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VisitLiverpool.com Eat Liverpool has every kind of restaurant, from sleek fine dining to independent bistros and high street favourites, and it can tick just about every box in terms of international cuisine, ranging from top Indians to spicy Thais.

Head to 60 Hope Street for classic, gourmet dishes Alternatively, check out The Restaurant Bar and Grill, and sample its signature dessert – a deep fried jam which serves great, simple eclectic dishes all freshly sandwich with carnation milk ice cream. Or go up made and prepared on the premises. For something the road to the Everyman Bistro for a wholesome, a little more Oriental, head to Liverpool’s China Town, delicious selection of fresh salads, hot dishes and the oldest Chinese community in Europe, for a wide soups all day long. choice of authentic restaurants. Or try Sapporo and be entertained by their show chefs as they prepare You can enjoy finest hand-crafted food, a delectable mouth-watering Teppanyaki cuisine. Classic Champagne Cocktail and breathtaking 360° views across the city and over to the Wirral You can go Thai at Chaophraya, offering Royal Peninsula from Panoramic, on the 34th floor of Thai cuisine in luxuriously decadent surroundings. West Tower (don’t miss out on Hervé’s belt-tightening Then there’s the fabulous San Carlo on Castle Street, cheese trolley). Or go and feast on modern international serving up authentic Italian dishes, and voted one food at London Carriage Works at Hope Street Hotel, of the top ten Italian restaurants in the UK by The popular with the city’s gastronomes. Times and described by Vogue as “a must for lovers of fine Italian cuisine”.

Southport is excellent for eating out too. Try the trendy V-Café at the Vincent Hotel on Lord Street, which serves up tasty soups, freshly blended juices and Asian sushi and sashimi. Great for lunch, but a top evening destination too, with dimmed lights, candles and groovy music. Or go to the Warehouse, which combines national dishes like superb fish and chips with top international dishes such as Moroccan shank of lamb. A former Warehouse chef has also opened Bistrot Vérité, a fabulous family run restaurant in Birkdale, serving up excellent rustic French bistro dishes.

Head to 60 Hope Street and sample its signature dessert – a deep fried jam sandwich with carnation milk ice cream. 60 Hope Street

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gourmet food and delicious local Eat produce, 2010 has been declared V-Café & Sushi Bar Wirral’s Year of Food; a yearlong celebration of fantastic food Over on the Wirral Peninsula the gourmet offering in Wirral Peninsula. is centred around fresh, locally sourced produce. Restaurant Fraiche has brought the first Michelin star There have been many successes to the region and serves up meticulously prepared for Wirral Peninsula’s restaurants. cuisine, but make sure you book in advance. The Fraiche in Oxton was awarded a exclusive Yellow Room at the Hillbark Hotel in Frankby much deserved Michelin star, and also offers gourmet food in sumptuous mock-Tudor later in the year was declared surroundings, while Sheldrakes and Roses Tea Rooms, to have the best wine list of any both in Heswall, and The Wheatsheaf pub in Raby, UK restaurant by the Good Food all serve great food . Guide. Da Piero, a small restaurant in Irby, was recognised as the There are also loads of foodie things to do in Liverpool. best new entry in the 2010 Which There are food and drink festivals and farmers Guide, and has been described markets galore, plus you can sample fine wines and as serving “food that fills you nibble on a tasty range of artisan meats and cheeses with joy.” at Vinea Wine Bar, Liverpool’s first specialist wine bar and shop, do a cookery workshop at Claremont Farm There will be events throughout in Bebington on the Wirral Peninsula or visit its the year, which will culminate in Christmas Gourmet Fayre in Port Sunlight. a Christmas Gourmet Fair in Port Sunlight. For the full programme and more information please visit www.VisitWirral.com/tastewirral

