Eating Sheffield

[Holly Moore]

I'm going to be doing a few days in Sheffield next week.

Any interesting places to dine? And good cheap eats places I can consider for my site?

Thanks.

[fisherman]

just off to work so i'll have to be quick, but will expand later! thyme and the tyme bistro (i think thats what its called) are excellent. theres is a fantastic deli (the best i've seen outside london) on sharrow vale road called dish. good indian called nirhmals on west street.

cant think of anymore off hand

[Bapi]

Sheffield was my old stomping ground as a student- so naturally I had absolutely no money to spend eating out !! I am not sure that it is still wholly fantastic for food. However, places I have heard and read about that may be worth a visit are:

As Fisherman mentioned, Thyme up in Crosspool on the West side of the City (Number 51 bus will get you there). Probably the best place actually in Sheffield.

Old Vicarage ( Ridgeway just outside of Sheffield) although one eGulleter had surly service there recently.1 Michelin Star

Slammers- which I think is on Eccleshall Road serves an eclectic seafood menu.

The owners of Thyme have opened a café /come Bistro in Broomhill( studentsville-where I lived for may years.) Also in Broomhill is an insane place called UK Mama serving Caribbean food. Slightly dippy service but it was always good fun- we ended up here on my stag do( but don't let that put you off). Primarily as I categorically refused to go to the Balti King -a Broomhill favourite for students.

Nirmals on West Street- the food is good but - Mrs Nirmal has had the tendency in the past to offer little extras when dining which then find there way on to your bill at the end of the evening !

Let us know how you get on.

[MobyP]

I walked into a couple of completely random curry houses when I was up there on my own, and had some of the best Indian food of my life.

[Bapi]

Yes I used to have the same feeling - usually on Saturday night after copious amounts of Tetleys bitter.

Can you recall which and where the places were that you tried Moby ?

[Holly Moore]

Thanks for the great info. I shall eat well in Sheffield, thoug I welcome a few more options.

Now, could someone please translate this from a Forum on Sheffield and point me towards the real McCoy in Sheffield.

Tip for all you Sheffield travellers- Don't ask for a fishcake in Chesterfield and expect a Sheffield fishcake (fish sandwiched between two slices of potatoe, then batered) as you'll get a Ross type thing (mashed tater, parsley with a fishy taste) But if you ask for a fish fritter you'll get the real Sheffield thing.

[fisherman]

slammers has, thank god closed down. a brave move to open a fish restaurant in sheffield, and one which failed in everyway, poor service, poor food (often frozen) its a very fine line between being eclectic and being different for the sake of it, slammers was a bad idea from the start.

i forgot to mention nonnas, a very very good italian on eccleshall road

Edited September 1, 2004 by fisherman (log)

[Carlovski]

Thanks for the great info. I shall eat well in Sheffield, thoug I welcome a few more options.

Now, could someone please translate this from a Forum on Sheffield and point me towards the real McCoy in Sheffield.

Tip for all you Sheffield travellers- Don't ask for a fishcake in Chesterfield and expect a Sheffield fishcake (fish sandwiched between two slices of potatoe, then batered) as you'll get a Ross type thing (mashed tater, parsley with a fishy taste) But if you ask for a fish fritter you'll get the real Sheffield thing.

I've never heard it referred to as a sheffield fishcake - I have always had it as a Yorkshire fishcake.

They are quite good, if done right. I've had a few bad ones though, normally due to the unforunate combination of overdone fish and undercooked potato.

[bainesy]

I'll just add a word for Bahn Nah in Broomhill, a tiny Thai place which used to be good (a few years since I've been though).

Nonna's on Ecclesall Road is a nice idea which doesn't always deliver - a combined deli/cafe/restaurant (and pretty authentically Italian in terms of its staff).

I've not eaten at Thyme itself, but I wasn't impressed by the Thyme Bistro.

Agree that Nirmals is good.

err...that's about it I'm afraid...

[Bapi]

Crikey - is the Bahn Nah still there? Bless, that's where the missus and I had our first few meals together way back when I had a 30 inch waist- which was a bloody long time ago.

My first real taste of Thai food and I remember their Fisherman's' soup being aromatic and wonderfully chilli hot, but that some of their chicken dishes were sometimes a little overcooked.