Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Sheffield
Hardens guides have spent 31 years compiling reviews of the best Sheffield restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 21 restaurants in Sheffield and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Sheffield restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Sheffield Restaurants
1. Vero Gusto
Italian restaurant in Sheffield
12 Norfolk Row - S1
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.
2. Silversmiths
British, Modern restaurant in Sheffield
111 Arundel St - S1
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”.
3. Street Food Chef
Mexican/TexMex restaurant in Sheffield
90 Arundel St - S1
“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.
4. Tamper Coffee
Sandwiches, cakes, etc restaurant in Sheffield
149 Arundel Street - S1
“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.
5. Joro
Scandinavian restaurant in Sheffield
294 Shalesmoor - S3
“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.
6. The Milestone
British, Modern restaurant in Kelham Island
84 Green Lane At Ball Street - S3
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).
7. Luke's Place
British, Modern restaurant in Sheffield
132 Infirmary Road - S6
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!
8. Nonna’s
Italian restaurant in Sheffield
535 - 541 Eccleshall Road - S11
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”.
9. Rafters
British, Modern restaurant in Sheffield
220 Oakbrook Rd, Nether Grn - S11
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”.
10. The Old Vicarage
British, Modern restaurant in Ridgeway Village
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.
11. The Cricket Inn
British, Modern restaurant in Sheffield
Penny Ln - S17
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”.
12. Maveli
Indian, Southern restaurant in Broomhall
223 Glossop Road - S10
“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”.
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