| 2/4/2009 |
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 . . . |
| 20/3/2009 |
Restaurant review: Meet Argentinian |
| What's not to love about steak and chips? Angie Sammons finds out
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| 13/3/2009 |
The carnivore is over |
| AA Grill reviews The Egg cafe and almost manages to get through it without resorting to a single bad eggy pun. Almost |
| 27/2/2009 |
Restaurant review: Yee hah for Yee Rah |
| AA Grill only stops cursing the Halifax bank after he finds a lot to like about the twisted Thai in Liverpool One |
| 13/2/2009 |
Gordo's recession review: Le Pré Catelan |
| Mark Garner looks recession, and Clint Eastwood, in the, er, eye and reviews a three star Michelin restaurant in extreme south Liverpool (actually Paris)
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| 10/2/2009 |
Restaurant review: Mayur |
| Andrew Hobbs gets assertive on a curry experience that failed to live up to the hype |
| 15/1/2009 |
Restaurant review: Ziba |
| AA Grill finds a mixed bag in the restaurant that night time forgot |
| 9/1/2009 |
Restaurant review: The Everyman Bistro |
| Angie Sammons visits the king of the cheap eating places and spiritual home, while there's still plenty of time |
| 12/12/2008 |
Restaurant review: The Fat Italian |
| Angie Sammons finds new signs of life on the Crosby front |
| 21/11/2008 |
Restaurant review: Hamilton's |
| AA Grill visits the Atomic Kitten's place in the Met Quarter, but did it make him whole again? |
| 4/11/2008 |
L'Enclume: Are you worthy? |
| Gordo thinks some people have been worshipping a false idol at the Michelin place up in the Lakes
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| 30/10/2008 |
The Mulberry Tree, Darkest Lancs |
| Jonathan Schofield enjoys the grub, but not the view from his table |
| 26/9/2008 |
Restaurant review: Bar Italia |
| David Prior forgets where he is down the cellar steps of Franco Colangeli's Castle Street trattoria |
| 12/9/2008 |
Fat Git at the Renshaw Grill |
| Our rotund cabbie has been feeling a bit low lately, so we sent him to eat meat on Rapid Hardware Street |
| 5/9/2008 |
Restaurant review: Fifty One The Promenade |
| Andrew Hobbs lands a prize catch and tells us why we should all make a trip up to Southport |
| 21/8/2008 |
Restaurant review: Hit and myths |
| Ben Patey joins the Eureka crowd and finds happiness, that's no accident, hiding on Myrtle Parade |
| 15/8/2008 |
Restaurant review: Guilty of glutttony |
| Reverend Kurt Manor takes his Bible and his bird, with missionary zeal, to The Lobster Grill in Parkgate |
| 8/8/2008 |
Paris Part II: La Table de Joel Robuchon |
| From lowest ever score a couple of weeks back, to the highest ever. Bad news: It's in Paris. Good news: Flights are cheap |
| 1/8/2008 |
Michelin, part one: Benoit, Paris. |
| Mark Garner takes Liverpool Confidential's July expenses budget to gay Paree and murders it |
| 25/7/2008 |
Restaurant review: Blowing hot and cold |
| Angie Sammons finds out if Aigburth's Gulshan really is "the only curry house in Liverpool worth mentioning" |
| 17/7/2008 |
Restaurant review: Hotel do lack |
| AA Grill finds himself eating at the Adelphi - and it ain't good |
| 11/7/2008 |
Restaurant review: The Italian Club |
| The Italian Club was recently voted best cafe/bar in the North West by a trade mag. AA Grill makes his own mind up |
| 4/7/2008 |
Restaurant review: Tirano, Lark Lane |
| Footballer Daniel Agger's restaurant Tirano aims to raise the bar on Lark Lane. Has it succeeded? Angie Sammons finds out |
| 27/6/2008 |
Restaurant review: Wizards of Odd |
| AA Grill finds the former Malmaison double act conjuring up their kitchen magic just down the end of the Wirral line, at Oddfellows |
| 20/6/2008 |
Restaurant review: Burger me |
| Fat Git takes his ex's kids to Eddie Rocket's for the afternoon and sinks his teeth into a large bap or two |
| 6/6/2008 |
Restaurant review: The Spice Lounge |
| AA Grill goes to Albert Dock's Spice Lounge, hungry for curry |
| 30/5/2008 |
St John Restaurant and Fergus Henderson |
| Gordo goes nose to tail as part of Confidential's occasional excursions to classic restaurants elsewhere. This time in London |
