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Excellent food and service, would highly recommend Taste. I had an eat-in panini that was very tasty, plus superb coffee. Also try the grostl, my other half ordered this it was superb. Can't wait for Taste to start opening during the evening!

El Paso is a real gem of a restaurant. We went there for a meal with friends who were celebrating their wedding anniversary.

The staff were friendly and helpful and the food was great. They do the best garlic bread cheese I've ever tasted and the paella was great as well.

As there were 15 of us they opened the upstairs disco for us. The music was a mix of salsa and English.

We had a great time and really recommend El Paso.

Wow, wow and tipple wow! Me and my boyfriend absolutely adore this restaurant.

Their garlic bread starter is an absolute must - easily the best garlic bread in the UK!
We have been here a number of times and always have a gorgeous meal but last time we went I had the sea bass and I can honestly say it was the best meal I have ever had!
The staff are always wonderful and you can see the chefs working.

The restaurant is quite small so you have to book beforehand usually but it is so cosy and lovely and authentic Italian down to the minutest details.

We have tried lamb shanks, fajitas, sea bass, salmon, pasta dishes and never have we been disappointed.

5*!

This place really is a hidden gem - one of the best restaurants I have ever been to. The atmosphere is intimate and relaxed, and the food absolutely first class, in terms of both quality and choice.

A group of six of us went there last Thursday, and a splendid evening was had by all. I had the lamb shank, which was so juicy and tender it just slid off the bone, and the accompanying steamed vegetables were flavoursome and cooked to perfection. Three of our party ordered steak, and my other half was delighted when his medium rare was actually medium rare - not virtually well done as it often is.

All in all, an extremely pleasurable experience and a real find. Well worth venturing outside the city centre for, and somewhere we'll definitely be revisiting.

I've been to a few Italian restaurants in my time and I've got to say this is one of the better ones. The food, service and wine are all brilliant and the prices are reasonable, too. I've found it better than one or two more expensive Italian restaurants further down Ecclesall Road. Definitely one to try!

I first visited El Paso with my husband to celebrate our wedding anniversary. I had never even noticed El Paso before although I go past it every day. We decided to go as friends had recommended it to us and there were plenty of good reviews on your website.

Great food and atmosphere. The staff were really friendly, and the food was wonderful and the portions were large and I would say value for money.

The whole visit was wonderful. There was a disco after the meal, which was really busy. Told my friend about it and she's booking her hen night there. Will definitely be back there again.

Booked table for six for Sunday 19th August, looking forward to this very popular dining experience very well recommended.

A little disappointed at the menu, as on Sunday it is only the daily lunchtime one. This did not include any type of pizza or lasagne. The only meal for my non pasta-eating husband was sea bream, which was well presented with a few roast vegetables. The salad was delicious the olives were large and very tasty. My pasta was on special at £5.00 this was "fresh" pasta as opposed to the other kind I did not understand this explanation, I thought all pasta would be fresh at this restaurant.

We were assured that there was a children's menu, this was very disappointing with only four items to choose from. Once again no pizza. The children had a small portion of a main meal, which both thought not bad.

The desserts are expensive at £5.50 for typical Italian sweets, but once again not much choice. We had Toblerone Martini for our liquid dessert, which tasted more of Baileys than Toblerone.

Perhaps we chose the wrong night to visit Nonna's. We enjoyed the evening even though there was a very noisy crowd in the adjoining bar area.

The staff here are very good, with a young man on hand to fill up our wine glasses.

The evening was not cheap, but it was a nice experience and if we do go again, it will not be a Sunday.

As a treat my son took my two grandchildren and my to Thyme Cafe for lunch. The board displayed lots of lovely dishes but not very much for the two children aged 8 and 10. They are familiar with eating out and have a good taste in food, but the dish that was most appealing to them was good old burger and chips.

The children don't eat much cheese but when the burgers arrived they were covered in cheese, although they were ordered as plain burgers. The burgers were taken away, 20 minutes later two more burgers were brought. These consisted of ciabatta bread bun and a ball of pink mincemeat in the middle. At this point our meal was ruined, the kids were just about in tears, and my son was angry as his treat had turned into a fiasco.

