Chef from Michelin-star restaurant ventures to Mell Square

Michelin-star chef Rob Palmer has opened a new fine-dining restaurant at Mell Square, Solihull.

Toff’s will offer a tasting menu of up to seven courses of British cuisine ‘guided by the seasons’ to ensure the restaurant has fresh produce sourced locally.

The small venue will seat up to 26 guests and will be led by Palmer who previously helped Hampton Manor to achieve its first Michelin star.

Palmer said: “Solihull town centre has a good range of independent eating houses from street food, brasseries, East and West Asian to Italian but currently lacks a tasting experience like the one we will offer. My plan is to bring an independent fine-dining restaurant to Solihull and push the food scene here even further.”

Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council, said: “Toffs will be a perfect fit alongside our existing independents and offer a new dining concept for our visitors, one which I hope many people will get to experience.”

The restaurant will be open for lunch Thursday to Saturday and dinner Tuesday to Saturday. Toffs plans to start taking bookings this month, with an official opening expected for mid-March.