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!
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