VisitLiverpool.com Malmaison Brasserie Accredited 7 William Jessop Way, Princes Dock, Liverpool, L3 1QZ T: 0151 229 5000 www.malmaison-liverpool.com At the heart of every Mal is its brasserie, serving down-to-earth ultra tasty cuisine, using the finest local produce. Boudoir private dining room and Chef’s table Filini available for that special occasion. 107 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9BD T: 0151 966 1500 60 Hope Street www.liverpool.radissonsas.com 60 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BZ Filini – almost 100% Italian! T: 0151 707 6060 Restaurant Ziba Filini is a contemporary Italian bar www.60hopestreet.com Hargreaves Building, and restaurant with friendly and 5 Chapel Street, Liverpool, L3 9AG Popular restaurant housed in a unpretentious service. At Filini, T: 0151 236 6676 Grade II listed building offering they serve straightforward www.racquetclub.org.uk the finest cuisine, with a 60 Hope simply cooked Italian food based Street contemporary twist. Ziba serves modern British on carefully chosen ingredients. Seasonal offers all year round. restaurant food at reasonable Sister restaurant of HoSt and prices. The building is a The Quarter. magnificent Victorian gem built in the form of a Venetian Palazzo by a Liverpool merchant in 1857. Sheldrakes Restaurant Banks Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 9JS T: 0151 342 1556 Il Forno Italian Restaurant www.sheldrakesrestaurant.co.uk 132 Duke Street, East Village, Sheldrakes Restaurant is Wirral Liverpool, L1 5AG Peninsula’s hidden gastronomic T: 0151 709 4002 treasure, nestling on the banks www.ilforno.co.uk of the River Dee. Its spectacular Named one of the top 10 Italian location truly encapsulates the restaurants in the UK by Antonio spirit of the Mediterranean Carlucci, Il Forno is a slice of Italy guaranteeing ‘views to dine for.’ situated in the heart of Liverpool city centre. The London Carriage Works 40 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9DA T: 0151 705 2222 Delifonseca www.thelondoncarriageworks.co.uk 12 Stanley Street, Liverpool, L1 6AF Prestigious restaurant serving T: 0151 255 0808 modern international food, with Julian’s Restaurant www.delifonseca.co.uk an emphasis on the use of local, 20 Birkenhead Road, Hoylake, organic and fresh seasonal An independent city centre Wirral, CH47 3BW produce. The innovative and neighbourhood restaurant T: 0151 632 6241 experimental menus are situated above a bustling One of Wirral Peninsula’s finest complemented by a carefully delicatessen. The daily changing restaurants with a reputation for selected wine list. blackboard menu showcases mouth watering, innovative quality local and continental cuisine and friendly, professional, produce and celebrates the attentive service. art of traditional cooking.

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VisitLiverpool.com Capitol Chinese Restaurant Fairways Restaurant 24 Argyle Street, Hamilton Square, Houghwood Golf Course, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 6AE Billinge Hill, Crank Road, Crank, T: 0151 647 9212 St.Helens, WA11 8RL www.capitol-restaurant.com T: 01744 894754 www.houghwoodgolfclub.co.uk Award winning restaurant serving traditional Chinese cuisine in an In a perfect setting, Houghwood’s art gallery setting. Established Fairways Restaurant offers over 46 years ago, the Capitol panoramic views over the Chinese Restaurant specialises Lancashire plain. This Taste Roses Tea Rooms in Cantonese and Peking cooking. Liverpool accredited restaurant 23 Milner Road, Heswall, is spacious, elegant and provides Wirral, CH60 5RT cuisine of the highest standard. T: 0151 342 9912 www.rosestearooms.co.uk Multi award winning traditional Chilli Banana tea rooms but with a modern 2 Lark Lane, Sefton Park, HoSt twist, offering top quality Liverpool, L17 8US 31 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9HX beverages, loose leaf teas, freshly T: 0151 726 8641 T: 0151 708 5831 roasted and ground coffees, www.chillibanana.co.uk www.ho-st.co.uk Cheshire farm milkshakes, organic English juices, artisan hot A visit to Chilli Banana is as close HoSt is East meets West fusion chocolates and British wines. to an authentic Thai experience dining, housed in a classic as you can get. Combining building on the corner of Falkner specially imported fresh Thai Street and Hope Street in ingredients with the highest Liverpool’s Hope Street Quarter. quality locally farmed produce to Sister restaurant of 60 Hope create dishes prepared from Street and The Quarter. Alma de Cuba traditional family recipes. Alma de Cuba, St Peter’s Church, Seel Street, Liverpool, L1 4BH T: 0151 702 7394 www.alma-de-cuba.com Liverpool’s most spectacular Cromwells Restaurant Mayflower restaurant and bar, set inside the 19 Thingwall Road, Irby Village, 48 Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 5AS magnificent conversion of the Wirral, CH61 3UA T: 0151 709 6339 former St Peter’s Church. Winner T: 0151 648 9898 www.mayflowerrestaurant.com of Best Bar, Best Restaurant and

