Great food, great service - great restaurant! (Table Table Pub Restaurant)

Member Name: stuff10

Product:	Table Table Pub Restaurant
Date:	17/08/09 (67 review reads)
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Advantages: Lovely food, decent beer, great service

Disadvantages: Could be cheaper... but you can say that about everywhere!

We're fairly regular visitors to the Table Table restaurant at Arena Square in Sheffield and we dined there on Saturday night as part of my birthday celebrations. I picked the restaurant as it's probably my favourite in the local area.

Arena Square is located out of the city centre, but close to the Sheffield Arena (hence the name) as well as Don Valley Stadium, Centertainment and the Meadowhall Retail Park. Being close to the Arena and Don Valley means that it can be pretty busy when there's an event on - we've been to the restaurant before and not been able to get into the car park because people were parking there for the Arena... which was pretty annoying as we could see that it wasn't particularly busy inside!

Anyway, there were no events on Saturday night and so we got parked and made our way inside without a problem.

Walking in, the first thing you'll see is the large bar area which has a range of beers on tap including Beck's, Stella, Carlsberg and the obligatory Carling. To the left of the bar are the nicely-kept toilets and drinking area, to the right you'll find the restaurant.

After ordering our drinks we were led to our table. For some reason, the restaurant was almost deserted (on a Saturday night), but even when busy you'll find that the tables are well spaced out and there's even some little "cubby hole" areas that are very private.

The menu offers traditional pub food - burgers, steaks, chicken, bangers and mash etc, which are all quite reasonably priced at around £7-£9 for a main course. In the week, they also offer 2 meals for £10 on a selection of dishes - which is pretty good value if you ask me. After perusing the menu for a nanosecond, I decided on my favourite - garlic bread for starter, followed by a good old fashioned beef burger!

Our order was taken at the table and our starters arrived within about 10 minutes. My garlic bread was lovely, if a bit big and thus a bit filling. Around 15 minutes after the starter, the main course arrived. My burger was fantastic, although to be honest, I can't remember the last time I had a bad burger... if I've ever had one! Looking around the table, there were 8 clean plates, so I can only assume that everyone else enjoyed their meal too!

Unfortunately, my garlic bread had left me a little too full for a pudding, but I can highly recommend the Belgian waffles with ice cream! I've had them on previous visits to Table Table and quite honestly, they're fantastic! If you can't decide what to pick, why not go for the trio of deserts which gives you a small taster of your chosen 3 puddings!

By the end of the night, we were the only people left in the restaurant and we'd found the service very good throughout throughout the evening. The final bill came to around £160 for 8 people, but this included starters, main courses, deserts and drinks (to give you a rough guide, a pint of Beck's is £2.75 which isn't cheap, but isn't too expensive either).

The restaurant itself is clean, nicely decorated and brightly-lit throughout. There's 2 toilet areas, both of which are clean and well-maintained.

A great meal was had by all, and I can't recommend Table Table enough.

Oh, and if you do go, remember your Nectar card as you can collect points there too!

Summary: Probably my favourite chain of restaurants