The 10 Best Restaurants In Liverpool, UK

No trip to Liverpool would be complete without a visit to the Cavern Club area where the Beatles started out. Blakes restaurant is in that very area and is located in the Grade II-listed building of the award- winning Hard Days Night hotel. The Beatles are the running theme of both the hotel and restaurant. Blakes’ walls are decked with black and white blow-ups of the fab four and a display of original artwork from the sleeve of Sgt Peppers album. Hard-core Beatles fans will already have guessed that the restaurant is named after Sir Peter Blake, who designed the Sgt Peppers cover.

If there’s one thing Fonseca’s believes in passionately, it’s good food. The original branch of the Delifonseca group, the restaurant has won a clutch of accolades since it opened its doors six years ago. Situated in the hubbub of Stanley Street Quarter, Fonseca’s draws something of an eclectic crowd, attracted by the chic and intimate ambience. The restaurant’s menu changes like clockwork but carnivores are always catered for assiduously.

Liverpool is famed for its historic architectural style, and the Casartelli Building might be emblematic of that. An an exact replica of the historic, original building of the same name that was constructed in 1760, the Casartelli is one of the hippest places to hang out in the city, and Hanover Street Social takes full advantage of that. Located on the ground floor of the building, the swanky brasserie and bar dishes up award-winning cocktails, contemporary food and a very sparky atmosphere.

The London Carriage Works

London Carriageworks is the restaurant at the Hope Street Hotel, which uses local, seasonal, Northwest produce to create contemporary, international food. The local produce is transformed in dishes of that wouldnt be out of place in New York or Barcelona: roast breast of Gressingham duck with smoked ginger and rhubarb sauce, or slow cooked Wirral Tan House Farm Duroc pork belly with Bramley apple and vanilla.

The London Carriage Works, Hope Street, Liverpool, UK, +44 151 705 2222

Mello Mello is a hive of creative activity comprising a dance studio and a platform for local talent to produce and perform. Its restaurant is totally vegetarian, offering vegan options and catering for the lactose or gluten intolerant. In keeping with Mello Mello’s ecological attitude, all vegetables are grown locally and all other produce is ethically sourced.

Panoramic 34

Panoramic 34 is located on the 34th floor of Liverpool’s West Tower skyscraper. Of course, the views are simply unbeatable, but so is the food, and once you’ve got over the vertigo it’s pretty hard to resist finishing your evening with a delicious pastry and a martini.

Panoramic 34, West Tower, 34th Floor, Brook Street, Liverpool, UK, +44 151 236 5534