www.cromwells-irby.co.uk Eat UK’s Best Venue accolades, with An established Chinese an eclectic mix of Cuban, Hispanic Cromwells Restaurant has been a Restaurant in the heart of and Latin American influences. hub for the Irby dining scene since Liverpool serving a wide range of 2000 and in that time has built up authentic Peking and Cantonese an enviable reputation for superb cuisine with luxurious furnished quality, excellent value and private rooms equipped with a traditional home-cooked food. state of the art computerised karaoke on demand system. Blue Bar & Grill 17 Edward Pavilion, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AF T: 0151 702 5831 Ego Restaurant www.blue-venue.co.uk Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BW Mayur Indian Restaurant T: 0151 706 0707 130 Duke Street, Blue’s impressive grill restaurant www.egorestaurants.co.uk Liverpool, L1 5AG serves freshly prepared quality T: 0151 709 9955 food, exemplified by an eclectic Located close to cathedrals, www.mayurrestaurant.co.uk menu with an enterprising range theatres, bars and the university, of dishes. making this restaurant appealing Authentic Indian cuisine in plush to a wide variety of clientele. surroundings with fine wines. Best Newcomer 2008–2009 Cheshire and Lancashire Life Awards.

VisitLiverpool.com The Monro What’s Cooking? Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 5AG Britannia Pavilion, Albert Dock, T: 0151 707 9933 Liverpool, L3 4AD www.themonro.com T: 0151 707 2023 www.whats-cooking.co.uk Highly recommended gastropub serving award winning, wallet Open from 10.00am daily. friendly meals, traditional real Whether you’re two or 62, you ales and organic wines. cannot beat the classic breakfast. You will love the lunch. If you are free for dinner or tea, relax, chill PanAm Bar & Restaurant out with WCTV. 22 Britannia Pavilion, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AD T: 0151 702 5831 www.panam-venue.co.uk A contemporary bar and Liverpool restaurant located in Britannia Pavilion, Albert Dock offering a 110 Restaurant at Circus bistro menu at lunch time and Liverpool Casino à la carte in the evening. Fabulous 1–3 Queen Square, Whitechapel, food, great service and plush Liverpool, L1 1RH surroundings makes this venue T: 0151 702 7610 perfect for every type of occasion. www.circus-casinos.co.uk The Quarter Set in the heart of Whitechapel, 7 Falkner Street, Liverpool, L8 7PU 110 Restaurant offers a stylish T: 0151 707 1965 menu using only the freshest www.thequarteruk.com local produce. Watch our chefs A buzzy, vibrant restaurant and work their magic through the café set amongst the cobbled glass theatre-style kitchen. streets of Liverpool’s Georgian Quarter. Breakfasts, bowls of fabulous pasta, freshly made pizza, homemade cakes and sandwiches – something for everyone !

