Alcoblog Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Been here a couple of times now with G/F, the last time being last night. What fantastic food! Easily the best I've had in Sheffield. Restaurant quality food in a pub ... anyone else been there? (No ... I don't know or work for them! ... credit where it's due though!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT70 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 have been and its very lovely. equally as good if you dont mind a trek is the Butchers Arms at Hepworth, possibly even better still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OOmpa Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Been here a couple of times now with G/F, the last time being last night. What fantastic food! Easily the best I've had in Sheffield. Restaurant quality food in a pub ... anyone else been there? (No ... I don't know or work for them! ... credit where it's due though!) Was there last week, hadn't been for a long time and agree it's fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 have been and its very lovely. equally as good if you dont mind a trek is the Butchers Arms at Hepworth, possibly even better still. Yeah! ... that looks really nice (just Googled) It is a bit far, certainly worth investigating when I'm up there though. I love good (pub?) food! I still find the Monsal (the stables bit) hard to beat, on a cold day when the fires roaring and you've just come in from a long walk ... takes some beating! Very friendly ... so's the Cricket though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT70 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 monsal is also good, again havent found anything to beat the butchers, but it is a fair trek out. bar meals are slightly cheaper than main restaurant, but its worth the extra to sit in there. struggling to think of anything similar a buit closer thats as nice. havent been to crag rats yet but have been told its worth a try. burgers at the cricket inn are always something tasty if you fancy a quality burger, havent found anywhere local as good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemson Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Cricket is wicked! yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerbyTup Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 it's encouraging to read these reviews about the Cricket - it's walking distance for me and we often stop for drinks there. It's a while since we ate there but we felt it was a bit hit and miss - I'm going back about a year now. The food came on cheeseboards rather than plates and they served chips in a metal bucket. Quirky! They charge £3.50 (i think) for a pint of Jaipur there - that's 50p more than most pubs (except Sheffield Tap) for the same beer. I always found that a bit irksome - I can see that a 20p premium on a pint might be justified given the lovely pub and surroundings - but 50p more is a bit pushing it I'd say. Last time I was there, there was one guy ordering some kind of starter to share - I think it was stuff like bread, olives, tapas - that kind of thing. He got £15 out of his wallet to pay and the bar staff said - £19 please. He was visibly shocked. He said, "are you sure? we order this regularly and I'm sure it's £15" - she replied, "yeah, it was but it's gone up". That's quite a hike isn't it? £4 on £15? So, I kind of get the impression they are milking it in terms of what they charge. However, having said that - if the food really is good then I would pay the money. But previously, it was so-so. Which is why we gave it a wide berth since then. I shall have a nosey at what folks are eating next time I'm in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemson Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Agreed , it is expensive. Reckon we `ve eaten there about 30 odd times and very raely had a meal that wasn`t at least good. I`d sooner pay £15 for a quality main than £10 odd in a bland pub eaterie. Beer is also expensive but almost always good. We were in there one night and Richard Smith and his wife were testing everything and they`re tough taskmasters!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerbyTup Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Agreed , it is expensive. Reckon we `ve eaten there about 30 odd times and very raely had a meal that wasn`t at least good. I`d sooner pay £15 for a quality main than £10 odd in a bland pub eaterie. Beer is also expensive but almost always good. We were in there one night and Richard Smith and his wife were testing everything and they`re tough taskmasters!!! yes I appreciate that. Some years ago I used to do quite a lot of entertaining and Smith's place at Crosspool was a popular venue. I've known occasions where, on a quiet midweek night, I've taken 15 or 20 people to their restaurant. Things got a bit strained for me and some others on the entertaining circuit because if you reserved a table for 20 and only had 19 on the night then they would make a charge for the person that didn't turn up. So, yes, "tough taskmasters" is one way of describing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Newton Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Great place. Esp great for kids during the day in the summer. Big enclosed field, often bouncy castle and BBQ. Pricey tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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