The Summer House Sheffield Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "The dining room had a very nice atmosphere."
• "Love the Summerhouse. Not been there since March and the ambiance and food were great."
• "Oh.my.God. This place is beautiful. We visited on a Sunny Saturday PM there is a picturesque seated, decked area, people and high end sports car watching!"
• "Surroundings are lovely and it has that true summer house feel to it."
• "It’s magical. Interior design makes it stand out from anything I’ve seen in Sheffield."
• "Great decor and atmosphere."
• "The outside space is really ambient too."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was empty yet we were given an awful table next to toilets."
• "Large place with lots of outdoor seating but it is next to a busy road."
• "On the bench there were pieces of food from previous patrons."
• "Was initially ignored for 5 mins by the lady stood at reception."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Out of 9 of us, 3 enjoyed our meals (burgers)."
• "The Diablo pizza mmmm nice heat, nice thin based pizza well it would of been it had a soggy bottom."
• "The food was actually nice and reasonably priced."
• "The food was delicious, particularly the baked aubergine and service was excellent - attentive without being intrusive."
• "We had the most delicious pizza and burgers."
• "Truly excellent food and good service too."
• "The food was amazing. 10 out of 10 for whole experience."

Cons:

• "Had the pork belly bloody awful worst meal I've ever had Yorkshire puddings like leather roast potatoes like concrete blocks, meal lukewarm side orders stone cold."
• "Mussels for main course, over cooked and cold in a repulsive sauce."
• "The crab cake were not what I expected as I couldn't taste much of crab in there, more like potato nuggets!"
• "The food was of poor quality and we had to send 1 of our dishes back as it was inedible."
• "The chicken suspense meal was not to my expectations. The butter sauce was like a swill of soup."
• "I had the fresh crab linguine with courgettes and roasted tomatoes. No evidence of tomatoes or courgettes, the crab wasn't fresh and it was just a big brown greasy mess."
• "The Crispy panko breaded chicken, Swiss cheese, avocado, pancetta & chipotle jam. Basically couldn't taste anything apart from what tasted like strawberry jam!!!"

Service

Pros:

• "Staff friendly and attentive."
• "The staff were friendly but very efficient."
• "Service was good and plenty of inside space."
• "The other waitress was lovely and the manager was chatty."
• "The guy who served us on the bar was nice."
• "I found the waiting staff friendly and pleasant."
• "All the staff are really friendly."

Cons:

• "Waited 50 minutes for eggs on toast this morning. Wasn’t particularly busy. No apologies from waiting staff when asked about the delay."
• "Our starter took 90 mins to arrive, we were not even offered a free drink to fill the time."
• "The service was completely unprofessional and the waiting staff was very rude."
• "The worst service I have ever had."
• "Staff very unfriendly and unhelpful."
• "Horrible staff. They told me dogs are not allowed to the tables outside."
• "The service was really slow, we waited over 20 minutes just to order."

Price & Value

Pros:

• "The beverages on offer were well priced and of top quality."
• "We had pre-ordered our food (Sunday roasts mainly) all were well cooked and very tasty."
• "Possibly a little bit pricey but our tandoori cod and pork belly were excellent."

Cons:

• "Also the food is expensive."
• "Definitely not worth £21.95."
• "The food, whist decent, is overpriced."
• "It's overpriced for what you get."
• "Total bill: £65 - expensive, but we enjoyed it. Visit again? Probably not outside, I'd call them indoor prices!"

Facilities

Pros:

• "Disabled toilet was lovely, lots of room and nice to see a flip top bin rather than foot operated."
• "Very clean toilets MRS. said they were spotless hello waitress is cleaning more tables."
• "High standard of restrooms, especially the disabled facilities."
• "Toilets good and clean, tables tidy, good size condiments, tiled look tables."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was empty yet we were given an awful table next to toilets."
• "Red cord needs to be more accessible to someone on the floor as it's a large room."
• "Was shown to our table which only had 2 chairs and was dirty, the table did not get cleaned."