Sheffield tap in Sheffield

While waiting for a train... oh, missed another one!

Got to the bar after another chap, bar person (lady) then served a chap who arrived after me (my biggest issue after being a licensee I would always ensure I served people as they arrived no matter how busy I was). Her attitude was poor,no eye contact with a I don't want to be here face. The place smells like old beer lines, empty glasses on all the tables while she and the other server that joined her did very little in between serving drinks. Overall poor, don't know what the hype is about this place?

Simply the best station bar EVER - imo !!! Huge choice of great beers and spirits. Special shout out to Eleanor behind the bar, she went the extra mile to help a poorly equipped traveller out - that's what you call CUSTOMER SERVICE ! It's the small things that mean a lot...and don't cost anything. Thank you 10/10 x

I came for a drink today 17.11.24 @ 16:15. Two barmen working, slimmer lad was very helpful. I initially asked the other what non-alchoholic beers they had. He rudely motioned to a fridge and said they were in there. I asked him which ones they had as I didn’t have my glasses on. He again rudely told me I’d just have to look for myself. Disgusting behaviour!

One of the best cars in Sheffield. Smell of beer being brewed in the back room. Glasses cooled, amazing selection of beers. Absolute gem. Restoration work a triumph. Too often are buildings like this allowed to go derelict.

The smell of piss is overwhelming. They also don’t do food (at lunchtime anyway)

Great selection of drinks and on-site brewery in a restored railway station waiting room.

Great place for a pint before, or even after, a train journey to Sheffield.

An utterly excellent gem of a pub. Great range of beers from old fashioned real ales to exciting weird new brews. Decor and atmosphere is amazing. Strongly recommend the big room at the back for the maximum mid-Victorian train station feel.

It's a lovely place, but a little warning before charging £7.60 for a pint would be appreciated!

Good selection of cask ales but the bar service is woefully inadequate when it's busy and when it's not especially busy.

Wonderful spacious bar wyty several rooms including area with brewery equipment on view. Great selection of beers including Thornbridge'a own beers. Can be very busy but highly recommended.

Absolutely vacant staff, they pay no attention to who has been waiting. Would rather chat amongst themselves and play with their phones. Not good enough

Stood 10 mins to get served, barman no clue who was next in line. Some geezer just walked and he went to serve him next. Isnt that a core skill of barstaff to know who you're serving next? Bar top soaked with ale, overpriced wine, won't be coming again.

Love this tap. Beer is excellent as is the service and atmosphere. Well worth getting to the station early for.

Good spot for a pint before the train

Great architecture, wide variety of excellent beers. This is the second time I have been and they stop serving coffee's after 8.30 pm. Very annoying Staff trying to get rid of customers so they get off home as soon as possible?

It's always my last stop whenever I'm in Sheffield. So convenient location right next to main station entrance. Best place to wait for a train with a drink. As our train was late so last chance to have a drink. Always serving good selection of beers. Good staff team and quick service because they know people wanna catch up trains. Always get same great atmosphere one thing which never change. I would recommend this place.

I visited this highly regarded train station real ale House on Wednesday 17th November 2021 This deffinatly in the top 3 of station real ale bars in the UK FOR REAL ALE IN SHEFFIELD A MUST TO VISIT ENOUGH SAID 10 STARS OFF ME Wednesday 19th October 2022 i have just been into this maginicent station real ale bar again and it is has good as my last visit here A absolute gem of a real ale drinking bar, please visit here whe on the sheffieldrailway station Saturday 11th May 2024 This station pub we again visited Nothing ever disappointing in this pub read above reviews Staff ,clients cleanliness of place and most importantly the great range of well kept handpumped real ales always on offer Keep up the good work all involved Saturday 29th June 2024 This is one of the top 3 station real ale pubs in the UK I have used this pub countless times I can't dis this pub for any reason PLEASE ALL INVOLVED KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

A great selection and knowledgeable staff - quite pricey though! I asked for a Dank Marvin and the barman VERY helpfully said - you do know that is £8.10 for a pint? I went ouch! He explained the other prices and as I only had 20mins before my train left & I didn't want to neck an £8 pint I settled for a half. Then he said "we do 2/3s?" - what an upsell! A salesman after my own heart - excellent service, would have got 5* if it wasn't for the prices. Lovely expansive place and a view of the station interior.

pretty good station with Bernard

Great place for a pre journey or post pint!!

