Milestone Reviews

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Helen Baker - 2nd March 2012

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My husband booked this restaurant for my birthday, we arrived early but were surprised to be able to eat off the early bird menu.

I had the salmon starter and the truffle nut roast as my main. The salmon itself was divine, but the dressing was so sharp it overtook the taste of the fish.

Then it all went downhill. The description of my main course was far more tasty than the actual dish. Roasted baby beets turned out to be very large, hard, quartered carrots, the type that lose the flavour due to size. The nut roast was sticky in the mouth, it was supposed to be truffle, so I expected it to be light. With several very bland whole almonds making up the bulk of it. The beetroot puree the dish needed to keep it from being too dry was merely a smear on the plate, as was the truffle cream. All in all a nice dish but nothing special.

Very glad we never paid £15 for it as a main dish. That really would of been disappointing. However, we did receive a complimentary dessert - chocolate tort, orange jelly, ice cream and a popping candy type of orange Turkish delight. Great but nothing extraordinary.

I think Gordon Ramsay need to revisit the restaurant to make sure they put their chef's hat back on their head, as they tend to be cooking on reputation rather than taste factor.

Chris Hanson - 15th March 2010

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This place is a real gem. We took our parents last night for a Mother's Day meal, as we'd heard good reviews from friends about it. We were also impressed with the price they were charging, even in comparison with what some of the really awful places were charging, and the amazing smells you get from the upstairs open-plan kitchen.

For starter I had beetroot salad with fennel, home made cottage cheese and walnuts. The contrast in flavour and texture of all the ingredients was excellent, along with it being something 99 percent of places wouldn't have on a standard Mother's Day menu. My wife had the pork terrine. This was both flavoursome and pleasing to the eye and came with some fresh bread and a few mixed leaves.

For mains I went for the roast pork and my wife for the bream with cockles and samphire. The pork was really well-cooked and came with excellent crackling and apple sauce. One small complaint is that the vegetables could have been a little hotter, but that really would be me nitpicking. All the elements of the dinner were done well. The gravy was good and not like wallpaper paste like so many places serve gravy. You could tell it had been made in the tray the meat had been cooked in. The Yorkshire pudding was great along with the roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese, red cabbage, etc...

My wife's bream was well-cooked with nice crisp skin, a smooth flavoursome creamy sauce and well-cooked clams and samphire.

For dessert I went for the custard tart with rhubarb. This was the low point of the meal for me. The custard tart filling was excellent, topped with loads of grated nutmeg and a really rich custard. The pastry was too thick and over cooked (highlighted when I sent a piece flying across the restaurant floor when trying to cut it in half). The rhubarb component was just a thin line of really nice sauce. I was expecting pieces of rhubarb or even just a little bit more of the sauce to be honest.

All in all though, the pluses by far outweigh the minuses. The range of drinks at the bar is excellent, the service is great (this included a call the day before to confirm booking), the atmosphere in the restaurant is really good and for £15.95 for a 3 course meal on Mothers Day I don't think many places could beat it for value. We will definitely be returning to try the restaurant menu, as it is one of the better meals we've had in Sheffield.

Karen - 17th December 2009

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Went to this restaurant last night, we knew it was going to be expensive, £26.95 for 2 courses but we thought it would be worth it.

How wrong we were, starter of smoked salmon with orange, well, it was a couple of slices of smoked salmon with what looked liked some purple stuff painted on the side, so thin you couldn't even use it as a dip, then a tiny piece of monk fish wrapped in a piece of bacon, with a carrot and a potato. There were side dishes of peas and curly kale they also gave us some bread.

Although nicely presented, not at all worth £26.95.

We went as a group of 12 for Christmas, we were upstairs, there were no Christmas decorations, no crackers, nothing at all to suggest it was a Christmas meal.

The staff were pleasant.

On top of the bill there was a £47 tip (this was optional).

Good place to go if on a diet and have more money than sense.

Helen St Claire - 26th March 2009

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I have eaten at this establishment recently, as I live locally and really wanted to have a local eatery that I would feel welcome in. Unfortunately this place is not it. For a start, although I live locally I found it hard to relax in this place as it was filled with drunk, loud people who had obviously been out in the city centre.

Secondly the menu, unlike the prices stated on this website are very expensive. Around £9.00 for a starter and around £18.00 for a sub-standard main course. The drinks are extortionate also. The cocktails are around £3.00 more expensive than any other Sheffield establishment and I think I got slightly ripped off with the wine. I ordered a glass of house white and when I had to pay I saw that I had been given a expensive glass of vino.

Unfriendly to locals, caters for towny types and very expensive I'm afraid I would not recommend to anyone.