A new restaurant is preparing to open its doors in the Midlands – on the top floor of a double decker bus.

Diners queued round the block to try out a new 300-seat restaurant as it opened its doors for the first time.

Italian chef Francesco Ceccarelli made history on Come Dine With Me in Wolverhampton by having his winnings taken off him – after he lied to fellow diners.

Our undercover meal reviewer The Insider finds high-class Indian cuisine served in pleasant surroundings by a team of friendly staff.

Birmingham lays claim to being the curry capital of the Midlands thanks to its famous Balti Triangle. But just a few miles up the road, the Black Country town of lye is trying to muscle in on the action, writes Andrew Turton.

These days it can be difficult to find somewhere to go for lunch that offers something affordable but different to the typical chain pub grub or stone-baked pizzas, writes Adam Burling.

Charles Dickens didn’t think much of this place, writes our undercover meal reviewer The Insider. He stayed here once after being stranded in Stafford, which he described as being: “As dull and dead town as anyone could desire not to see.”

Our undercover meal reviewer The Insider discovers delightful cusine which transports the diner from the Black Country to the Mediterranean.

Bodega is my favourite restaurant, writes Amy Burns. I’m confessing this to you now so that you know from the word go that this review is slightly biased.

There is no need to settle for the omnipresent curry on a night out in Birmingham, writes Marion Brennan. The city of every kind of international cuisine includes Ethiopian which is slow-cooked, spicy and very different.