Sapporo Teppanyaki Restaurant 134 Duke Street, East Village, Treetops Country House Liverpool, L1 5AG Restaurant T: 0151 705 3005 Southport Old Road, Blakes www.sapporo.co.uk Formby, L37 0AB Hard Days Night Hotel, Central T: 01704 572430 Buildings, North John Street, Sapporo Teppanyaki restaurant www.treetopsformby.co.uk Liverpool, L2 6RR offers a truly unique dining T: 0151 243 2121 experience – watch as the talented Tree Tops Restaurant has a www.harddaysnighthotel.com show chefs combine the theatre wonderful reputation for its of Teppanyaki style cooking with cuisine and for using the finest Blakes Restaurant is open to authentic Japanese cuisine. local products. residents and non residents alike and creates the perfect setting for a romantic dinner for two or parties of up to 10 guests. Valparaiso Restaurant 4 Hardman Street, Liverpool, L1 9AX Café Sports England T: 0151 708 6036 42–44 Stanley Street, www.valparaisorestaurant.com Liverpool, L1 6AL T: 0151 239 5070 Enjoy a range of Latin American www.cafesportsengland.com vegetarian, fish, seafood and meat dishes freshly prepared Café Sports England, which is and cooked to order. owned by local sporting hero Jamie Carragher prides itself on being “the family restaurant with a healthy twist”. Ideal for casual family dining. VisitLiverpool.com Café Sports Express Etsu Japanese Restaurant La Cubanita 10 Thomas Steer Way, Beetham Plaza, 25 The Strand, 2 Campbell Square, Liverpool ONE, Liverpool, L1 8LW Liverpool, L2 0XJ Liverpool, L1 5AX T: 0151 239 5070 T: 0151 236 7530 T: 0151 709 5335 www.cafesportsengland.com www.etsu-restaurant.co.uk www.lacubanita.co.uk Every sports person knows that With two Japanese national La Cubanita is a unique restaurant to play well, you need to eat well. chefs, each with over 20 years and bar where you can enjoy The focus is on healthy options – experience. Etsu aims to bring you authentic Latin food, great drinks without compromising on taste. fresh authentic traditional and cocktails and listen to some Japanese cuisine from sushi, of the best live bands – direct from sashimi to meat dishes in a Cuba. Dance to vibrant music and relaxing setting. experience the real Cuban spirit. Chaophraya 5–6 Kenyon Steps, Liverpool ONE, Liverpool, L1 3EY T: 0151 707 6323 Everyman Bistro May Sum Buffet Restaurant www.chaophraya.co.uk 5–9 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BH 180–181 Elliot Street, T: 0151 708 9545 St John’s Shopping Centre, Offering Royal Thai cuisine www.everyman.co.uk Liverpool, L1 1NH in fine dining surroundings, T: 0151 707 6886 Thai style sunken seating, VIP Relaxed and friendly self-service www.maysumrestaurant.co.uk fine dining rooms and luxurious bistro. Fantastic food from prime Palm Sugar Cocktail Bar. fresh seasonal produce, and a For one set price ‘eat as much as good vegetarian selection. The you like’ from a wide selection of desserts are legendary, there’s oriental dishes. Open seven days real ale and a good inexpensive a week 11.30am–11.00pm. Christakis Greek Taverna wine selection. 7 York Street, Liverpool, L1 5BN T: 0151 708 7377 www.christakisgreektaverna.com Panoramic Gulshan Restaurant West Tower, Brook Street, Enjoy delicious and authentic 544–548 Aigburth Road, Liverpool, L3 9PJ Greek cuisine in this recently Liverpool, L19 3QG T: 0151 236 5534 refurbished lively slice of Greece. T: 0151 427 2273 www.panoramicliverpool.com On Friday and Saturdays the www.gulshan-liverpool.com party really gets started with Panoramic is Britain’s tallest belly dancers and plate smashing. The Gulshan Indian Restaurant is restaurant, located on the 34th recognised to be one of the finest floor of Liverpool’s West Tower, in the North (‘Best in the North’ reaching 100m above sea level. two years running – Good Curry Enjoy fine dining coupled