| 23/5/2008 |
Restaurant review: Hard Day's Bite |
| Blakes may be a Beatles-themed restaurant but, says AA Grill, it's all in the best possible taste |
| 16/5/2008 |
Restaurant review: Fat Git gets lost in the Mei-Mei |
| Food-loving cabbie Fat Git indulges in manic abandon at the Mei Mei Chinese restaurant |
| 9/5/2008 |
Restaurant review: The Patio, Mossley Hill |
| With so many restaurants up around Penny Lane, AA Grill plucks out The Patio for close, close scrutiny |
| 2/5/2008 |
Restaturant review: The Thais have it |
| Angie Sammons goes to Sabai twice, and discovers an astonishingly good green chicken curry |
| 25/4/2008 |
Restaurant review: Citizen Kane |
| No 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 |
| 17/4/2008 |
Restaurant review: Cheesed off |
| David Prior finds all the style of Italian New York but little substance in the way of food at Heswall's Gusto |
| 11/4/2008 |
Restaurant review: Out of the Blue |
| The party was over early for AA Grill and diners at the Bluecoat's swishy new upstairs restaurant. But was it worth going to? |
| 4/4/2008 |
Restaurant review: Bacchus of beyond |
| Fat Git, our restaurant critic cabbie, takes the boss's daughter out for a Greek at the Bacchus Taverna. Now read on |
| 28/3/2008 |
Restaurant review: The Mal: Part 2 |
| We 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... |
| 14/3/2008 |
Restaurant review: Super Thai Banana? |
| AA Grill gives the food at Lark Lane's Chilli Banana the once over. So is it any good? |
| 6/3/2008 |
What's the big Ikea? |
| Fat Git gets into lumber with laminate and lingonberries in the M62's best looking restaurant |
| 29/2/2008 |
Restaurant review: On The Quarter front |
| Angie Sammons goes to Falkner Street's busy hub of meeting and eating to see what happens at night. So is it any good? |
| 26/2/2008 |
Doing bird |
| We get taken into nick by the people at Jalons Bridewell |
| 22/2/2008 |
Restaurant review: Red, hot and Russian |
| AA Grill encounters a rare cuisine at St Petersburg. But is it any good? |
| 15/2/2008 |
Restaurant review: Fat Git's big date |
| Our generously proportioned gastronome pulls, just in time for Valentine's Day, and treats his lady to dinner at Bistro Pierre |
| 8/2/2008 |
Restaurant review: Room for improvement |
| AA Grill takes a trip to Victoria Street's party central and heads for the food |
| 1/2/2008 |
Restaurant review: Baptism and fire |
| Lew Baxter and christening party adjourn to the Tai Pan for dim sum and other afternoon delights |
| 24/1/2008 |
Restaurant review: Gut as big as Liverpool |
| Liverpool Confidential ranter Fat Git joins the restaurant review team - on probation - and parks up outside Savina |
| 18/1/2008 |
Restaurant review: Honey I cooked the kid |
| AA Grill takes an old goat out on the peninsula |
| 19/12/2007 |
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 |
| 13/12/2007 |
Restaurant review: Sober thoughts |
| Lew Baxter and chums take a wander around Asia, via Skye, and discover there's more than chopsticks to Geisha
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| 6/12/2007 |
Restaurant review: You've got a pitta pocket or two |
| It's love at first bite for AA Grill who coos over cous cous and coffee at Kimos |
| 30/10/2007 |
Restaurant review: Hide and souk |
| It's got a Spanish name but, in a bizarre bazzar twist, the cuisine is Lebanese. Mick Middles escapes to Warrington's Andalucia |
| 26/10/2007 |
Restaurant review: Hope and glory |
| Locally sourced is the big thing at The London Carriage Works. But does their big menu revamp go the distance? Angie Sammons finds out |
| 12/10/2007 |
Restaurant review: Gold spice |
| Gordon 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? |
| 5/10/2007 |
Restaurant review: The Good life |
| Or is it Life on Mars? Hester Blumenthel gets rooted back in time on a visit to Lino's in Hoylake |
| 28/9/2007 |
Restaurant review: African queen |
| Reader Harvey Charles likes his food and wanted to write about it. So we sent him to Quynny's Quisine where he found a welcome is as warm as a Senegal summer's day... |
| 13/9/2007 |
Restaurant review: Southern comfort |
| Angie Sammons - and chums past - mind their old school manners at Casa del Cocodrilo |
