Sans Cafe

Sans Cafe is a low-key Liverpool cult favourite with celebrity cachet: it has appeared on The Hairy Bikers, Ricky Tomlinson is a fan, and Liverpool FC even used it as a backdrop to promote their new kit.

There have been some wobbles with food health and hygiene standards in the past but now Sans Cafe has a clean bill of health and is as popular as ever. Where else can you buy a full English alongside beef chow mein and handmade dumplings?

Sans Cafe has been serving Chinese food and British fry-ups for sixty years now and those handmade dumplings have something of a reputation. Come at the right time and you might even see Lin making them at one of the tables.

Confidential Guides loves the special fried rice and the chicken noodle soup. It’s not necessarily pretty but it fills you right up and leaves you with a little glow of happiness. In fact the noodle soup should be available on the NHS for when you need a pick-me-up.