Hi there,

Just discovered this site - it's great! Anyway, my reason for posting; a friend has asked me to ask you guys whether you can recommend any gay friendly restaurants in Sheffield. It doesn't matter what type of food, although something a bit different from the usual pubs, perhaps Italian or Spanish??

Any suggestions would be very welcome. Same applies to places not to touch with a barge pole! Thanks very much for all your help!

I'd like to be able to think that all establishments are gay friendly.

But, it is a good idea to advise on ones to steer clear of.

Hi

Thanks for your reply. So would I. I wouldn't have thought it would be an issue really - well, it shouldn't be. But I'm just posting on behalf of a friend and that's what she's asked me to put. So if anyone knows of any that fit the bill as it were, I'd be grateful for any suggestions so I can pass them on. Cheers!

Dempseys on the bottom of the moor is supposed to be a 'bvery' friendly place. It is also a Gay Bar so is The Cossack (pub) near Hallam Uni.



Thats all i know of sorry....

dempseys! good food - very good food - excellent food - amazing food.....................ahem.........i know the chef!:D :P :blush: :P

The Showroom has pretty amazing food and I'd imagine would be gay friendly

Any more to add to the above list? :confused:

why should there be any need to ask for GAY friendly eating venues!!!

its not as though the staff wont serve you because your GAY

Unless your mate expects to be getting it on with his / her partner in the restaurant I dont see how the restauranteur will work out that their gay in order to be unfriendly towards them. What a ludicrous request!

I go to various restaurants sometimes in a small group and sometimes with the b/f and have never had any problems.

We very often go to La Vida Loca on Hillsborough corner and they are always pleased to see us and even gave us some free wine when we told them of our engagement, but the place doesn't label itself as 'gay friendly' in any way, just generally friendly. :)

I guess Ruskins could possibly be described as such, and the Roebuck, but these aren't strictly what you would call restaurants.

I agree with theripsaw, unless they're getting it on why should it matter? A restaurant isn't the place for that anyway, whatever your persuasion.

Anybody know of any 'man with mole on left bum cheek' friendly taxi drivers out there?

why should there be any need to ask for GAY friendly eating venues!!!

its not as though the staff wont serve you because your GAY

It struck me as odd as well.
What make a place gay friendly as opposed to just friendly ?

Serious question.

It is also a Gay Bar so is The Cossack (pub) near Hallam Uni.

The Cossack has been closed for years.

What is gay friendly eating?

Is there gay food?

Are chips gay and conversely, would a quiche be straight?

The Cossack has been closed for years.

I take it you haven't noticed the age of this thread then?

I go to various restaurants sometimes in a small group and sometimes with the b/f and have never had any problems.

We very often go to La Vida Loca on Hillsborough corner and they are always pleased to see us and even gave us some free wine when we told them of our engagement, but the place doesn't label itself as 'gay friendly' in any way, just generally friendly. :)

I guess Ruskins could possibly be described as such, and the Roebuck, but these aren't strictly what you would call restaurants.

I agree with theripsaw, unless they're getting it on why should it matter? A restaurant isn't the place for that anyway, whatever your persuasion.

engagement!?! - congratulations, but ur getting NO free wine out of me :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

engagement!?! - congratulations, but ur getting NO free wine out of me :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:(

We may need a DJ however...

(There's a whole thread about it you missed!) :P

I take it you haven't noticed the age of this thread then?

Ooops! :hihi:

owdlad bumping up ancient threads. :rolleyes: :nono:

I wouldn't imagine that most restaraunts would be anti-gay, surely.

why should there be any need to ask for GAY friendly eating venues!!!

its not as though the staff wont serve you because your GAY

Maybe the OP wants to go somewhere without feeling hassled if him and his partner or her and her partner want to say hold hands and be intimate like other couples.

The Cossack has been closed for years.


The thread was started in 2003

Maybe the OP wants to go somewhere without feeling hassled if him and his partner or her and her partner want to say hold hands and be intimate like other couples.

but why would he?? the waiters / chefs aren't anti gay

why the hell would a eating establishment need to be gay friendly? surely you are just going there to eat..........hmm should i rephrase that?

Maybe the OP wants to go somewhere without feeling hassled if him and his partner or her and her partner want to say hold hands and be intimate like other couples.

I hate people canoodeling while I'm trying to eat, get a room if you want to do that, resturants are for eating not foreplay.

