Sheffield’s best restaurants | CN Traveller

Address: Main Rd, Wharncliffe Side, Sheffield S35 0LB
Website: jororestaurant.co.uk

No Name

Best for: Dinner dates (at any stage of the relationship)
Dish to order: Never skip the starters, they’re the most fun

When a venue is proudly BYO and cash only, you might assume it’s best left to thirsty, penny-pinching students. But Crookes’ flatshare population has grown up, its high street has become downright boujis, and No Name is the local restaurant that typifies its youthful taste for the finer things in life. The tiny room – 20 covers at absolute max – is decorated with sensible levels of kookiness: framed vintage sheet music, a taxidermy squirrel wearing a studded choker, an A2 print of Andy Warhol’s ‘Mick Jagger’. The playlist is knowingly fun, too; your main course might be accompanied by a bossa-nova cover of Boys Don’t Cry.

The menu is brief, intriguing and always satisfying first and foremost. We’re talking bistro classics that have read Bon Appetit: baked celeriac with creamed goats cheese, black garlic and seed ‘soil’ on the starters list, slow-cooked pork cheeks with smoked mash, cavolo nero and bourguignon sauce on the mains. The service is delightful, the room bubbles with chatter. It’s a British bistro experience for the young at heart.

Address: 253 Crookes, Sheffield S10 1TF
Website: nonamesheffield.com

North Town

Best for: Laid-back weekend belly-filling
Dish to order: Melanzane alla parmigiana

You know that trattoria you found in Puglia where the staff treated you like a long-lost cousin? This is the Sheffield version. North Town delivers the sort of hefty Italian classics that make you smile as they arrive and sleep more soundly afterwards. There are classic pastas, of course, and sharing platters of antipasti, but pay attention to any seafood options, especially tonno alla griglia – a charred tuna steak served with perfectly sweet-and-sour caponata. Make time at the start of your meal (and maybe also the end) for a Negroni.

Address: 699, 701 Abbeydale Rd, Nether Edge, Sheffield S7 2BE
Website: northtown.store

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Pellizco

Best for: Getting the party started
Dish to order: Soy and sesame-glazed cauliflower tacos