2nd visit, and just like the 1st on arrival made to feel welcomed, staff friendly and helpful, food tasty and well presented ( only gripe, too much for my wife and i, and we hate sending food back as the chef may feel offended ) different size portions may be an option to look at, love coming here and definatly will be back
Very convenient whilst shopping in The Bull Ring.
Staff were attentive, and polite and food delicious. Having been in Selfridges a few times I had never realised there was a restaurant. I meet a friend for lunch occasionally & we’d been using Browns, but this time it was closed, so to discover Fumo was a real bonus!
Really enjoyed the food and the service. We like the cicchetti style of serving smaller dishes that come when they come vs the usual starter/main structure. Favourites on our table included the veal and prawn risotto for our meat-eating companions, and for us veggies, my wife adored the very rich gorgonzola gnochi.
The bar is loud and pervades the whole restaurant - this is not a complaint, just know it before you go. We had read this too and thought it might not be a factor for our early-evening (17:30) booking for a nice meal after a fab matinee show at BRB - but it really was loud in there, sometimes to the point of hampering conversation between the four of us when the "doof-doof" music was inexplicably turned UP around 6pm.
But again, this is not a complaint: the atmosphere is appropriate for a fun kickoff to a Saturday night in Brum... and the food is sooo good that you'd forgive them :)
Enjoy!