Reviews in Liverpool and Merseyside

The new Christakis is every bit as good as the town Centre one, but thank goodness much nearer ( Within walking distance). The portions are huge and the meat cooked to perfection, the house wine is delicious and very affordable. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful and children are welcomed with open arms. This is a restaurant to celebrate all family events. Highly recommended

This is the place to go when you want to re capture the memory of THAT holiday in the sun. It was a cold rainy day when I walked in to this restaurant. Inside it was warm, cosy, welcoming, clean (and that was only the porch!) I only had £15 in my purse and looking at the menu in the window knew that I would have enough for a Psiton. (£12.95) I was greeted like a long lost friend and escorted to a table. Having placed my order, I didn't have long to wait before my food arrived. My heart sank as the PLATES arrived:a basket of fresh bread, a large bowl of salad with , enough veg for 10 a day, a dish of tasty rice,and the main dish: an enormous piece of lamb, beautifully cooked. with, among other things, 3 very large potatoes. I am NOT a potato person but oh boy! these were crisp on the outside and soft and fluffy inside. (HOW DO THEY COOK THEM LIKE THIS?) When I had devoured all before me the waiter brought a small plate of mixed fresh fruit. From time to time, various waiters would discreetly enquire if everything was to my satisfaction, and d'you know what? they asked as if they genuinely cared. The moment of truth when my bill came. The weary cynic expected there to be extras added ; the fruit, the veg, but the surprise; my bill was exactly as it should have been: £12.95! I came away just knowing that Christakis is going to be a regular eating place for me and my friends. If you'd like to find the equivalent of the American Cheers bar, but in Liverpool, go pay a visit to Christakis. I promise, you won't be disappointed. Sylviebee

nice food, nice service, just a pity they didn't understand what was included the living social offer i used.

fantastic suburban restaurant just a few miles from the city, we ate in the restaurant but will be back for barfood (only 2 meals for ten pounds we will give it a go next time we are in the area) The restaurant was decorated beautifully in a kind of modern Gothic purple with lovely set tables complete with charger plates and modern glasses. We where given complimentary marinated olives and bread whilst looking at the menu. I chose the smoked pate and my partner the black pudding. the pate actually came out smoking and my partners black pudding was topped with a "deepfried" egg. This Was a kind of breadcrumbed parcel that exploded with yolk when cut into...Fantastic! The main courses where equally as good My partner having the lamb shank and my self the Wild Seabass. Amazing value at only £14-£15 for both course

1 of my friend recommended tulay and been there we had lovely time and great food could say 5 star for everything thanks guys we ll defo be back

Lovely food, reasonable prices and friendly but unobtrusive service. Would recommend getting a table near the BBQ so you can watch your food being cooked amongst the sparks from the coals - think all restaurants should have open kitchens like this so nothing is hidden. Will defo be going back.

I can not recommend the new Christakis restaurant on Smithdown road highly enough, we have just returned home from the most beautiful traditional Greek/Cypriot meal and I felt the need to share this gorgeous find immediately. The food was absolutely delicious and coupled with a warm family welcome and amazing attentive service. The restaurant has only been open a couple of weeks but seems to be popular already and after experiencing it I now understand why and will definitely be back soon. Well done Christakis and thank you for opening our new favourite restaurant.

Delicious food, large portions and friendly staff. A very pleasant restaurant!

Great place, authentic food - some of the dishes on offer you will literally only see on offer in Sri Lanka!! Lamb curry devine and excellent value for money too! This is a hidden gem in Liverpool and as lots of Sri Lankan recipes are tomato based rather than ghee/butter based they are better for you too!! LOVE THIS PLACE!

The Ying Wah had been recommended to me and my family as a value for money, great food, Chinese restaurant, I was so disappointed with the food, everything was bland, the barbecue rib sauce was watered down, the only thing that I can say that had any taste was the egg fried rice, but there wasn't much of it, we ordered a banquet for 2? yet was only given 1 dish of everything, I don't think this is value for money?, I believe when you order for 2 you should be given a meal for 2!. I cannot fault the staff they were nice, but I don't like feeling that I have been ripped off and that was how we felt when we left the restaurant last night, we will not be going back to the Ying Wah and I will definitely not be recommending this restaurant to anyone.

Great hospitality and great food . If you have a good appetite, the meat or vegetarian thalia is a delightful range of food to dip into. A long or just a short walk around crosby marina gardens and beach and then dine at the gateway is a wonderful evening

had my first so salsa experience Saturday just gone.... couldn't praise them enough. enjoyed all the food i had and will definitely recommend to friends and family. will be returning again soon.

We were at the Supper Club on Thursday 27th April 2012, we really enjoyed the food and the service was very good.

have been to Tapas Tapas twice in the past 2months... all i can say is FANTASTIC!! Staff are friendly and attentive, food is amazing and the atmosphere is great. Have already sent friends and family and they all agree that Tapas Tapas is in a league of its own. looking forward to my next visit very soon!

