Bishops' Coffee House and Bistro

We were looking for somewhere to eat early on Friday evening and found ourselves up at the top of Meersbrook Park, near the Bishops' House Museum in Sheffield.  I knew that there was a cafe not far from the museum - I have looked at its menus in the window a couple of times but not been in.

Braised steak and rice

They are open for breakfast, morning tea , lunch and afternoon tea every day except Tuesday.  On Thursdays they are open in the evening, serving burgers.  On Sundays they do a traditional Sunday lunch.  And on Friday evenings they are open in the evening serving Caribbean food.

Fish curry

The menu isn't extensive on Friday evenings.  We had a choice of chicken curry, fish curry, braised steak or vegetable curry.  So The Builder had fish curry, made with hake, and I had the braised steak.  The proprietor said that the steak had been slowly braising for around 5 hours - and you could tell.  It was succulent and tender and melting.  It had been seasoned well with spices, but no chilli, so no great heat.  If you wanted heat, they provided a bottle of hot pepper sauce, which I didn't use and The Builder did. He reported that his fish curry was absolutely delicious.  Both dishes came with rice.  Mine had a few chickpeas scattered through - little pea surprises as I was eating.  They also served us flat breads made with lentil flour on the side.  It was all absolutely delicious - and rather unexpected.  We had been thinking pub food, not a Caribbean bistro!  We are planning to go back and road test the burgers one Thursday evening.  And I think we'll definitely go there for lunch after our volunteer sessions at Bishops' House.

Bishops' Coffee House doesn't take plastic, but the Co-op next door has a cash machine.  They also don't have a liquor licence.  But they don't charge corkage on BYO bottles - and the co-op next door sells plenty of wine