Question:
We're going to visit Sheffield in a couple of weeks - anyone have any recommendations for restaurants anywhere between M1-TownCentre-Earnshaw Halls? Style either modern Brit, Italian, French, Indian or Chinese. Price is not a problem. We want to eat real fresh food though. Recognisable fish or meat, not just burgers (even if good ones) or pizza. Mama and Leonies looks nice but didn't have any real Italian maincourses like Saltimbocca or Vittello ai Limone. An authentic Indian or Chinese would be nice too...

Depends what you like really - for Mexican food, you could try El Sombrero just off West Street (student drinking haunt) on Regent Terrace. You are spoilt for choice as far as curry goes. Mama and Leonies on Norfolk Street (near the crucible) is good for Italian. If it is lunchtime, you could always try the Fat Cat which does some nice vegetarian food.

Yes, the key question here is what are you looking for. Greek is poor, some Middle Eastern, loads of Indian and Italian and American, a few French, some modern British - also chains like Pizza Express, All Bar One etc.

If money is truly no object, you could try the Old Vicarage, Michelin star, Tessa Bramley's country house restaurant. 4 courses runs around 40quid per head:
www.theoldvicarage.co.uk/menu.html

Otherwise there is a good selection of modern cafe/bistro types running from Devonshire Green down to the City Hall, loads of trendy fusion / tapas. British restaurant dining tends to be out-of-town country house deals like the Vicarage, or in hotels, viz Brasserie Leo in the Charnwood Hotel.

Italian
Vito's has the sort of menu you're looking for:
www.sheffield-on-the-net.com/vito/

and I have heard good things about Santino's on Ecclesall Road. But most are pizza/pasta/chocolate pancake sort of places - Mamma's is the best of them, Flying Pizza (Pizza Volante) is popular with students.

Chinese
The best evening one is Zing Vaa:
http://freespace.virgin.net/zingvaa.rest/index.html

but if you are contemplating Sunday lunchtime then there are also two good ones for Dim Sum which are Golden Dragon & Mei's, all in the city centre.

Indian
There's a great one just off the Wicker on the way out to Meadowhall called the Kashmir Curry Centre - home to hippy socialists, get your own beer from the micro-brewed real ale pub across the road.

Otherwise most are good - better ones are Nirmals on Glossop Road, Dilshad in Woodseats, and I have heard good things about the new SB Brasserie down by the railway station.

Directory
Contact info (and sometimes reviews) are to be found at:

www.sheffieldcity.co.uk/default1.htm
(Destination Sheffield - official tourist site)

www.sheffieldscene.co.uk/eatingout/index.html

Last updated February 16th 2004
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