The London Carriage Works

Food was great and the vegetarian options were thought out well. The gnocchi was 90% potato and so soft. My partner loved the lamb. Service was not great at the start of our meal it might be that the girl serving us was new but I said I was vegetarian and I am pretty sure one of the butters we were served with bread contained meat. I might be wrong as they do not say what the food is when putting it down and honestly after having eaten a small bit of it I didn’t want to know as it would have ruined my evening. Toilets were not super clean. One of the plates was chipped. Awkward coat rack with staff not taking coats + not enough room. I’m only being critical because this is a very nice restaurant and could easily up the standard. Overall it was a nice dinner and I would recommend it. Cheeseboard was especially good.

A group of 7 of us went for our Mothers Day meal. Everything was flawless despite them being extremely busy. Delicious food, great service (shoutout to Libby who was excellent) and a lovely atmosphere. For special events we often eat here and have never been let down. A must visit.

It was wonderful to have their elevated version of the Sunday Roast. Top notch food. The waitress was delightful, but service changed a bit as it got more crowded. Still, the other waiters were glad to help and jump in as needed. The room was well appointed with great ambiance and large structural windows. It got a bit hot in spots, so be aware you may need to sit somewhere with better ventilation or less direct sunlight. I would still highly recommend them based on the high quality of food, elevated take on traditional cuisine, and overall experience with friendly and helpful staff.

Great food with interesting combinations - especially appreciated the tatin with the sold! Friendly staff and interesting glass setup in the center of the dining area. Staff is very helpful to adapt to dietary restrictions and vegetarian options (often with fish, though - check out the pictures of the menu) are not an afterthought: really delicious.

Fantastic, please do not miss out! Went as a couple pre theatre meal with menu fixe at 4 pm. Not sure who was the brigade in the kitchen but some real talent. The technical delivery was enviable and stands up to any challenges. Amuse bouche of beef cheek and fondant potato with a deep jus, great start. Duck rillettes in a formed pan fried roll, three different plate sauces in Jackson Pollock style but the onion jam was the star, real skill. Other side of the table enjoyed a pastry onion tart topped with goat cheese fondant and grilled but again the wild garlic dressing contrast was colour and taste with the pickle onion juice pearls, wow! Mains were lamb cooked sude vide and then pan fried the potato mandolin prepped was a genuine million layer roast. Salmon perfectly cooked two ways pan and as a fish croquette. No puds but shared a cheese plate home made sesame tuille. The current chutney a real treat. House red was fun soft but full and spanish, white was a fresh Sauvignon Adobe from Chile both very good and for the price recommended. Friendly helpful front of house team. Highly recommend very high food presentation and cooking standards

We had a lovely meal at a very reasonable price yesterday evening. I managed to knock an almost full glass of red wine over the table and on my trousers. The staff were brilliant. Mopped it up very quickly and brought me a replacement glass of wine. Roy the waiter was just super. Thanks so much

Exceptional food and service. Dinned here for dinner as a couple and their new menu is truly amazing. I couldn’t tell you what my favourite dishes were because both me and my partner enjoyed every dish and every bite. I really loved the little breads and butter to begin with and every plate after that was presented beautifully. The strawberry dessert topped everything off. Highly recommend and would definitely be back.

A very delicious meal on the prix fixe menu. Served by Yasmin, who was friendly and helpful with menu suggestions. The cherry and pistachio cheesecake was especially delicious. Highly recommend.

Great food, very chic. Friendly service. Ok price. Lovely jazz music. Clean and beautiful interior.

The London Carriageworks is a strange one. From the outside, and from the calibre of the attached hotel, you would be expecting a very high quality meal and service. If like me, this is what you anticipated, you will be immensely disappointed! Don't get me wrong, the restaurant is lovely but the staff's attitude leaves a lot to be desired. You would find more life in a waxwork and more charm from Frankenstein! They are extremely unhelpful which isn't great when the food is also poor. The portions are very small, smaller than what you would expect from a Michelen starred chef. The chicken was dry and the vegetables soggy. Considering the prices you will pay here, I think it is outrageous how they can get away with such a poor service - lunch will cost you around £20 minimum per person, and dinner around £40-50.

Avec local food champion Paul Askew at the helm you'd be hard pressed to find a better fine dining option in Liverpool. The restaurant prides itself on its fresh and exciting menu. Vegetables are sourced from local Claremont farm and Sea bass caught in Liverpool bay, so you can rest assured that the diverse menu comprises of locally sourced fresh organic produce. Add to the excellent food the Venetians architecture of the building perfectly compliments the stylish modern contemporary interior. While it acts as a baby brother to the hotel above and there is cross trade between hotel guests it is also open to the public all week. The location of the restaurant is fantastic. Snap, crackle, pop and bang in the centre of a busy hub of Art galleries, Museum, theatres and shops. Another words, you won't be going out of your way too much. Thus je recommend this humble abode as a perfect post / pre concert meal or even if you are around hope street. If your stomach carriage is running empty take a pit stop at the London carriage works!!!