| 10/8/2007 |
Restaurant review: The village people |
| AA Grill finally gets around to eating at the Botanic Bistro in Churchtown. What's the verdict? |
| 26/7/2007 |
Restaurant review: Are you local? |
| What's the real deal, these days, at Liverpool's original gastropub? AA Grill visits The Monro |
| 20/7/2007 |
Restaurant review: A Spire to greatness |
| Does the cooking at Matt Locke's restaurant live up to the hype? Angie Sammons finds out what the fuss is about |
| 13/7/2007 |
Port in a storm |
| AA Grill investigates Filini at the Radisson to discover if the scoff is fit for Premiership royalty |
| 6/7/2007 |
Restaurant review: Roman road |
| At the weekend people queue out of the door for tables at Villa Romana. Angie Sammons peers in to find out why |
| 29/6/2007 |
Restaurant review: Back in the black |
| AA Grill reviews his credit score after revisiting his former bank, now the Restaurant Bar and Grill |
| 21/6/2007 |
Restaurant review: Juniper - the brilliant mystery |
| Gordo gets carried away and writes a novel in two chapters. |
| 15/6/2007 |
Restaurant review: Relight my fire |
| Coriander is the new Nirvana for curry lovers - but Indian food is just half the story, says AA Grill |
| 8/6/2007 |
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 |
| 1/6/2007 |
Restaurant review: Catch a rising star |
| Fraiche is Merseyside's brightest hope when it comes to landing that elusive Michelin star. AA Grill finds out if it really does stand out from the rest |
| 25/5/2007 |
Restaurant review: The Italian job |
| Angie Sammons visits Casa Bella in search for some real Italian food |
| 10/5/2007 |
A bit on the side |
| Angie Sammons steals off to The Side Door and finds it quietly standing proud among its formidable Hope Street neighbours |
| 19/4/2007 |
Restaurant review: New kid on the dock |
| It may have only just been built, but AA Grill finds out if the Liverpool Malmaison really is demolishing the opposition on the food front |
| 5/4/2007 |
Hot favourite |
| Angie Sammons revisits the ever popular Shapla and finds it reassuringly familiar. In fact the only thing that has changed is the name |
| 22/3/2007 |
Restaurant review: Meet Brazilian |
| It is the only restaurant of it's kind in the country, outside London, so what else is there to recommend at the Bold Street Meet?
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| 16/3/2007 |
Restaurant review: Back doing the business |
| Delifonseca might be a young new outfit, but they know how lucky they are to have a stalwart like Martin Cooper in the kitchen |
| 9/3/2007 |
Restaurant review: Ego trip |
| Would we find sunny delights at the hugely popular Ego on Hope Street? Angie steps inside |
| 2/3/2007 |
Restaurant review: Fairway to heaven |
| Has Birkdale has got more going for it than golf? Definitely yes, says AA Grill, after finding an ace in Michael Wichmann's restaurant |
| 22/2/2007 |
Restaurant review: Vision of China |
| Yuet Ben has stood out on the Chinese restaurant map since 1968. Angie finds out what makes it different from the rest of the pack
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| 12/2/2007 |
Restaurant review: Simply Heathcotes |
| While 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 |
| 30/1/2007 |
Restaurant review: Beef encounter |
| Black House Grill, the newest Living Venture in Chester's ancient walls, is something to seriously hunger for, says Angie |
| 2/1/2007 |
Restaurant review: Brave New World |
| Valparaiso 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 |
| 15/12/2006 |
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 |
| 7/11/2006 |
Restaurant review: Going large at Piccolino |
| They 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 |
| 7/11/2006 |
Restaurant review: Hot in the city |
| AA 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? |
| 31/10/2006 |
Restaurant review: Puschka pushes all the right buttons |
| AA 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 |
| 30/10/2006 |
60 Hope Street |
| Oh 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. |
| 30/10/2006 |
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.. |
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