Lime

This tasty, upmarket Indian restaurant and takeaway offers a handful of off-​road parking spaces, a respectably priced menu and excellent customer service. A black frontage, complimented by dark tinted windows and chrome highlights gives the exterior a modern, classy appearance and inside, black leather dining chairs, tastefully folded napkins and black tablecloths ensure that the luxurious feel continues. Many low fat dishes are available on the menu and most mains cost around £7 each; pricey for Birmingham in general, but about average for Indian restaurants in and around Sutton Coldfield.
On my visit here for a pic ‘n’ mix family meal, I was impressed to see that staff were giving out candle-​lit table warmers with their food; definitely something seldom seen in Indian restaurants. Everything we ordered tasted delicious, the waiters were friendly and efficient the intimate, stylish set-​up inside gave off a very chic feel to the place. I’d definitely visit again.

Pitched on a busy main road linking Sutton Coldfield to the city centre, customers will largely be making a special trip because they’re in the know or just looking to try something different to the glut of similar restaurants located in central Sutton and nearby Boldmere. Passing trade and residential neighbours are not, one assumes, its bread and butter.
So how do you boost return trade once you’ve got them though the door, enticed by a bright shop-​front sign — see pic — that you can hardly miss, even at the wheel on the busy route into town?
The food is good, but frankly, it would have to be when there are so many other good — and longer-​established — restaurants nearby. Where the venue comes into its own is through atmosphere and setting.
It may not be to everyone’s taste, but this more modern, unfussy design, is just about enough to blow away the cobwebs from that whole waistcoat-​and-​white-​tablecloth bit associated with your classic curry.
Recommended for those keen to take a break from overhearing the thoughts of somebody’s Uncle Dave and Auntie Doris on the next table. It just about makes a Friday night slightly more Friday night-​ish.