NO NAME — Restaurant in Sheffield

We were lucky enough to visit this excellent little restaurant on a snowy Wednesday evening. We were greeted by a friendly waitress who took our coats and promptly showed us to our prebooked table. It is absolutely essential to book. This place is popular and even at the beginning of March a booking for Saturday evening was not available until the end of MAY. The menu is not printed because the menu is regularly changed to use seasonal ingredients and local products. We were lucky to go when the menu had recently changed. It took advantage of several different ingredients which we were happy to try. We started with delicious warm bread and oils. Then I opted for the Jerusalem artichokes served with whipped goat cheese as starter. The artichokes were warm and the crunch from nuts delicious. For main I chose the Seabass with new potatoes, and an exquisite seafood sauce. The sauce was the best I have had since last visiting France. My companion had the vegetarian option which was cheese bread and butter pudding and mushrooms. Which I was lucky enough to try and again was delicious. For dessert we opted for two choices the chocolate and mint mousse with honeycomb and secondly, Yorkshire rhubarb crumble with coconut ice-cream. They were both scrumptious and I can't pick my favourite. Alcohol is ' bring your own' and corkage is minimal. The service is excellent. The restaurant itself is just one room with a maximum of 30 people. The walls are covered with an eclectic mix of articles and items. The toilet is equally impressive with dark parrot covered wallpaper and various bright parrot statues displayed. The one niggle is its " cash only" and I was obliged to visit the nearby cash machine which is only two or three properties down the row of shops. I mention this, more as a warning to come prepared and it was barely worth the mention. This wasn't the cheapest night out I've had recently but it was without doubt the best food and I shan't hesitate to go again. I thoroughly recommend you to try...... IF YOU...

When you ask for the definition of a hidden gem, this is it. The fact that you have to book weeks even months in advance on some occasions says it all really. The food is amazing on all levels and well cooked. Offering many options and varieties of dishes accomadating all sorts of dietery requirements. My friend and I, who is coeliac, have been here on several occasions and each time they have had as equal choice of food as I, without the worry of cross contamination. The staff are always friendly, hardworking and accomodating especially in a small, bustling environment it can be when it is busy. My personal reccomendations would be the Lamb or duck (i can't remember which one i had though i know they are both delicious) as it was tremendous. Perfectly cooked and tender with gorgeous onion garnish on top sided with a pee puree, and for someone who isn't the greatest fan of peas this was amazing. For pudding the chocolate mousse with honeycomb garnish was spectacular and i would happily eat that until i passed out from a sugar overdose, it was that good. Both dishes mentioned here are pictured. As for the alcohol it is reasonably priced as standard offering a wide range of red and white wines though i'm unsure of the beer options.

Two pointers of future considerations here, i haven't been in a while but i think i'm right in remebering there is only one toilet for around 8 tables so there can be a wait sometimes often getting in peoples way. The restaurant itself is quite small often having to squeeze past people but this could be a good thing as it keeps the small, bustling environment alive and its authenticity as a local independant restaurant.

Would definitley reccomend to someone and I shall be back again in the near...

For the first year or so of opening it was impossible to get a table here, We finally managed it and I was looking forward to see if it lived up to the hype. I went in with super high expectations.

The food was lovley and you could tell the quality of the produce. It was quite traditional British bistro style food so if that floats your boat you will love it here and we would reccomend it. For me , It was missing a spark of excitement and I was left feeling it was great quality but nothing I hadn't had before. I always say I'm not a huge fan of classic British cooking however so this is a matter of my personal taste. My faves were the bread and cream cheese , and the chocolate mousse dessert. Both very good.

Service was a little odd, we were shooed back out the restaurant into the street on arrival as we were 5 mins early (although I can appreciate there's not much room to set up in there). Service felt quite fast and plates were cleared before everyone was finished. And again, we felt a little rushed and were hurried to leave at the end end of the night. But it was a late booking so understandable to some extent.

Overall great quality food which has been cooked with care, but quite traditional which I didn't find overly exciting, not a negative comment towards no name, just personal taste. If traditional British flavours are your bag you...