I have walked past this place so many times and never even noticed it. It's a veritable hole in the wall. Apparently it used to be a news agents before it was converted into a restaurant. It's right by The Dark Arches. My friend had come to visit for the day and had to catch an early train back to Sheffield so we had to find somewhere near the station. The only way this place could be closer to the station is if it was on a platform.
We realised we'd walked past it when the scent of grilled meat faded to be replaced by the stale beer from the pub opposite so we turned round and went back.
The place is tiny and gets very busy so it's worth making a reservation if you're going on a Friday or Saturday night. If I could separate my food and service reviews, I would. So here goes!
First the downside: The service. It smelled about as bad as the seedy pub. It was slow, the waitress added up the bill wrong and put on a corkage charge for wine we never brought. She was quite friendly but there is no way one person can deal with a full restaurant on her own. It was like a meat-scented circus. There was this lovely waitress, juggling plates, bills, bowls of salad, while simultaneously taking orders and dancing a jig. The chairs didn't help the circus atmosphere. Should you wish to play a prank on a friend, take them along and get them to sit down on one of their chairs. Ours collapsed as soon as my friend sat down on it and the handsome gents sat in the next table later confided that the same thing had happened to them the last time they'd been there.
But you know what? It wouldn't stop me from going back. It is the ultimate restaurant for a dyed-in-the-wool carnivore such as myself. Delicious, juicy gobbets of meat on a stick. The lamb was so tender and soft it just melted in my mouth, the chicken was juicy and perfectly cooked and as though that wasn't enough, the portions are huge so come armed with a healthy appetite. The menu might be simple, but good food doesn't need to be complicated. You pick what you want and it gets cooked on the most enormous charcoal grill you've ever seen and served to you with rice and salad.
So should you ever regress to your caveman/woman state and require a giant pile of dead animal, this is the place to get your fix. read more