Sheffield Restaurant Reviews (Page 32)

We had booked for 6 people the Festive Party Menu, 3-course meal for £15.99. We were promised Rat Pack music/Motown music with the meal, but this never materialised!

First course meal went well. Then came main - two of us ordered the sea bass, which was very poor in the size of it. You simply cant order fish with a carvery selection. No new potatoes or seasonal vegetables to complement. The salad that we chose looked as though it had been sat in their trays for hours.

Then came the desserts. Our order was mixed up on the desserts- which wasn't hard to fathom out.

We had chosen this establishment to take both our mums out for Christmas meal. Would I recommend? No way!

We have 42 reviews of Elmwood Farm.

Food was tasteless, stale and not fresh at all. No customer service, and waitress was very rude. Not worth spending a single penny here. It was supposed to be all-you-can-eat buffet, however most of the food trays were empty and never got filled all the time we were there. Appalling place.

We have 19 reviews of Mirpuri Dhera.

Beware. After recent snow the car park, although not massive, is treacherous for both pedestrians and vehicles. Consequently, fewer diners, which meant food standing in heated cabinets had dried out.

A company this size could have an estate manager to ensure gritting/salting, which would aid client safety. Or two staff with barrow and grit could do this within the hour.

Very poor.

We have 11 reviews of Bowshaw Inn.

Let's face it - many Indian restaurants are much of a muchness, with the same pleasant but unremarkable food, similar décor and music, and generally courteous but stiffly formal waiters. The Balti King, however, is different - uniquely so in my experience.

From the moment you step inside, you are welcomed with such warmth that you immediately feel at home - no sooner do you take your seat than poppadoms, pickles, and complementary salad appear on your table.

When my wife and I were there recently, we chose the tandoori chicken balti special. The chicken was beautifully cooked in a light covering of delicious sauce. As usual,we had onion bhajis as a side dish, which were, as always, superb - crisply cooked, delightfully textured and substantial in size.

There are other things I love about the restaurant apart from the food. There always seems to be a happy, friendly atmosphere, partly created by the staff, who move around the tables talking to the customers. Also, the décor is not typically Indian (no flock wallpaper), nor is the music - it's a fusion of modern Indian techno and traditional folk.

Yes, in my opinion, the Balti King is Sheffield's little gem.

William

We have 49 reviews of Balti King.

Ate there yesterday as a party of 5. We were put on a table the farthest away from any servers and seemed to be forgotten about.

After about half an hour our drinks arrived, which we had to remind the server to bring! When the food arrived my 2 sons refused to eat it, as it was bland, dry, and over-cooked. We were at that point given 2 glasses of free Coke!

Never again would I eat at this restaurant. It has seriously gone downhill. I did complain and I got a "Sorry". Not bad for a £113 bill! I then took them for a McDonald's!

We have 4 reviews of TGI Friday's.

We go here often. Brilliant staff. Always slow getting meal ticket from the bar. Meat good, vegetables can vary, sometimes rather tasteless, lacking in variety and overcooked, other times very good. Still good value and lovely location.

We have 8 reviews of Moorlands.

If you want a 3-course meal in less than an hour then this is the place to go. Talk about get you served and out as quick as possible. Food is OK, but give people time to digest it.

We have 6 reviews of Marco's New York Italian.

Booked meals nearly two months in advance of arriving last evening (the 7th of December). Even so we waited 45 minutes for the starters to arrive. The main courses arrived at different times. Although tasty they were not very hot. Plates were cool. As there were 17 of us they should have had more staff on. Not good enough.

We have 5 reviews of Cafe Ceres.

Great food. Amazing desserts. It's worth visiting just to read the notice board.

We have 9 reviews of Blue Moon Cafe.

Very nice after the the refurbishment but what happened to doing the toilets, the one area that was desperately needing a makeover? They still smell horrid, loo paper does not fit in the dispenser, so is on the floor or on top of the sanitary bin!

Staff are all very friendly, can't fault the effort they put in. The over 18s area is a bit tight. When all the tables are in use you can find it very difficult to get out to the bar or smelly loo.

We have 37 reviews of Sword Dancer.

Shocking! Ordered a delivery and saw a delivery driver sat outside my home on his mobile phone. Phoned the restaurant to see if it was their driver and they told me that he was on his way. 10 minutes later the driver got out the car and knocked on my door. 15 minutes in total the driver had been sat outside my home with my food going cold and the restaurant justified it by telling me that they told me the food would be "up" to an hour! Jokers!