City Rendezvous Restaurant Eat Guide Award). Its quality has been with spectacular 360° views Columbus Quay, Riverside Drive, recognised by the Michelin Guide of Liverpool. Liverpool, L3 4DB since 1995. T: 0151 726 8191 www.chung-ku.com Renowned for its enviable Gusto Albert Dock location with fantastic views Unit 5–6 Edward Pavilion, over the River Mersey, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AF this architecturally unique T: 0151 708 6969 restaurant serves the very www.gustorestaurants.uk.com best in Chinese cusine. Gusto is an Italian dining experience, stylish, and at the cutting edge of restaurant design. El Macho Mexican Restaurant Piccolino The atmosphere is informal and 23 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ 14a Cook Street, relaxed with open kitchens where T: 0151 708 6644 Liverpool, L2 9QU you can watch expert chefs www.elmachorestaurants.co.uk T: 0151 236 2555 making fresh pizza and pasta, www.piccolinorestaurants.co.uk Famous restaurant serving adding an element of theatre. traditional and authentic Mexican Piccolino is open every day for food in the heart of Liverpool’s lunch and dinner and is the Hope Street Quarter for over 20 perfect place to relax and enjoy years. Locally sourced produce, great Italian food. delicious frozen margaritas, a lively atmosphere guaranteed!

VisitLiverpool.com San Carlo The Olive Press 41 Castle Street, 25–27 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 9SH Liverpool, L2 4TA T: 0151 227 5700 T: 0151 227 2242 www.sancarlo.co.uk www.heathcotes.co.uk Authentic, modern restaurant Enjoy the real taste of Italy in the offering the very best in true Olive Press Pizzeria Bar and Grill Italian wining and dining. and sample the warm, rustic and cosy surroundings that help provide a restaurant experience Upstairs at the Bluecoat everyone will enjoy. Simply Heathcotes School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX Beetham Plaza, 25 The Strand, T: 0151 702 5324 Liverpool, L2 0XL www.thebluecoat.org.uk T: 0151 236 3536 The Orchard Upstairs at the Bluecoat is www.heathcotes.co.uk 57 Blundell Street, a fantastic place to come and Liverpool, L1 0AJ Busy, bustling restaurant with enjoy seasonal food and a great T: 0151 709 3060 a friendly front of house team. wine list in a creative setting. www.theorchardliverpool.com A restaurant that can cater for the celebrity or the family, with Traditional comfort food from a warm, inviting atmosphere. locally sourced ingredients. Vast array of ciders and real ales. Covered outdoor dining area Wirral and free customer parking. Spire Restaurant Live music and comedy nights. 1 Church Road, Liverpool, L15 9EA The Portrait House T: 0151 734 5040 6 The Quadrant, Hoylake, www.spirerestaurant.co.uk Wirral, CH47 2EE T: 0151 632 4444 Specialising in modern British and www.theportraithouse.co.uk European cuisine, Spire promises culinary expertise and a convivial A refurbished photographic ambience at one of the most studio, the Portrait House offers popular and acclaimed eateries an exquisite fusion of contemporary in Liverpool City Region. and classic cuisine served in New York booth style dining.

Sultan’s Palace 75–77 Victoria Street, The Restaurant Bar & Grill Liverpool, L1 6DE Halifax House, Brunswick Street, T: 0151 227 9020 Liverpool, L2 0UU www.sultans-palace.co.uk T: 0151 236 6703 www.therestaurantbarandgrill.co.uk A speciality of the Sultan’s Palace is tandoori cuisine, barbecued in The Restaurant Bar & Grill traditional charcoal fired clay is open every day for lunch and ovens. Sultan’s have engaged the dinner and is the perfect place services of the most highly skilled to relax and enjoy great food. chefs from India, masters of their Restaurant Fraiche culinary art! 11 Rose Mount, Oxton Village, The Side Door Restaurant Prenton, Wirral, CH43 5SG 29a Hope Street, T: 0151 652 2914 The James Monro Liverpool, L1 9BQ www.restaurantfraiche.com 69 Tithebarn Street, T: 0151 707 7888 Awarded a Michelin Star in 2009, Liverpool, L2 2EN www.thesidedoor.co.uk Fraiche creates modern cuisine T: 0151 236 9700 Busy, friendly bistro restaurant with original ideas set in a relaxing www.thejamesmonro.com located close to Philharmonic Hall and intimate environment. Whether it’s a light lunch, and Everyman Theatre. Informal something more special, atmosphere with emphasis on just a beer or expertly blended good food, innovative menus and cocktails with friends, The locally sourced produce. Well James Monro’s authentic New balanced and interesting wine York cusine is the perfect choice. list with many exclusive wines.

