Reviews in Liverpool and Merseyside

Quo Vadis is the best restaurant in Formby. The food is brilliant and plenty of choice, it's not just pizza and pasta, although the Piccante Pizza is excellent if you like chilli and pizza. I love rare steak and they do a great fillet, you can't beat it. Loads of choice with starters too, my favourite being the Calamari. I sometimes just pop in for a beer or a coffee and am made equally welcome.

Loads of food at a bargain price. But disappointing service. Took my 5yr old and 15 month old son. Made the mistake of giving my son raisins before the meal. He doesn't understand the concept of waiting for food!. But was told off for bringing our own food. Next time I'll just let him scream. Except there won't be a next time. Thought with having highchairs they would be more accommodating for babies and toddlers!

The best full English EVER.. And great price. Also service was excellent. Recommend the poached eggs.Good luck for the future.

Some colleagues and I went to San Carlo on Granby Street for lunch at the beginning of the week. We often meet out for lunch (on expenses of course) but sometimes feel slightly rushed. San Carlo recognised our need to relax a little, as this is the reason we leave the office in the first place. The space was very comfortable and the waitress moved at our pace. I am hoping they will offer repeat bookings each week, as the menu really provoked some hard work from the staff!

Positively the best fish and chips on the Wirral! Crisp batter, friendly staff, clean surroundings - what the best chippies always aspired to!

Superb quality fish and chips and great staff too! If you have not been there go and try it soon

We eat at Marigolds once a week. The fish is always Tasty, fresh and nicely battered and the chunky homemade style chips are great. We sometimes eat in instead of taking out and the restaurant is extremely modern and very clean. Nice staff too. Keep up the good work!

Good Fresh Food!! Best Fish and Chips i have every had.

never had a problem at magic spices the food is always great and service is warm a restaurant faultless finally

Lovely, great value for money, large portions, well cooked and tasty.Haven`t been for 20 years but will go back regularly from now on.Recommended.

Fantastic authentic Italian food (and wine !!) at reasonable prices

MASTERCHEF Restaurant is the Best in Liverpool.I really love the food,when food gets out on the table its nice and sizzling hot, whilst eating i love it when i can taste the food texture in my mouth. staff are easy to get on with and polite. service is good. At the end of the meal you even get to try Vimto lollypop.dessert ice creams are yummy

Three generations of landlords began when Tess Riley (nee Makin) discovered her business brain while working on her mother Elizabeth’s second hand clothes stall at St John’s and Paddy’s markets. On non-market days Tess would travel over to the Wirral to collect her stock. She bartered with the affluent homeowners for the best price for their unwanted goods before selling them on at a handsome profit. Tess, born and raised in Scotland Road, took over the reigns and it was this experience that gave her the skills which made history in the Liverpool licensee industry. In 1947 Tess married Joe Riley. They had four children together – Joan, Billy, Frank and David. After raising her family, Tess retrained and in 1970 her new life in the pub and bar industry began. That same year she started working at The Pig and Whistle, followed by the Old Mona. She was manager at The Jester for five years before moving to The Beehive in Mount Pleasant, where she bought the free hold in 1978. This was the first of many of the family's pubs to be transformed from a quiet drinking hole to one of the best pubs in Liverpool. They installed a free juke box and played only 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s music. They introduced live bands at quiet times and on Sundays, which consequently became one of their busiest days. An organist called Mick Masters was a regular act. He always brought in crowds and when other pubs were quiet, The Beehive was bursting at the seams. People lined up outside to get in the door, in the days before people queued to get into pubs. Tess would often be seen getting up for a song or two of an evening, accompanied by the resident organist. Her voice was as well known as her pub. Always dressed in the most glamorous of outfits, which would later set her up for her retirement on board cruise ships sailing the world, Tess always looked the part. Tess passed on her publican skills to her children, who helped with the running of this pub and Riley’s, which they opened, on the same street, after Joe died. Eventually she would also help her eldest daughter Joan manage her very own pub. Joan Fay (nee Riley) met Denis Fay at the Locarno Ballroom and they married in 1968, having three children, Joseph, Vincent and Deniece. And so when the other Beehive across town became available in 1983, Tess helped her Joan to secure it. With her husband she became the landlord of the pub, in Paradise Street. They refurbished the tired building and it too became a favourite choice. They used Tess’s business template of a free juke box and live music to make it a success, a method still practised in the family pubs today. And like his father-in-law, Denis carried out the behind the scenes work, leaving his wife to do what she, like her mother before her, did best and entertain the punters. When the lease ran out, the family moved to The Stanley Arms, in Aughton. Joan’s touch made it another hot spot with the locals, but they missed city life. So in 1996 Joan and Denis bought a unit in the former Blacklers building in Great Charlotte Street, and opened, Tess Riley’s in memory of Tess, who had died a short time after her beloved husband. Today the pub is owned by Joan’s children following her death in 1998. Daughter Deniece said: “These two women were such an inspiration and their memory will live on in our pubs for years to come.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As an artiste who performs at TESS RILEYS on a regular basis, I have to say city centre bars "generally" are frequented by some less desirable members of the general public, whereas TESS RILEYS, I am glad to say seem to have the same regulars who keep coming back again and again. I believe this is due to the great atmosphere, it is more like a club than a bar. A very strict No Drugs policy which keeps the less desirables out, thankfully.

after a long day of shopping , tess rileys was fantastic, food was gorgeous , staff so welcoming, service was great, after a long day shopping ,so relaxing .i recommend this pub .

This place gives a taste of the best Liverpool has to offer. Home made food, which is delicious and very reasonable, welcoming friendly staff and the entertainment is the icing on the cake. Ideal for days or night for all ages. I'll be going again and again!

visited la casa vieja today and had tapas for lunch,superb quality freshly cooked food,looking forward to visiting mano again,no more la tasca for us, this place is a gem.

Having read so many rave reviews i suggested this restaurant for a night out with my Spanish parents last night ( Tuesday ) and spent the majority of the way home apologising for what was quite frankly an expensive venture into the food equivalent of a placebo. There was nothing good to say about any of the tapas we ate, the only notable factor being the overly sized portions ( which i guess is their justification for the prices ). We were served muscles that were closed over, what looked like a large heap of calamares until we discovered that the majority of the heap was salad, prawns that had their taste cooked out of them, and a couple of meat offerings which were doused in spice to the point where i wondered if we had in fact booked an Indian in error. The only saving grace was the deserts which were well received all round. Expensive, bland, give it a miss!