Rafters Restaurant — Restaurant in Sheffield

It's located a few miles from Sheffield City centre in the suburb of Nether Green on the corner of four-way junction. From the outside, it doesn't look that big. We didn't realise the restaurant was upstairs. On arrival,we were very warmly greeted as though we were old friends. Showing us to our table at the chefs bench,we felt really honoured. As the Michelin Guide says for the full experience, book these seats. The restaurant is smallish and very cosy. You forget that you are actually fine dining in Sheffield. We'd chosen the tasting menu,like you do. To get things started,we ordered one of their own unique Lagers by Little Mesters Brewing .

The meal begins with three taster snacks, including a delicious chawanmushi. Followed by their black treacle bread & hendo's butter. Up next follows a procession of delightful dishes. Starting with the Chalk stream trout tart. Then, you are given a little scroll explaining how the dish inspired the chef. Cauli cheese,not like Grandma B's. The fish course was a lovely dish of Cornish Cod,trout roe, seaweed & leek. The last of the savoury courses was a very tender, Creedy Carver Duck that cut like butter. There were two very pretty and tasty desserts of Yorkshire Rhubarb and the other 'Jaffa cake' with a nice gooey centre. To finish the meal were a couple of sweet treats. The whole evening flowed seamlessly,from the front of house to the chefs in the kitchen it was an absolutely...

If I could give this place 6 out of 5 stars I would! Until now, I never realised that food could be art. I have experienced fine dining before, but never like this. The environment is relaxed and down to earth and the flavours are condensed and profound! Eating here will leave you satisfied rather than stuffed. Well worth the money for our date night! Luke, our chef for the evening, created and presented us with exquisite beautiful food and refined tastes with a down to earth Yorkshire delivery. Each bite was a burst of complementing flavours that left your mind empty of anything but the food in your mouth. Our Sommelier Nathan was knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the flavours of the drinks that would pair with our curated menu for the evening. All the wait staff were invisibly attentive. The table was reset whenever we left for a couple of minutes and the table was ours for the duration of the evening. Comfortable, relaxing, informal setting with fine cuisine was the perfect balance. I would recommend you save up and book here. 1 night in this restaurant is worth 10 nights in any other! Thank you Rafters for an...

This is by far the best restaurant in all of Sheffield. The variety in food was unmatched, I have never in my life tasted anything with such elegance and texture to match. The texture of the foods… if I didn’t like the taste it did not matter the texture made up for it and completely changed my mind. Every dish I had was a new taste or texture I had never experienced before.

We had the kitchen table and if you’re gonna go here one time I would recommend just spending the extra for the kitchen table.

The Sous chef Luke was so kind and when he learned that we were America he was so excited to let us try his Reuben bbq dish. I can happily say it was the best bbq flavor I have ever had, maybe because I wasn’t having to clean my fingers from bbq sauce after every bite, but it was so amazing.

Hats off to you guys, every award is most definitely deserved. One day I hope to return and try more of the masterful work these chef’s create.

Hats off to the waiters as well they were very knowledgeable, well spoken and...