I came to eat here last week with my boyfriend and his family. I was especially looking forward to…read morecoming here as it had won Restaurant of the Year 2011 by Eat Sheffield! The drive to the restaurant was lovely and scenic, going down dark and winding country roads until suddenly we drive around a corner and The Devonshire Arms appeared! We'd got there a little early and we sat down by the bar for some drinks. The menu was displayed on a chalkboard by the seating area and it all looked yummy! The dining area was quite small but very nice and cosy. The kitchen was open and you could see the chefs chopping and cooking away which I quite liked. I chose the rabbit and pheasant terrine with grape chutney as my starter; it came with onion bread and the slice of terrine was huge! I really wanted to finish it, but I couldn't as there was no way I'd be have enough room for my main! For the main, I had venison steak served with new potatoes (usually served with mash which I couldn't have as it had milk/cream in it) and braised red cabbage. The steak was pink and cooked to perfection and the red cabbage was sweet but with a little tart edge to it. I didn't have a dessert but the rest of the party did - my boyfriend had a deconstructed banana cheesecake and his sister had a brownie (I overheard her saying it was the best brownie she'd ever tasted!). All of the staff were really nice, especially the lady who served us that night, she was really lovely and very attentive. The Devonshire Arms fully deserves it's awards and hope it gets more in the future. If you're ever around the Sheffield area and want to venture out of the city centre for some food make sure you come here. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect meal.

First time here at this location and I loved it. The greenery everywhere is so inviting. We had the…read moreraspberry and vanilla cheesecake which was so yummy. I also had an old fashioned which was lovely. They had a live band which was really good. The service staff were really friendly and efficient. I will definitely visit this spot again

The Botanist in Sheffield is quite hidden away in Leopold Square in Sheffield city centre, close to…read morethe City Hall stop on the Supertram network. It's probably the only bar and restaurant to also be a maze, its HUGE and other than outdoor seating it surely doesn't feel like you're entering a restaurant. They have 3 sets of two doors but strangely only one is in use and there is no sign for this, once inside you basically go back on yourself into a dark, dingy, horrible corner where they have the lift. After leaving the lift, finding the main restaurant is equally as puzzling and difficult. Admittedly, the decor in the restaurant is unique and innovative and true style of The New World Company restaurants, albeit I preferred the Media City branch, there were many similarities with trees, huts etc. It to me felt like an old bank or barn but refurbished, possibly even a potential wedding venue. I dined here during an ongoing promotion where they offered 40% off the food bill in January and ordered my regular Chicken and Chorizo Hanging Kebab which would usually come to £13.95. I did notice the menu to be slightly stained and sticky however service was reasonable with the waitress (Becca), seems to do a lot, despite not being overly busy she seemed to have a huge workload due to them appearing understaffed and she still worked in a friendly and polite manner which is commendable. They do also offer a set menu all year round however this still at £12.95 for two courses this still ends up costing slightly more than the 40% off promotion, so I have no idea why I was offered it. Also, I found it strange that they labelled dairy-free and vegetarian on both menus but only NG (non-gluten) on the regular menu, meaning if you did order from the set menu, you'd have to cross-check between them. Sadly the slight cleanliness issue which arose with the menus seemed to continue with the cutterly (ready on the table) which also wasn't entirely clean sadly which also is uncommon by usual Botanist standards. I did enjoy the majority of my kebab, while I do feel the garlic seemed to taste more overpowering and heavy than other branches, I did also find the meat on the ends to taste a little chewy and overcooked, while the middle was fine. It still had some good flavours and was rather enjoyable and certainly warranted good value for money, even at 50% off. Certainly not the best branch of The Botanist I've been too, but my food was still pretty good, as was most aspects of my experience. I do feel a lot of small improvements do need to be made, however, only warranting a three-star rating for now.

Very nice went there invited as a guest, we shared a sharing plate with chicken wings, bread and…read morespreads, olives and a cake type (crab?) very nice, for dinner I had the Brown Rice, quinoa salad with chicken. It was nice a little on the bland side. However a couple of other dishes that were had at our table were the fish and chips, chicken pie and pork dish that really looked lovely. I wish I had ordered the pork.

