Liverpool, Spanish Restaurant Guide

Going from strength to strength after its 2017 move to bigger premises – in shopping mecca Liverpool ONE – Peter & Elaine Kinsella’s “authentic” Catalan tapas spot serves up “mouthwatering dishes full of flavours” (the “churros are a dream”). “An added joy is stopping to make purchases at the deli counter as you leave”. Also in the Albert Dock (Lunyalita) and with a branch in Manchester.

“As popular as ever” – launched in 2014, this small plates operation (the name spells out the site’s former purpose) recreates “Liverpool legend” Paddy Byrne’s beloved old Everyman Bistro next door. “Paddy keeps prices fair” and the kitchen has been turning out some “more adventurous” plates of late, much to reporters’ content.

BBC2’s ‘My Million Pound Menu’ winners Dave Bone (chef) Jamie Duffield (front of house), and Anthony Power opened this new venture in Duke Street Market (a revamped docklands warehouse) in spring 2019. The food offering is based on dishes found along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes in Spain, France and Portugal, and – though we received no survey feedback – it’s receiving a good rep generally (including from Michelin who awarded it a 2020 Bib Gourmand).

Manchester’s tapas smash hit branched out in August 2019, with this large 250-seat opening, in the Exchange Flags development, overlooking Liverpool’s fine town hall (which formerly traded as Steven Gerrard’s ‘The Vincent’). A big and well-stocked bar is also key to the offering.