Places to eat & drink
Alma de Cuba
St Peters Church, Seel Street L1 4BH
T: 0151 702 7394; alma-de-cuba.com
The place to be seen for the style-conscious, this Cuban/Miami/carnival-inspired bar and restaurant serves up crafted cocktails and elegant eats in a refurbished old church.
60 Hope Street
60 Hope St L1 9BZ
T: 0151 707 6060; 60hopestreet.com
Gastronomic destination set over three floors of an old Georgian townhouse. Famed for its seafood, there’s also a more informal cafe/bar bistro in the basement.
The London Carriage Works
40 Hope St L1 9DA
T: 0151 705 2222; thelondoncarriageworks.co.uk
Part of the über-chic Hope Street Hotel, this restaurant always attracts rave reviews. Apparently named when construction workers discovered the original sign in the stonework during its refurbishment.
Everyman Bistro
5–9 Hope Street L1 9BH
T: 0151 708 9545; everyman.co.uk
A Liverpool institution, the Everyman Theatre’s basement bistro has always been a gathering place for local creative types, attracted to the slightly bohemian ambience and the hearty portions of the fabulous homemade food.
The Monro
92 Duke Street L1 5AG
T: 0151 707 9933; themonro.com
Named after a Georgian trading ship, this top-notch gastropub puts the emphasis on quality organic British food. Robust menu with the likes of rabbit pie, Cheshire wild boar, Lancashire ostrich and Welsh buffalo.
Panoramic
West Tower, Brook Street L3 9PJ
T: 0151 236 5534; panoramicliverpool.com
The name gives it away really – 360º views of the Liverpool skyline are what you get at what is reputed to be Britain’s tallest restaurant at 100m above sea level.
The Quarter
7 Falkner Street L8 7PU
T: 0151 707 1965; thequarteruk.com
Relaxed Italian-style bistro-cum cafe, just round the corner from the Liverpool Phil. Pavement tables look out across the well-filmed Georgian cobbles of Falkner Street, featured in many a BBC period drama.
Delifonseca
12 Stanley Street L1 6AF
T: 0151 255 0808; delifonseca.co.uk
A little hidden gem – a foodie cornucopia in the city centre that is the place to go if you have a serious cheese fetish. The restaurant is worth a visit too – the chef is ex-London Carriage Works so expect good things.
HoSt
31 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9HX
T: 0151 708 5831; ho-st.co.uk
Asian fusion food comes to Liverpool in this funky restaurant from the people behind 60 Hope Street. Contemporary design, trendy lighting and a mean duck gyoza are all good reasons to check it out.
The Philharmonic
36 Hope Street L1 9BX
T: 0151 707 2837;
Not the Hall, but the staggeringly ornate pub across the road, which boasts the only gentlemen’s toilets in the country that a lady may visit – they’re listed.
Leaf Tea Shop & Bar
27 Parliament Street L8 5RN
T: 0151 707 7747; thisisleaf.co.uk
This unusual but imaginative venue is a tea shop and gallery by day, a live music venue by night and is as far away from chintz as you can get. Recently voted in the top 50 UK tea shops by The Independent.
