ASK - Sheffield in Sheffield

We regularly dine at Ask, which is confirmation itself of the excellent food, service and value for money we receive there.

Sticky toffee was the best I ever had fantastic!!!!

Good food at a very reasonable price, and great atmosphere and service from Alice.

Food was decent (Not amazing) service was shocking. Our starters came before our drinks after we’d been sat down for 35 minutes. Wasn’t checked on whilst eating. Wouldn’t be too eager to return soon

Alice was lovely, made sure we had everything we needed and everything was okay for us. Food was great, came super quick, overall really nice time :)

Had a wonderful experience at ASK Italian in Sheffield thanks to Isaac. His warm hospitality and attentive service made our meal truly enjoyable. He was friendly, professional, and went above and beyond to ensure we had everything we needed. A great asset to the team!

This is a great place to get a lovely meal before a gig. They were really helpful and the food was splendid.

Lovely food and service, atmosphere was great.

A bit loud, but good service. I was disappointed with the menu, which used to have more vegan options. The print on the menu is also tiny.

the food wasn't of the high standard I was expecting from Ask.

Really friendly staff, food was lovely. Not too busy but it was a Monday lunchtime. Would highly recommend the arancini starter. The lasagne and pizza were also really nice.

I’m absolutely appalled at the service as the waiter spilt drinks twice once landing on my legs and then a very slippy floor afterwards which is very dangerous. Other than that the food was lovely and enjoyed it lots.

The food was tasty but chicken a little dry. John was our waiter. He was professional and attentive. I would recommend this restaurant to my friends 😊

A lovely meal with great service. Great for coeliacs

The food was amazing, Tom was attentive, funny and helped us with recommendations throughout. From walking in the whole experience was exactly as it should be when eating out.

The pizza is somehow worse than spoons and way more expensive

A very enjoyable meal and atmosphere with friendly staff

Food lovely and service friendly and prompt

The staff are friendly and the service was good. The food is very good and they have a good vegetarian choice.

Lovely experience, the two serving staff were attentive and did everything to provide a good service. The food & cocktails were lovely - excellent vegetarian options. Thank you

Firstly the Mushrooms Al forno we ordered was a disappointment, we have had that same dish in Edinburg few times and this one was not even close to what we were served before. Secondly we order a cocktail which we wanted to have with our dessert, the manager was at the bar, the restaurant had 3 tables including us but never got the drink for next 10 minutes, unfortunately we had to leave as we were running late for the movie. Although our server Amina was really friendly and attentive.

Very friendly staff and the service was excellent. Need more food variety.

Maria made our visit exceptional above and beyond to meet our needs 5* service

Calzone is unexpectedly delicious. Maria and Courtney are super staff… Love it!

We very much enjoyed our lunch yesterdaywaiter John was particularly attentive and helped my wife get the dish that she wanted

5 fantastic! Lovely birthday surprise!

Fabulous food, lovely staff , efficient and great atmosphere.

Fantastic service and delicious food came a fair distance for lunch and held table for oir slight delay.

Food was ok, it wasn’t the best Italian I’ve ever had but equally not the worst. I had the mushroom starter, one of the pieces of bread was pretty burnt and the other 2 barely toasted yet still served. The calzone was nice enough. The coke was expensive for a 330ml serving. I had to go up and ask for the bill in the end, I tried to get the waitress’s attention several times to no avail. The service wasn’t the quickest especially as there were only about 4 tables in with a large empty restaurant out the back.

Lovely food served by Tom who was excellent. Pleasant and attentive.

Great food and drink. Prompt and friendly service

I ordered the grande lasagne. Please see the microwaved slop that I received vs the image of what I was supposed to receive. I actually can't believe I've just wasted £19.95 on that. It wasn't even warm, let alone large. I'd like a refund please, because that is most definitely a case of false advertising!

Really good pleasant friendly service & excellent food.

Brilliant service every time! me and the Mrs go at least every week, she has been to italy to have pasta and says this is the closest you can get to the real thing!! The service is always spectacular and one certain woman (not sure if there name) is always extremely jolly and welcoming! i would rate more stars if possible!

Friendly service and some of the best food I've had in a "chain" restaurant.

