• Added: 3rd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Food and Drink

Liverpool L17 9PE

b1234 said
Aigburth Tesco Metro
Tesco Metro on Aigburth Road.
Handy for Lark Lane crowd and families living off Aigburth Road.
Car park around the back of the supermarket. Bus station just outside the building for buses going towards Liverpool City Centre.
Limited size supermarket, so choices isn't huge, but still has a sizeable fresh produce section, small entertainment section including books, magazines, CDs, console games and DVDs. Large frozen food aisle. Limited range of ready made meals, but large section of ingredients and tins.
Watch out, only one till (in furthest corner) is wide enough for prams, pushchairs and wheelchairs!
And consider nipping to Home & Bargain next door for some real bargains…

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Food and Drink

Liverpool L15 5AH

b1234 said
expensive and small but good opening hours
Tesco Express off Smithdown Road, with parking accessible from Greenbank Road, opposite Greenbank School.
Small Tesco Express, particularly popular with students living in Greenbank Halls of Residence or around Smithdown Road.
Great opening hours, open daily from 6am to 11pm, even Sundays, so gets really busy on Sunday late afternoons and evening as it is the only shop open then in the area.
Product range is very limited, surprisingly small wine choice considering the target customers, and not many offers are available here. Also fresh produce seems to be more expensive than in larger Tescos. Nice bakery section and standard ready meals available.

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Food and Drink

Liverpool L15 2LF

b1234 said
all under one roof
Asda Sefton Park (which is a bit of a euphemism, it should be Asda Smithdown Road which is a slightly less desirable address in Liverpool) is a one stop shop. Recently refurbished, it now has an upstairs clothes department (with bargain clothing for men, ladies and children), and upstairs home department and cafe, plus a vast ground floor shop floor with food aisles, entertainment including DVDs, CDs, books and toys.
Also has fresh food counters including hot chicken pieces, fresh pizza, Indian and Chinese meals, cold meats and cheeses.
Particularly good value at the moment is the school uniform range, children’s books for £1, the good range of paperback novels for under £4 and the outdoor toy sale.
Open 24 hours.

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Food and Drink

Liverpool L15 2HF

b1234 said
will save you money
Aldi branch on Smithdown Road, just opposite the Sefton Park Asda (which I am sure took lots of customers away from Aldi).
Sept 2008 - just in the process of being extended, so brave the building work now or wait until next month for the newly extended shop.
Aldi sells good quality food for bargain prices, and offers special buys, changing twice a day, ranging from camping gear (great value tent) to clothes (men's suit jackets for £17), to PCs or TVs (32" widescreen digital TV for £300). As these offers change twice a week it is worthwhile signing up for their newsletter.
Also good for all kinds of continental food that would be expensive delicatessen elsewhere!

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Food and Drink

Liverpool L7 0JB

b1234 said

Aldi is a German supermarket chain, that - especially now with the credit crunch - is becoming more and more popular in the UK.
They claim that they are 20% cheaper than other supermarkets, and I certainly notice a difference in my spend compared to my usual shop at Tesco or Asda.
The product range is limited - there is basically one of each, but what there is seems great quality. Particularly recommended: Italian antipasti range in glass jars -sun dried tomatoes, wild mushrooms, artichokes or roasted peppers for £0.99 each! Can't beat that...
Also great: Anti Wrinkle Night Cream Siana was Channel 4's How to Look good Naked Category winner. An absolute bargain at £1.89!

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Cafes and Coffee Shops

Liverpool L8 5SN

b1234 said

Subway sandwich shop down from Liverpool Marina, minutes from Brunswick Station. Can get very busy at lunchtime with nearby office workers and trades people based in the industrial units.
Seating: about 20 tables plus bar stools, so usually easy enough to get a seat.
Sandwiches are the same as in any of the other Subway franchises. My personal favourite is the Veggie Delight on hearty Italian, with cheese and everything from the salad bar plus honey and mustard sauce.
Good value for adults and children - kids pack including a small sandwich, crisps or cookie and a drink is under £2, plus the thrill for my 3 year old to watch his sandwich prepared in record time.

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Restaurants

Liverpool L2 4TA
0151 227 2242

b1234 said

Based in the financial area of Liverpool, the Olive Press is part of the Heathcotes group (see also Simply Heathcotes Restaurant), and one in a chain of Italian restaurants across the North West (e.g. Manchester, Warrington, Preston). However, it doesn't feel like a themed chain restaurant but is surprisingly cosy and intimate considering its size.
Food here tastes as close to the real thing as you'll get outside of Italy! Food is authentic and fresh, pasta is handmade and pizzas stone baked.
Toddlers (under 3) eat free, and older kids can make their own pizzas - great fun - or eat from the extensive kids menu for £7.50 for main, dessert and drink.

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Restaurants

Liverpool L3 4FP

b1234 said
good pizzas and great location
New Pizza Express restaurant (part of the nationwide chain) minutes from the Albert Dock, next to the new Echo Arena. It is located in a newly built contemporary detached glass building, with seating on 2 floors.
Gets busy when events are on in the Arena or on the Mersey, so get there early or book ahead.
Staff is friendly and well trained, but seems to not cope well with sudden influx in customers - this might get better so with time, it literally just opened a few weeks ago.
Food is the usual good quality Pizza Express menu. Try a Padana pizza - goat cheese, spinach and caramelized onions, or Soho pizza - rocket and parmesan. Great kids menu and very child friendly (highchairs available, colouring in books and little games free, might even ring balloons out).

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Restaurants

Liverpool L1 9BZ

b1234 said

60 Hope Street Cafe is the bistro in the basement of the main restaurant 60 Hope Street. Stylish but less formal than the main restaurant, but with the same ethos of providing high quality British food in the Cultural Quarter of Liverpool.
Particularly recommended are the Fish in Cains Beer Batter with Chips and Mushy Peas. Look out for the pre-theatre menu (60 Hope Street Café is minutes away from the Philharmonic and just down the road from the Everyman theatre), 2 courses for £14 or 3 courses for £17.
Also has an extensive cocktail menu, £6 for the classics such as Mojito or Martini or £8 for champagne cocktails such as Bellini or Sour.

• Added: 2nd of September 2008
• Area: Liverpool
• Category: Restaurants

Liverpool L1 9BZ
0151 707 6060

b1234 said

60 Hope Street is Liverpool's answer to fine dining. "A London Restaurant in Liverpool", as A A Gill put it in the Sunday Times. I remember a similarly flattering review in the Guardian when 60 Hope Street first opened a few years ago, but the reviewer focused more on the prostitute propositioning him when he left the restaurant then on other details. Alas, prostitutes don't seem to frequent Hope Street anymore now that this is a dining Mecca (just down the road you'll find the London Carriageworks, the Side Door and the Quarter).
60 Hope Street is a stylish restaurant with impeccable service. On offer is equally stylish and impeccable food - contemporary British with a focus on classics such as fish and chips, roast lamb or Goosnargh duck. Also excellent vegetarian specials (ask for separate menu). Particularly good value are the set lunch menu and early evening menu for £15 for 2 courses or £18 for 3 courses.