They offered to knock me £2.80 off my bill... gobsmacked! Either that or they told me to tell the driver to take my food back. Whoever orders garlic chicken curry or chicken tikka korma I hope you enjoy my food!

Never order from here again!

We have 28 reviews of Chutney.

Went Saturday at 12 o'clock. Ordered large fish and chips. No fish. Why have a menu? Then ordered steak, which was tough. Left that then ordered fudge cake. No fudge cake, so ordered apple crumble, which was terrible. Used to be good, but was terrible Saturday. It'll be a long time before I go again.

We have 37 reviews of Sword Dancer.

For the last few times we have been to Drakehouse Mill it has been shocking! The food we had was an English breakfast and was just chewy and the bacon was dripping in grease and it was black. The second time we came we had full monty mixed grill and again it was vile. The gammon was black? The sausage and steak was chewy and tough.

The waitress dropped my partner's tomato and fetched a new one within seconds, however left the one she dropped on the floor. Is that good customer service? You could tell the tomato has been sat ages, as it came too quickly to be fresh and was cold.

In general the food wasn't the warmest to be "fresh". In fact the dessert took longer than the main! It was ridiculous and we will NOT be returning.

We have 20 reviews of Drakehouse Mill.

Shoddy service from start to finish. Overcharged on the bill 4 times; fire alarm going off every minute for 25 minutes because of cooking course upstairs; and then find our waitress in the kitchen slagging off my partner and I for complaining about being overcharged continuously on the bill.

£80 for a two-course lunch with wine for two, and it took over 2.5 hours because everything took so long at 1PM in the afternoon! No apology for a ruined occasion, even from the manager.

Such a shame, it used and be great.

We have 4 reviews of Milestone.

Excellent atmosphere, excellent food. Carvery was outstanding and the cheesecake wad lovely, really big. Worth the £15 I spent there.

We have 39 reviews of Meadow Farm.

Best Indian restaurant in Sheffield. Friendly staff, especially the waiters. More authentic and tasty than anywhere else around.

We have 5 reviews of Urban Choola.

Went to Shapla on Saturday night with my family to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

My party of five was squeezed onto a table for four, it was very uncomfortable to eat and the food took well over an hour to arrive at the table. When it did arrive it was tepid and greasy. We were all very disappointed.

We have 24 reviews of Shapla.

We did book a table for the birthday party in advance, as it is a very busy place. Fourteen of us arrived at 9pm, we had a drink at the bar and then went to our table in the back room.

We all had steaks, apart from one of us who had a seabass from the specials black board, and all-in-all we're very impressed with quality of the food.

The service was excellent and the atmosphere was just right, with the Latino music playing on.

Most of us had home-made desserts such as chocolate brownie and cheesecake, as well as Our Cow Molly ice cream.

Thanks La Vaca for great evening.

We have 2 reviews of La Vaca.

A very different restaurant experience and highly recommended. Formica tables, bare surroundings, but superb food at bargain prices.

The lentil soup that you get served as a starter for free or if you are waiting for a takeaway is just the best, like a thin dahl but with different spices; warming and wholesome.

Meze is great for veggies, otherwise it is mostly grilled meat based.

You can eat good for here for £5 a head.

We have 8 reviews of Kurdistan.

The starters were delicious, we ordered poppadoms and the pickle tray had 4 items but no onion mix (my favourite).

My companion ordered the balti with a rice and chips. I asked if I could have a mixed biryani, as the menu just listed biryani. The waiter said chicken and lamb, or chicken and prawns. I asked again for mixed, he repeated previous choices, so I said chicken and prawn. We also ordered a large (very impressive) garlic nan. The nan was plain, not garlic, and I received a balti not a biryani. We didn't complain, it was nice enough, and maybe he repeated balti and I just didn't hear him right.

I like ice cream to finish. I asked for a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of coconut, they didn't have the coconut so I said 2 scoops of vanilla will be fine. It came topped with whipped cream, which I don't like, and chocolate sauce, which I also don't like. My companion ate it and they did bring me 2 scoops of vanilla.

We asked for the bill and were informed that the vanilla ice cream was not charged for. Pretty dark in there but the bill looked like £44.95 but definitely £44 something. I put £50 on the tray and would have left the change, as tip as the staff were very pleasant, but was not given the option, as they didn't bring me any change.

We have 2 reviews of Akbar's.