Went on Saturday evening to this newly opened restaurant and thought it was the best Turkish Restaurant we have in Liverpool. The staff are very friendly and attentive. Menu is really varied with plenty of choice and really good value. I had the Kofte as a main meal and thought this was the best Kofte outside of Istanbul, reminded me of what I used to get at the Kofte House on Divan Yolu - superb. Would recommend this restaurant to everyone who enjoys Turkish food - by far the best on Merseyside

Great family meal for my inlaws 35th wedding anniversary. Food fab!!! Staff very friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend. Emma.

I have been to this restaurant with my wife and as a party of 40 plus. I can only say that I have never been disappointed as the food and service are excellent.. Well recommended.. go one treat yourself.

Had been looking forward to taking my wife to see A Bit of Buble since making the booking back in January, as part of her Birthday Celebrations. We had been before so expected a good night. What a disappointment the night turned out to be. We often eat out so have experienced good and bad food before, but pride ourselves in never being too critical. (maybe we should be? so here goes) To say this food was average would be giving it more merit than it deserved. Firstly the starter was awful the chef had forgot to include part of the ingredients. i.e. Avocado was missing out of the Prawn & Avacado starter. Instead included too much lettuce and tiny bits of I suppose was Avacado, but I believe the jury is still deliberating on that one. When asked by the waitress was everything ok? I informed her no! To which she replied oh! maybe you will have better luck with the main course. Wonderful I thought we have a comedian as well as a singer, this could be a good night. I did ask for the manageress, who duly agreed with me after observing what was being passed off as Avocado. (2 tiny pieces on side of plate) and offered me a replacement, and said she would "Speak to Chef" As I had actually ate the prawns and lettuce of the starter, I politely declined. Ref: upset chef at your peril thought (I have seen film The Road Trip) Manageress offered us drink instead and assured us the main will be fine. My wife had the Spring roll and sweet chill starter. (said ok but not particularly wonderful) Well the mains arrived, I had chosen Sea Bass with seasonal Vegetables and potatoes. My wife had chosen Lamb on a bed of mash also with vegetables. First reaction as I gazed down on this supposedly improved course. Was to do an impression of a Telly-Tubby eh-oh I thought as I examined what was on my plate. Now I like sea bass, and I have had it in many a restaurant and always enjoyed it. (Even cooked it at home). But this was a piece of tiny, over cooked offering and in general the whole meal lack any flavour and any imagination. ( Though I did close my eyes and try to imagine a delicious meal in front of me, but it didn't work) My wife's meal also lacked flavour and said she had better, but couldn't remember having anything worse than this in any other Restaurant before. (Now my wife does a mean lamb so she should know) When the waitress asked if was everything ok, I replied not really this isn't much better. ( the blank look I got back was though I asked her to explain Einsteins Theory of Relativity) She was lovely really, I think she was just embarrassed delivering this poor standard meal to someones table. Meanwhile the official entertainment had arrived Hurrah! (Ref: Comedian quote earlier in review) The singer One, Cliff Jenkinson (A Bit of Buble) Apologised for being late as he had to return home to Mossley Hill in 15 minutes round trip to get another laptop as his original one wasn't working. Oh for the day's of live music eh! Its all backing tracks now using MP3'S (I wonder how many speed cameras he had to pass to do it in that time? (New career in F1 possible) To be fair he kicked off his act and was entertaining and soon had people dancing on the floor. (Mostly women who had had a few drinks and knew how to enjoy themselves) Though I suspect some were just dancing to keep warm, as the room was quite chilly with an occasional draft from the east to give that "wind chill factor") This cold front was increased when our candle went out on the table leaving both my wife and I shivering with what looked like an icicle hanging from my wife's nose. (I have since learned it was a frozen tear of despair of how the night had gone) A new candle arrived some 15 minutes later lo a few tables around us, We were not the only people to put our hands over the candle to get some heat. I suggested to my wife to go to the toilet and stand by the hot air dryer to get warm. Rigamortis had set with me at this point so I was a lost cause. Scott of the Antarctic came to mind when my wife disappeared to the toilet with the remark " I maybe gone some time". She did arrive back to my obvious delight, just in time to sample the desserts we had ordered. My wife had ordered what sounded a quite delicious a Banana cheese cake. I had ordered a (WARM) apple and cinnamon pancake with vanilla ice cream. It's at this point I have to give Blundell Street Restaurant 10 out of 10 for consistency as the desserts were as tasteless as the rest of the meal. With a don't know what the cheese cake tasted of apart from nothing, to my warm too thick pancake with apple puree and raisins and cinnamon straight from the fridge and rock hard ice cream. I tasted it and gave up. As I we had both lost the will to live at this point and the act had finished his first part I asked for the bill. At no time after the starter did the manageress come to see us and ask if the meal was ok. (I suspect she already knew the answer) As we had purchased this visit via Groupon it was only 2 drinks each we had to pay for. I had been drinking cordial and my wife an alcoholic drink. The waitress informed us we did not have to pay for drinks the due to the poor starter. Had the manageress bothered her bum to see us throughout the meal, she may have been aware she was getting off lightly. Though the purpose of our night was not to see what we could get for free? it was to have a pleasant night out of which this was not! We won't be rushing back anytime soon, which is a pity as we both like live entertainment (even with backing tracks). We won't be recommending Blundell Street to our friends, as we feel it isn't the same as it once was.