VisitLiverpool.com Siam Thai Restaurant Bistrot Vérité For a full list of restaurants 101 Arrowe Road, Greasby, 7 Liverpool Road, Birkdale, in Southport log on to Wirral, CH49 1RY Southport, PR8 4AR www.VisitSouthport.com T: 0151 677 5719 T: 01704 564199 www.siamgreasby.com Modelled on a rustic French bistro, Siam Thai Restaurant adhere with simple laid-back styling and faithfully to Royal Thai culinary a daily menu firmly based upon Workshops traditions. The chefs at Siam the best fresh local produce. Thai restaurant are among its Brian Mellor Cookery Courses great practitioners. Claremont Farm, Fifty One The Promenade Old Clatterbridge Road, 51 The Promenade, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 4JB The Wro Southport, PR9 0DX T: 07540 096641 4 Grange Road, West Kirby, T: 01704 510051 E: [email protected] Wirral, CH48 4DY www.thepromenade.co.uk www.brianmellor.co.uk T: 0151 625 2010 Fifty One The Promenade takes Cook with an award winning www.the-wro.co.uk its inspiration from using only the Master Chef sharing tips, Whether you want a quiet finest healthy ingredients. The techniques and secrets with you afternoon coffee, or an evening restaurant’s menu includes top from stunning starters to perfect meal to share from the fantastic quality fresh wild fish and local pastries and petit fours. Lots of Mediterranean style menu, at seasonal and organic vegetables, laughter promised, brilliant food, The Wro, the goal is to provide complemented by a professionally home-grown ingredients and a you with courteous, professional selected wine list, which great memory of your visit. service of the highest calibre. boasts some of the best organic wines available. Claremont Farm Yellow Room Old Clatterbridge Road, The Hillbark Hotel, Royden Park, V-Café & Sushi Bar Bebington, Wirral, CH63 4JB Frankby, Wirral, CH48 1NP The Vincent Hotel, 98 Lord Street, T: 0151 334 1906 T: 0151 625 2400 Southport, PR8 1JR www.claremontfarm.co.uk www.hillbarkhotel.co.uk T: 01704 883800 Family run working farm www.thevincenthotel.com The elegant Yellow Room with farm shop, coarse fishery, restaurant has rapidly established Specialising in the finest handmade pick your own and most itself as a premier gourmet dining sandwiches, tasty soups, freshly recently opened Claremont destination. Extravagantly blended juices, Asian sushi and Kitchen offering a range of furnished with lavish gilt armchairs, sashimi, V-Café & Sushi Bar is an cookery workshops. the tables laid with crisp white experience to savour. After 6.00pm Eat linen, finest crystal and it turns into one of Lord Street’s silverware, creating an opulent top evening venues, with candles, yet relaxing candlelit ambience. dimmed lights and great music.

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Auberge Brasserie 1b–3 Seabank Road, Southport, PR9 0EW T: 01704 530671 www.auberge-brasserie.com The Warehouse The Auberge Brasserie serves 30 West Street, modern French and English Southport, PR8 1QN cuisine, using only the finest local T: 01704 544662 produce. They pride themselves www.warehousebrasserie.co.uk on the quality of all their food from the bread to the ice cream, The Warehouse is a stylish venue as everything is made on featuring a relaxing Brasserie on the premises. the first floor and a Private Dining Room on the second; its interior is a creative mix of authentic art deco and contemporary glamour.

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