Great little rest stop if changing trains! Absolutely huge selection to choose from! Bar team very knowledgeable too, which is great! Recommended if you've got 30+ minutes to kill in Sheffield Station.

I really enjoyed my visit here, the bar was old but full character. The staff are extremely knowledgeable and very helpful. This comes in handy when navigating the large selection of beers and ciders. If your waiting for a train the definitely stop for a visit.

Wide selection of traditional ale n ciders tried Lilleys cider 👌

Lovely old railway waiting room converted into a splendid bar!

Always a great way to start any trip to Sheffield. Great range of beers including those they brew on site.

One cheeky one before the train departs! Lovely old building with a good beer selection!

Good selection of drinks at reasonable prices. Disappointed with service however, the staff seem uninterested in customers and were more focused on each other - had their backs turned to the bar, pouring the wrong beer as if it’s cute, and chatting to each other loudly. While the glasses were collected by the bouncer, who honestly was the most attentive. One even blew their nose beside someone serving a pint. Agree with the other review here about staff acting like it’s a hangout place, it’s very unprofessional.

Staff are absolutely miserable and rude for no reason

Big, convenient, close to trains.

Great selection of beers but the staff seem to think it's their place to hangout rather than a station pub. Had a 30 minute turnaround, one member of staff serving whilst two were having a cuddle in the corner. When one of said two got up they decided to stay cleaning the lines rather than serving punters. If you want a mañana atmosphere for your pub, don't have it in a train station

Used to have a good beer selection, no longer - and staff seem more interested in their phones, than serving actual humans.

Station pub, very interesting because it is basically the taproom of the brewery. Unfortunately they have nothing to eat because the choice of beer is good and varied

Nice friendly old style pub with great real ales.

An incredible bar; the back room is the Sheffield drinking-scene’s answer to the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles and isn’t to be missed; resplendent with chandeliers, seating reminiscent of the House of Lords (or perhaps the Midland Railway), brewing-equipment and unsurprisingly- mirrors. There’s a vast array of beer on tap. It is a little pricey and can be busy, but you get what you pay for I suppose. Certainly the nicest and warmest place to wait for a train on the otherwise culturally desolate Sheffield station.

Well what a nice place to change trains. Good selection of beers on hand pump and Keg. Going to be something for everyone. Well almost not seen any fosters in here. LOL Seems quite friendly, even passengers chatting about the beer.

A lovely place to stop for a beer between trains.

Amazing range of beers, courteous and knowledgeable staff

Great selection of craft/real ale basically in Sheffield train station. I think they have big turn over of beer,so know your not getting a stale pint. Not cheapest place for pint,but definitely sell some seriously strong ale.

Excellent pub. So handy for meeting up for gigs/football etc. Great choice of beers.

Lovely bar with a good range of beers.

So shocking that you can't get in via platform 1 if your in a wheelchair as bar staff said door been broken ages & manager doesn't want to get it fixed which is shocking

No better place pre / post match for a beer when travelling through Sheffield x

Excellent range of beers. Good mix of cosy rooms and big and grand bars.

Great beer selection. Friendly staff. Such an interesting building (the old station waiting rooms); somehow there is always room somewhere.

Best city station pub in the country

Not bad, beer choice is a bit one dimensional. Needs more dark beers

Great place for real ale - nice selection and well kept.

