birmingham has numerous restaurants which are parts of nationwide chains. in april 2018 'the ivy temple row' was opened in a location close to birmingham cathedral. this restaurant is part of the chain based on the original ivy restaurant opened in covent garden in 1917.. on 1 february 2019 the smith brothers opened the third branch of their ‘contemporary chinese’ restaurant, ‘tattu’ in the refurbished old boiler room of the grand hotel in barwick street, the original restaurant having been opened in manchester in 2015.