I'll state from the start that I have not eaten in the restaurant - apparently neither my wallet nor my stomach will mind too much from some of the other reviews I have seen!! However I have been downstairs on several occassions to sample their cocktails in the swanky basement bar environment. Often filled with an obnoxious crowd, the drinks are good but served without the necessary banter or friendliness that I require from a good cocktail barstaff. However if you can catch a lounge act here- full crooner with piano accompaniment - these minor distractions can make the evening more bearable and even a little special with your own crowd of obnoxious drinkers!

Excellent presentation on a variety of dishes. Shared appetizers were enjoyed by all members of my party, the soup & rabbit starters were particularly good. In regards to mains, the smoked fish risotto was rich, creamy with a good level of fish. The seasonal veg pithivier - described as a posh pasty was exactly that, a ratatouille in flaky crust & a tasty option for vegetarians. The boys complained that their steaks were dry/tough, but they were cooked exactly to order. After dinner coffees were decent & the eaton mess described as perfect; the prunes with earl grey sorbet were tasty but baked into a cake which I didn't like, but feel it was a concession to those who remember eating stewed prunes in school. Having read the reviews, I had been concerned about the service, but I needn't have been. Four team members were all responsive to our table, while maintaing a quickly filling house on a weeknight. Food was paced slowly as it should be in a fine dining situation.

This multi award-winning restaurant is attached to the Hope Street Hotel and is talked about in extremely high regard. Opening its doors at 7am during the week, it offers some really interesting takes on a full English breakfast with the likes of vegetarian black pudding and halloumi cheese alongside your archetypal eggs, cooked however you'd like. There are separate menus here for breakfast, day and evening. It's all very seasonal and the ingredients have clearly been deliberated over time and time again. There are platters of Elmhurst brie, artichoke hearts and crudités, gazpacho soups, salads, oysters on ice, carefully sourced beef in rump or sirloin form, calves' liver with caramelised onion, beer-battered cod, pork with apples - it's that classic tradition of giving British staples a modern twist that enhances them as opposed to making them unrecognisable. The puddings are particularly amazing, highlights being bread and butter with pear coulis and vanilla marscapone cream, hot chocolate fondant, or a Cheshire duck egg custard tart. Delish. The one thing that really stands out above all else here is the service - you are genuinely treated like royalty, and in such pretty, historical surroundings it all adds up to a perfectly lovely meal. Thanks to its accolades it won't be the cheapest meal you'll ever have, that goes without saying. But for a tasty treat any time of the day or night, I'd highly recommend it.

From the moment your trousers touch the deep leather sofa to when you walk out of the doors with a smile on your face and a full tummy you will be in whole world of stylish dinning and excellent food. The name comes from the original company name which is now once more revealed in all its glory above the main entrance after being hidden by layers of modern paint which no doubt seem a good idea at the time. The spectacular building now a statement of the brick layer and brick cleaner's art goes back to the 1860's and my compatriots at the design course reliable inform me is built in a venetian style, however you will find that in most cases the gondolas in Liverpool stop at the Pier Head and you may be forced to have a handsome cab the remainder of the way. The restaurant is open pretty well all the time for an early business breakfast to snacks and ,meals and that final night cap before you call for your own London Hackney Cab home or if you are lucky enough to have booked in walk through to the sister business of the Hope Street Hotel which is just upstairs.

I'm informed that the Premier League footballers come here to rest before home matches (yes, home matches), Liverpool's own Steven Gerrard bawls from the belfry about how wonderful this place is in his new book. What I question is if he has actually eaten in the restaurant,or perhaps he has. Maybe five chefs sweated over it whilst Heston was parachuted in to oversee quality control, the important being is that it was probably temporary. Are the chefs at TLCW elitist? are they just temperamental? do they care? The building in which the restaurant resides is impressive, it's a massive boast to go there, with the golden York-stone paving flags and cobbled Falkner street overway it is blessed with a commanding sheen unrivalled. I hear the hotel rooms are quite excellent but the Sunday lunch at the Carriage Works was pretty pathetic. The three course menu is a sizeable £32.50 and the wine prices would make even a Liverpool captain take note. The classic roast was served with little to no gravy, a complete no-show of the advertised Yorkshire pudding was complimented by the very miserly portion and arrived somewhere between tepid and lukewarm (you decide which is hotter, neither excite). It was such a disappointing lunch, yet I calmed somewhat when reminding myself what category this place has (to its misfortune/fortune) fallen into; whilst it caters for premier league footballers and is smack, bang, wallop in the heart of the Georgian sector I feel it doesn't need to serve good food. It is probably enough for starstruck fans (who are no mugs) to see their multi-millionaire idols herded into a bus designed by NASA twice a month and think 'my, my, this must be a glorious place to spend time'. To spend time perhaps, certainly not to eat, unless you arrive by super-bus.