Visited & no bitter available, ipa, blonde etc I asked why no bitter was available & I was told the younger clientele prefer the ipa & blondes. Yes my wife & myself are dinosaurs, thanks to your member of staff for pointing it out but we prefer bitter. Last visit which is a shame as it is a cracking venue. Regards

If this was here 40 years ago I might not have left Sheffield!

A pub of two halves. On the one hand, the decor and furnishings are lovely and the beer is excellent. On the other, the prices are ambitious and the service is very hit and miss. Nice to pop in, but wouldn't linger.

what a great place couldnt fault the service the ale is outstanding

Vastly overpriced and overrated, there was a lager i think called mettel, just far too fizzy n tasteless,, give me a Plzen Urquel anyday, why don't they sell Bernard anymore.

Nice place to wait for your train

Too expensive, asked for a glass of house wine and was given the most expensive that they had, not given a choice, sat outside, the table were dirty and sticky, someone came out with a cloth in their hands, took Two glasses and went back in, will go somewhere else next time I am in Sheffield

Staff member was very rude - when I said I could not hear them when they were talking into a fridge(instead of to the customer) they huffed and raised eyebrows - i left without buying a drink - bad start to drinks at train stations across the North 😤

A Decent boozer to be found right next to the station with some great ales to be found

£12.60 for a wine and lemonade and orange juice, never ever again.

Amazing pub! Customer service is perfect! Thank you Matt and Cal!!

Great real ale bar. Not the cheapest place, but you get what you pay for.

An on platform station brewpub with a great selection of beers and a very sympathetically restored bar with Grecian architecture which creates a special atmosphere. Coming through Sheffield quite a lot recently, it’s always a pleasure to stop off at this lovely Good Beer Guide listed venue for an hour or two whilst waiting for connecting trains. There are quite a few compartments/joining rooms to the back and side of the bar, so it’s easy to find a quiet spot to wait time, although on Saturdays it does tend to get busy. The beers - usually around 10 casks at peak times, and the same amount in keg form, plus ciders, and an extensive bottles and can range - are served in great condition and cover a wide range of styles from pale ales to stouts to sours and other more interesting concoctions. Thornbridge is typically represented in the line up, as are the operators, Tapped Brew Co., but guest breweries are plentiful and the line up rotates often. Staff are friendly and warn you if the price of a pint is significantly more than you would normally expect to pay (which is possible with some of the more limited edition or hop forward beers). Generally, I found the cask ales to be £4.50-£5.50/pint, but the keg could be up to £8 for a 5% abv. Absolutely recommended to stop off for a refreshing beverage if you are in Sheffield or changing trains there.

Beer selection is great and they seem to clean their lines. Rooms are stunning. But the staff were miserable and abusive blokes. Rude to everyone. It wasn’t even busy but they didn’t bother to pay attention to the queue order. My server swore several times at me. First because the line of my chosen beer was very gassy and second because my card didn’t work the first time. Get a grip. Take a deep breath lad. Edit: been sat here for a bit now. These lads have serious anger issues. I get that it’s a transient pub and a lot of people you won’t see again but my lord. They are slamming the glasses down, spilling pints Treating people with disdain. Speaking as condescending as they can. I don’t like my job either but I have a bit of pride. Guess they would prefer the dole.

A great stop before your train home for a weird beer and maybe one for the train. Not cheap

I bought four pints and a bag of crisps and it cost me £32 This is what I'd expect to pay in Monaco, not the middle of Sheffield

So beautiful !!! ...and so coveninent if you are at the train station !!!

Great platform boozer. A wide selection of beers in a traditional station setting.

If only every railway station had a bar like the Sheffield Tap to pass the time comfortably whilst waiting for your next train arrival….Cheers

The bar staff are a joke From someone who has worked in pubs for many years. The bar staff serve everyone else before you and you end up waiting 25 minutes to get served at this point I thought I may as well get a drink after waiting so long. Will not return in a hurry.

