8 Restaurants in City Centre, Liverpool

While it’s true you can find literally any cuisine your heart desires at the many outstanding restaurants in Liverpool’s city centre, there are some classic Liverpudlian specialties that we highly recommend you sample when visiting one of the many exceptional restaurants dotted in Liverpool’s city centre. Of course, indulging in Liverpool’s trademark, scouse, a meat and vegetable stew usually made with beef or lamb, should be high on the agenda. Other dishes to sample include, potted shrimps, also a traditional delight involving small prawns which have been clarified in flavoured butter with usually nutmeg or cayenne pepper and served in a small jar, or the fruit cake, wet nelly often served with lemon custard using an array of leftovers and bread. And all this, along with countless other tasty morsels are best washed down with some Liverpool-made gin, available throughout restaurants in the city centre of Liverpool.

With the worldwide trend for eating ethically and locally going from strength to strength, Liverpool restaurants in the city centre are leading the way in sourcing their produce and ingredients from local suppliers throughout Merseyside and wider Liverpool area. For example, you’ll find that Wirral and Formby asparagus, Southport shrimps and Knowsley lamb taking centre stage at many of the Liverpool restaurants in the city centre. And food is not the only locally sourced element at Liverpool city centre restaurants, with Liverpool-brewed beer and gin being widely consumed in bars and restaurants, as well as in kitchens, with Liverpool city centre restaurant chefs using these locally made products to enhance their dishes, adding that bit of creative and artistic flair. And locals are just loving it!