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The Best Michelin Star Restaurants in Liverpool

Liverpool has a rich and varied cuisine, reflecting the city’s history. The Liverpool diet was once famous for its reliance on high quality produce, especially fish and shellfish from the nearby ports of Seaforth, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead and Wallasey. In recent years local chefs have been influenced by international trends in cooking as well as more traditional British dishes.

Many foods are associated with Liverpool including: Scouse (a meat stew), wet nelly and the Liverpool bun loaf.

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Pilgrim is a simple restaurant, offering a concise menu of Spanish small plates. The menu at Pilgrim is informed by the seasons and packed with flavor. The food is not only delicious, but the staff is also friendly.

You can also expect to sample some wood-fired cooking here, thanks to the kitchen making use of its charcoal grill. The site is currently housed in Duke Street Market but plans to open at a new location.

Michelin award: Bib Gourmand 2021

Where: 46 Duke Street, L1 5AS (new location to be announced)

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Roski is a fine-dining restaurant that stands tall in a muted grey color scheme and a set of complex tasting menus. The menu at Roski has a strong Asian influence that was designed by former MasterChef: The Professionals winner Anton Piotrowski.

Some of the dishes you might find on your next visit include the likes of lemon sole with nori and passion fruit beurre blanc, followed by yuzu tart with meringue for dessert.

Where: 16 Rodney Street, L1 2TE

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Spire is a restaurant that offers a homely and welcoming feeling. It is neighborhood restaurant in Liverpool which is ran by two brothers. While the menu here changes regularly, you can always expect a focus on contemporary British dishes.

The restaurant maximizes the use of locally sourced ingredients like Goosnargh chicken with potato and celeriac rosti, shallot puree, smoked bacon and cabbage confit. The prizes at Spire are relatively cheap.

Where: Number One, Church Road, L15 9EA

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LERPWL is Welsh for Liverpool. LERPWL is a fine dining restaurant run by three brothers who have strong ties to Anglesey. In fact some produce from the Welsh island even features on the menu.

Guests can choose between a chef’s selection or a five-course tasting menu. The tasting menu is informed by the seasons. These means it changes often. The restaurant has delicious foods like Anglesey koji crab tart or tomato with sheep’s yoghurt and chive, followed by a chocolate and banana dessert.

Where: Albert Dock, L3 4AF

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This restaurant is named the Art School because previously the building on which it sits was an art school. It is a very beautiful space. Commissioned works by former students line the walls.

Bright red chairs contrast with crisp white tablecloths. Renown Chef Paul Askew oversees three set menus which champion seasonal and local ingredients. Some delicious dishes to try include the likes of charred Saddleback pork belly with Tokyo turnips, salted kohlrabi and mooli, pork dashi and date puree.

There are pescatarian and vegan versions of each menu available, while a Light Bites menu is perfect for those looking for something less formal.

Michelin award: Commitment to Sustainability

Where: 1 Sugnall Street, L7 7EB

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Panoramic 34 is one of the few sky-high restaurants in Liverpool which are very rare. The restaurant has a seductive dining room and the views are to die for.

The kitchen in Panoramic 34 offers a range of delectable menus that includes lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and Sunday roasts. From the tasting menu, you can expect to be wooed by dishes such as Isle of Gigha halibut with potatoes, seaweed, leek, dill and a warm tartare sauce.

Where: 34th Floor, West Tower, Brook Street, L3 9PJ

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A nice cup of tea (and a sit down). A Denby teapot and cup with milk jug. Photo by Vanderdecken. .

Merseyside’s fine-dining star, the tiny Fraiche restaurant is a beautiful restaurant. It is a very cozy, fine dining, fancy and welcoming with commissioned glass sculptures and suede themes. In 2006 and 2007, it was rated as a ‘rising star’ by the Michelin Guide.

The restaurant finally secured the Michelin star in 2009. Francophile Marc Wilkinson has since upheld it with ease. Dishes such as almond gazpacho with cherry and asparagus demonstrate the kind of flavor trickery on offer. Expect combinations such as Gressingham duck, cocoa crisp, and kohlrabi, for example, or carrot textures, feta, and pain d’espice. Pure delicacy.

Where: 11 Rose Mount, Oxton, Birkenhead, Prenton CH43 5SG

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Wreckfish restaurant is housed inside a 19th century watchmaker’s factory. It’s exterior is made of brick and wood. It is softly lit, homely and hospitable. The restaurant serves elite finger licking bistro food.

Further, the ambiance is accompanied by a very warm and welcoming staff. Wreckfish was financed by 1,522 enthusiasts who raised the record-breaking £200,000 required, via a crowdfunding campaign from Elite Bistros’ Gary Usher. It is a place of and for the people. You should definitely check it out.

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Maray Bold St is a beautiful Michelin star restaurant in Liverpool. It provides an informal, communal dining experience which revolves around excellent falafels, small plates, fine wines and cocktails.

Maray Bold St has focused on serving irresistible Middle Eastern fusion small plates. Apart from serving fish and meat plates, the restaurant has vegetarian plates that could include hummus, muhammara, confit squash with ginger, harissa-pickled eggs, and pumpkin arancini with brie and a fresh rhubarb chutney.

They make their own pastries inside the restaurant. The interior is beautifully designed using wrought iron, exposed brickwork and pendulous LED lighting.

Where: 91 Bold Street, Liverpool, UK

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Rat’s restaurant at the Grounds for Sculpture. Photo by Janrin. Wikimedia Commons.

Bistrot Vérité  was opened in 2009. It is an authentic French-style restaurant. The menu is always changing, with seasonal, quality ingredients sourced locally wherever possible and given a French twist.  This is you place to go if you are a French food lover. 

Where: Bistrot Vérité 7 Liverpool Road Birkdale Village Southport Merseyside PR8 4AR