We were visiting Sheffield for a friends birthday and a local friend booked in 8 of us for dinner…read morebefore the party. What a great choice it was. A proper pub for grown ups, with a lovely atmosphere and the food was great. I had a steak and my girlfriend had the Sea Bass and we both licked the plates clean. Staff were really good and prices were very fair. Enjoyed it so much the two of us went back next day for Sunday lunch. We hadn't booked this time and the place was busy but it wasn't too long a wait before the manager found us a table. Fantastic roast with real, homemade Yorkshire pudding and washed down with some kick ass Bloody Mary's. Go there !

The Devonshire Cat used to be a favourite of mine when I lived in Sheffield and I usually drop in…read morewhen i'm back that way across the Pennines. I think this place is great, if it was situated in the centre of Manchester it'd be rammed all day every day but it's just a bit of the main walks in Sheffield, but still pulls in a good crowd. The venue is nothing special but has a homely old put feel it with a tad of weatherspoons mixed in, I think they could do better on this front, but that's not why people visit. This definately isn't a weatherspoons though this is a place for the Beer / Ale Conniseur in all of us. Having a a flick through their hefty beer/ Ale / Cider menu and looking at the extensive guest list you feel like a kid in a candy shop! This might just be Sheffield, but when I ordered a specialty beer I was immediately told it was £4.50 with a earnest look, meaning I could choose something more palitable for less than £4. I'm just not used to this when half one Manchester will charge you more than this for a Peroni from a dirty tap with gritty aftertones! There's a lot of local brewaries in Sheffield so you can get some really good ales at some fantastic prices. So if you in Sheffield definately make it a stop on your bar / pub tour! Theres so much to choose from but its definately worth having a pit stop at the Devonshire Cat!

Nice looking pub that serves up some decent looking food. But this is not why the Devonshire is an…read moreessential Sheffield pub. 12 beers and some very interesting keg and bottled stuff too, brought to you by the most attractive barmaid ensemble we saw in Sheffield. I enjoyed all 3 beers I sampled, Bradfield Devonshire Cat, Abbeydale Deception and Acorn Calypso IPA.

Smart gastropub set in a handsome stone building in the attractive vilage of Beeley…read more The pub is owned by the Chatsworth estate and serves lovely food and well-kept real ales. There is also an extensive wine list.

Hands down the best place I stayed in all of the UK…read more Coming from America I was so excited to stay in a little country village and just relax. I got everything that I wanted. With just 8 rooms (4 above the pub and 4 located in a cottage just a few steps away) the inn was so quaint. Our room was located in the cottage and it was huge! Also, it was equipped with plenty of water and snacks. The food was also fantastic in the pub. We had dinner both nights we were there and weren't disappointed. May I recommend whatever the soup of the day is and the sticky toffee pudding? YUMMY! Breakfast was also super impressive. The breads, croissants and fresh fruit were so fresh. OH and the service was impeccable. So friendly and accommodating. If you are heading out to Chatsworth House, exploring the Peak District or just want to relax you need to stay here.

With friendly service, superb food and decent beers this is a pub well worth trying…read more If you are there on a sunny day you can appreciate the fine view from the new looking beer garden. The pub has a more formal dining are and a bar with tables, you can reserve a table in either section. Dogs are welcome in the bar area and children are well catered for, plenty of high chairs (although I would recommend reserving one)and colouring books and crayons for the more artistic toddlers. The atmosphere is good, no doubt helped by a decent playlist on the sound system and a number of Pete Mckee canvases on the walls. The beers are from the Thornbridge brewery and are excellent. The food is also very good, priced in the gastropub range, but is worth the price. I'd recommend booking as it can get (unsurprisingly) pretty busy especially on a weekend lunch time. The company that runs the pub have a number of other eateries and I have heard good things about them all.