Not really a good place for a special outing bit like eating in a school dining room. Small underwhelming portions, the rissoto undercooked, gritty the chicken add on impossible to find, and forgot to bring my fries out until reminded.

Popped in on impulse as we were in town. Not busy as it was Monday early evening. About 6 tables including us. Excellent service, friendly , knowledgable. Reasonable wait for freshly cooked delicious food. 👍

We waited about 40 minutes for the starters to arrive and another 40 minutes for the main courses. In total, we spent 1.5 hours just waiting. The service quality was poor, the portions were small, and paying £17 for a few ravioli is absolutely horrendous considering the portion size, waiting times, and low level of customer service. We could see other people at the restaurant also weren’t too happy with the quality offered. I will never dine at Ask Italian again. I honestly spent 27£ on both the starter and main alone and still left the place hungry, I had to dine at a Chinese place afterwards

Long story short - this place should ask Italians how to cook properly and to treat your guests. My linguine con frutti di mare was bland in flavor, the sauce was watery and didn't even stick to pasta as it should do. My partner's seafood ravioli portion was so small to the extent it fell like a rip-off paying £17 for it. My friend's carbonara didn't even taste like proper carbonara (lacking pepper, pecorino cheese and eggs). The service was super slow, even though the restaurant wasn't massively busy and there were 3 waiters working at the time. We were waiting more than 30 minutes for starters to arrive and then another 20 minutes for our plates to be even picked up once we finished eating those. We left the place after 2 hours, feeling like we wasted our money as we still felt hungry.

I ordered a takeaway from here and they didn't send the lasagne we ordered. The pasta was dry and the dishes were terrible. Nothing like the pictures or descriptions (e.g the carbonara was meant to have a whole burrata on top but that was missing). I could have made something nicer in 15 minutes, so what a waste of £65 🥲. They also kept the driver waiting for nearly half an hour. It was my mistake for ordering from somewhere like this...I'll stick with Food Target in future which is always fabulous and serves actual Italian food.

Called in today without a reservation for lunch with my husband and 2 adult children. Nice table, lovely service from the very friendly waitress (sadly didn't get her name) Thoroughly enjoyed our meal and drinks. Very nice, relaxed atmosphere.

Very friendly staff food Very good we was a table of 6 and we all enjoyed our food from starters to deserts really good. And value for money.

Another great meal here, always a great selection of drinks and food options. The service is always brilliant, a lot of other places seem to have lost that touch so enjoy coming here. John is always friendly and looks after us throughout.

I went the other week for the gin tasting which was an amazing experience. The host was very knowledgeable and I really enjoying the tastings. Cortney our server was really attentive and friendly and served our tasty food. Definitely keen to come back.

A cosy place to eat and drink. Good selection of italian food, drink, and dessert.

We hadn't booked a table but was able to choose our own, a surprise on a sunny Saturday afternoon. John was our server & was absolutely lovely. Very friendly & very informative, especially about my dietary needs. Our food was delicious & the place had a lovely atmosphere. It was our 1st visit to Ask Italian Sheffield & won't be our last. Only down side was the drinks are over priced. Thank you John, you made us feel very welcome 😊

Amazing food and service, great suggestions from John about the red wine Primitivo and the balsamic on olives! My mum was very happy, she had travelled to see family and this was a fantastic experience. Many thanks

Went hwer to celebrate my daughter finishing uni.my daughter has a serious onion allergy which we explained we asked the waitress about onion in the spaghetti bollognaise to which she replied it did not contain any onion not convinced we asked the manager who said it dud contain onion ,so he googled what ingredients where in different meals and told us we "SHOULD"be ok with one meal off the menu to which we decided to leave ,if we'd gave taken the waitresses advice my daughter would gave been hospitalised ,this is not acceptable and Ask Italian need to take a long look at their allergens policy will not be visiting again

Popped in here on the off chance of getting a table and was seated straight away. Service and atmosphere was excellent. Food and drink both first class.

Absolutely lovely meal with the best service.Came with my partner and was served by Isaac who was brilliant and very attentive with our table. The food was lovely and came quickly and service was great, so would highly recommend. Would 100% return.

Nice Italian restaurant in the city centre, staff very kind and helpful. Got very lucky to walk-in and have a seat in Sunday evening. Courtney and Isaac looked after us and they were amazing. Even though it was busy they were working really hard and all our food came very quick. Delicious food and good service.

