Reviews in Liverpool and Merseyside

What a great night we had on thursday 25th June at Fat Momma's, our food was perfect, the atmosphere was great, and we were made very welcome by mine host Mike , I can recommend the mushroom fritte, the batter was so light and crispy,I also had the cheesy garlic bread as a side order , yummy!!!!!!!.My main course was linguine paecatore, it had plenty of seafood in and the linguine was cooked just right , the sauce was very spicy. For dessert I had Summer berry tart which was light and refreshing,All in all a great evening was had by our table of myself and two friends. End

Good quality local restaurant with very friendly staff. I've eaten twice there in the last two weeks and thoroughly enjoyed the food. The prices are extremely reasonable, and personally I enjoyed it more than the meal I had at the more upmarket Indian restaurant nearby.

We have dined at this Restaurant nearly every other week since it opened, the food is fantastic, the staff are brilliant and very friendly. The Elif is very good value for money. It you haven't tried it WHY NOT!!

A most friendly and welcoming atmosphere. A wide variety of good food that comes in large or small potions. I highly recommend this Restaurant

Very nice food! the staff very friendly! Prices affordable!

I must say I was very disappointed by the quality of the food. It was the worst Chinese meal I had and I won't be returning. The food was sloppy & over saturated with sauce. TERRIBLE!!

We booked a table for four for Father's day by email a week previously. Their website states that they do not reply to confirm the bookings so we rang on the Friday before the reservation date. They confirmed everything was in order. We got there on the day with our two elderly guests and were told that they had no record of the booking. Their view was that we must have booked with their other "restaurant" whom we must also have rung to confirm. We didn't. We checked the phone number on our list of calls dialled on the mobile phone and rang it. They answered as "the Monro" and the number coincided with that on their website for the Monro (not the James Monro). We had contacted the correct premises. When we asked why they don't reply to emails to confirm bookings they told us that they were "too busy". They offered, however, to send us in a taxi to their other restaurant, the James Monro Speakeasy as it is billed! which we declined. Simply put, they ruined father's day for a pensioner, tried to make us appear stupid in the process (it could only have been our fault) and really didn't give a damn. We will never reserve a table with them again.

I visited fat momma's with a group of friends and we were surprised at the choice of food on the menu, so we decided to order different starters so that we could all try each others, the tempura sole was my favourite, followed closely by the chicken quesedilla,for my main course I had the Peppered Fillet Steak,I also tried couple of my friends main courses of Baked Salmon,and Chicken Creme all off which were very good, we had the house white and red wine which was excellent and good value.I then finished off with the lightest profiteroles that I have ever had which where coated in a chocolate mousse. We would recommend this restaurant to all our friends. louise

Went with our 2 kids aged 7 and 9. Staff very accommodating. Great food, great service. We especially enjoyed the desserts (so often a let down at restaurants).

I went to Fat Mommas with my husband and another couple. The atmosphere was great, really lively without being too loud. The food was delicious! The baked brie to start was divine and the Mexican bread was wonderfully fiery. The steaks were tender and beautifully cooked - although I would ask for a more creamy sauce in future. The wait between courses was perfect. The food was very well priced, as was the wine. The waiting staff could have been more attentive, although they were not hard to flag down. I would absolutely recommend a trip here, particularly as some dishes are only a fiver during the 'happy hour'.

myself and my family thought we would go and try happy hour at fat momma's , we were pleasantly surprised at the prices of the pasta and pizza's, our daughters who are only 5 and 7 thoroughly enjoyed there margherita pizza and fries which they shared, I myself had the Cajun chicken pasta which I would highly recommend, and my husband had the meat feast pizza , both our pasta and pizza's only cost £4.95 each, a bargain and we will be returning. Fab decor and ambience, overall a great experience.

I was not impressed. The portions were extremely small and the starters overpriced. Tables too close together and we had to remind them 4 times to bring our drinks.

the best Greek in LPL, been coming here for 9 yrs, i even got a free ice cream on my birthday!

nice restaurant, great cashew nut n yellow bean sauce dish plus the spring onion pancakes to start are yummy!

