The best spots for bottomless brunch in Liverpool

Fried chicken in a bar setting with a big emphasis on music, beer and cocktails – Liverpool independent Pattersons has hit on a winning formula here. 

With its six foot chandelier and gold leaf ceiling Restaurant Bar & Grill Liverpool is one of the city’s most spectacular dining settings. A £500k refurbishment in 2021 brought to life the original features of this Grade II Listed heritage building. Now it’s one of the most photogenic backdrops in Liverpool, and the food’s not half bad too.

Located in Liverpool city centre’s Ropewalks area, Almost Famous is a burger restaurant with bite. They serve up behemoth burgers, gargantuan sides and killer cocktails in a candy-coated setting. 

Part of the chain, The Alchemist in Liverpool is settled into a Grade II-listed building in the heart of the financial district, with lots of warm wood, exposed bricks, copper colours and bronze hues. And while base metals don’t magically become gold here, theatre is promised…

Inspired by summer evenings in the Iberian Peninsula, BoBo brings Spanish and Portuguese drinking and dining culture to Liverpool’s city centre.

Brunch Club by name, brunch club by nature – and those in the know make sure they book a table; this popular Duke Street joint is somewhere everyone wants to be a part of. Brunch, bottomless brunch and now after brunch, Friday through Sunday it’s also all about the bar.

There’s dining all day every day at chic Castle Street Townhouse, with breakfast and bottomless brunch choices, lunchtime and evening à la carte, and a set price Sunday lunch offering chicken, pork belly, beef and vegan wellington with all the trimmings.

Describing itself as a full-time party bar and part-time pizza parlour, Crazy Pedro’s is hot on super-chilled drinks, from frozen margaritas to ice cold beers, and it’s the place to head if you haven’t settled the Hawaiian-pizza-isn’t-a-real-pizza argument.

‘The black cat’ is an upmarket tapas restaurant overlooking the Town Hall and iconic Nelson monument, with heated patio outside and open plan dining and central bar area in. Sister venue to Manchester and originally from Yorkshire, it’s the brainchild of Simon Shaw.

Pop-up turned permanent Hafla Hafla brings Middle-Eastern inspired kebabs and small plates to the trendy bohemian drag of Lark Lane. 

Ma Boyles, a self-described ‘ale house and eatery’, has been around in various guises since the mid 19th century. As such, it’s become a bit of an institution in this part of the city.

South Asian cookery is on the cards here, or “a vibrant culinary offering”, if you prefer. Three floors are accessed via a floating staircase, with roof terrace for sipping in the sun – cocktails include the Lotus of lemongrass gin, butterfly pea flower, lemon and egg white.

Much of the appeal of NYL Restaurant and Bar is admittedly the setting. You’ll find it in the Aloft hotel in the gorgeous grade 11 listed Royal Assurance Building. With tan leather booths and a sleek Art Deco bar, it’s a glam backdrop for cocktails and G&Ts. 

Pizza Punks Liverpool brings sourdough anarchy to Bold Street. There’s a joyful glee to the operation but it’s no three-chord wonder. The toppings are varied and well-thought through with quality ingredients belying the scuzzy stylings. San Marzano tomatoes, slow-cooked beef shin ragu, Tuscan sausage and artichokes show this is posh punk playing at low-life living.

Point Blank Shooting is a virtual shooting range and bar. Designed to see if you’re a sharpshooter, the many levels will keep you and your teammates quick on the draw.

The Shankly Hotel, like its namesake, is one of a kind. Named after Bill Shankly, the charismatic former manager of Liverpool FC, it’s an ode to Liverpudlian style, swagger and individuality.

Tempest on Tithebarn is a social space filling your days from early-morning Neighbourhood Coffee and freshly baked pastries and cakes to late-night parties and cocktails. In between, there’s bagels, brunch and lunch by day and burgers and small plates as the sun goes down.