Had a great meal here. The waitress Courtney I think her name was , was lovely. The food was great but pasta tad hard to my liking. The arancini were my favourite

Dreadful food. Miserably small portions. Calamari tasted like cardboard. Plate for sharing between 2 people little more than large handful. Dip had zero flavour. Main meals a total joke. Varying temperatures across the plate meant you could tell it had been heated up. Again, no flavour. Astonishing achievement really, to take simple ingredients and reduce it to such tasteless mush. The cheek of their prices for the horrors they're serving. This is conveyor belt food. Staff tried hard but could tell they're used to unhappy customers. Felt sorry for them tbh - but felt more sorry for us being so totally ripped off. Seriously avoid this chain.

Great place and just a stone's throw from the City Hall. Perfect for a pre- concert meal.

Family of ten visited for Sunday afternoon meal, all ages from 3 to quite a lot older 😋 We had a great meal, starters mains and deserts and the children’s meals were amazing, really great value and plenty of it too. Courtney was our waitress and was lovely.

Booked a table for eight people at 5, got sat down at 5:15. Waiter came to ask about drinks 20 minutes later, then ordered starters10 minutes later. Starters came 20 so got first food 45 minutes after we arrived. Then the mains were ordered that's another 30 minutes, mentioned to staff that we were going to theatre at 7 very apologetic and 4 mains came out 4 minutes later, we told them with food just eat up and we'll wait. 10 minutes the other mains turned up. Tried talking to manager, said sorry we're very busy tonight. I have worked in restaurants as a waiter and that's popicock, you know how many covers you are serving when your fully booked. Manager said we could have a free drink as an apology. Table reservation was 5 to 6:30, time was now 6:50 we didn't have time for a drink as show started at 7. Bill came 20% was taken off but they had the cheek to add service charge What Service. was that. Will say food was good but what the hell, I would be embarrassed if a was the boss.

Absolutely love the food here! The place was packed due to event at City Hall and snooker at Crucible but service was still top notch. Definitely recommend this place.

It was my Mum's retirement do on the 5th May 2024. We were greeted at the door by I am he was called John, he took us to one of our tables. He was very welcoming and he looked after us the whole time we were there very well, because there was so many of us we had to pre-book the meals which was not a problem. The food was excellent everyone said how lovely it was and the service was excellent. Thank you Ask Italian for making my Mum's leaving do so special

Went here for some food on a bank holiday weekend. After waiting for a few minutes looking at a half filled restaurant, with plenty of tables free, we were told they were short staffed and were only accepting pre-booked reservations. We ended up taking our business elsewhere, and then when I checked the website wondering if it was fully booked, I was able to have booked a table for two straight away. I won’t be returning to this restaurant.

Great food. Joanna our server was lovely

Fantastic food, great service and very reasonable prices. Highly recommend.

Lovely lunch at Ask in Sheffield, very friendly staff, lovely food.

Had a voucher so that's why we went. Food was okay but what I chose wasn't. The trio aranchi mushroom starter was too dry. Calzone for main, the truffle was too strong a taste. Went again 4 weeks later. Service was exceptional, what I chose was great food. Mushroom al forno and pianta pizza

Shown to table, no-one came to take our order after 20 mins. Realised there was an option to order online, as soon as I had a guy came over to take our order food was lovely. Asked for the bill waited another 15 mins. Asked again!! Paid online worst service ever £40 for two pizza don't bother!!!

Excellent service but in particular Courtney who was fantastic. Super friendly and fantastic at her job. Food was excellent as well.

Great dinner, but have to say just how great Courtney was in her role, super friendly and such a credit to the restaurant. I hope she’s well appreciated. No matter the situation she dealt with everything and everyone with a beautiful smile on her face 😀

Always great food and pretty fast. Service in Sheffield is really good. One of the staff members named John took good care of us - when he learnt I am a vegetarian he ensured one of the dishes be made vegetarian specifically. Great restaurant which is not highly priced. Would love to return.

Waited 1 hour for water and a starter

Me and my partner where visiting Sheffield and we managed to get a table on a bizzy Saturday night, and I'm so happy we did! Food was fantastic and the staff where really nice (Thank you Kelly) Highly recommended, and I will be checking out the one near me.