11 pound for a glass of chardonnay absolutely outrageous, they can't justify that it was nothing special

A great spot for a delicious pint, whether travelling through on the trains or just out in Sheffield city centre. The Sheffield Tap is a railway station adjoining venue, which has a really nice classic tiled bar look. A lot of dark wooden furniture and a few cosy booths, accentuated with traditional brass bar fittings, makes this a classy place. As for the drinks on offer - a great mix of standard international brands and more local independent marques, with something to suit various tastes and wallets. From beers and ales to ciders and spirits, the Sheffield Tap caters to a wide customer base. The really nice atmosphere in this lovely venue is heightened by the fact that unlike most bars/pubs these days, they don’t blast music making you have to shout at each other - rather, you get a steady hubbub of genuine lively conversation.

Great selection of traditional ales. Great venue with nice outdoor seating area in the sun. Ideal starting point for a Sheffield classic pub run

Great pub. Located in the old First Class waiting rooms. Lovely venue and brilliant range of beers. Great place to start or end a session if you're travelling via train. Can get busy with lots of after work drinkers but you can usually find a space.

Awesome selection of beers. Great staff

This was a great pub to visit before catching my train, with a throwback design including the counter and pub logo. The staff were friendly and served me quick; I had a refreshing pint of Berry Cider! Prices were a bit much, although the seating and table were up to standards.

Friendly, polite, efficient staff. Went last thing on a Friday and the seating areas were still reasonably clean and welcoming. Either I was unlucky, or the toilets need checking more regularly, but it was usable. The range of beers here is unusual and varied. If you're a real ale lover then you will appreciate these and good luck trying them all and being able to walk later!

Loads of beers, massive place which you wouldn't think from the outside

Good beers and bigger than I thought.

Super convenient for station and superb beers- what's not to like!

Alright place. Good selection of beers and service is quick and efficient. Different to a branded vanilla pub chain

Great place, amazing selection of constantly changing ales. If you go here and can't find anything to drink, go tee total because it's not for you.

Not a bad spot to miss ya train :-)

Ask for 3 gin and tonics no gin glasses only wine glasses lack of tonics no ginger beer no standard tonic 2nd round no gin glasses no choice of tonics this after a 40 mins gap this at 1800 at night really poor service staff totally dis interested Empty glasses all over tables really poor not what I had to come to exspect No worries wull go elsewhere

Nice place to wait for a train I suppose

Good beer selection, Pleasant staff. A bit on the chilly side but tolerable. Apr 2023 update. Situation mch the same.

One of the largest selection of draft and bottle beers anywhere. Great old building, with good old Sheffield style. Just can't beat the place for real ale drinkers.

Great service, great beer, great building

I got threatened at the bar and the bar staff turned a blind eye and pretend nothing happened.

Really nice and atmospheric pub.

Don’t like old folks here, you won’t get past bouncer!

Excellent pub on Platform 1b of Sheffield Station. Ten cask beers - and 1 cider - on handpump when I visited including a mild and a stout. Was the 1st class refreshment room in days of yore. Big garden with a few tables and chairs to the rear. The pub also hosts a microbrewery "Tapped Brew Co."

Great pub Handy for the station

Great variety of beer, including ones brewed on site. Very handy place to wait for your train.

Large station pub in Sheffield. Plenty of beers to choose from, including many foreign ones. Prices can be high. Plenty of seating inside (And it's needed, as it gets very busy during peak hours), plus a number of covered tables on the outside (towards the city). Not the most charming pub to be sure, but it can be attractive for adventurous drinkers.

Excellent place to stop when you miss your train.

Magnificent pub on platform 1b of Sheffield train station

Just been here for the first time. The beer is poorly kept and exceptionally cold. Prices expensive and bar staff unsympathetic, I spent £12 on 2 beers I was unable to drink. I also found the atmosphere unwelcoming and sterile. However each to his own. If you do want a good welcoming station bar I would go to Dewsbury station.

Still a great place to kill time before your train, but the beer is so good you might miss it

This on station pub sells excellent beer.

Great place. Love the setting. Good choice of drink. Dog friendly too.