Food and Drink in Liverpool
Explore the best food and drink in Liverpool, including restaurants, cafés, bars, fast food, markets, and hidden gems.
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Liverpool Craft Beer Expo Returns For 2019
Liverpool Craft Beer Expo is back for its 7th year at the end of June and we couldn’t be more excited. Returning on Thursday 27 – Sunday 30 June, to The Invisible Wind Factory Liverpool Craft Beer Expo is a modern craft beer festival, featuring a new breed of ground-breaking and innovative breweries from the UK, Europe and beyond. With over 300 beers, on both keg and cask and spread across 20+ bars and 100+ beer…
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Junkyard Golf Club: First Look Inside
From humble beginnings Junkyard Golf Club has become one of the UK’s most popular crazy golf destinations with locations in Leeds, Manchester, Oxford, London and now Liverpool. We were invited down for a first look of the venue last week and we can honestly say it’s one of the coolest new places in the city and an absolute must for crazy golf fans. Liverpool has a reputation as a fun city and so it’s a…
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Our Top 10 Pooch Friendly Spots
Does the CRIPPLING guilt of leaving your furry best mate home alone stop you from enjoying your weekends out and about? We hear you! As massive pup lovers here at Liverpool Noise, we’ve been scouring the city for the top dog friendly spots that will welcome both you and your pooch with open arms. Our findings are re-pawted below. (Sorry, we had to). 1. Brewdog (Manolis Yard, 8 Colquitt St) The clue’s in the name.…
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How We Spent A Spontaneous Day In Liverpool
There’s a hundred different ways you could spend a spontaneous day in Liverpool…here’s just one way. As you might have guessed already there’s nothing we love more than exploring our city and discovering everything that’s happening, from the opening of new venues to events and exhibitions we’re lucky that Liverpool is a city that is constantly evolving and there’s new bars, restaurants and experiences popping up all the time. So we challenged ourselves to step out…
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Roast Dinner Royalty: The Best Sunday Spots for 2019
We’ve found the best Sunday Roasts so you can just go and enjoy them. Thank us later! If there’s one thing we don’t have a shortage of in this wonderful city of ours, it’s incredible spots for us to grab the perfect Sunday scran. And would it even be Sunday if this was anything other than a roast dinner with all the trimmings!? We think not… With so much choice though, it can be a…
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Let Them Eat Pasta! Our morning with the fantastico Flour Will Fly…
Let’s face it; we’re all often guilty of wanting our food FAST. Whether this be speeding through a takeout drive through, or impatiently tapping our fingers on the restaurant table waiting for our starters to arrive… Sometimes it can feel as if we’ve forgotten the joy of waiting for our food, as well as the gratification that preparing it from scratch gives us. Enter Flour Will Fly. If you haven’t already heard of these guys…
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January Food & Drink Deals In Liverpool
Read our January Food and Drink Deals for 2023 feature here. So December was a pretty expensive month right? But why should you have to sit and wallow with the January blues when there’s loads of our favourite Liverpool restaurants offering amazing January deals. We’ve complied the best January Food & Drink Deals In Liverpool so you don’t have to! The Brink This January The Brink will be serving up a daily ‘Brink Bargain’ –…
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Our Favourite Health Food Spots This January
Here’s where you can get your hands on some healthy food in Liverpool this January… If you’re anything like us here at Liverpool Noise, the last month’s habitual life routine has gone a little something like this: wake/cheese/wine/repeat. It’s been tremendous while it lasted, but even we’re feeling a little turkey-ed out… With the New Year beckoning, it’s often a time many of us will want to repent for our Christmas diet sins and cast…
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Guide To Lark Lane: The World In A Few Hundred Metres
I love Lark Lane. I’ve lived in the area for about three years and it still keeps surprising me! Surrounded by Sefton and Princess Parks, a stroll down this little lane is never time wasted. There’s something for everyone at any day and any time. A night out, a quiet coffee with friends, live music, food from everywhere around the world… If you are looking for something to do and would like to avoid the…
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Rudy’s Pizza Castle Street: Review
There’s certainly not a shortage of amazing pizza places in Liverpool but with Rudy’s there’s definitely room for one more! With the likes of Crazy Pedros, Santa Maluco, American Pizza Slice and more we are spoilt for choice for pizza but Rudy’s does a good job in fitting in nicely and providing a slightly different option. With it’s focus on traditional Neapolitan pizza and modern decor there’s still space in our life for the quirkiness of…
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Lunyalita Restaurant Review
The hardest thing about being a restaurateur is having constant worries about various, constant things. For example worries about staffing, suppliers, produce. I suppose all of these things can be wrapped up into one over-arching theme – consistency. And the scaling and triumph over Mount Consistency on an everyday basis must be paramount factor in your business being successful or not. And to that, I have to admit, Lunya over the years has constantly met…
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Miracle on Seel St – Adult Christmas Grotto Returning To City Centre Bar
Following last year’s success, the secret bar above Salt Dog Slims will be transformed into ‘Miracle on Seel Street’ – a grown-up grotto of festive treats opening on Friday 16th November. ‘83’, the secret bar owned by independent bar and restaurant group, Graffiti Spirits, will undergo a dazzling winter makeover and open its doors once again as ‘Miracle on Seel Street’ to offer a cosy yuletide retreat in the city – think Christmas films, leather…
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The Jacaranda At 60: A Look At It’s History And It’s Exciting Future
