Pub Reviews In Sheffield

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Very good menu, very efficient staff.

The lunch time 2-for-a-fiver is excellent value for money.

The Sunday carvey is awesome, get yourself down and support your local.

- Steve Athey, 08/10/2008

As much as I would like to say that I enjoyed my evening at Mill House Restaurant, that unfortunately was not the case. After arriving at 8:30PM, we found a table and placed our order at 8:50PM. We ordered a combo starter for 2, a rodeo burger and pie and chips. Not rocket science. The meal cost around £16.00 so not expensive.

Our starter arrived at 9:05PM,which we ate and enjoyed. The waitress cleared our table at around 9:15PM, but by 10PM after starting to get a little irritated and somewhat hungry we had still not received our main course. I brought this to the attention of the staff member with whom we had placed our order with and she mumbled something and walked off to the kitchen. 2-3 minutes later a different waitress returned to our table, again mumbling something about our food being plated up.

Eventually our food arrived at 10:15PM, after another visit to our table by the first waitress who apologised, claiming that the kitchen hadn't heard someone yell that we were ready for our main meal.

The meal arrived looking like it was made up from the leftovers scraped from someone else's plate. The chips were cold and dried up and the pie was empty and cold, and onion rings were missing from the rodeo burger. After complaining to the waitress about the missing items, again she mumbled, waltzed off and returned to say that the kitchen was closed and the fryers turned off and if we really wanted the onion rings they would have to be switched on again. I told her that I wanted them and after about 5 minutes they arrived looking somewhat anaemic.

In my opinion pie and chips and a burger and chips is something that you could get from any chippy and would probably take around 5 minutes at most to make, so why the hour long wait? Surely this is unacceptable. I certainly wont be returning to this place again and wouldn't recommend it to any of my friends. I leave you to decide what you think.. But, in my opinion, you could get better service and food quality from a back street, greasy cafe.

- Shirley McBride, 04/10/2008

We went to the Phoenix Inn as a family of five with three young boys on a sunny Saturday afternoon. We were so impressed by every aspect of the pub, from the staff to the food to the cost.

The children's menu was fantastic, you are usually faced with chips, nuggets and limp looking burgers but here the quality of the children's food was exactly the same as the adults'. It's the first time all three boys eat everything without a single moan! The presentation of all the meals made you want to taste it, and when you did you weren't disappointed. The value for money was excellent and the outside seating is vast.

Would highly recommend and will go again, very, very soon.

- Julie Hutchinson, 03/10/2008

I have been going here for a number of years, with my daughter, then suddenly told, I wasn't allowed in as children are not allowed after 7PM.

Although I will never set foot in the pub again, it is a pleasant enough place, with a good selection of beers.

- Mick Allen, 03/10/2008

This is an excellent value country pub. Situated in Scholes village just a few minutes drive off the A629 Upper Wortley Road, which runs from Kimberworth to junction 35 of the M1. Also within easy reach of Chapeltown & Ecclesfield. Don't drive past & miss it - it's definitely worth a visit.

There is a good choice on the menu and the food is excellent value for money. You always get large portions. If you manage to polish off the Desperate Dan pie meal you receive a certificate - starve yourself a couple of days in advance for this one! Food is served Monday - Saturday 5:30PM - 8:30PM (last food orders around 8:15PM so don't turn up late or you will be disappointed) & Sunday lunches are available 12PM - 5PM. Always really busy Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights so recommend maybe giving it a try Monday - Wednesday when you will have a better choice of table.

In the winter months they have lovely coal fires burning. Have been in on occasions when they have some unusual choices on the specials board - recently there was shark steak. Never had a bad meal there and been on many occasions. Also booked a party in at Christmas last year - excellent value for money - you are not rushed away from the table, as once you confirmed your booking they guaranteed you the table for the whole night so we took advantage of that and had a good night all round. I believe they can also offer special menus for parties, funerals, weddings etc and that they will consider opening the pub outside of normal hours if you have a special event you want catering for - overheard someone booking a party on a recent visit and they appeared very accommodating.

It may not look like a fancy venue from outside (I may possibly have driven straight past it if it hadn't been recommended to me) but the quality of food is definitely worth a visit.

- Gill, 02/10/2008

It's not a great pub at all. I would never think to go there for a pint and a chat. It's only there for one purpose and that's to fuel the students (who surround there area) with alcohol. Which is fine, it does that job very well but it doesn't provide any atmosphere with the pint or any character or, well, nothing.

So in conclusion to this incredibly fair review; only ever go there if you happen to live in the area and your using it as a starting point for a bender.

- Kier Mustoe, 01/10/2008

Cracking pub serving top-notch real ales. Staff really polite and knowledgeable. I notice they've just been included in the Good Beer Guide for next year - great stuff. Had a steak that was perfect. Keep it up guys; this is the nicest pub in Sheffield.

- Jo, 30/09/2008

I recently called in to the Circle for a quick one on the way home from work and ended up staying 'til after midnight!

A great friendly atmosphere and a fantastic refurbishment on what used to be a very dodgy pub. The landlady & landlord were very friendly and the beer was top notch. I returned the following evening, as there was a band playing upstairs, and had yet another fantastic night.

The only downside was there was no food available, but I was told the kitchen was under construction and food would be served early October. A very nice place to go, it had a 'friendly local atmosphere', a refreshing change to most city centre pubs, which can be very anonymous and sometimes unwelcoming.

- Dan Laws, 29/09/2008

Cheap beer and great food at very reasonable prices. Also a very good children's menu. The kids room is also good with a pool table and there is a nice garden area for the kids at the side. Brad & Vicky who run the pub are very friendly and always make you welcome. Give it a go!

- Gary Smith, 27/09/2008

If you're considering going to the Norfolk Arms in Ringinglow for a meal there - don't. We went yesterday and had a terrible experience.

We paid for our food upfront and waited patiently, but seeing that other people who arrived after we did were being served before us, we enquired what was happening. This was to several waitresses and the man who took our order.

After waiting for more than an hour we were approached by a man who we presumed to be the manager.

He confirmed what we'd ordered and said that two tables had been given our order number and they had brought the food out three times, but it had gone to the other table, who already had their food.

On no occasion did he apologise for this and actually very smarmily insinuated that it was our fault - despite no-one coming near our table with what looked like our food.

Then when we finally received our food, it was plonked in front of us with out a word and when we'd finished, taken away without so much as a 'how was your meal?'.

And despite this terrible service, the food itself was very average. At £10 for a Sunday dinner, you'd certainly expect more.

In short, we were treated really badly and will never go again. We'd advise you to do the same!

- Matt Reid, 22/09/2008

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