South Yorkshire Restaurant Guide

“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.

“Sitting up at a bar in Doncaster Fish Market may not sound like the last word in fun”, but this brave two-year-old “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!”

“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”.

“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”.

“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.

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.

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”.

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”.

2017 Review: “The most authentic Chinese cooking in Sheffield” awaits at this “exceptionally good” city-centre venue; the menu is “not very varied, but very consistent” (“Top Tip – you need to ask for the Chinese menu if you want the real McCoy)”.