Really nice food. Went last night for my boyfriends birthday and we both enjoyed it. Im a veggie and we both thought the food was really good.

Mak Syed always delivers a great curry, tasty, great range of dishes, well priced and the staff are always very attentive. For a local curry restaurant, you can't go far wrong. Highly recommended

Me and my family ate at Harpers a few weeks ago and the fish and chips were lovely just how they should be. The batter was crispy and light and the chips were to die for. Lovely service too the staff are always polite and friendly. Would definitely recommend this chippy.

Etsu The current food trends do not favour Japanese food. At the moment people are supposedly looking for seasonal, local, sustainable and above all cheap food and it doesn’t tick those boxes. The conveyor belt restaurant thing never worked for me. You are never sure of what half the dishes are or how long they have been out and while the individual plates seem cheap when added together it is a pricey meal. There are better ways to eat Japanese food, like Etsu. Etsu is near to Albert dock but on a side street. It is easy to miss, even though it is has a little Japanese garden and there are smells of ginger and soy wafting out. Inside there are about a dozen tables so it is a good idea to book. The decor is not over the top oriental kitsch but the room does suffer from having very little natural light. In order to confuse customers the toilets are unisex, so you really feel that you have wondered into the wrong section. The menu has starters, mains courses and desserts , which is unusual as Japanese food normally consists of lots of little dishes brought to the table together. My dining partner loves sushi and I have never seen him happier than stuffing his face in the sushi bars of San Francisco. We didn’t order starters and he charged into the sushi list ordering prawn California rolls and three types of Nigiri sushi; pickled mackerel, barbecued eel and raw scallops. He also went for a mixed sashimi (raw fish) selection. I ordered a chicken katsu which is chicken in tempura batter and served with sticky rice and salad. I don’t often order chicken in restaurants because it is impossible to tell what kind of life it led. I have no idea what they did to this chicken but by God it was tender. It was as far removed from a frozen, battered chicken piece as a roast rib of beef is from a fast food burger and I loved it. The sauce drizzled over it tasted of barbeque sauce and was too sweet. My partner was served the most exotic California rolls I have ever seen. Usually they are a bit of avocado, cucumber and either prawns or roe, surrounded by pickled rice and wrapped in seaweed. Here the seaweed was in between the rice and prawns and rolled in sesame seeds. This sort of inside out sushi is uramki-zushi, according to a book I consulted . My partner didn’t say if he preferred this style but he ate it with a blissful look. I tried a bit of tuna sashimi, it was fresh but cut too thinly, I like the density of oily fish. The serving of scallop was very pretty but tiny . Overall he was delighted. Despite having eaten enough to feed a regiment he still wanted a pudding. I declined; desserts are not traditional in Japan so they are never the chef’s strong point. The dessert special was a sort of coffee flavoured sponge roll . He said “It was bloody delicious” The staff were efficient and polite. I thought the waitress was very helpful, telling us what each dish was, however my partner thought she was just a little patronizing. She told us, with pride, that all the fish was flown in from the Indian and Pacific Oceans daily. If you want to cut down on food miles avoid this place. According to some grim estimates tuna will be extinct within 20 years but as rice and seaweed are plentiful vegetarian sushi has a future. The greatest dsiappointment of this restaurant was the wine list. There is an extensive list of bottled beers but like all bottled beers they are pricey. There are about 4 whites and 4 reds, all of which were brand names available in supermarkets for £10 or less. As a restaurant they should have something more imaginative. They do have a range of saki both by the bottle and in little flasks. My partner had a 125 ml of the house saki and thought it served too warm but otherwise liked it served warm and very much liked it. The bill was £53.80 for two with one bottle of house white at £9.95 for a meal this good, in pleasant surroundings with good staff it excellent value. Japanese food is never and it was my choice to go with a bottomless pit.