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Restaurant review: Hide and soukIt's got a Spanish name but, in a bizarre bazzar twist, the cuisine is Lebanese. Mick Middles escapes to Warrington's Andalucia

Restaurant review: Burger meFat Git takes his ex's kids to Eddie Rocket's for the afternoon and sinks his teeth into a large bap or two

Restaurant review: Super Thai Banana?AA Grill gives the food at Lark Lane's Chilli Banana the once over. So is it any good?

The Mulberry Tree, Darkest LancsJonathan Schofield enjoys the grub, but not the view from his table

Restaurant review: Beef encounterBlack House Grill, the newest Living Venture in Chester's ancient walls, is something to seriously hunger for, says Angie

Restaurant review: Relight my fireCoriander is the new Nirvana for curry lovers - but Indian food is just half the story, says AA Grill

Restaurant review: The Mal: Part 2We have a winner! Our ages-ago competition to find the best restau-rant of 2007 led to Mike Homfray winning a £100 tab at the Malmaison. We hope he liked it...

Restaurant review: Red, hot and RussianAA Grill encounters a rare cuisine at St Petersburg. But is it any good?

Restaurant review: Blowing hot and coldAngie Sammons finds out if Aigburth's Gulshan really is "the only curry house in Liverpool worth mentioning"

L'Enclume: Are you worthy?Gordo thinks some people have been worshipping a false idol at the Michelin place up in the Lakes

Restaurant review: Simply HeathcotesWhile the great tizz over that elusive Mersey Michelin star goes on, Simply Heathcotes racks up the rosettes, bibs and awards to cheer up its Bolton-born boss. We get reacquainted

Restaurant review: Juniper - the brilliant mysteryGordo gets carried away and writes a novel in two chapters.

Restaurant review: Bacchus of beyondFat Git, our restaurant critic cabbie, takes the boss's daughter out for a Greek at the Bacchus Taverna. Now read on

Restaurant review: You've got a pitta pocket or twoIt's love at first bite for AA Grill who coos over cous cous and coffee at Kimos

Restaurant review: Wizards of OddAA Grill finds the former Malmaison double act conjuring up their kitchen magic just down the end of the Wirral line, at Oddfellows

Restaurant review: Hamilton'sAA Grill visits the Atomic Kitten's place in the Met Quarter, but did it make him whole again?

Hot favouriteAngie Sammons revisits the ever popular Shapla and finds it reassuringly familiar. In fact the only thing that has changed is the name

Restaurant review: Back in the blackAA Grill reviews his credit score after revisiting his former bank, now the Restaurant Bar and Grill

Restaurant review: Out of the BlueThe party was over early for AA Grill and diners at the Bluecoat's swishy new upstairs restaurant. But was it worth going to?

Restaurant review: Sober thoughtsLew Baxter and chums take a wander around Asia, via Skye, and discover there's more than chopsticks to Geisha

Restaurant review: Tirano, Lark LaneFootballer Daniel Agger's restaurant Tirano aims to raise the bar on Lark Lane. Has it succeeded? Angie Sammons finds out

Restaurant review: The Fat ItalianAngie Sammons finds new signs of life on the Crosby front

Restaurant review: Fairway to heavenHas Birkdale has got more going for it than golf? Definitely yes, says AA Grill, after finding an ace in Michael Wichmann's restaurant

Restaurant review: Southern comfortAngie Sammons - and chums past - mind their old school manners at Casa del Cocodrilo

Restaurant review: Cheesed offDavid Prior finds all the style of Italian New York but little substance in the way of food at Heswall's Gusto

60 Hope StreetOh yes, it's good to be the king, especially when you've got your own jam butty goldmine. But is 60 Hope Street's crown still as shiny as it was when it was new? The seven-year itch to find out pushes Angie back through the doors.

Top nosh or what?What are the best and worst eating experiences you've had this year? Here are AA Grill's picks, and we've got a £100 tab for the top rant about yours

Restaurant review: The Italian ClubThe Italian Club was recently voted best cafe/bar in the North West by a trade mag. AA Grill makes his own mind up

Gordo's recession review: Le Pré CatelanMark Garner looks recession, and Clint Eastwood, in the, er, eye and reviews a three star Michelin restaurant in extreme south Liverpool (actually Paris)

Restaurant review: Ego tripWould we find sunny delights at the hugely popular Ego on Hope Street? Angie steps inside

Port in a stormAA Grill investigates Filini at the Radisson to discover if the scoff is fit for Premiership royalty

Restaurant review: Citizen KaneNo spin needed for the plates of food served up at a caff off London Road, which takes tips from Michelin stars. AA Grill is impressed

Havana, let's go...What do you do when there's no room at the inn and the chef has gone home for Horlicks? You land on your proverbial ass at a 200-year-old church and pray they'll take mercy on you, like Angie and her late-night chum. That's what..

