Mud Crab Eccy Rd

[watusi 10]

Menu's up online now...

 

http://www.mudcrabdiner.co.uk/menus/mudcrab-menu.pdf

 

Went last night and had Grinch Wine Bar special fried chicken, Cheeseburger with Chilli and Baked Alaska. All really nice and they sell a peak district lager called Moravska that was rather tasty.

 

One bad point is not much choice for Vegetarians - for mains there's a choice of 1 pizza and that's it really.

 

The 6 napkin burger looks dangerous, six burgers!

[GodStar 10]

Menu looks great, if a little expensive (£12 for cheese n bacon burger + Chips)

 

I look forward to trying it

[mossdog 10]

Must resist

Totally agree!...................actually Yankees ought to consider changing their image after a 1000 years selling burgers.We went to Gauchos in London recently,a fantastic steak house offering prime Argentinian beef.Makes you realize that most people especially round these parts have never eaten good steak.Yankees would be ideal for a Gauchos type operation and whereas the cost would be more than the rubbishburgers sold everywhere,I reckon the place would be rammed most nights if the management were capable.

We went to a place on Surrey street last year and have to say the prime steaks we sampled were only fit for burger in a bun fare.

The trouble is most suppliers to these restaurants round here,is that they only sell their lesser grade stuff, like old bangers from the end of the auction at Bakewell market.The good meat goes further south where people will pay for quality,most Sheffielders shop on price alone.However a good steakhouse is ready for a comeback................Berni Inns made fortunes till they lost the plot!

Edited May 25, 2012 by mossdog

[jamesogt 11]

By their own admission based on Ed Debevic's in the USA. They have used a little more artistic licence with their pricing

 

USA = £6.39 or $10.05

http://www.eddebevics.com/

 

UK = £9.95 or $15.62

 

If it is good they may get away with it, would most Sheffielder's pay a tenner for a burger? I am not so sure.

 

Review to follow......

[watusi 10]

There's places that charge more, Cricket Inn for example. And that's a far inferior burger IMO. In fact Relish just down the road is £11 with nowt on it:

 

http://www.relishrelish.co.uk/classics.html

[Doom 10]

Menu looks great, if a little expensive (£12 for cheese n bacon burger + Chips)

 

I look forward to trying it

 

I went on Friday night and had the cheese burger with bacon......Although I don't claim to be a burger expert, it was the nicest I've had to date.

 

For a starter I had the Grinch Wine Bar special fried chicken....That was decent, but I didn't enjoy it anything like as much as the burger.

 

It's not a place I'd go out of my way to go to again, but the next time I'm up Ecclesall Road I''ll probably pop in for another burger.

 

Regards

 

Doom

[Tess 10]

Gosh I don't like that menu - gave me headache trying to read it.

 

It does look very nice but the food all looks very confused going off the menu.

[dan2802 53]

Just had a look at the munu. Will give it a try soon!!

[Mephistoles 10]

Gosh I don't like that menu - gave me headache trying to read it.

 

It does look very nice but the food all looks very confused going off the menu.

 

This was the problem I found when I went there the other week. Far too many ideas going on in each dish that just ended up tasting weird as half the flavours don’t go together. Each to their own I guess but a burger with cheese, fried egg AND peanut butter on it just doesn’t sound that appetising to me.

 

Interesting to see that they’ve already taken the Katsu sandwich I had off their menu though so maybe they’ve started to take some of these criticisms on board. They need to get some veggie options on there as well IMO, they’re pretty much non existent at the minute…

[GodStar 10]

This was the problem I found when I went there the other week. Far too many ideas going on in each dish that just ended up tasting weird as half the flavours don’t go together. Each to their own I guess but a burger with cheese, fried egg AND peanut butter on it just doesn’t sound that appetising to me.

 

Interesting to see that they’ve already taken the Katsu sandwich I had off their menu though so maybe they’ve started to take some of these criticisms on board. They need to get some veggie options on there as well IMO, they’re pretty much non existent at the minute…

 

It's basically a burger bar for burger munching meat eaters..no need for vege options really. Cant cater for everyone otherwise quality and standards suffer

[Mephistoles 10]

It's basically a burger bar for burger munching meat eaters..no need for vege options really. Cant cater for everyone otherwise quality and standards suffer

 

A burger bar that also has found space for curry, linguini, flatbreads and tomato soup amongst other things on its menu.

 

You are quite right though, catering for too many tastes will inevitably lead to lower quality...unfortunately that seems to be the case here.

[DerbyTup 10]

Totally agree!...................actually Yankees ought to consider changing their image after a 1000 years selling burgers.We went to Gauchos in London recently,a fantastic steak house offering prime Argentinian beef.Makes you realize that most people especially round these parts have never eaten good steak.Yankees would be ideal for a Gauchos type operation and whereas the cost would be more than the rubbishburgers sold everywhere,I reckon the place would be rammed most nights if the management were capable.

We went to a place on Surrey street last year and have to say the prime steaks we sampled were only fit for burger in a bun fare.

The trouble is most suppliers to these restaurants round here,is that they only sell their lesser grade stuff, like old bangers from the end of the auction at Bakewell market.The good meat goes further south where people will pay for quality,most Sheffielders shop on price alone.However a good steakhouse is ready for a comeback................Berni Inns made fortunes till they lost the plot!

 

 

You don't have to go to London to eat at Gaucho's btw. Both Leeds and Manchester have them. Worth knowing if you're the type of person who appreciates top quality food, which obviously you do, and don't mind paying a few extra quid for it.

 

I agree with you, there's nothing that comes anywhere close to this in Sheffield. It's a pity, but that's how it is I guess.