Been here once on a dinner break with Cheryl…read more There's a write up about it in this month's Worksop Life advert booklet. It was a little village pub, kind of like the Parish Oven. Food was OK, but a bit ponsey stacking the chips up in a criss cross shape. lol.

Every now and then Mr. Snarky gets to do the research for dinner and we end up at a very nice place…read morelike The Elm Tree Pub :). The drive to the pub is through loads of narrow, winding roads and in the dark, we missed the entrance to the car park and did have to turn around. However, once you manage to find the car park, it is lovely... much like a secret garden. When we walked in, it was very cozy and you could tell that most of the people in the pub were mostly regulars as everyone did seem to know each other. Like always, we didn't book, so we were just hoping they could squeeze us in... and they did. There are dining areas upstairs and in another room, but we ended up sitting at a table near the bar area. It is a dog friendly pub, in fact we were sandwiched by two tables with dogs and they were so well behaved. The menu is not massive, but you can tell this is more than the average pub. Really I would consider this a Gastropub as it isn't your standard pub faire. I wanted to try everything, but decided to try something I haven't had before... Pheasant. Mr. Snarky decided to go with steak. We had decided to skip starters in the hopes that we would have room for dessert. I didn't realize how difficult it would be to eat Pheasant, even though it looks like a small Chicken. So I may not have gotten much meat... actually I may have flung a few pieces around, but the pieces I did get were nice. I do wish there had been more of the Blackberry Jus on the plate as it was beautiful! And the creamed cabbage it came with was wonderful as well and loved the cute mini pot it came in. Mr. Snarky's steak looked wonderful, but I didn't get a bite as he devoured it while I was fighting with my Pheasant. We did end up ordering dessert, however, dessert wasn't as good as our mains, which is why I took a star off. Mr. Snarky had the White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake and I had the Sticky Toffee Pudding. The desserts looked lovely... very well presented. Mr. Snarky said that he couldn't taste any white chocolate and said it was quite tart, but not very sweet. The Sticky Toffee Pudding was nice, although I think the slice was a bit too big with not enough Toffee Sauce. I didn't like the Rum and Raisin Ice Cream it was served with... a bit too boozy for me. When the waitress came to clear our table, she had asked if everything was ok because I left the ice cream, and told me that we could always ask to change something if we don't like something. This is a really nice gesture as I know sometimes restaurants aren't keen to make any changes, but to be fair I never had Rum and Raisin Ice Cream before, so I didn't actually know I didn't like it. Overall, it was a lovely dinner, a bit on the pricey side, but worth the price. The service is fantastic... friendly, but also efficient... no staff standing around and everyone is happy to help. No wonder their customers keep returning... and we will be back as well!

God only knows where this pub is located. My friends drove through all of the twist and turns as we…read morehad dinner reservations at 8pm. We arrived early and before we had a chance to get drinks at the bar, we were shown to our table. They have a menu with the main dishes and a large blackboard with daily dishes. They take pride in using fresh, local ingredients and you can taste it in their food. We had a variety of starters, fish sticks, chips, black pudding and bread. Everything was very tasty and fresh. (4 starters for 12,00) My friend and I had the fresh mussels inn a white wine, cream and herb sauce. which came with bread, chips and mixed greens. The food was absolutely wonderful (14,00). We both loved it!! Service was wonderful. The atmosphere was great and the food was delish. It's worth the trip.

Just been for Sunday lunch in a group of four and I have to say it is one of the worst meals and…read moreservice I've ever had, from arriving it took 30 mins just to get seated then another 30mins to get our meal and it was awful, the meat was ok but the veg and roast potatoes were rock hard, I personally had fish and chips,the chip were also rock hard and the batter on the fish was the same then we never got the coffees we ordered although they were on the bill which we didn't have to wait 30mins for so at £20 for a Sunday roast we definitely won't be going back

