently and this restaurant and staffs deserve it.

Really liked this place. Staff is great,and decor looks lovely. We have had a platter which was delicious, the dessert was also good. The main was slightly not as good as expected. Overall, this place is a gem in the city, I would definitely recommend it. Plus, cocktails are awesome.

Enjoyed the food very much. Everything we tried was delicious. The service was on a great level and very private atmosphere.

The most delicious food I ever eat… The flavour, the taste, the texture, the spices all melt in your mouth.. gives you memories for ever … thanks for this excellent experience…