I have walked pass this restaurants many times, and it's warm bustling atmosphere has gotten me…read morecurious - it was always packed. Now I know why! The portions are humongous, service is quick and friendly and I can't remember any other time I wanted to lick fingers after having a meal!! I will definitely be back! One small drawback - you can't make reservation online, but don't let it stop you, the meal is definitely worth the effort

I have wanted to go to Elif since it opened as it smells so darn good!! You can smell it a few…read morestreets away and it always smells so delicious!! Last night I finally went there with a friend. We went in on a Saturday night on the off chance there was a free table. The restaurant was obviously busy but they accommodated us. We were shown to our table, presented with menus and our drinks order was taken. We both ordered a Karisik, which has a mixture of chicken, lamb chops, Sis and Adana. When it arrived it looked amazing. It also came with some bread and a side salad which was delicious in itself. The meat was cooked to perfection and every mouthful was amazing. Even the rice was perfectly cooked and delicious. The toilets are small. The ladies toilet is a single disabled toilet and the men's toilet is a single toilet. The toilet was clean, tidy, and had a variety of toiletries to use. The only negative thing I can say is that the waiter didn't come over after our meals were served to check that everything was OK, but the restaurant was full to capacity so we can forgive that. This was the nicest kebab type dish I have ever had and the best restaurant I have been to in a long time. I will definitely be going back.

Beware, they do not accept solo diners which is ridiculous and frankly, discriminating.read more

Mind. Totally. Blown.... I'm not a hummus guy, but their…read morehummus here is incredible! How do they do it?? I followed that with Lamb Guvec.... Now I've had lamb lots of places in my life, but I'm pretty sure this was the best lamb I've ever had! Absolutely melted in my mouth! It was an absolute pleasure to eat here, very memorable place! If I'm ever back in Liverpool, I'll definitely be returning! The wait staff was extremely friendly, the restaurant was quite busy but there was no wait. Extremely nice dining experience! Highly recommended!

Good Bbq place with large portions …read more A block away from the famous Cavern pub , so after some entertainment, it nice to have dinner in a quiet place. Friendly service too.

Hello mates, first of all this place is very mediocre as most of my family said from this place…read more First of all, we got the margarita pizza and it was decently good. I was very hungry from traveling all day seeing the Beatles sites so I ate it anyway, but it was very mediocre. It tasted like Chuck E. Cheese pizza quite frankly, my brother got the americana pizza. It had pepperoni on it. He said it tasted junk but that wasn't the end of the line my other brother got the vegetarian pizza he described it as frozen. He didn't like the pizza because it tasted too dehydrated. It did not have wet sauce. The pizza stayed completely intact. If you held it completely upside down, the toppings were like glued on, and they didn't really have a particular taste. Everything just kind of tasted extra chewy, but without any sort of spice, we tried the different sauces in order to make it taste a bit better and I have to say that adding the tomato sauce on top did help to Live in it a bit, but it really still fell short of something worth paying for it to sit down restaurant. My mother got lamb kebab. She described it as good and it was all right so nothing really crazy if you wanna get a bite I think you should go somewhere else personally but I hope you enjoyed my review. Cheers!

Ordered takeaway via just eat expecting something nice and different, to my surprise the food was…read morenot worth the money paid, never mind the poor menu descriptions for example cheese burger is just grilled halluomi in a tasteless bun which was not even toasted,this was not cleared marked as A.vegetarian as simple (V) next to it would make things clearer B. Your description of the "Cheese Burger" by itself conjures up the idea of a fat big meaty burger I know that it says in the description under in v small writing NO MEAT but but when ur scanning your opening description is misleading also it chips where awful and I know for a fact I could do better with the time scale provided. All 4 meals were substandard and poorly executed and it would have been nice to know that some of the meals came with chips so we wouldn't order 3 portions too many pppffff anywho very disappointed will not be a repeat customer ya da ya da shape up and so on. P.S. Have you guys ever heard of Garlic? Unkind regards Mr Really fecked off customer.

A good place to go the morning after the night before, this is a cheaper alternative to the…read moresurrounding cafes and bars and the food is just as good. It is always busy whenever I walk past and I guess its because of the simple, no-frills attitude of the place. Although not quite a 'greasy spoon' cafe, it operates along the same premise: big cups of tea, hearty breakfasts served all day and a solid menu made up of chip butties and jacket potatoes. You could probably eat for two for less than a tenner as well, which is always worthwhile in my book. Those of you who are avid readers of my reviews will recall the Italian Bistro I worked in where I was sent down the road to Hardman Pizza every time someone ordered a pizza - this is what the Bistro has become. Having worked in the grease-encrusted kitchen for a while I was a bit cautious to eat anything produced in the same place, however I was happy to find out that the old bistro was gutted and all new stuff brought in for Quick Chef, so there are no worries about cleanliness any more. PS, if you ever did eat in the Italian Bistro, please disregard anything I've said about the hygiene. It was lovely. Honest.

Quick! Chef! I need a plate of sausage, chips and beans before I slip into coma from lack of sleep…read moreand blood-sugar. And while you're at it, fetch me a big, fat mug of black coffee. There seems little to add to what Rebecca has said already but to reiterate that this is the ideal location for mopping the morning after whilst also emphasizing that the coffee here is genuinely some of the best that I've tasted - a rich, dark roast and for a tiny fraction of the cost of a mug from Costa or Starbucks. Really brilliant. A lot of people will tell you that the Magnet next door does the best hangover breakfast in Liverpool but I have to confess that I much, much prefer the fry up at this unassuming little place.

The only reason I give this one star is because it will not allow me to not give it zero!!…read more Disgusting. Situated on one of the roughest roads in Liverpool, littered with drunks, we felt intimidated walking to the place. At one point, a drunk urinated at the side of the restaurant when we ate. The food is absolutely disgusting. Greasy/oily deep fried rubbish. The 'chicken' has never seen a chicken. We spent most of our time wafting away the many bar flies that buzz around your face as you eat. You have been warned. Ignore the Groupon offers for this place, I wouldn't go back here if they offered to pay me.

Full occupancy of the twenty or so covers by a mix of Middle Eastern guys and construction workers…read moreon their lunch break indicated to me that this place was worth checking out. As a vegetarian, kebab shops obviously tend to push me to the edges of their menu. But I had decided that I was going to tough it out whatever, even if that meant a meal of fresh naan and salad. With no falafel on the menu, no real cold mezze, and the advertised hummus unavailable, things were not looking good. However, surprisingly, I ended up enjoying my best meal out in a while for the sum of....£2.50! Here is what can happen in place like this - due to kebabs being the main attraction, salad (albeit basic) is complimentary and stewed vegetable 'sauces' to moisten the meat are also priced very cheaply. So my meal was two naan, a lush vegetable stew of mainly aubergine and tomato plus the complimentary salad. The naan was just OK, but still a fresh bread. But the vegetable stew with just a hint of heat - I can hardly think of anything more soothing to digest! A man definitely needs some meals like this to stay in balance. I will definitely be back - I will probably have the same thing on rice next time. Or perhaps there are other vegetarian options ready to serve from the small bain marie, we shall see. The Turkish (or whatever) guys running this place are fairly friendly, and there is a nice balance between a majority Middle Eastern male clientele, but the construction workers, a townie couple, some Chinese guys and myself blended in OK. Food is mainly kebabs, biryanis and I'm not sure what additional takeaway sundries. One final observation - this part of London Road boast six or so businesses that seem strongly Middle Eastern - this place, the adjacent 'Roman' restaurant, Marmaris grocery store across the road, a barber, a dessert café. Watch out for my upcoming reviews of these places.