We'd just been to see Wayne Shorter at the Philharmonic Hall across the road and so by the time we came out we where pretty hungry. We had already decided having taken a look at the menu that we'd go to The London Carriage Works. Now to start with it was one of those, have you booked a table moments, you know when the place is half empty but they still look at you as if 'THIS is a place you should book for...' in that pretentious way. We hadn't. After confirming with the maitre de that they would be happy to take our money after all they preceded to leave us sat on the comfy enough sofa's for near on 30 maybe even 40 minutes (remember we were hungry!). When finally the guy came back over saying 'Haven't you received your drinks yet?' our reply was 'We haven't even had our drinks order taken...' Kinda bad but with the offer of complimentary drinks we perked up a bit. Bad service rectified, we moved to our table. NOW WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT ACCEPT THE BREAD! Believe me, it was a tiny piece of bread, ok it was nice but not £5.50 nice!! The meal itself was lovely, a strange little shot glass of soup to begin with which was interesting enough. The starter was ok but I ordered the wrong thing, my boyfriend loved his rabbit and foie gras parfait though. The steak was gorgeous, beautifully presented and the flavours where out of this world good. So why only the three stars? Well there was the bread, £5.50, I know I've already said it and I'll say it again £5.50! It was probably about 1.5 x 5 x 8cm, teeny tiny little slice (well one each so two of them) But come on, what a con. And then remember those free complimentary drinks?? Well hadn't they just put them on the bill! And then you have that, should we mention it or just pay for them awkwardness, we mentioned it and they where very apologetic and took it off, but still shouldn't have happened. I should be giving this place 4 if not 5 stars but the bad service, followed by the £5.50 (there it is again!) along with the drinks mix up just left us feeling rather cheated and awkward, so much so the tastiness of the food just wasn't what we came away talking about. It was move, why on earth did we leave a tip...

I came here on my graduation day with my parents. we had booked a table in the brasserie section but were told we had to go to Fine dining. i had been really keen to come here and so my parents didn't make a fuss but it was a bit of a disappointment - watch out for it! The food is great but in true Fine dining style, it was tiny and extremely expensive - we were all left hungry! it was a lovely meal though and the sevice was great, but i would have preferred to be in the more casual brasserie section for lunch.

The food was really good, however we really did not like having our food served on pieces of slate!!!! this was awful. The wine was superb however the waiter put the wine bucket quite away from the table,and did not come back to fill our glasses so had to get up and do it ourselves

We attempted to book our wedding dinner here. LCW have a set menu, three courses, three choices in each course. As soon as we said wedding the coordinator's eyes lit up and she quoted us a price that was double and then some over the set menu price. We'd expected to pay more, but that was ridiculous. Then we were expected to pay for everything from table linens in their private function room to tea and coffee at the end (also included in their set menu). She offered to make a reduction of about a fiver per head if we'd agree to one menu choice for each course. No. Shame really, because the food's not bad at all. It's overpriced and overambitious, but it tastes good and that was what we wanted. Still, there are far better places to spend less of your money.

Just ate at LCW for the second time. As an American visitor, I fully accept and understand that the level of service in England is generally a bit lower than I may be used to. But considering the high prices , one might expect to be treated like a priority by your server. We had a hard time getting anyone's attention most of the evening. We came up with possible scenarios on why our waitress was so chilly. "She's breaking up with her boyfriend", or, " She's really an android". Food was just okay. Nothing especially exciting, although the potato soup was delicious and the drinks, when we could get them, were well prepared. Probably won't be back. This place will always be extra special for me, however, as Sir Paul McCartney waved at me from the window of this restaurant a few years back.. I'm not kidding.

Recently when in Liverpool I stayed at the Hope Street Hotel when I was attended a wedding. The hotel itself is quite expensive but it is well worth it. The rooms were very spacious and importantly very clean. The building itself is very old and has great characteristics that remind me of Rome for some reason. When eating in the restaurant the food was quite expensive but there was a good variety. The portions were not overly big but they certainly were flavourful and worth paying for. The staff were very polite and seemed keep to cater for us. This is not the of place that I generally would visit on my own but it is ideal if you are looking to have a romantic weekend away or even as part of a wedding party.

