Vieni, Birmingham – ‘A happy hubbub – you cannot pipe this in’ – restaurant review

Vieni dances a fine line where British Italian restaurants often fail Vieni, an Italian restaurant in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, is small, Sicilian and scrappy. The Instagram bio of its chef and founder Angelina Adamo reads, “Bite off more than you can chew and learn how to fucking chew”, which feels like a battle cry for almost everyone stepping into hospitality, especially independent places like Vieni, where the waters are choppy and your skillset needs to be varied. Arancini w...

By Grace Dent