Some dinners are the kind you book without thinking too much about them, while others give you a proper reason to make plans and turn an ordinary evening into something a little more memorable, that’s exactly what to expect from The Mayan. This week, we’re giving one of you the chance to win a £100 gift card to spend at The Mayan, the canalside restaurant bringing its own take on modern Mexican dining, signature cocktails and a different kind of evening to Birmingham’s Mailbox. Whether you use it for dinner for two, cocktails with friends or an occasion you have been saving for, how you spend it is completely up to you. The gift card also has no expiry date, so if you are lucky enough to win, you can choose your perfect moment to enjoy it.  Here’s everything you need to know about entering, along with a closer look inside The Mayan and why venues like this are an important part of the wider lifestyle offer that continues to make Birmingham an increasingly interesting place to live.

The prize: £100 to spend at The Mayan

The winner will receive a £100 gift card to spend at The Mayan, Birmingham - no expiry date and plenty to choose from.  Here’s how to enter:
  • Follow @millerroseproperty and @mayanmailbox on Instagram
  • Like the giveaway post
  • Tag the person you’d bring with you in the comments
  • Bonus entry: share the post to your story and tag us
Entries close Friday 4th September 2026, with the winner announced shortly afterwards.

Inside The Mayan

Set beside the canal at The Mailbox, The Mayan has spent the past four years bringing its own style of Mexican dining to Birmingham city centre, combining food made from scratch, signature cocktails and a setting designed to make dinner feel like more of an occasion. The restaurant describes itself as “Birmingham’s first Mexican fine-dining experience”, but there is still an electric atmosphere to the way the evening comes together. It works just as well for a proper dinner as it does for drinks and a catch-up, with the canalside location just one reason to settle in for this culinary treat.  The details and contemporary twist on Mayan culture are a big part of what gives The Mayan its identity. Tortillas are made fresh in-house every day, with the chicken taco one of the restaurant’s signature dishes, but there’s plenty more to enjoy.Ffrom exceptional Para Picar - appetizers to you and me - to barbaccoa smoked beef short ribs and a gorgeous mix of refreshing and decadent desserts - plus the cocktail menu also includes creations such as Coffee & Cigar and The Mayan Paradise too. On Saturdays, the atmosphere goes a step further with music and dancers moving through the restaurant while guests dine. That mix of food, drinks and atmosphere gives The Mayan a character of its own within an already busy part of the city. You can arrive for dinner by the canal, stay for another cocktail and make an evening of being at The Mailbox without feeling as though you need to move somewhere else once the plates have been cleared.

Birmingham after hours keeps getting more interesting

For a long time, a night out in Birmingham followed a fairly familiar pattern, but the amount of choice around how people spend an evening in the city has changed considerably. You can head canalside at The Mailbox, spend an evening in the Jewellery Quarter, go somewhere completely different in Digbeth or stay around Colmore Row and the wider city centre. Each part of Birmingham has developed its own rhythm, giving residents, workers and visitors alike more reasons than ever to spend time in the city beyond the working day. The food and drink scene is a big part of that, with established restaurants now sitting alongside independent operators, new concepts, live entertainment and venues that place as much emphasis on the overall experience as they do on what arrives at the table. Places like The Mayan are part of what makes that variety work because they offer something distinct without feeling disconnected from the wider area around them. The Mailbox already brings together restaurants, bars, retail, hotels and the canal in one location, and venues with their own identity give people another reason to choose it for an evening rather than simply pass through. In this amazing city of Birmingham it’s important, not for varieties sake, but because it feels properly lived in and livable when there is so much choice and so much happening outside the traditional working day. Residents have more on their doorstep, people working in Birmingham have reasons to stay after work, and visitors have more choice around how they spend their time when they arrive.

Why this matters, and yes, this is a property blog

This is not only about where to book dinner or about your chance to win a £100 Gift Card, but because the places that people choose to spend their evenings also tell us something about what makes an area enjoyable to live in. Property is never only about the building itself; it is also about the life around it. The restaurants people can walk to, the coffee shops they use at the weekend, the canal routes they take, the places they meet friends after work and the venues they recommend when somebody comes to visit all add to how an area feels day to day. That becomes particularly important in Birmingham city centre, where lifestyle is a significant part of the appeal. People choosing where to rent or buy are not simply comparing four walls and a postcode, because the quality and variety of what sits outside the front door can influence how attractive an area feels just as much as the property itself. The strongest parts of Birmingham are those that bring everything together, creating places where people can live, work and spend their free time without having to travel elsewhere for the things they enjoy. The Mayan is one part of that mix, and it is another example of the kind of venue helping Birmingham’s lifestyle offer continue to grow at street level.

Don’t miss your chance

If a £100 gift card to spend at The Mayan sounds like your kind of evening, head over to Instagram, follow the steps above and tag the person you would bring with you. Entries close Friday 4th September 2026, with the winner announced shortly afterwards, so make sure your entry is in before the deadline. Good luck, and hopefully your next evening at The Mailbox is on us. For full T&Cs, click here.