If you want class, service and excellent food then here just has to be for you. From the moment you enter this wonderful advertisement for what is best about Liverpool you will be cossetted beyond your dreams. Believe me I have stayed in some of the best hotels throughout the UK and beyond but this marvellous establishment can hold its own with any of them. They don't do cheap, in comparision with others in the city but against the rest of the country you will feel that you are getting a steal. If you are out to impress then this is where to do it, you will be in the company of those who appreciate top service and know where to get it.

Quick comment on a restaurant I didn't actually eat in. This pretentious establishment, clearly thinking itself to be Liverpool's finest, refused to take two people on a Sunday at 2.30pm when it was half-empty on the grounds that we don't do walk-ins. This haughty attitude will win them no friends. Eat instead at Ego across the road, which has no delusions of grandeur and is excellent value for money.

I've only been to the London Carriage Works once, which was for after my sister's graduation. To be honest, the service was not that good. The waiter spilt food over my sister's graduation gown and did not seem to be professional or apologetic about it! It was not the service I expected from an expensive place like this, but perhaps it is better in the evening. The food, however, was delicious. Okay, the portion sizes were quite small but we were still quite full after it. I had a lovely tempura battered courgette flower which I'd never tried before but thought was lovely. I had sea bass for my main which was also lovely. However, for the price of the food, we would have expected better service too.

Just down the road from 60 Hope Street, this really is for a special occasion and is more expensive than the aforementioned. However, the service is fantastic and the food is exquisite with daily menu changes and pallate cleansing dishes between courses.

I was taken here when I left my last job. It was a lovely experience, food unusual and the company great. It is expensive though and not quite the 'luxury' experience I was expecting. For the money there are places I'd rather go just down the road in fact!

The quality at the london carriage works of their food is great, the pork dishes legendary. The main courses from the neu range from gourmet fish and chips to beef, celeriac and potato puree. It is varied and everyone is guarenteed to like something.

Ok, so I had high hopes for this restaurant after friends had recommended it. My wife and I visited last night for our wedding anniversary and so we wanted something special. Initial impressions were good, the restaurant is bright and clean, we were welcomed by pleasant staff and given the choice of our table early or, as we opted for, the comfortable leather sofas to browse the menu and start on a nice bottle of wine. My wife is vegetarian and although there was a token offering on the menu there wasn't a great deal of vegetarian choice which is a bit of a shame. It isn't the cheapest of places but I wasn't surprised by that, I was surprised however by being charged for what are usually considered complimentary items. "Would you like some water at the table sir" could perhaps have been phrased such that we knew we were being charged for it. The food was nice, my Rib Eye steak cooked exactly like I asked but I think our shared view generally was that the food was very rich, with almost too much flavour. Mine tasted fairly salty and I honestly struggled to finish what was a fairly small portion, I normally have no such problem ;-) When my wife was given an alternative choice from the sweet menu she chose the recommended Eaton Mess made with Strawberries. It looked delicious except that it was made with raspberries, not strawberries. I was completing the bill at the end of the evening when I noticed the option to provide an email address to win the chance of a free meal for two. We chose not to bother, even for free which I guess sums up our impression. Nice, but I've had better for less.

Overpriced, lacking in atmosphere and slightly patronising. That sums it up for me. Also has this bizarre distinction between Fine Dining and the Brasserie section. Given how empty if often looks I don't understand why they don't make it all brasserie. (possibly something to do with the hotel having 4 stars). The room itself is beautiful but the brasserie section is let down by cheap leather sofas that look like they come from DFS or somewhere worse. By patronising I mean that it was explained to me where olive oil comes from. Seriously Go to 60 Hope Street instead, similar prices, more atmosphere and in my opinion better food.

even though 1 of my best friends works here i have to agree with the other reviewers, Portions are small, price is not!

Ok this place looks great but offers the most pretentious food around. Poxy starters followed by poxy mains. So much so we didn't stick around for dessert. Don't bother unless you like going somewhere else straight after as you're still hungry

When dining at a £50 per head restaurant one does not expect several things. High amongst theses things is paying £3.50 for seasonal vegetables which consist of a floret or two of broccolli, ditto sugarsnaps & the remainder of the dish being made up of starch viz. POTATOES and reconstituted dried BUTTERBEANS. What one really expects is to speak to the manager on a Saturday night when resisting the attempts of the staff to shift you from your booked table after 1 1/2 hours. One wonders when the manager does work in this restaurant if not on a busy Saturday night. No mention was made of this double booking policy when the table was being booked nor on the second telephone call when trying to reschedule the booking. When we pointed this out our waitress said we were not told because we didn't ask. A novel approach to blame shifting. The food was unexceptional for the price range. Customer service was non-existant.