Food was nicely prepared but tasted really bland, not a patch on other pasta providers nearby. Delivery took too long, watched the rider go miles away before coming back to me.

My pasta bolognese was verry heavy on the pasta and light on the meat and sauce. My husband had a chicken pasta dish which only had 2 pieces of chicken in it. We shared a calamari starter which was OK. The service was good - speedy and friendly.

Strange experience as there were four of us and the waitress took orders two at a time so two of us always waiting for either drink or food. Margherita Pizza was undercooked so really doughy and damp. Disappointed in the quality of the main courses Desserts were lovely Coffee served one at a time in five minute bursts so one was 15 minutes after the first?!?

Our Waitress, Johanna, was very welcoming and friendly. Really enjoyed our food and service

Great place to grab a bite of Italian classics, Isaac, who served us here at Sheffield Ask Italian was excellent, attentive and a credit to Ask Italian staff quality. Will definitely be back

The star off the show was John our waiter, superb service, nothing was to much trouble, very attentive and friendly. Would definitely recommend this place for the service and atmosphere 👌

What can I say …Kelly’s service was fabulous and the food was 10 out 10! I will return soon

First time we have been to Ask Italian , It won't be the last. Nice food and nice atmosphere

So the food was pretty good, no complaints there at all. But the service was honestly downright bizarre! From the second we were seated, we waited approx 20/30 minutes to even have our drinks order taken. The (i think?) European lady with brown hair. She was actually scary! She honestly scowled at us the entire time. She was throwing the food nearly at us- and would seemingly avoid our table like the plague! but she was honestly the most unfriendly hostile server i have ever seen! Then they had some chap in like a really scruffy sweatshirt that was like a jumper advertising some band. And he was moping around constantly. Moaning and just sitting down at the side of the restaurant whilst ‘mrs. miserable’ was trying to serve customers. But he looks so scruffy! who let him dress like that for work? There was a random young girl just stood behind the bar who made the worse cocktails i have ever tasted! £7.50 for a cocktail where they used fresh orange juice full of bits- that were just floating around! We had plates left on our table for around 45 minutes after our mains without anyone contacting us- so we ordered desserts from the app as staff and mrs. hostile were avoiding us. She then shouted at us for doing so. All very odd and won’t be returning

Food was absolutely amazing! Staff were lovely and friendly, will defo come back again!! xxx

Good food , good service, would come again, try the house lemonade it's lush

Ordered chicken parmigiana and calamari rings for a starter. What a disappointment!! Calamari was literally tasteless! They looked good, I have to admit, but that's as far as it went. I tried them with and without the mayo that came with it, and it made no difference at all. Chicken parmigiana also looked good but the same happened. Tasteless! The best part of the Chicken dish was the mushroom sauce and that's not saying much. Very disappointed indeed and definitely not wasting my money on this place again.

Lovely place to eat. Absolutely howled laughing at a previous review saying the portions were too small to they had to go to McDonald's, hilarious. The portions are perfect. Ordered a good Malbec. Had aranchini and burrata to start followed by spicy chicken lasagne and beef paparedelle (no idea how to spell that) then we had liqueur coffee and a mini pudding and affogato. We're stuffed full. The atmosphere was really good and our waiter was really helpful and friendly. Value for money indeed.

We've just had a lovely meal at Sheffield Ask: our waiter Isaac was brilliant - he couldn't have been more attentive; the food was hot and fresh; the restaurant had a pleasant calm atmosphere. Thanks

The one waiter guy was rude. Food was nice.

Had a wonderful last minute evening out before going to the theatre. We managed to get in despite it being Valentine's day! We had the valentines day set menu, great price and choice. I only took one photo as I was so excited to dive into the dishes! Had a lovely night and will certainly visit again!

