Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in South Yorkshire
Hardens guides have spent 15 years compiling reviews of the best South Yorkshire restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 84 restaurants in South Yorkshire and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing South Yorkshire restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured South Yorkshire Restaurants
1. Rafters
British, Modern restaurant in Sheffield
220 Oakbrook Rd, Nether Grn - S11
“Still one of the best”, Tom Lawson & Alistair Myers’s ambitious, small upstairs dining room, ten minutes from the city-centre (and named for its main architectural features) is a “Sheffield gem” combining “excellent service” with “brilliant” modern British cuisine. “The ‘Experience’ label (used to describe its more elaborate weekend menus) is a tad pretentious”, but that’s the only complaint.
2. Losehill House Hotel & Spa
British, Modern restaurant in Hope Valley
Losehill Lane, Edale Road - S33
“Beautifully presented, tasty food, excellent service and beautiful views” win praise for this characterful hotel in the Peak District National Park. You can choose between a three-course menu for £50 or go the whole hog and have seven courses for £65. It’s also a hit for afternoon tea: “love this place at any time, but you get great vistas from the orangery in the afternoon.”
3. Clam & Cork
Fish & seafood restaurant in Doncaster
2 Fish Market - DN1
“Sitting up at a bar in Doncaster Fish Market may not sound like the last word in fun”, but this brave yearling “is the kind of place that is usual in Barcelona and Lisbon, but a wonderful gift to my part of the world”, with its zingy small plates of fish curries and top quality seafood; “let’s have some more like this!”
4. Vero Gusto
Italian restaurant in Sheffield
12 Norfolk Row - S1
“Sheffield’s best Italian” – “this small, family-run, city-centre fixture stands out for its delicious, authentic food and friendly atmosphere” – and is “packed from early on Fridays” for good reason: “genuine Italian bustle and lots of classic dishes served very much to standard”.
5. Joro
Scandinavian restaurant in Sheffield
294 Shalesmoor - S3
“Such a great addition to the Sheffield scene” – Luke & Stacey Sherwood-French’s “extraordinary conversion of a shipping container” provides some “outstanding” cuisine with its selection of ‘hyper-seasonal’ small plates, available also as part of ten-course (£65) or twelve-course (£75) tasting menus: “the food’s so exciting… the opposite of style over substance”.
6. Street Food Chef
Mexican/TexMex restaurant in Sheffield
90 Arundel St - S1
“Very cheap Mexican near the station” – you can “always taste something new” (besides burritos, tacos, nachos et al) at this well-established cantina, which also now has a Sharrow Vale Road sibling.
7. Nonna’s
Italian restaurant in Sheffield
535 - 541 Eccleshall Road - S11
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”.
8. Tamper Coffee
Sandwiches, cakes, etc restaurant in Sheffield
149 Arundel Street - S1
“Quirky, high quality and a refreshing change” – this “Kiwi-influenced” joint in “trendy, old factory premises” (a former silversmiths) in the Cultural Industries Quarter is “good for coffee, lunch or just a good vibe any time”. Approaching its 10th anniversary, it now has two offshoots: Westfield Terrace and Kommune in the old city centre.
9. The Cricket Inn
British, Modern restaurant in Sheffield
Penny Ln - S17
Classic pub dishes are supplemented by more unusual specials from chef/partner Richard Smith at this inn on the edge of the Peak District – with ‘Bertha’, a British-made indoor charcoal oven, put to good use. “Great beers” from local craft brewers Thornbridge – partners in the pub – complete the picture.
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