Liverpool Business Improvement District to shine a spotlight on the city’s thriving hospitality scene, where deep-rooted tradition meets emerging culinary talent, and where northwestern hospitality defi nes the experience at every level.


Long celebrated as a city of rich culture, sport and music – home to a diverse programme of concerts and music festivals, world-class exhibitions, and passionate football celebrations – the city is now earning national recognition for its culinary credentials. Recently named the UK’s top food city by Time Out in both 2024 and 2025, the city’s food and drink offering blends historic culinary institutions with a new generation of ambitious chefs, restaurateurs and a burgeoning wine scene. Home to the oldest Chinatown in Europe, Liverpool’s evolving dining landscape reflects a confident city where tradition, forward-thinking creativity and unmistakable warmth sit side by side, and where a distinctly Liverpudlian entrepreneurial spirit fuels a new generation of chefs and restaurateurs determined to put the city’s hospitality scene firmly on the map.


From the restaurateurs breathing contemporary flair into the historic commercial district, to the independent diversity of Bold Street, to the Georgian Quarter and its undeniable charm, Liverpool has emerged as one of the UK’s most exciting dining destinations. The city continues to attract inward investment and top-tier talent, supported by a £5.5 billion regeneration of Liverpool’s iconic waterfront and docklands – one of the most ambitious urban renewal projects in Europe. Alongside this transformation, established restaurant groups such as Dishoom, Hawksmoor and Flat Iron have chosen the north west city as a key location for expansion in recent years, with the upcoming Liverpool Restaurant Week set to shine a spotlight on the city’s thriving hospitality scene.


Working at the heart of the city centre, Liverpool Business Improvement District has spent the past 22 years delivering impactful projects and campaigns that make Liverpool an even more attractive place to visit, work and live, championing the hospitality business and communities that shape its identity.

Bill Addy, CEO of Liverpool Business Improvement District, comments, “The transformation of Liverpool’s food and drink offering over the past 15 years has been a driving narrative in the appeal of the city to visitors. We have always had passionate and dedicated restaurateurs, yet what it has become is a thread that runs through the city’s culture. Hospitality is not simply a “nice to have”; it’s a critical industry that represents a vital cog in terms of jobs, visitor economy and offer. There is an entrepreneurial zeal that pushes the venues forward and sees them take the Liverpool character and welcome in brands that transform high streets across the country. We are delighted to be able to share another chapter in the story of Liverpool’s resurgence, this time through its food and drink.”