Just been in, got served by a lovely welcoming gentleman that was really polite and made our experience worth it, food was amazing, my favourite restaurant

Johanna was our waitress she was amazing huge smile and remembers everyone's meal thanks for everything

Awful, the whole menu. I feel bc for people who enjoy this food and I can’t believe they’ve gained enough traction to be a chain

Visited Ask in Sheffield for a family event -several issues with food and drink not coming out as requested - repeatedly had to ask for things to be rectified (restaurant was not busy as it was late afternoon). One dish was undercooked and cold, others were luke warm, meagre in portion, and underwhelming in taste. Ordered deserts to salvage meal for kids - despite eye wateringly priced ice cream at £4.95 per scoop! Wowsers. Isaac the assistant manger (and our waiter) did comp the deserts and undercooked main and eventually apologised but it was too little a lot late. Go to Proove or Rudys for pizza,or Grazie for pasta - both your mouth and wallet will thank me.

Went to the Sheffield restaurant. John our server today was absolutely amazing. Having an 8 month old we sometimes we feel limited on where to eat. John made us feel so welcome with our little girl. The baby menu was adorable and India absolutely loved it. Food amazing! Especially the lasagna bites!! I honestly couldn’t thank our waiter today more. He made our day. Such a relaxed vibe & high quality food but great value for money. Will deffo come back again. :)

Appauling prices for what you get. We may have gone into recession but this is beyond belief. The waiters were wearing jeans and jumpers!! Me and my girlfriend thought they were random people going up to tables at first until we saw them serving!! Its took over an hour to get our starter and mains and it was fairly quiet. Our starter took around 20 minutes to arrive with our mains arriving after half an hour, the restaurant was probably 15% full. Went for a valentines meal and ordered a con frutti de mare and fettuccini bolognese for main and shared a cheese fondue for over £7. It was very nice but I don’t know, prices these days!! It was a pot of melted cheese with a very stingy amount of delicious ciabatta. Had to finish half the pot with a fork they were so stingy with the ciabatta. The waiters were nice but almost awkward, placing a wine of glass on the table very slowly? Thats just nitpicking I guess, but I wouldn’t be if the prices were reasonable. For a starter a glass of small white wine and two mains came to £41.90!!!! And they expect tips at the end!! For what?? Below are pictures of the starters and the seafood linguine ( con frutti de mare) and the fettuccini. The bowls are tiny, bery shallow and literally a mouthful as you can see. I had around 4 prawns and a handful of mussels with two pieces of calamari in. For £16 this was a joke. My girlfriends fettuccini was literally a mouthful, it was so bad we went to McDonalds after as we were still hungry, even after spending 4 hours of wage on a dinner!!!

Nice enough atmosphere, nice food just not enough of it!! Paying £15 for a main meal, I expect to be full after. We had to go to McDonalds after as we were still very hungry. I had the fettuccini bolognaise and my boyfriend had seafood linguine. Very tasty but as I said tiny portions, thought I got the kids meal by mistake. Just disappointing. We had a cheese fondue starter which I can’t fault, it was delicious. However, after our starter it took about 45 minutes to receive our mains. Far too long, it wasn’t too busy either. Left feeling hungry and disappointed. Also the waiting staff had no uniform, thought I was getting seated and served by a member of the public, they were friendly enough it was just very odd. I won’t be eating here again

Decent place, I like it because they do v good pizzas, but there is a good variety of food on the menu as well, so if you are in a group there is something for everyone.

Visited here while enjoying a weekend away, for a chain we were thoroughly impressed, we were expecting a good standard but this was above and beyond the food was delicious, the service was great. Really hope the local Ask Italians are as good in the midlands.

Wonderful Saturday evening out at Ask Italian. The food was wonderful, as was the service. This is our favourite Italian in Sheffield.

Visited Ask Italian 24th January 24. John served and looked after us he was very helpful even gave us a taste of different wines to ensure we chose the correct one. The starter and main was cooked by the main Chef which was just bursting with flavours and so delicious. We could not resist having a desert which was also delightful. I would recommend you visit. Christine Mallinder

John was very friendly and knowledgeable, advised different options ,would deffo come again .

Good food, not a lot of atmosphere and staff need to smarten up their attire. However, on the whole pleasant eatery and will go back.

I’ve been here many times and always had a great experience. I really enjoyed my GF pizza and dessert…. However this time I got really bad stomach pains and bloating after my meal so I’m not sure if there was some cross contamination or something as I’m very sensitive coeliac :(

This is a restaurant that we go to several times during the year. The food is always good and the staff ever so friendly. We generally book as it can get busy and it's easy to do online. A big thank you to our server , Johanna.