Sandwich Sandwich

Sandwich Sandwich’s Birmingham branch sits on Temple Street in the city centre and serves a breakfast and lunch menu, plus a sweet and savouries selection. Customers regularly describe the fillings as generous and the meats as high quality, and one reviewer on the site says a sandwich here is more like a meal than a sandwich.

The shop opens early, at 7am Monday to Friday and 8am on Saturday, so it suits a pre-work stop as well as a midday lunch. Sunday hours are shorter, from 10am to 6pm, and the branch closes at 7pm on other days.

The site also offers catering, click and collect through the app, and delivery, which is useful if you want to take a large order back to the office rather than eat in.

Oricha

Oricha brings Taiwan’s tea tradition to Birmingham with handcrafted bubble teas and specialty drinks. The menu features premium oolong milk teas, fresh fruit teas, and modern-mixology creations with customisable toppings like brown sugar pearls, jelly, and mochi. Try the Pineapple Green Tea with white pearl, Lishan Oolong Milk Tea, or their signature Premium Choco Oolong. The compact kiosk space has digital menu screens and a clean, contemporary design with a signature T Rex mascot. Friendly staff help first-timers navigate the extensive menu. Popular with students and afternoon visitors seeking quality tea in a relaxed setting just minutes from New Street Station.

Açai and the Tribe

Açai and the Tribe is a bright, casual health-focused café on Regent Street in Leamington Spa town centre.

Specialising in premium açai bowls made with berries shipped directly from the Brazilian rainforest, the menu offers fully customisable breakfast and brunch bowls with granola, fresh fruit, nuts and nut butters, plus hearty superfood smoothies, good-quality coffee, matcha and chai. The venue markets approximately 90% of its menu as vegan and gluten-free options, making it exceptionally inclusive. Counter service; takeaway recommended given seating is limited and service can be slow during peak times. Roughly five minutes walk from the formal Jephson Gardens, making it ideal for a quick fuel-up before exploring the Victorian park.

Winterbourne House and Gardens

Winterbourne is an exceptional heritage site on the University of Birmingham campus. Built in 1904 for the Nettlefold family, the Grade II listed house showcases period rooms filled with Edwardian-era antiques and soft furnishings. The seven-acre botanic garden features rare surviving Arts and Crafts design, with walled gardens, herbaceous borders, a sandstone rock garden, Japanese bridge, woodland walks, hazelnut tunnel and glasshouses. Over 6,000 plant species from around the world, including collections from China, North and South America and alpine regions, are displayed throughout.

The Terrace Tea Room serves light lunches, afternoon tea with homemade scones and cakes, soups and toasties (available until 3pm), all in a peaceful setting. Visitors typically spend 2 to 3 hours here. A gift shop, second-hand bookshop and plant sales are on-site, and regular craft workshops, talks, garden tours and events run throughout the year.

Café Craft

Café Craft blends creative pottery painting with a welcoming coffee lounge. Pick from over 150 pottery pieces-mugs, plates, bowls, figurines-and paint with supplied materials and easy-to-follow instructions. Your finished piece is glazed and fired in the kiln, ready to collect in 5-7 days. The coffee lounge serves quality coffee, hot and cold drinks, paninis, filled bagels, fresh cakes, muffins, patisseries and a frozen yoghurt bar. The studio hosts children’s parties, hen parties, corporate team-building, baby showers and special events with optional off-site service. Walk-ins welcome but advance booking advised. Free street parking off Bearwood Road.

Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library housed in a striking neo-classical building on Euston Road, dedicated to exploring the connections between medicine, life and art. The collection spans centuries of objects, from Napoleon’s toothbrush to shrunken heads, displayed across multiple galleries. The Building features a permanent exhibition called Being Human, designed with disabled artists and activists, plus rotating temporary exhibitions. The café serves freshly prepared sandwiches, salads, cakes and hot and cold drinks on the ground floor, while the acclaimed Reading Room on the second floor offers a hybrid space for browsing books, objects and attending free events. The venue hosts group visits, private events and offers fully accessible facilities throughout, including British Sign Language tours and audio-described tours for blind and partially sighted visitors.