M Latif & Sons

Known locally as Latifs this is a brilliant place to come if you’re moving house and on a budget. This place is legendary amongst Brummies as a place where you can buy almost anything and at a low cost price.
Ok the stock isn’t as upmarket as say a certain Swedish shop but if you’re looking to kit out your new home it’s definitely worth a visit
Spread over three floors this place sells everything from homeware to clothes to electrical goods and food. I love coming here to browse and finding random things you wouldn’t have even contemplating buying. Its one of those places you’ll go in for say supplies for a party like additional glasses and you’re pretty much guaranteed to come out with a whole lot more.
I love coming here around Christmas time to look at all the decorations and paraphernalia although some of it can be quite tacky but its ideal if say you’re decorating your office for the festive season as your budget will stretch a long way.

If you are moving house and are on a budget or you are a student just taking up residence in Birmingham I think it’s worth checking out Latifs. The place has EVERYTHING and it’s all cheap as chips. There’s so much that you can end up getting a little lost, without even knowing where to start. Some might prefer to go a little more upmarket, but I have no problem at all when you can kit out your whole flat and get change from a fiver (I exaggerate but you get my point).
Even though it’s cheap it’s not all throwaway stuff, I bought some glasses there when I moved to my new apartment and the quality is pretty decent. As well as all the practical things you will need you can also find some very surreal and kitch decorative things.
There are three floors dedicated to kitchenware, furniture, bedding, lighting and electrical goods, gardening equipment, tools, food and drink, cleaning products… see, everything!
I recommend going by car or with a willingness to carry bags. And expect to leave there with a bunch of useless things you never intended to buy on your shopping trip (I still have the lenticular portrait of a tiger on my wall to this day).

Latif’s has become something of a Birmingham institution for me and I have started categorising people by those that know and love it and those that don’t. For me you can’t call yourself a true Brummie until you have experience this place.
An almost palace of cheap and cheerful shopping they stock pretty much everything from home ware, clothes, furniture, garden products, electrical, lights, toys and even sweets and food. Spread over 3 floors once inside you might struggle to escape.
I visit quite often as they have a lot of cheap things I use around festival season and Christmas. It is well worth a visit and really you haven’t lived until you’ve spent an hour here.