The list is compiled from diner reviews, bookings and insights
Online booking system OpenTable has unveiled the most in-demand restaurants of the year on its platform. The top 100 list is created by combining more than 900,000 diner reviews including ratings, five star percentages, number of alerts set and the number of reservations made in advance.
OpenTable’s top 100 is categorised by region and although Merseyside remains absent, there are a few restaurants only a short drive away. Michael Wan’s Mandarin in Blackpool represents Lancashire thanks to its traditional and authentic Cantonese dishes served up since 1961.
Manchester had five restaurants make the list including steakhouse Hawksmoor, which has a sister site in Liverpool, and The Ivy Asia. Rounding out Manchester’s highlighted venues is wine bar Erst, bistro Higher Ground, and Italian venue Onda Pasta Bar. You can see OpenTable’s top 100 list in full here.
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The recent OpenTable Diners’ Choice Awards honoured the best Liverpool/Merseyside spaces, with Renshaw Street’s Hibiki Sushi & Ramen topping the ‘overall’ list. The Japanese restaurant blends modern and traditional dishes with hand-made ramen and sushi prepared on site by the experts.
Second in line was Churrasco Steakhouse, located at the foot of Lark Lane and Aigburth Road. Following close behind in third position was luxury Italian restaurant Bacino, located in Flannels department store in the city centre.
OpenTable’s Diner Choice Awards also named Castle Street’s Spice Thai as the top local restaurant for ‘food’. Eccleston Street bistro Pinion was named the best venue for ‘service’ while Castle Street’s Riva Blu Italian Restaurant won the award for best ‘ambience’.