My lunch was a vegetable lasagne, which consisted of one piece of red pepper, one piece of green pepper, a piece of very tough aubergine, underneath one piece of lasagne and a very mediocre sauce.

I have emailed Thyme on several occasions and contacted Martin Dawes of the Star, Martin has replied but Thyme have just ignored this complaint.

I must add that my daughter and son-in-law went to Artisan another of the Thyme chain on the Friday before our lunch and had a wonderful meal.

I would just love someone from Thyme to get in touch and just explain away my complaint. Thanks for listening.

We went last Friday for the soul and jazz night. We arrived early so had cocktails in the bar, which was great as they were very well executed and the staff are very knowledgeable.

We stayed longer than we thought because of drinks and sat down and listened to Simon Peat the jazz artist. We ordered our food in the bar and were then showed through when it was nearly ready. I had the crab ravioli and my partner has the prawn cocktail. Both dishes were well presented and tasted great.

We then both had the steak and chips and again it was very good. I think sometimes when I read reviews it looks like someone from the place writes them but can honestly say that we could not fault the place.

We had strawberries and cream for dessert and then went back into the bar to listen to the funky soul music. I think this venue keeps improving, little things I notice and now with more upbeat live music its really is turning into a great place. 10/10 for quality, service, music, drinks.

My girlfriend and I had the most wonderful experience and had to write about it and recommend it to any other readers in Sheffield and surrounding areas.

We went on Saturday 4th of August 2007 and from start to finish our evening was perfect as was everyone else's around us. We arrived at 8PM where we were met and greeted and shown to our table for the evening. How many restaurants do that nowadays and let you have the table the evening?

They were playing live jazz on stage all night and everyone was really dressed up and made an effort we noticed, which made a huge difference. The atmosphere and venue are great and service is top rate, the staff were ever so helpful and you could see them enjoying themselves and smiling!

The food was slightly delayed to our table; around 20 min's from order for a starter but once it came but it was amazing and well worth the wait. We had a seafood Tagliatelle, and for our main course I had slow roasted crispy pork... to die for.

I seriously recommend it for a great night out rather than just eating out, its certainly a place to wine and dine, we will be back, especially on a Tuesday night now we know they play live jazz and it's only £5 for starters and desserts and £10 for mains! Cheap skates that we are!

I visited El Paso for a friend's birthday party and have to say that we had a great time and the food was excellent. The place was full. We shared the upstairs disco with another hen party. We will be going back again

I just happened to pop into Island Pot on the way to my friend's house, as I fancied something hot and spicy and it made a change from kebabs & pizzas.

This little takeaway was clean and friendly and the staff spot on. They had a wide variety of different dishes and I was spoiled for choice. I decided to try their jerk chicken and boy oh boy, it was mouth-watering.

My friends and I go there all the time now and have tried nearly everything on the menu. The food is always good and you get terrific value for your money, so anyone living in Sheffield who likes West Indian food I recommend you try this place out. You will be pleasantly surprised, I kid you not.

Genuine Italian restaurant - with space a bit limited, we were a bit crammed in a corner. Ordered Calamari Fritti for starters, which was beautiful. Tried a pizza for main course - it was not very big but tasty with a very nice base, maybe a bit on the oily side.

The best thing though was the Bolognese, simply gorgeous! This is proper stuff... probably the best pasta in Sheffield. You won't be disappointed. Slight negative point: a slight smell of burned cheese coming from the oven. Maybe you only notice it because nobody smokes anymore!

I visited Platillos Bar & Restaurant with my wife and a couple of friends on Sunday 22nd July. We had heard that there were some new restaurants opening at Leopold Square so decided to give this one a go. We were not disappointed.

The restaurant was not very busy, however, I anticipate it will be once people hear about it.

The staff were extremely friendly and courteous.

