piña — Restaurant in Sheffield

some friends booked bottomless brunch here which costs £40 per head. this only represents value if you're drinking alcohol, and even then it's pretty pricey (there are other places nearby that do a bottomless brunch for cheaper & with nicer food).

the food was a starter + a taco main. the mushroom quesadilla as the starter was really good, but some of the other options were less inspiring. (one friend had "corn ribs", which was just a corn cob cut into quarters and cooked with some spices on. there is no way this costs more than £1 to make, so they are ripping you off here.)

I opted for a fish taco as my main, advertised as a piece of tempura battered fish in a soft taco shell, to see what it would be like, and the answer is that it's like two things which absolutely do not go together. some of my friends enjoyed their other tacos though, so I guess you could get lucky in the taco tombola, which is how I imagine the menu was put together.

a friend also asked if it would be possible to have tacos with flour tortillas instead of corn ones, and was told no, despite the quesadillas being made with flour tortillas. this seems like a really stupid thing not to compromise on, and I'm not sure how they would deal with it if someone was genuinely allergic / intolerant.

the brunch drinks menu seemed randomly restrictive, and while most of the cocktails were pleasant enough, they serve something called a spicy paloma which has an initial mild grapefruit taste, followed immediately by an aftertaste of enough chilli flakes to kill a small animal. this is unpleasant, and everyone at the table brave enough to try it agreed.

the staff were friendly & accommodating (aside from the strict tortilla rules), but I don't think I'd come and eat here again because it is just way too expensive for what you get, especially if you were paying full...

I’d heard a lot of hype about Piña from friends and online reviews, so I went in with high expectations. Service-wise, I can’t fault it; the front of house team were genuinely lovely, attentive, and welcoming. Drinks were also decent, my mocktail with added spiced rum was tasty, though my friend’s frozen strawberry margarita leaned a bit too sweet.

Unfortunately, the food was a huge letdown and probably the worst Mexican-style food I’ve had. We tried three different taco varieties and each fell short.

The jerk chicken tacos were easily the worst of the bunch. The chicken came in suspiciously uniform cubes, like frozen, machine-prepped meat. It was excessively dry, not just a little but inedibly so. The mango and chilli salsa had no heat at all, and all the tacos themselves were torn in half, not because they were overfilled or moist. When I raised this with the chef, I was met with a grunt and told “there’s cutlery at the bar, speak to them.” Not exactly the attitude you’d hope for.

The beef tacos were completely lacking flavour. The meat tasted plain and unseasoned, and the consommé that accompanied it was equally bland, with none of the depth or richness you’d expect.

The lamb tacos were the best of a bad bunch, but still underwhelming. The “minted guac” was barely noticeable, adding neither taste nor texture to the dish.

Overall, it felt like style over substance. The front of house team tried their best, but the kitchen let the whole experience down. I left feeling very disappointed given the hype. Maybe it was just a bad day, but if so, it was really bad.

As they were fairly busy in the drinks front and the chef seemed genuinely disinterested, it was the first time I didn’t say anything at the time - something I hate….

£63 for the two of us, absolutely not worth it and I...

Myself and three friends called into Pina on Saturday evening after being recommended by a family member. We called for a few drinks but would have potentially eaten there too had the customer service not been appalling. The bar/ restaurant was busy as it was a Saturday evening, there was however available seating on other tables , numerous tables for six occupied by two people, we asked a couple occupying a table for 6 if they had any issue with us sitting on their table, the couple were absolutely fine and no issue at all. We literally had just sat down and were rudely informed by management that we had been told three times ( news to me ) we couldn’t sit there as the table was occupied. I challenged the lady stating we were courteous and had asked of the couple minded we sat there but was told that’s not the point, we had been told there was no room and apparently my behaviour was intimidating! I never raised my voice I was polite at all times and quite frankly flabbergasted at the whole situation. We were informed whilst stood there with a bottle of Prosecco that the only available seating was outside in the beer garden. It was literally freezing cold and my friend didn’t have a jacket with her. It might have been useful to have been informed prior to purchasing our drinks that the only available seating was outside , but it would seem Pina would rather take your money and offer incredibly rude and poor service instead. Customer service at its worst and table management very poor. We had been in SALT earlier which has a similar set out in terms of benches for seating and had no such issue.

Horrendous attitude from management and myself and friends would 100% not...