Cats! Cute fluffy,…read morescratching everything....and awful allergens This is the first time I'd met this kitten after a near three year hiatus from the People's Republic of Sheffield and within 20 minutes this gentrified Londoner was out of the house with eyes squealing and a face like a beetroot. Please take me back to the city it seems I'm allergic to anything else! So we went to the pub..and had wine (not with the kitty, that would be silly) One of a small chain (Ember pub and dining) in the area, nice, very professionally set up place just near the entrance to The Snake Pass. The house white was reassuringly good and we went to have a ribeye steak with thick chips, onion rings and peas (£13). My friend had the 'black and blue' burger (£10). The food wasn't bad, the steak was nice, properly cooked and perfectly good for the price and place. Good tasty chips and crispy onion rings. They bill themselves as a gastropub; sorry guys the food was OK but doesn't really cut it. Certainly better than the likes of Sam Smiths or Wetherspoons, but hardly gourmet. Handily though they serve food until 10pm daily. The place seems to be good for families with enough room for kids and pushchairs and they appeared to have a really nice set of ales. All in all not a bad place to escape a cat.

Good range of draught beers with. New guest beers each week…read more Food is good and fresh for a chain pub. Good price too £12 for 3 courses!

I can only give 1 stars as it won't allow you to leave a review without, but this place doesn't…read moreeven warrant 1 star! The service is atrocious, the landlady doesn't have an issue with drug dealers outside and believes its acceptable to be sitting outside in the midst of people smoking weed. You get a fair few pounds in 10ps and 5ps in your change. The food is burnt on the outside and cold inside #don't get a burger ! Or any other food here to be honest. I have been using this place as my local since it was built and never shared the conservatory with rats before whilst eating. A young man was escorted off the premises recently for reporting a rat in the conservatory! How this place has fallen since the previous landlord and landlady have left is unfathomable. Stay away is my recommendation.

When your Sat Nav is sending you one way, but clearly you cannot go that way as it is for buses…read moreonly... We had this problem when we were trying to find an estate agent. Eventually Mr. Snarky got fed up with driving around in circles and we ended up parking on the road and walking around. Eventually we found the estate agent and after we had finished our paperwork, we were really hungry. Hangry was becoming a definite possibility, so I just pointed out the pub across the bus station from the agent. Mr. Snarky seemed a bit hesitant, but he also didn't seem interested in walking around to find something else. We walked over and I admit I may have been a bit quick to judge with a banner outside for a £4.99 daily carvery. At one point I may have asked Mr. Snarky if he wanted to go somewhere else... The Milestone is certainly busy, right next to the shopping centre and the bus station. A bit of outdoor seating, facing the bus station, but plenty of seating inside. The place is not short on character... including the regulars stopping in for a pint :). The menu isn't extensive and you can definitely get a meal for less than £10... in fact you could get a meal for less than £5. As such, I wasn't expecting much from my meal, but fuel to keep me going until dinner. I decided to go with the Carvery Sandwich... meats from the carvery in a bap (they called it a bread cake), a bit of stuffing, some roast potatoes, a Yorkshire Pudding, and gravy. Mr. Snarky went with the Bangers and Mash. With two large sodas we paid £11.00. As we sat there, we noticed it was popular for shoppers... people having a cup of tea to people stopping in for slushies. The staff were clearly very familiar with most of the patrons, but were equally as friendly with those of us not-so-familiar. Our food didn't take too long to come out and we were surprised at just how much food there was. And it looked well presented! It may not be gourmet food, but we both liked our food. I chose to go with mixed meats from the carvery and that day it was pork and turkey, both nice large pieces. Gravy was lovely, Yorkshire Pudding was good, although there was a side that looked a touch burnt. Wasn't a huge fan of the stuffing and the roasties weren't quite roasted enough for my liking, but it was still a nice change to chips. I can't vouch for drinks, but it certainly looks like they have a lot of selection when it comes to lager and ale. Again, by no means is it Gastropub, but all the food we saw coming out (Fish and Chips, Scampi, and Carvery dinners) looked quite nice and our food was satisfying. I would qualify this as cheap and cheerful... and convenient. Not bad at all!