Sheffield Restaurants and Dining

(Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK)

A great range of city centre restaurants provide fine dining in Sheffield, at a reasonable price. Around this part of the city are numerous cafes and coffee shops, fast-food takeaways, pubs and bars serving a huge range of dishes, and an extensive selection of restaurants. Sheffield currently has more than ten entries in the prestigious Egon Ronay Guide to restaurants and dining, and also always has many prominent listings in the Good Food Guide.

Pubs in Sheffield are the perfect place for an inexpensive snack or meal, with most serving traditional cuisine, such as good old English fish and chips, steak and kidney pie, and roast dinners, together with more international food, including authentic Indian curries and a number of Italian pasta dishes.

Opening Hours

Many major fast-food burger chains in Sheffield open from 08:00 and serve a range of cheap breakfast options. Hotels also offer a good breakfast, most of which are included within the price and are often laid out as a buffet style. At lunchtimes, pubs and bars are amongst the best options for a hearty meal and tend to begin serving at 12:00 onwards, while for an evening meal, you can expect to eat any time from 17:00 to 19:00, with restaurants staying open until late, especially on Friday and Saturday nights.

Where to Eat

Some of the best restaurants in Sheffield can be found around Devonshire Street, Division Street, Glossop Road, Norfolk Street and also West Street. Particularly popular is the Forum Cafe along Division Street, which is situated alongside the Forum shopping centre and comes alive in the evenings, when it has loud music and more of a bar atmosphere. Mama and Leonie's, along Norfolk Street, has long been one of Sheffield's top pasta and pizza restaurants, and is often visited by theatregoers, as both the Crucible and Lyceum theatres are nearby.

Further pubs and restaurants are scattered around the south-western side of the city centre, standing amongst many shops and bars. Restaurants line much of the London Road in this part of Sheffield, and include the extremely popular Vietnamese Noodle Bar and the multicultural cafe of Simunye. Nearby Eccleshall Road is also worth a look and is often referred to as the 'Golden Mile', due to its high concentration of restaurants and bars. Sheffield's westerly Devonshire Quarter, which includes both West Street and One Division Street, is the Mecca for nightlife and many new restaurants are always opening up in this trendy and vibrant district. Also worth noting are the numerous inviting bars around the Cathedral Quarter, which begin to fill up as evening approaches.