Liverpool Restaurants

[the pool08]

its amazing how many new shops and restaurant are opening up in
liverpool in the middle of a deep recession

[pickoftheday]

It's fantastic to see so many new places to eat in Liverpool. Just reading this thread is making me want to try them out.

I agree with Luche Libra though, the Street Food part of the menu is extortionate for what it is - basically a medium tortilla, with a dollop of cheese and tiny amount pulled pork @ £5?

I love the venue but if the portion sizes were a bit bigger it would be perfect. I was really looking forward to going but came away disappointed.

[Medi73#!]

I went here in Brunswick Street last week, very nice, and when I signed up for a loyalty card they swiped it with complimentary £20 credit for the next meal.


http://www.individualrestaurants.com...ill/liverpool/

[debiase]

Went to Gusto a few weeks back, genuinely one of ,if not, THE worst meals I've ever had anywhere. Virtually inedible from start to finish. Normally I'll eat any old crap, I'm the least fussy man in the world but this was terrible.

[tomo90]

I thought Gusto was shit (the one in Newcastle was) but I went to the Liverpool one recently and it was ok.

[eyeam]

I went to the Gusto at the Albert Dock a couple of years ago and it was nothing special but it wasn't bad at all either. Could have gone downhill since or maybe you were just unlucky.

[boychild]

Was in Gusto not long ago and it could not have been any nicer.

[John Matrix 1985]

A couple of places that I've been to slightly out of the city.

Kozi by Rainhill station, nice Mediterranean food, owned by former EFC player Tony Grant.

La Casa Vieja, Tapas restaurant not far from St Helen's Central, nicest Tapas I've had for a long time, owned by a Spanish couple so cooked very nice. Going again next week.

The Crown of India in Prescot. Me and my mates went the other week and they reckon it was the best Indian they've had, an old converted pub, very good service and very reasonably priced.

[John Matrix 1985]

Went the Casbah on Bold Street as well, don't serve alcohol but the food was lovely. Manager said they are opening a Lebanese place further down Bold Street in the new year

[GLCBanana]

I went to the Lebanese restaurant on Arrad Street a while back. I was quite impressed, except with their sense of geography. Why 'Sahara'?

[buggedboy]

It's a great little place isn't it? BYOB and affordable. Nice and casual too.

[Awayo]

Originally Posted by GLCBanana

I went to the Lebanese restaurant on Arrad Street a while back. I was quite impressed, except with their sense of geography. Why 'Sahara'?

It isn't 'Sahara' Banana, it's Saharaa. And no one knows where that is.

[MR KITE]

A few recent reviews

Alma de Cuba, Liverpool: review
Sharp fusion cooking and a divine interior at this converted church in Liverpool
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...ol-review.html

Restaurant review: London Carriage Works, Liverpool
Black tiles for plates, scented meats and truffle oil… Dining in the 90s was an ordeal, so why bring it back to life?.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...verpool-rayner

Restaurant Review: Maharaja Liverpool offers impressive cuisine to warm up on a winter’s night
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-32541708/

[Paul D]

Mum runs Liverpool’s first Eritrean cafe

A SINGLE mum who came to Liverpool six years ago not speaking a word of English has set up the city’s first Eritrean cafe.

Selam Afeworti, 28, came over to the UK as an asylum seeker from Eritrea in Northern Africa aged 22.

When she arrived in Liverpool she knew no one, had no job and wasn’t even able to speak the language.

But six years on Selam, mum to three-year-old Abigail, is running Selam Cafe on Smithdown Road, selling traditional Eritrean cuisine, and says the support from the new friends she has made in the city has been invaluable.

She said: “I had to leave my country, it wasn’t that I made a choice to do it, I had to.

“When I came over I didn’t know anybody at all. I found a job cleaning, but had to travel about two hours to get to it.”

In 2008 Selam got a job as a youth support worker but after falling while pregnant a back injury left her unable to work again.

She said: “I didn’t want to stay on benefits but because of my injury I couldn’t work a normal job.

“I had always wanted to open a cafe. A lot of people here don’t know about Eritrea and I missed the food when I was over here.

“I decided to set up the first place in Liverpool to sell Eritrean food.”

Selam opened the cafe in August 2011, but said it was hard work to get it off the ground.

She said: “I had to save everything and get lots of help from friends.

“When I was on benefits I was given lots of help with childcare and filling in paperwork and things like that, but when I started to set up my own business I didn’t get any of that help. It seemed like all the doors were shut in my face.”

The cafe, which serves a lot of vegetarian and vegan cuisine, has had rave reviews online since it opened a year and a half ago.

Selam said: “When I’m upset because things are hard I have a look on the internet at some of the reviews and it makes it all worthwhile.”

She added: “I don’t have any family over here but the friends I have met are like my family now.

“People in Liverpool have been so supportive.”

Read more: Liverpool Echo http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...#ixzz2HC6gotXd

[buggedboy]

Nice place. Had some interesting sweet wine there too.

[Inigo]

Property week news has confirmed that Browns and Byron Burgers are opening in Liverpool 1. Looks like this is the first Northern loacation for Byron Burgers.
http://www.byronhamburgers.com/locations/

[Paul D]

http://celebritychefs.blog.co.uk/201.../#.UPASJ2fcDeR

We are looking for a celebrity or Michelin chef who would like to operate in one for the UK’s most iconic buildings, The Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, dominating one of the world’s most famous waterfront skylines, The Three Graces, which is a World Heritage Site.

An opportunity exists for 2 restaurants to be created overlooking the River Mersey. The Royal Liver Building is close to Liverpool Cruise Liner terminal, The Beatles Museum, the architecturally acclaimed Museum of Liverpool and within a 5 minute walk Tate Liverpool and Albert Dock. The surrounding area has well established bar restaurant operators including Marco Pierre White’s Steakhouse Bar & Grill, Restaurant Bar & Grill, Panoramic and Matou.

Liverpool is the UK’s third favourite pace to visit for a mini break and the fifth most visited city in the UK.

[Kenrick]

Originally Posted by Paul D

http://celebritychefs.blog.co.uk/201.../#.UPASJ2fcDeR

Presumably this is to cash in on the influx of cruise liner passengers

[buggedboy]

I guess the Liverpool One lettings are both for the Zavvi unit. The Liver Building one sounds promising. A long held ambition for teh area was to open up the ground floor of all the three graces. This looks like a step in that direction.

[Langur]

Originally Posted by Kenrick

Presumably this is to cash in on the influx of cruise liner passengers

Why? Are there no local foodies?

Anyway it's also great news in terms of opening the building to public access.