The food was excellent; there was a wide selection of tapas, we felt spoilt for choice. We ordered about 12-14 dishes between us and each one was very enjoyable.

The decor was nice and there is also a seating area outside.

On the day we visited, Platillos Bar & Restaurant had a problem with the fire alarm which kept going off briefly when they tried to put music on. This did not really bother us or spoil the meal but even so we were offered a round of free coffees for the inconvenience - a very nice touch!

We will definitely be heading back to Platillos Bar & Restaurant in the near future

What an excellent restaurant. We have been as a couple and in a party, and each time the atmosphere was great and the staff were wonderful and friendly.

El Paso is a real gem of a restaurant. They do the best garlic bread cheese and chimichanga I've ever tasted. The upstairs disco was great after our meal and we danced away 'till late.

It way my birthday last week and wanted to try somewhere different so we opted for Balti King in Broomhill.

It was really busy when we got there and there were people waiting for tables, upstairs was busy too. Anyway after only a few minutes we were shown to our table. Our waiter immediately asked us for our drinks order and handed us the menu to look over. On bringing our drinks we were also given poppadoms and pickle tray to munch away on whilst deciding what to have.

The menu is huge, I have never seen so many dishes, and to be honest I think that the menu is a little overwhelming and unnecessary too many options. Anyway I decided to have a prawn puree to start and chicken Korma as a main (I'm a real coward when it comes to Indian food).

The food was served quickly although some tables of large groups we could hear had been waiting for a long time. The prawn puree was delicious, full of large tasty prawns and the sauce was the best I have ever tasted, it was lovely. My chicken Korma was also very tasty although a little watery for my taste but still delicious.

The downside was that the place was really too busy and the waiters seemed to not know what the other was doing, hence some larger groups walking out after waiting too long for food. All in all we all had a good night and it made for a lovely birthday, the food was nice and reasonably priced (got some money off vouchers delivered to work to make it even cheaper...bonus!!) and the staff were friendly even though they were run off their feet. I would recommend it and will definitely try there again

This was our second visit and second complaint about this restaurant. The decor is very good, the food tastes good but value for money it is very poor. Nothing has altered from our first visit and complaint over the size of the portions that you get. Three new potatoes cut in half and half a dozen carrots and beans for £8. I still do not think is value for money. Starters were adequate. Not tried the deserts.

NOT RECOMMENDED. I visited Shapla with my girlfriend a couple of weeks back. The restaurant seemed quite nice from the outside, however, neither the food nor the service were up to scratch. The tables were too closely packed and we felt like sardines with the diners next to us being able to hear every word of our private conversation!

I always go for the Tandoori in Indian restaurants, as I find it is a good way of checking to see if they have the basics right. Well, the chicken was overcooked and very chewy and the marinade was very salty. When I complained, I got a very annoying waiter who seemed to only repeat the words 'authentic recipe'!

We were not happy with the rest of our meal and would definitely not go to Shapla again. Hope that is useful for all.

We will definitely be back to El Paso! We booked a party of 20 and arrived at the restaurant and were greeted by very friendly staff who showed us our table.

The food was excellent and well presented and served in a timely manner considering the restaurant was full.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening. We finished off in the upstairs disco. I would definitely be back here again in the near future!

My girlfriend booked a table for a Saturday night meal on the strength of the reviews she saw online. Neither of us had ever been to Sheffield before so didn't know what to expect but what we found will live fondly for a long time in the memory.

The food was excellent, served in the small but cosy dining room which adjoins the livelier cocktail bar area. The service was friendly and cannot be faulted and the prices were very reasonable considering the high quality of the food.

We were going to move on elsewhere for some drinks but instead decided to stay put in the bar area to sample the cocktails on offer. I have to say the bar-men were very professional, serving excellent well made cocktails and actually seemed to take pride in their work, which is not the way it always seems in other places. (Plus being a dweller of the south of England I found the prices very agreeable.)

All in all, we had a great night and in turn, a great weekend. We will definitely return to the Ivory in the future and I can certainly recommend it to anyone without hesitation.