Akentannos — Restaurant in Sheffield

Very highly recommend everything about this little gem of a place. Would definitely go out of my way to visit again.

Only reason for the 4 for the food is that entrees seemed to be more for people who want an entree, than for being stand out dishes on their own. Which is nice if you're wanting a starter and they need to be there for that and they were good. It's just the mains* we had were so good, that we felt the entrees - though good - disappointed in comparison.

So yes, it's the mains and especially the traditional ones that really are the highlight - and the nice simple salad, might look simple but is perfect for the robust flavours of the mains. And reminded me of the salads of the Mediterranean, designed to sit nicely beside the big flavours of the cooked dishes.

This is a place that is definitely on our list to return to - and we don't live anywhere near Sheffield.

Malloreddus con Sugo di Agnello Traditional Sardinian, shell-shaped pasta served with delicious sauce made with fillet of lamb, tomato sauce, little chilli and fennel seeds. Topped with sardinian pecorino cheese shavings.

Pane Frattau Pane Frattau is a typical dish and traditional Sardinian based on layers of Sardinian bread “pane carasau”, softened using meat broth, served with lamb sauce and pecorino cheese. Topped with free range poached egg. (I appreciated the option to be vegetarian and am keen to try that next time but wanted to try the traditional version this time)

As a final note: they have a vegan menu that actually looks well thought through that I'd like to try, as I usually really appreciate the option not to eat meat and diary and to have a variety of options. But as this was our first time, I wanted to try the traditional...

We fancied trying Sardinian food so booked a Friday night table here. I ordered prosucito and figs with cheese and walnuts followed by a tish stew with rustic bread and an afogato to finish.

The service was rather slow, we were told it was because everyone came at once, but with a booking system this should be under control. The starter was not bad but the fig was cold, i think itnhad just come out of the fridge. The fish stew was very tasty and most of the seafood was well cooked with a couple of chewey rings calamari. The "Rustic bread" was very disappointing, it looked and tasted like the end of a tesco home made baguette , pappy, white and very small.

I said i was disappointed and was told that it was because it was Gluten free. I would have been happy with a lump of corn bread or some such.

The house wine was good and unusual

Finally the vanilla Ice cream in the afagato while very nice had Ice Crystals in it which really spoiled it.

The staff were nice, though it felt pressured.

At £145.00 for two covers I expected more hence my rating. I wanted to enjoy...

Was a last minute choice to come based on the expectational reviews rating but overall was not worth the hype and over priced.

The food itself was prepared and cooked well but I ordered the beef cheeks with potatoes (mumma’s special) which was 95% meat and was very oily and salty. Over powered the veg and made it soggy. It made Everything taste the same and was quite disappointing.

The red wine was really nice and my wife ordered the pasta was was also nice but nothing was blow your head off I must eat here again.

We were also celebrating our first dinner as a married couple and perhaps this isn’t relevant but it would have been good to offer some small token gesture to mark the experience. We’ve since been elsewhere who have done so and if you are expecting to keep a 4.6 star rating you should be going the extra mile.

Overall okay but wouldn’t go back there. More like a...