Farmhouse Bistro

This is a lovely little restaurant in Sutton Coldfield. It’s busy and popular, and the food is very good quality. I’m a particular fan of the full English breakfast.

There is nothing wrong with a venue offering table seating but requiring counter-​service — it doesn’t automatically put a venue as charmingly-​set as this into the bracket of a fast food place fronted by that red-​haired clown.
You just may, however, regret placing your breakfast or lunch order over a counter showcasing cakes that are to pudding what Scooby Doo’s sandwiches are to the savoury option. And if you do decide to take out — after a full English — a banoffee pie that, frozen, would work as a doorstop, you may not want to look behind you at the chiller full of ice cream.
Its setting within the Mitchells arts and craft centre — quiet and, perhaps even a touch exclusive — is only half the story. What really sets the venue apart is the view of the sweeping fields beyond its far wall. If you manage to bag a corner with comfy armchairs, you could even engage in playing a spot of house, albeit with a tinge of if-​I-​won-​the-​lottery fantasy. Fields and a fry-​up… this is England