Liverpool, International Restaurant Guide

2018 Review: Café outpost of Manchester’s New York-inspired all-day brasserie on the former site of a Liverpool grocery store. The Spinningfields original underwent a £1m refurb in 2016 and a Leeds branch arrived in autumn 2017.

2019 Review: The original Delifonseca (re-named to avoid confusion with its spin-off), now with vintage cocktail bar, wins praise for its “really good food and interesting choices” from a daily-changing blackboard menu. Change may be afoot, however, with the owner eyeing a vast, Kickstarter-funded expansion of its dockside spin-off (home to a famed market hall), with plans to eventually operate from one base.

An all-day "gathering place and social space" for Liverpool's locals.

Scottish chef Nico Simeone continues his steady rate of restaurant openings (next stop London we hear) with this Liverpool branch; the style of cuisine changes every six weeks, as at his others (previous menu examples include New York, Vietnamese Street Food, Picnic, Childhood), and the only option is the £29 six-course set menu.

Based in a heritage Met Quarter building, The GPO is Liverpool's biggest food hall, and aims to champion independent vendors by offering support and incubation. The team behind Sheffield's JORO are signed up with their izakaya-style restaurant Nama.