Restaurant review: Honey I cooked the kidAA Grill takes an old goat out on the peninsula

Michelin, part one: Benoit, Paris.Mark Garner takes Liverpool Confidential's July expenses budget to gay Paree and murders it

Restaurant review: ZibaAA Grill finds a mixed bag in the restaurant that night time forgot

Restaurant review: Back doing the businessDelifonseca might be a young new outfit, but they know how lucky they are to have a stalwart like Martin Cooper in the kitchen

Restaurant review: Are you local?What's the real deal, these days, at Liverpool's original gastropub? AA Grill visits The Monro

Restaturant review: The Thais have itAngie Sammons goes to Sabai twice, and discovers an astonishingly good green chicken curry

Paris Part II: La Table de Joel RobuchonFrom lowest ever score a couple of weeks back, to the highest ever. Bad news: It's in Paris. Good news: Flights are cheap

Restaurant review: Puschka pushes all the right buttonsAA Grill celebrates 10 years of non-wedded bliss with an all-expenses paid trip to Puschka and finds a stage-door Johnny who becomes a man of letters by the end of the night

Restaurant review: Gut as big as LiverpoolLiverpool Confidential ranter Fat Git joins the restaurant review team - on probation - and parks up outside Savina

Restaurant review: MayurAndrew Hobbs gets assertive on a curry experience that failed to live up to the hype

Restaurant review: New kid on the dockIt may have only just been built, but AA Grill finds out if the Liverpool Malmaison really is demolishing the opposition on the food front

Restaurant review: The village peopleAA Grill finally gets around to eating at the Botanic Bistro in Churchtown. What's the verdict?

Restaurant review: The Patio, Mossley HillWith so many restaurants up around Penny Lane, AA Grill plucks out The Patio for close, close scrutiny

Restaurant review: Guilty of glutttonyReverend Kurt Manor takes his Bible and his bird, with missionary zeal, to The Lobster Grill in Parkgate

Restaurant review: Going large at PiccolinoThey can't get enough of their garlic bread in Piccolino. But this bustling joint has a lot more going for it, especially if you happen to be one of the after-work crowd, as Angie discovered

What's the big Ikea?Fat Git gets into lumber with laminate and lingonberries in the M62's best looking restaurant

Restaurant review: Yee hah for Yee RahAA Grill only stops cursing the Halifax bank after he finds a lot to like about the twisted Thai in Liverpool One

A bit on the sideAngie Sammons steals off to The Side Door and finds it quietly standing proud among its formidable Hope Street neighbours

Restaurant review: The Good lifeOr is it Life on Mars? Hester Blumenthel gets rooted back in time on a visit to Lino's in Hoylake

Restaurant review: Hard Day's BiteBlakes may be a Beatles-themed restaurant but, says AA Grill, it's all in the best possible taste

Restaurant review: Fifty One The PromenadeAndrew Hobbs lands a prize catch and tells us why we should all make a trip up to Southport

Restaurant review: Hot in the cityAA Grill has been searching the land for a curry to remember since he was a chip-loving lad who knew no better. Will he finally find that something special at the Sultan's Palace, or will he be yearning for the sultan vinegar?

Restaurant review: Room for improvementAA Grill takes a trip to Victoria Street's party central and heads for the food

The carnivore is overAA Grill reviews The Egg cafe and almost manages to get through it without resorting to a single bad eggy pun. Almost

Restaurant review: The Italian jobAngie Sammons visits Casa Bella in search for some real Italian food

Restaurant review: Gold spiceGordon Ramsay ate at the Maharaja a while back and he now he swears by it. But will AA Grill have a bad word to say about the north-west's only south Indian restaurant?

St John Restaurant and Fergus HendersonGordo goes nose to tail as part of Confidential's occasional excursions to classic restaurants elsewhere. This time in London

Fat Git at the Renshaw GrillOur rotund cabbie has been feeling a bit low lately, so we sent him to eat meat on Rapid Hardware Street

Restaurant review: Just like Mamma used to make?AA Grill discovers that you won't find any knees trembling at Il Forno, so he makes do with olives and pizza at the place that calls itself Liverpool's first authentic Italian restaurant

Restaurant review: Fat Git's big dateOur generously proportioned gastronome pulls, just in time for Valentine's Day, and treats his lady to dinner at Bistro Pierre

OUR Aintree tips....Don't know about you, but we find that after a hard day at the races we're so hungry we could eat a . . .

Restaurant review: Hope and gloryLocally sourced is the big thing at The London Carriage Works. But does their big menu revamp go the distance? Angie Sammons finds out

Restaurant review: The Spice LoungeAA Grill goes to Albert Dock's Spice Lounge, hungry for curry

Doing birdWe get taken into nick by the people at Jalons Bridewell

Restaurant review: Bar ItaliaDavid Prior forgets where he is down the cellar steps of Franco Colangeli's Castle Street trattoria

Restaurant review: Brave New WorldValparaiso has built a small but loyal fan base down the years. But does traditional cooking from the old country stand up against the newer kids on the city's dining scene? Angie Sammons goes along

Restaurant review: If you knew sushi...Sapporo Teppanyaki is a roaring success and packing the punters in. But where's it at? Angie Sammons finds out

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