[Xpoolboy]

It has to be the Blue Room, food is excellent and the service is even better

[Localboy]

My vote would be for Rafters, I’ve enjoyed several fantastic meal there!

[shefpoolie]

La Tasca on Eccy Rd.

Excellent food, friendly service, reasonable price.

And you get to try several different dishes, which solves the usual problem of trying to decide what to have.

[carmel1]

Olive Bar on Div. Street, really lovely food, good atmosphere, prices cheaper than other tapas restaurants in sheffield.

[swissheavy]

Artisan / Catch.

[pippadoll]

Wig and Pen is great
Catch is very good for fish and the bouillabaisse was amazing in Artisan.
Marco@Milano was very good for Italian
Indian Chef/Jeera both unbeatable for Indian food
No decent Chinese/vietnamese/thai (farewell bahn nah)
Really enjoyed Rafters

Thyme cafe is good, it always has a good range and is certainly not over priced.

Remo does amazing coffee and great ciabatta

there are a few places I would like to try, which have a good reputation, such as the restaurant in Wortley (now that might be Barnsley) and Chez lahlou in Commonside.

For a chain restaurant Strada isn't too bad, the pizza is okay.

Balti King - lol, the most digusting food ever eaten, you must be totally hammered to think that what they serve is anything near edible.

[S6 D.I.Y]

butlers has to be seconed would be jaflonf

[robbie]

Originally Posted by carmel1

Olive Bar on Div. Street, really lovely food, good atmosphere, prices cheaper than other tapas restaurants in sheffield.

oddly, while we have a small handful of overpriced and overhyped restaurants (most mentioned in this thread) you can always get good food at places such as Olive, Dev Cat, Bungalows and Bears and the Old House without the pretentious overload or bankruptcy

[cheekychimp]

Originally Posted by JoanCrawford

La Scala at Millhouses is fab, and they do the best, most tender steak. Shame that Marco's nearby gets more press - La Scala is little, cosy, family owned and they come to your table and get all excited about the fish they've got that day!

I second that, La Scala is lovely, also the Dilshad in Woodseats and Everest on Chesterfield Road, both fantastic.

[shazzamattazza]

Originally Posted by DaniBabi

Balti King In Broomhill is fantastic.

You obviously didn't hear about them getting fined for having dirty kitchens.

Personally I like my curry without mice droppings in them.

Not a restaurant but I second Coach and Horses, Dronfield by far the best food around.

[kitkatmoo]

Balti King is wrong on every level and has been certainly the full 8 years I've been in Sheffield!

Marcos is good but overpriced and I've heard before coming on here that La Scala is just as good but significantly cheaper. Thyme used to be good in Crosspool but I've not been since Richard split the restaurant into two. Can definitely second Olive bar on Division Street.

Ater an experience yesterday though, whilst not a restuarant as such, I highly DO NOT recommend you have sunday dinner at Fox House (Hathersage Road). We were told 40 minute wait for a table, which turned out to be an hour an a half, a further 40 minute wait for the food and when it turned up it was dreadful.

[JoanCrawford]

Yay, another vote for La Scale. I'm going to have to find an excuse to visit again now! Have also heard negative things about Fox House, along the lines of it used to be a great place to finish up after a walk but now it's worth walking an extra mile to another pub...

Also The Milestone is a fab place for brunch, newspapers at the weekend.

[JohnnyMathis]

As long as you don't mind leaving Sheffield, Derbyshire has some great places to eat, all within decent driving distances.

The Walnut club, Plough or Scotsmans pack in Hathersage are all great.

There's plenty of nice places in Bakewell, and the Maynard at Grindleford was always good.

But there must be somewhere to eat in Sheffield isn't there??? Is it that bad nowadays?

[mifsit]

La Civetta in Hillsborough (assuming it's stil there) was one of our favorite places when we lived in Sheffield, though that was 5 years ago now.

[Mad Hatter]

Greenhead House in Chapeltown

Always had superb food there, fantastic intimate atmosphere, not too expensive but expensive enough

Agree with others about La Scala

[iamdonkey]

naploneon casino next to dog track. very reasonably price, top quality food and 'different atmosphere'

[Kamble]

I really like Siam Inter on London rd., I went there the day I got back from Thailand, and the food is spot on - also must agree with an earlier post mentioning the food at the Devonshire Cat - everything I've eaten there has been fantastic.

[gal-tray]

my favourite is chez la lou at commonside,walkley the food is beautiful, the only problem with it its a bit small and pokey, but nice for a romantic meal.

[PreferNot]

aaah I tend to get around the restaurants in Sheffield being a food addict and all.. I have to say I always used to love the Ranmoor Tandoori .. but I recently wen to Jinnah in Ecclesfield and my goodness their food was fantastic!! So I am voting Jinnah as the best!

[OurCowMolly]

Originally Posted by hbomb

It seems like an established notion that Sheffield is not home to many renowned restaurants, in fact that opinion even made a front page spread on the Star earlier this year..

Do you all agree?

My housemate who went to University in York claims there are a dozen excellent quality, contemporary, reasonably priced bistros and restaurants in the York City Centre, so why not here?

I used to enjoy Blue Fin on Hunters Bar roundabout (thats closed now, says a lot about my tastes) whilst Cubanas and Blue Moon Cafe are good near the Cathedral - any more?

I deal with a few really good restaurants, the genral problem is the council charge a massive rent tax etc to the restaraunts especially in S1 area so they then need to make big proffits to survive which means not the best chefs or not the best ingridients, if Sheffield wants world class the council need to encorage it not throttle it !