Way back in 2003 the Sheffield Gay scene was not so established, many bars were stuck out in Attercliffe and to some extent it reflected attitudes towards the gay commnity.

Over the last three years, things seem to have flourished and along with this is a refreshing change in attitudes...

I see no reason why any restaurant would not be gay friendly... but who knows

Keep on growing Sheffield...

dempseys sunday lunch is the best around

I hate people canoodeling while I'm trying to eat, get a room if you want to do that, resturants are for eating not foreplay.

I never said canoodeling, what i meant was holding hands, touching and generally showing your love for someone.

I never said canoodeling, what i meant was holding hands, touching and generally showing your love for someone.

a.k.a canoodeling - bleugh !

I never said canoodeling, what i meant was holding hands, touching and generally showing your love for someone.

how can that be done when you sit opposite people when eating? i dont see that often with straight couples in restruants.. i may be wrong

a.k.a canoodeling - bleugh !

If two people canoodle, they kiss and hold each other in a sexual way. There is difference between sexual feelings and showing love for someone.

how can that be done when you sit opposite people when eating? i dont see that often with straight couples in restruants.. i may be wrong

Ok you don't see it that often but you do see, you've answered your own question there.

a.k.a canoodeling - bleugh !

Yeah I second that Nick! Don't think it matters whether you're gay or straight - still don't wanna see it in a restaurant.

Yeah I second that Nick! Don't think it matters whether you're gay or straight - still don't wanna see it in a restaurant.
It's worse when you can hear it as well. Bleeee! :gag:

Are you guys for real? you don't like people holding hands across a table if your having a meal at the same restaurant?

sad people.

Well you bunch of old romantics!!:P

Ever heard of a romantic meal, with body language, the occaisonal touch, maybe feeding your partner, looking into each others eyes etc....

I can imagine that you would want to make sure you were in a restaurant that was Gay Friendly cause if not it could turn into a disaster. I've stayed in hotels with my ex girlfriend and had every reaction from laughing to scowling to being turned away.

Ever heard of a romantic meal, with body language, the occaisonal touch, maybe feeding your partner, looking into each others eyes etc....


Barfarama, why would anyone want to do that in public, I'd die of embarasment if someone tried to feed me in public.

Ever heard of a romantic meal, with body language, the occaisonal touch, maybe feeding your partner, looking into each others eyes etc....

This sounds like the staff at a care home I once worked in.

Seriously though anything more than a glancing brush of hands or feet in a restaurant doesn't do it for me. Go home, get out the plastic sheets and choccy spread if you must.

Baba Yaga Bistro on Hillsborough is very Gay friendly.

Ever heard of a romantic meal, with body language, the occaisonal touch, maybe feeding your partner, looking into each others eyes etc.....

This is Yorkshire your talking about

http://www.smithylad.modwest.com/armo/armo_images/all_points_north_big.gif

there's Yorkshire romance lass:hihi:

Hi there,

Just discovered this site - it's great! Anyway, my reason for posting; a friend has asked me to ask you guys whether you can recommend any gay friendly restaurants in Sheffield. It doesn't matter what type of food, although something a bit different from the usual pubs, perhaps Italian or Spanish??

Any suggestions would be very welcome. Same applies to places not to touch with a barge pole! Thanks very much for all your help!

What an odd question, since when do restaurants treat gay people any different to hetrosexual people.

What an odd question, since when do restaurants treat gay people any different to hetrosexual people.

I think you've posted without noticing that this thread was started in 2003 - as more recent posters have pointed out! :rolleyes:

The Sexual Orientation Regulations, currently going through Parliament, will of course make illegal any discrimination against homosexuals in the provision of goods or services, including service in a restaurant.

The Sexual Orientation Regulations, currently going through Parliament, will of course make illegal any discrimination against homosexuals in the provision of goods or services, including service in a restaurant.

But unless you walked in said "we are two homo's, we want a table for two" how would anyone know to discriminate in the first place ?

Vittles in broomhill:thumbsup:

Oh for gods sake! Talk about having a chip on your shoulder. I know the person posted that thing about 4 years ago, but its really annoyed me!
'Gay friendly' ARGH!!!! I'm gay, if I feel its highly innapropriate to be holding hands or kissing, then I won't do it!

I know this post wasn't very articulate, its cos im so blummin angry!