The Jacaranda first opened in Liverpool in the late 1950s as a music bar designed to showcase local musicians looking for opportunities on the live music scene and the philosophy of the venue is the same to this day, although much has changed since the ’50s. The Jacaranda is such a well known name around Liverpool and the world largely due to the The Beatles, who were regular customers in the Jac and played some of their…
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Line Up Announced For Jacaranda’s 60th Birthday Celebrations
There’s huge plans for the Jacaranda’s 60th Birthday…. This August Bank Holiday weekend will be full of celebration as the legendary Slater Street club,The Jacaranda, turns 60 years old! Coinciding with International BeatleWeek and with The Jacaranda being the birth place of the Fab Four, celebrations across the city are set to be massive. Both the original venue, and its ground-breaking new Seel Street offshoot, Phase One, will collaborate to celebrate this impressive milestone with…
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Wes Anderson Party Coming To Baltic Social
Update August 2022: The Baltic Social is now permanently closed. Fans of film writer and director Wes Anderson will be hugely excited to hear that there will be a themed party in his honour at The Baltic Social in October. The event organised by Remake, Remodel follows their successful Wes Anderson parties at Manchester’s Deaf Institute and The Wardrobe in Leeds. So get your Wes fancy dress at the ready with your berets, beanies and…
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The Best Places To Get Brunch In Liverpool: 9 Places You Can’t Miss
The ultimate guide for where to get brunch in Liverpool… Whether it’s an early morning breakfast before work or a leisurely brunch just before midday, more and more people are choosing to eat out for their first meal, from bacon and eggs to American style pancakes and waffles, fluffy French toast and of course, Avocado, you’d be in the minority if you said you didn’t love a delicious breakfast style meal to set you up…
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Spitroast Smithdown Road Restaurant Review
Opening a few years back on Smithdown road and more recently venturing over into Crosby, it is safe to say that chicken restaurant Spitroast has rapidly become a firm favourite on Liverpool’s ever-expanding casual dining scene, and enjoying a spot of lunch in their South Liverpool branch, it was easy to see why more and more Scousers are getting in the queue, just for a takeout. Nowadays, when people think of chicken, their minds often…
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The Smithdown Road Resurgence
Over the last decade Smithdown Road has been the home to Liverpool’s University students, enjoying their first taste of adult life and congregating the areas local pubs. Over time the South Liverpool road has seen many bars and restaurants popping up to feed and inebriate the locals and has led to a massive boom in the area, attracting more than just the student population. There’s now even a music and culture festival, The Smithdown Road…
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SKAUS: Restaurant Review
After a few guest appearances around differing Liverpool venues – in a pop-up capacity, the boys at SKAUS, Dan and Josh, have now found themselves working in collaboration with Dockleaf,situated in the Cains Brewery village. Myself and The G went along recently to try out some of their Nordic inspired cuisine, and we weren’t disappointed. SKAUS is a welcome addition to the gastronomic delights that are currently on offer in Liverpool, and in our estimation,…
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Liverpool gets a taste of America as Taco Bell comes to Bold Street
I don’t know if it’s just the novelty of eating somewhere that appears in almost every American movie ever, the fact that you can get a Burrito, Churros and Tacos in the same meal or that the refillable drinks machine contains Pepsi Max cherry but I was definitely ridiculously excited to sample Bold Street’s newest addition: TACO BELL! I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when I first walked past the empty shell of a…
Whether you’re a local or a visitor, exploring food and drink in Liverpool is one of the best ways to experience the city. From world-class restaurants to cosy cafés, lively bars, and hidden street food gems, the city has something to satisfy every craving.
Liverpool’s restaurant scene is diverse and ever-growing. Bold Street is famous for its independent eateries, where you’ll find everything from authentic Italian trattorias to Indian street food, Middle Eastern mezze, and plant-based cafés. If fine dining is what you’re after, Liverpool has an array of award-winning restaurants including Panoramic 34, with its stunning skyline views, and The Art School, renowned for showcasing local, seasonal produce. For those who love seafood, spots like Barnacle and Lerpwl bring the best of the Mersey and beyond to your plate.
When it comes to casual dining, Liverpool doesn’t disappoint. The Baltic Market, the city’s first street food market, offers a rotating mix of independent traders serving burgers, tacos, pizzas, and vegan treats in a buzzing atmosphere with live music and craft beer. For brunch lovers, places like The Brunch Club, Moose Coffee, and The Quarter have become staples for relaxed, hearty meals with friends. And if you’re craving international flavours, you can take your pick from authentic Chinese restaurants in Liverpool’s Chinatown, vibrant Mexican taquerias, or Turkish grills dotted across the city.
Liverpool’s food and drink culture goes hand in hand with its nightlife. The city is home to stylish cocktail bars, traditional pubs, and craft breweries. Castle Street has emerged as a hotspot for dining and drinking, with restaurants like Rudy’s Neapolitan Pizza and El Gato Negro Tapas, while the Ropewalks district is perfect for bar-hopping with friends. For craft beer fans, head to venues like Black Lodge Brewery or Dead Crafty Beer Company, while gin lovers can enjoy artisan blends at places like Jenever on Hope Street.
Healthy eating has also found its place in Liverpool, with a growing number of cafés and restaurants focused on nutritious, wholesome food. Popular options include Leaf for tea and wholesome bites, The Nakery for raw treats, and Duke Street Market for lighter, fresh dining choices.
Whether you’re in the mood for a luxury tasting menu, a quick grab-and-go snack, or a relaxed pint with friends, food and drink in Liverpool offers endless possibilities. Our guides, reviews, and recommendations help you discover the best new openings, hidden gems, and must-try classics across the city, ensuring you’ll always have somewhere exciting to eat or drink next.