Sheffield Restaurant Guide

No feedback this year, to our surprise, on this small, family-run Italian, which has been a feature of the city centre for the last 15 years. We’ve maintained a listing on the basis of its historic strong performance.

2019 Review: “One of Sheffield’s old industrial spaces, converted into a comfortable restaurant with quirky style”, and going like a dream since the then ‘Runaway Girl’ featured on Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares in 2008; “they have a nicely considered menu with some interesting (Yorks-centric) choices”, and the fishcakes are a “classic well worth trying”.

“Good-quality burritos – fast, clean and healthy”, along with tacos, quesadillas and other Mexican delights, are on the menu at Richard & Abi Golland’s high-achieving cantina, still going strong after 12 years, and at its Sharrow Vale Road sibling.

“The best freshly ground and tasty coffee in the whole of South Yorkshire, can’t beat it” – insist fans of this Kiwi-style spot in the Cultural Industries Quarter – now in its 12th year, so a veteran in the fast-moving world of artisan coffee. It has an all-day menu of brunch-ish eats, and serves cocktails as early as 11am. The industrial-style interior is replicated at its second site, at Sellers Wheel.

“Back, better and more creative than ever” – Luke & Stacey Sherwood-French’s unique, moodily lit converted shipping container is “a jewel – overlooked perhaps by some because it is in Sheffield, but now beginning to be recognised by a wider audience” for its ultra-seasonal, “amazing value” five-, eight- and ten-course tasting menus. Stop Press – in June 2021, the owners launched House of Jöro, a Nordic-inspired mini-boutique hotel with a 10-seater chef’s table just moments away from the restaurant.

2019 Review: A “lovely, friendly dining pub in a gentrifying part of Sheffield’s old industrial centre”; “they’re unafraid of strong, punchy flavour combinations,” and the locally sourced food can be “splendid” at times. (Owners The Milestone Group launched a vast 14,000 sq ft food hall inspired by SE Asia’s hawker markets, in the Rutland Cutlery Works, in November 2018).

No feedback as yet on this brave September 2020 opening – a tiny, 8-seat chef's table restaurant (all seats are at the counter) with an ever-changing and affordable tasting menu (7 courses for £30 on opening) from chef Luke Reynolds. Reports please!

2021 Review: Maurizio Mori’s long-established Italian (est. 1996) has earned its local popularity with “good food that’s consistently authentic” and “staff and an atmosphere that help improve your day”.

Thanks to its “exquisite food”, Tom Lawson & Alistair Myers’s small upstairs dining room, ten minutes from the city-centre, is often cited as one of the city’s main destinations for ‘fine dining’ and “good for a special event”. “Everything is beautifully prepared, cooked and presented” with options ranging from four- and six-course tasting menus to a chef’s table experience. Service comes in for particular praise. “Tom and Alastair have worked their butts off to make the complete dining experience a pleasure, but what makes it stand out is their friendly and helpful nature which has oozed right through the rest of their team”.

2018 Review: Tessa Bramley’s comfortable Victorian country house dining room has been an edge-of-town fixture for over 30 years – and, despite up-and-down reports on the service and cooking fronts in recent years, won consistent praise this year for “exceptional food in a lovely environment”. It’s had a recent makeover too.

A collaboration between Sheffield cook Richard Smith, his restaurateur wife Victoria and the award-winning craft brewers Thornbridge; “creative fish dishes” feature alongside meats – all well-singed on the fancy Bertha indoor charcoal oven – and the “great location” (skirting the Peak District) makes it particularly “good for outdoor eating”.

“The food is authentic and quite different from average North Indian establishments (dishes from Kerala are featured)” at this “very consistent” spot proclaimed in particular for its “fine dosas”.