Reviews in Liverpool and Merseyside

Excellent, food is amazing, you won’t be disappointed

Food always great our go to place

Excellent value for money with fantastic food and in a lovely restaurant

We visited to celebrate our daughters 18th birthday and wasn't disappointed! The atmosphere and staff from Start to finish was perfect ! My daughter was wished happy birthday by all staff members,given a free glass of prosecco and after dinner staff brought over a free dessert plate with candles :) can't thank the staff enough for making her day just that extra special, can't wait to come back

Food was spot on. One thing I didn’t appreciate was being pester for a tip by the waiter service.

My first visit, it won’t be my last. Fantastic food. Wonderful atmosphere, very friendly staff.

My partner and I had Christmas lunch here on 8 December 2023. We both opted for Pate and turkey, he finished with a brownie and I had christmas put with brandy sauce. The pate was served with a spiced apple chutney and fingers of white toast garnished with rocket. We found the Pate to be a little lacking in flavour, but the trimmings were all very good. The main course was thinly sliced turkey crown, accompanied by 3 roast potatoes, 6 sprouts, 2 thin slices of roast carrots and a small piece of roast parsnip, accompanied by a 'red wine jus', pigs in blankets and stuffing. I would have liked to have seen a few more veggies but can't complain at the portion of turkey we received, although I'm not convinced it had been sliced from an actual turkey crown on that day. The sole pig in a blanket was a little underdone and tasted of frankfurter rather than pork sausage, and i found the gravy very bland but I suppose I'm nit picking really. The main course was served piping hot, which is a real bonus when an establishment is catering for numbers. On to the sweets. The Christmas pud is an individual one served with warm brandy sauce, and my partner's brownie was served with ice cream. All in all, the meal was pleasant enough, and reasonable value for money, but I wouldn't choose Houghwood above other establishments in the area. I think maybe we were spoiled by being regulars when Houghwood first opened and was beyond excellent. We abandoned ship when they stopped silver service, and whilst the staff were efficient and pleasant, we probably will try somewhere else next year. To end on a positive, we founds drinks to be very competitively priced.

Food was amazing as always. Service was great could not fault the staff.

Not a local to this area, but visited Southport and was told about this jewel. We had the lunch menu and the food was superb. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone in the area, passing or just looking for excellent food. I had the soup and sandwich, and the quality, taste and produce was of a very high standard (excellent in fact), and I didn't need dinner later that day. The rest of my group had different meals but all agreed, we will be back. To add they had a good open fire that was producing a lot of heat close to where we sat

Visited Harringtons for the first time and was very impressed. The gluten free items on the menu were delicious with plenty of choice and Lisa was very knowledgeable about coeliac. Had a really enjoyable evening and will definitely visiting again soon.

Lovely afternoon eating and drinking in ma egertons, very relaxed atmosphere, the food was really tasty and staff are very friendly. Will definitely go there again.

Big table of 17 people. Service was excellent and food was great value for your money

Excellent service excellent staff excellent food. Highly recommend

2nd visit this year and yet again food was amazing, staff very friendly. Food arrived quickly and was piping hot.

Fab food, good service excellent price....as usual.

I Alan Burrows aka The Dark Lord of Ainsdale Southport declare this place not very good.

We booked a table for 10 plus a highchair last night for my daughters 40th birthday. The staff were so accommodating - we took balloons for the table and a birthday cake which they brought out at the end of the meal. Absolutely couldn't fault the service, the staff or the food - very very happy and will definitely be going again. Thank you to all the lovely staff but especially Charlotte, for your attentiveness throughout.

Went to Christakis on 3 December with friends who were visiting from Jersey. I first took them in July and it was their first choice to go again this time, as they enjoy it so much. Excellent food at a great price yet again.