Liverpool Restaurants

  1. Alma de Cuba

    This extraordinary venture has seen the transformation of a catholic church into a Miami-style Cuban extravaganza, a bar and restaurant where you can feast on a suckling pig (the menu heavily favours meat) or clink a perfectly made mojito cocktail at the long bar. ¡Salud!

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  2. Colin's Bridewell

    Top-notch British nosh avec un continental twist served in a converted police station - the booths are in the old cells; if prison food were this good, the crime rate would soar. It isn't as trendy as some of the city's newer offerings, but those on the inside love it.

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  3. Everyman Bistro

    Out-of-work actors and other creative types on a budget make this great café-restaurant beneath the Everyman Theatre their second home - with good reason. Great tucker and a terrific atmosphere.

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  4. Keith's Wine Bar

    Friendly, bohemian and mostly vegetarian hang-out with a sensational wine cellar that is the favourite resting place of the city's alternative-lifestyle crowd.

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  5. Kimo's

    A student favourite, this excellent cafe serves a good mix, depending on your mood: perhaps some cous cous or an authentic kebab for that ethnic kick, or the local fave club sandwich, which Komo's claims is the best you'll eat anywhere.

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  7. London Carriage Works

    Liverpool's dining revolution is being led by Paul Askew's award-winning restaurant. Its foot soldiers are the fashionistas, socceristas and other members of the style brigade who share the large, open space that is the dining room - actually more of a bright glass box divided only by a series of sculpted glass shards - and indulge themselves in the marvellous, eclectic ethnic menu, which reveals influences from every corner of the world.

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  8. Pan-American Club

    A truly beautiful warehouse conversion has created this top-class restaurant and bar, easily one of the best dining addresses in town. Fancy steak dinners and other American classics can be washed down with drinks from the Champagne Lounge.

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  9. Quarter

    A gorgeous little wine bar and bistro with outdoor seating for that elusive summer's day. It's perfect for a lunch-time plate of pasta or just a coffee and a slice of mouthwatering cake.

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  10. Quynny's Quisine

    Refried beans, plantains, salads and other Caribbean goodies are hearty and genuine at this basement restaurant. Going underground isn't normally ideal for dining, but in this case it just ensures that fewer people crowd the place and there's more room for you. The menu's not encyclopaedic, but then, with West Indian staples done so well, it doesn't need to be.

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  11. Tea Factory

    Who knew that cod'n'chips could be so…cool? The wide-ranging menu covers all bases from typical Brit to funky finger food such as international tapas, but it's the room, darling, that makes this place so popular. Rock stars and the impossibly beautiful have found a home here.

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  13. Yuet Ben

    When it comes to the best Chinese food in town, you won't hear too many dissenting voices: Yuet Ben's Beijing cuisine usually comes out tops. The veggie banquet could bring round even the most avid carnivore. Get a seat by the window to eat in the shadow of Europe's largest Chinese gate.

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