The London Carriage Works

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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 purée. It is varied and everyone is guarenteed to like something.

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!

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.

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.

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 1.5×5 x 8 cm, 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…