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Reviews - Fame and Shame List

REVISED 1/1/04 - Minimum of 4 votes in the last two years
REVISED 7/9/07 - Reviewer weighting system added, reflecting number of reviews posted

#	Name	Reviews	old (average)	adjusted	change
1	Le Champignon Sauvage	6	89.50	89.35	-0.15
2	Bengal Fusion	7	87.00	86.21	-0.79
3	Simpsons Restaurant	11	84.73	85.78	1.05
4	Teknaf Cuisine	8	82.63	84.17	1.54
5	Bar Estilo	4	85.00	84.15	-0.85
6	The Punchbowl	4	86.00	83.86	-2.14
7	Cafe Soya	7	84.57	83.84	-0.73
8	Turners	23	83.04	83.78	0.74
9	Saffron	12	85.33	83.32	-2.01
10	Satay	8	86.25	82.39	-3.86
11	Plaza Indian Tandoori Restaurant	13	83.46	82.37	-1.09
12	Atticus	4	85.75	82.17	-3.58
13	Mount Fuji	4	81.25	81.43	0.18
14	Orange Tree	5	81.00	81.38	0.38
15	Romanos	4	81.25	81.25	0.00
16	The Bell	7	80.57	81.22	0.65
17	The Malt Shovel - Solihull	6	82.50	81.06	-1.44
18	Hotel Du Vin & Bistro	5	81.00	80.68	-0.32
19	Purnell's	9	82.67	80.46	-2.21
20	Bella	4	72.25	79.67	7.42
21	Lalehzar	7	80.57	79.67	-0.90
22	Choolo	10	82.00	79.38	-2.62
23	Lasan Restaurant	8	79.88	78.96	-0.92
24	The Bucklemaker	5	80.80	78.81	-1.99
25	Asha	9	79.22	78.70	-0.52
26	Bank	4	78.25	78.00	-0.25
27	Kashmir Cottage	7	78.57	77.64	-0.93
28	Buonissimo	8	78.88	77.61	-1.27
29	Baraset Barn	5	79.20	77.27	-1.93
30	Pascal's	6	79.67	77.26	-2.41
31	Jimmy Spices Buffetworks - Solihull	5	80.80	76.64	-4.16
32	Bella Luna	7	79.71	76.43	-3.28
33	China Town Noodle bar	6	75.00	76.18	1.18
34	Polonia	4	78.25	76.00	-2.25
35	Cafe Soya II	16	72.00	75.91	3.91
36	Sibila's at Body and Being	8	79.75	75.82	-3.93
37	Mai Thai	4	76.50	75.79	-0.71
38	La Fibule	5	74.20	75.42	1.22
39	Angels Cafe	6	75.67	74.96	-0.71
40	Bartons Arms	11	75.45	74.90	-0.55
41	Bohemia	10	82.90	74.78	-8.12
42	City Cafe	6	76.83	74.68	-2.15
43	Masala Zone	6	82.00	74.50	-7.50
44	Opus	12	75.42	74.10	-1.32
45	Locanta	5	76.80	73.94	-2.86
46	Peach Garden	4	73.00	73.07	0.07
47	Maison Mayci	4	74.25	72.80	-1.45
48	Jimmy Spices Buffetworks - Sutton Coldfield	5	76.00	72.79	-3.21
49	Blue Ginger (Kings Heath)	5	70.40	72.77	2.37
50	Cafe Garden	4	73.50	72.73	-0.77
51	Harry's of Lye	5	75.00	72.17	-2.83
52	Strada - Birmingham	11	73.09	71.84	-1.25
53	Cafe Ikon	7	72.14	71.24	-0.90
54	Grameen Khana	4	71.50	71.00	-0.50
55	The Butlers Arms	5	78.80	70.92	-7.88
56	Chez Jules	4	70.50	70.86	0.36
57	Rajdoot Tandoori	6	68.83	70.55	1.72
58	Restaurant 82	5	77.40	70.33	-7.07
59	ShanghaiYe	4	72.75	70.25	-2.50
60	Sabai Sabai	6	70.33	70.13	-0.20
61	wagamama birmingham	6	73.00	69.88	-3.12
62	The Farm	8	69.25	69.44	0.19
63	Imagine Cafe	4	67.25	69.40	2.15
64	Jacky's Kitchen	4	59.00	69.15	10.15
65	The Place 2B	4	62.00	69.15	7.15
66	Deolali	8	66.75	68.96	2.21
67	Bangla Lounge (Harborne)	4	65.50	67.45	1.95
68	Itihaas	7	60.71	67.14	6.43
69	Metro Bar and Grill	4	67.75	67.00	-0.75
70	Adil's Balti Restaurant	5	65.40	66.11	0.71
71	Kababish Restaurant - Moseley	4	68.25	66.08	-2.17
72	Cielo	5	65.60	65.74	0.14
73	Red N Hot	4	68.25	65.46	-2.79
74	Brasserie De Malmaison	6	66.33	65.27	-1.06
75	Kinnaree Thai Restaurant	6	65.17	65.17	0.00
76	Laxy's of Lye	4	70.00	65.08	-4.92
77	Ponte Di Legno	4	63.25	64.25	1.00
78	The White Swan	13	61.85	63.54	1.69
79	Wildfire Pizza	4	66.00	61.67	-4.33
80	Al Faisal Tandoori & Balti Restaurant	8	62.88	61.64	-1.24
81	Di Napoli	4	61.25	60.33	-0.92
82	Shogun Sushi and Noodle Bar	4	62.00	60.23	-1.77
83	Handmade Burger Company	8	63.63	60.04	-3.59
84	Filini	8	57.13	58.93	1.80
85	Miller and Carter La Reserve	5	67.40	57.08	-10.32
86	The Glasshouse	4	68.50	55.00	-13.50
87	La Tasca (Broad Street)	4	52.25	53.50	1.25
88	Wokmania	5	53.20	52.32	-0.88
89	The Garden House	4	58.25	51.60	-6.65
90	The Kings Head (Birmingham)	10	52.30	50.39	-1.91
91	The Oriental Bar & Restaurant	5	56.00	47.50	-8.50

NEW FAME & SHAME

To reflect the changing way in which people use the site, the increasing ease with which some have sort to manipulate the ratings and because the old system was a little unrefined, we've made a second revision to the way in which the Fame and Shame List is calculated.

To be eligible four reviews in two years are still required though in addition the scores are weighted acording to how many reviews each reviewer has posted. For the time being we are choosing to keep this formula under wraps.

Additionally, there is a minimum weighting threshold that needs to be reached before a restaurant will appear on the F&S list, ensuring that a restaurant cannot appear if it is only rated by first time reviewers but that as these reviewers post more reviews, or other more veteran reviewers review the establishment, its weighting will increase and it will find its way onto the list. Again, we have chosen not to make this threshold public for the time being

THEY ALSO SERVED

We've dug around in the archives and started to unearth reviews from establishments no longer with us. there's more to come, but thus far there are over 120 reviews of 40 restaurants.