Lucy Self goes underground to sample cocktails and pizetta.

Trendy, colourful, great food and definitely a place to visit in Liverpool

Lancashire fine dining places don’t get enough copy; Michelin-starred restaurant and country house Northcote Manor, to my mind, is one of these.

TOZI is a feast in all senses, one bad pud aside, and even if it didn’t get Emma all the way to a Venetian waterfront by the close of the main courses she was happily floating half way there past Portsmouth and Padua and somewhere near il paradiso.

A top place in Liverpool for Sunday lunch.

Poppy says “konichiwa!” to Kurobuta, Japanese fusion in the heart of the West End.

Iberica’s found a real gap in the market. While some tapas restaurants are frantic and noisy, Iberica’s got a more laid-back, grown-up attitude. 

One of the very best in Liverpool

Poppy parties Pan-Pacific style at London’s most famous Tiki bar, lei sadly not included.

We did Drunch, a pleasant unassuming place with menu that avoids cliches for the most part and makes you feel a little healthier as you leave. In the evenings you can smoke a shisha outside or get all intimate in the private’living room’.