Liverpool Restaurant Week reports over £500k boost to local hospitality businesses

Liverpool Restaurant Week saw more than 25,700 people taking part, giving a much needed boost and celebration of the city’s food and drink scene as £522,745 worth of offers were downloaded.

The top ten venues for offers downloaded were Hawksmoor, Fat Hippo, Moose Coffee, So Salsa, The Municipal Hotel, Ours Castle Street, On The Vine, Bean Coffee, Pho Castle Street and Core Coffee. Each venue created culinary and drink offers ranging from £5 to £35. 

Now in its third year, Liverpool Restaurant Week comes at a time that is traditionally a lull for the sector, between May Bank Holidays and the Grand National.

Organised and funded by Liverpool Business Improvement District, Liverpool Restaurant Week launched as an opportunity to cast a spotlight on the restaurants and eateries of Liverpool city centre. 

The hospitality sector is a crucial element of Liverpool’s visitor economy, now worth 36% of spend in the city centre, with one in ten jobs in city centre hospitality. 

Since 2019, data from Beauclair shows the food and drink industry has increased in debit spend (how much people spend in venues) by 16.4%. Since the pandemic, the industry is growing 2.4% year on year. In 2025, that expenditure was £322,654,686.

According to figures from Liverpool City Council, hospitality, equating to the food industry and accommodation, like hotels, equates to 9.3% of employment in Liverpool, 20,776 jobs. 

Paul Askew, Chef Patron at the Art School Restaurant, said:

“Restaurant Week this year in Liverpool was stunning. We had so many happy people coming to see The Restaurant who possibly wouldn’t have come previously but had heard about us and the reaction and the feedback Back was fantastic. It’s a much needed shot in the arm for hospitality at these difficult times and I can honestly say that my colleagues and I from the Art School and across the sector welcomed it with open arms and we look forward to possibly increasing this event in the future.”

Katie Bentley, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications at Liverpool Business Improvement District, said:

“What Liverpool Restaurant Week shows is that it takes a community to support hospitality. From Merseyrail supporting advertising, to restaurants broadcasting offers and events, it shows that when the city comes together it can make a real difference.”

“It only works when it has the support of restaurants and wider sector. As food and drink becomes such a vitally important sector to the city’s economy, it becomes increasingly important for us to have a strategic understanding of the best way to support it.”

“Liverpool Restaurant Week has been embraced by our hospitality venues and diners who are looking for great offers to help them explore the city’s venues.”

“The growth of the sector over the past seven years has revitalised parts of the city centre, breathing new life into Castle Street and Bold Street, for example.”

“Our public realm is transformed by new dining destinations, and it is putting the city’s food and drink offer on the map. Success and growth always need support, however, and we want to enable the industry to continue to shine.”

Liverpool Restaurant Week organisers look forward to 2027 as they confirm it will return for its fourth iteration.

Learn more about Liverpool Restaurant Week here.

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